Respecting The Reader
How autism taught me that books should open doors, not give you a rulebook.
The Big Bang is Coming
The point of no return. One book, one week to go, and the moment where a singular story begins to expand.
Out Loud
I walked into the room to read my book out loud. Instead, I had to learn how to let it breathe.
This Is Happening
On gentle queer stories, strange coincidences, and a launch I’m very excited about.
I'm Getting Hungry
Four weeks to go, and the growing suspicion that sandwiches would have been easier to make than a novel.
Notes From Elsewhere
Five weeks from now, The Boy From Elsewhere will take its first steps into the big wide world. Which is exciting. And strange. And currently being processed over several cups of tea, like all major life events. This book didn’t begin as a book. It actually started as a
Notes on a Well-Worn Year
This year was heavy in places and generous in others. I’m trying to honour both of those things, and the new ground I’m standing on, as the year turns.
Before The Longest Night
Hope, light, and warmth at the darkest part of the year.
Playing with Poetry, Riding the Lines
This National Poetry Day, I’m thinking about play, about poetry, and about the small moments that make a city human.
Rock On
On rocks, gravel, and the friends who keep me standing.
Write Like Nobody's Watching
Writing doesn’t need permission. Just a pen, a pocket of time, a rubber duck, and the courage to begin.
Books That Built Me: Station Eleven
Burnout, breakups, and banana bread: how Station Eleven became my 2016 survival guide.