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Tartu Creative Residency: The Forest of Ink and Skin
We are getting ever closer to The Forest of Ink and Skin. This is my collaborative project with Henri Hütt for the 2024 Prima Vista...
Tartu Part Three: Winter Saga
The third part of my Tartu residency in Estonia. Snow, skiing, and naked saunas...
Tartu Part Two: The Good People of Estonia
Twelve more days of Estonian magic, May 2023 Krista She's there again to meet me at Tartu Bus Station. Krista, with her shock-blue hair...
Writing the Uncanny: A Short Story Course
All you need to know about my Comma Press workshop series in July 2023 Tremendously exciting news to share. Come July, when we'd all...
Bringing Preston to Mars: Lancashire Stories Anthology
It was Lancashire Day on the 27th November and this year it was marked by the release of Lancashire Stories, an anthology of original...
The City of Good Thoughts: Hüvasti, Until Next Time
On the last night of my first trip to fair Estonia, I find myself at a Poetry Slam. After a quick introduction to the night’s hosts, I’m...
The City of Good Thoughts: Small City, Big Spirit
Tartu has opened itself to me. It is a mosaic of proud buildings, old and new, small and large, sturdy and wonky. It is a zonal city...
The City of Good Thoughts: The Eve of the Residency
The brief asks me to 'Bring Your Own Utopia'. A big ask in such a time of turmoils, but there's nothing quite like a pandemic, a...
Tartu, Writer-in-Residence
Rather fantastic news to share today. I've been selected via an open call to be the Tartu-Manchester UNESCO City of Literature...
The Edge Hill Short Story Prize Longlist ... and other stories
On the Edge of the Hill... My lovely little book of weird short stories about animals has just claimed its biggest achievement: a spot on...
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