It's been an odd year, I think we can agree. It's never really felt like a good time to update this blog, what with Covid induced...

This has been a pretty good month for writing news! Both my stories made it through to the shortlist for this amazing contest at...

Super-lovely bit of good news today to brighten the Sad Death of Summer we are currently undergoing here in the UK: the beautiful humans...

I'm really delighted to have two stories on the longlist for this international flash competition. The Quiet Man Dave Prize was set up,...

Welcome! Thanks for coming round! I'm just moving in to this site so there might be weird things in unexpected places for a few days....

Hooray! I have a story in this year's UK National Flash Fiction Day anthology! This will be the fourth year in a row I've had a story in...

Today was going to be an exceptionally exciting occasion, for me. Months ago, I was booked by Cafe Writers to be the supporting act at...

Best Small Fictions win for The Diamond Factory, published by matchbook litmag

Awwww man, so thrilled to have my story, The Diamond Factory, receive a double nomination for these awards from matchbook litmag, a...

Here's a thing I never thought would happen. This month I started at the UEA, on the legendary prose MA, the first creative writing...

Christopher Allen - the editor of SmokeLong - and I each have many strengths. Chris is an absolutely amazing singer. I make a really nice...

My poet friend Julia and I were lucky enough to be given free tickets to this radical new literary festival, which took place last...

Super delighted to have this story published at matchbook this month. I already admired this journal so much, and then I found out how...

The Wix website manager always enjoins me, at the top of each new blog post, to 'write a catchy title', so I thought I would, for once....

This year was, of course, amazing. The readings. The workshops, The food. The company. The international workshop leaders and presenters!...

We accidentally timed this to coincide with the London Pride parade, so it was an extra-fun day. Our participants worked so hard, and so...

We held another fabulous Flashing Norwich flash fiction reading event at The Forum tonight! Stellar work from readers and open-mic-ers...

I was honoured to be asked to read at the launch of Andrew McDonnell's brilliant poetry collection, The Somnambulist Cookbook (Salt...

Honoured to be asked by Ink, Sweat and Tears for a story to celebrate this year's National Flash Fiction Day. What a lovely journal it...

We had a fantastic evening, raising £210 with the generous support of a stellar cast of readers. Sam's auctioneering skills were...