BIRDEYE events and workshop round-up for spring/summer 2025
Like most writers, I’m always seeking time to write, but I’m delighted to participate in events, workshops, …
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Interview with Carole Burns
Earlier this year I was fortunate to be interviewed by Carole Burns, award-winning American writer, journalist, and …
Launching a novel
Birdeye published on 15th May 2024 with a launch at P&G Wells, Winchester’s independent bookstore. I was also …
Signs and portents
When I’m researching a novel, everything is interesting. I made several trips to the Catskills during the early …
The multi-tasking writer
I have two books coming out in the early summer. One of them is my novel, Birdeye (Salt). The other is a picture book …
After Utopia
My new novel Birdeye publishes soon, and those who know me best are no doubt thinking it’s about time. …
‘About a girl’
First published on Bookanista, April 2019 I’d never intended to call my novel Snegurochka. Titles are tricky, so …
Reading group questions
I’ve been asked by a couple of reading groups for questions about Snegurochka, so thought I’d post a few …
Life into fiction
I couldn’t have written my novel Snegurochka if I had not lived in Kiev for a while back in 1992-4. That’s not to …
Ordinary things
Writers use all kinds of props in their novels. Some use repeated phrases or images to foreshadow or echo or develop an …
The Tsar’s Village
I lived in Kyiv (Kiev, as we called it then) from 1993-4 in a block of flats that overlooked an area known as Tsarskoye …