With Mettle From Metal
From September, I will be taking up a residency at Metal Culture Peterborough to begin research on a brand new writing project. Metal was founded in London in 2002 by Jude Kelly OBE and has been active in Peterborough since 2012. Working from Chauffeurs Cottage, the original gatehouse property at the entrance to Peterborough Cathedral, […]
Big Lie Big Announcement
My next YA/Adult crossover novel, The Big Lie, will be published by Hot Key Books in August 2015. The book is a contemporary alt-history about, well… I’ll let Hot Key do the explaining in their press release which includes a cover reveal too. Thrilled!
The Electrical Reviews
The Electrical Venus has been described as “brilliant” and “a thrill” by the national press… and I couldn’t be happier. Writing in the Observer Miranda Sawyer said: “The story was sweet and simple; the wit, language and atmosphere flipped it up into a higher space, twirling like a trapeze artist through sparkling air.” Paul Donovan […]
The Electrical Venus YA Listen-along
Teens just don’t listen to radio drama? Right? This is what I’m led to believe. When submitting drama ideas to Radio 4 they ask you to think of your potential audience – whose average age is 57 years old. And when doing talks in school I’m continually told teens will tune out if I just […]
Going Headlong
Roll on Autumn when I’ll be joining Headlong theatre company as part of their very first invitational Writers’ Group. I’m so looking forward to throwing myself back into stage writing after a year spent working on a new Adult/YA Crossover novel and writing and recording a new Afternoon Drama for BBC Radio 4. And it’s […]
