Larks Across The Pond
Impossible Causes was published in America today, on the tail of some cracking reviews and coverage. Ivy Pochodo chose Impossible Causes for inclusion in the New York Times round-up of thrillers by women. “There has never been a more exciting or challenging time for women who write and read thrillers and crime novels,” she begins, […]
What Larks for Impossible Causes
Impossible Causes was released on October 19 amid a flurry of events, podcast appearances and some cracking reviews. In a jampacked week to celebrate the book’s hardback launch, I sat on a panel at Off The Shelf Festival in Sheffield, alongside Twitter poet Brian Bilston and novelist Stephen May, before joining authors Kirsty Logan and […]
Mother Tongue: US Reviews Are In
This month saw the US publication of Mother Tongue and reviewers have been generous with their praise. Publisher’s Weekly selected it as a Book of the Week, calling it “a raw, compelling read”, while Russian Life especially bonded with the protagonist, saying, “Mayhew… has crafted a character in Darya that gleams with hope and grit.” […]
Mabel Gets Her Voice
Arts Council England have awarded me a National Lottery Project Grant to write a book centred on British silent movie actress Mabel Poulton. Mabel was the star of the most popular film of 1928, The Constant Nymph, starring opposite Ivor Novello. But after that huge success, her career dwindled. The introduction of film sound exposed […]
Rex Has Our Number
Our short film UNKNOWN NUMBER, which I wrote and directed, got its big-screen debut this week, at Berkhamsted’s beautiful art deco rep cinema The Rex. Introduced by cinema director James Hannaway, I took to the stage to congratulate our predominantly local cast and crew and introduce the film, which played before the main feature – Adam […]
