I've just got back from a brilliant week tutoring a short story course and stuffing my face with Tania Hershman at Arvon's Totleigh Barton centre in Devon. What a treat! Here's my report, in bullet points: Monday • Totleigh Barton is REMOTE. It's an hour's drive from the nearest train station - Exeter St David's. When I arrive, my phone … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2012
Litro podcast
Listen here to me chatting with Litro's Emily Cleaver about The Stone Thrower and the inspiration behind the story collection, PLUS actor Cliff Chapman giving a cracking reading of the title story. … [Read more...]
North American cover design for The Stone Thrower
Check out the cover design for the North American edition of The Stone Thrower from ECW Press. What d'you reckon? I'm thrilled with it. This was my favourite of the three proposed versions they sent over, so I'm glad it ended up as this one. At its core, the collection is about the fragility and vulnerability of children, and the fragile and … [Read more...]