I’m thrilled to reveal the stunning cover (and spine) art for my forthcoming novel, ALSTON MOOR, which will be published on 29 September 2026 by Goldsmiths Press/Gold SF. I’m immensely grateful to cover art designer Heather Ryerson and the Goldsmiths’ team. To bring this novel to fruition I’ve immersed myself in the science of peatlands […]
Judging by my spreadsheet ‘Books Read in 2025’, I have enjoyed an excellent year whether I’ve been reading for research or reading classics or keeping up with contemporary fiction. Here is a selection of my favourites together with a brief update on my writing year. I like to start the year with a book of […]
This year I smashed through all my previous records for number-of-books-read. How did I manage that? Well, I joined the jury for The Kitschies Awards along with Leila Abu El Hawa, Nick Mamatas and Molly Tanzer. Not surprisingly, my best reads of 2024 can be summarised by reminding you of the shortlists. It was such […]
Earlier this year I had the great pleasure to read this anthology in manuscript. This month AMANAT is published! In the fall of 2018, the Kazakh writer Zira Naurzbayeva agreed to meet me, an English traveller and writer, to discuss her work of nonfiction “The Beskempir,” which I had read online though only in the […]
