Next week; Spain, the Basque coast to be exact. First Bilbao, then San Sebastian and then Pamplona where there will be no running bulls – that’s in July. In 1937,…
It was as I was watching Iron and Wine in Edinburgh that something about my Spanish Civil war novel seemed to shift and make more sense. I wasn’t even thinking…
Yesterday I attached the manuscript of my book, The Pyrate’s Boy, in an email to my agent and pressed send. Of course when I happened to glance at it a…
I’m teaching at Arvon this July at Moniak Mhor http://ow.ly/3V8MB Had a brilliant time last year in Totleigh Barton.
Almost at the end of my pirate novel, tentatively titled The Fantastic Adventures of a Pirate’s Boy. I’m hoping to finish it by Friday! Endings are hard for a number…
I have started editing a new app for the Tramway of new writing called Algebra. Inspired by a show by the artist, Keith Farquhar called More Nudes in Colour, I…
I promised myself I’d finish my pirate book by the end of January and I may just make it. Of course there’s a load of other things that have just…
So . . . I am planning on finishing The Pirate’s Boy by the end of January. I have less than a third to go and am looking forward to…
After much thought (well a little) decided to join twitter. Not sure if I’ll love or loath it – or use it as the perfect distraction instead of writing. So…
I’ve spent the last few weeks writing short fiction, which is a complete change of gear for me. The BBC commissioned me to write a story about the Census for…