• Doomscroll painting by Niel Bushnell

Category: Events/News


  • It’s hard to believe it’s over already! Yesterday was my last Read Regional event, at a library in Thorne near Doncaster. And what a great way to finish; the pupils from King Edward School were attentive, engaging and asked some great questions. I’ve enjoyed all of the events I’ve done in very different ways. They’ve…

  • Snapshots from Sweden

    Last year I was lucky enough to be asked by New Writing North to go to the Gothenburg Book Fair in Sweden. I had a great time and made some new friends, including Jan Smedh from The English Bookshop in Uppsala, Sweden. Since then Jan and I have stayed in touch and he was kind enough…

  • Book signing event in Middlesbrough

    To celebrate the publication of Timesmith last week the nice people at Waterstones Middlesbrough arranged for me to do a signing event in their store. Apart from the launch event for Sorrowline, which was a different sort of event, it’s the first time I’ve done a book shop appearance. When I do school events the…

  • Timesmith Publication Day! World Book Day!

    It’s here at last! My second book is officially published today and it feel so much different to when my first book, Sorrowline, came out. Last year we marked the day with a trip to York and champagne in First Class –  I even bought myself a ukulele! That was January last year. This time…

  • Countdown to Timesmith – 50 days!

    Now that the inconvenient nuisance of Christmas and New Year have been bashed about the head and put out of its misery we can look forward to the publication if Timesmith on March 6th! It’s not long! 50 days! That’s all! I know some of you are too impatient to wait that long so I’ve…