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Norwich Book Slam, 4 June 2024

31 January 2024

4 June, 2024, 7.30-9.30pm Anteros Arts, Norwich NR3 1LJ An evening of new writing from emerging authors, featuring …

30 January 2024

I’ll be discussing the pull of place in my novel BIRDEYE alongside poet Julian Stannard at October Books, Portswood, …

29 January 2024

Birdeye’s first outing in front of an audience took place at Goldfinch Books on 22nd May in front of a warm and …

12 January 2024

I’ll be celebrating the publication of BIRDEYE 6.30-8pm at Winchester’s oldest bookshop in College St, Winchester. …

9 January 2024

The Winchester Books Festival is a glorious three-day celebration of books and authors with events for all tastes, …

20 December 2023

First published on Bookanista, April 2019 I’d never intended to call my novel Snegurochka. Titles are tricky, so …

17 September 2019

I’ve been asked by a couple of reading groups for questions about Snegurochka, so thought I’d post a few …

16 March 2019

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 …

8 February 2019

Writers use all kinds of props in their novels. Some use repeated phrases or images to foreshadow or echo or develop an …

3 January 2019

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 …