Twenty years ago this year, I published a book called Westsiders, a book about the some of the stories behind the West Coast hip hop that had come out of Los Angeles in the 90s. I'm really pleased to say it's coming out again as an e-book to celebrate the anniversary. I'd spent about fifteen [...]
Win this print: a very special giveaway for members of my email list. The artist Paddy Hamilton has lived and worked at Dungeness for around 20 years, drawing inspiration from this changing landscape and its people. I love his work. This is an artist's proof from a series of linocuts called Twister, which records the [...]
Back in 2015 I asked this question of my fellow writers. I added a few more in 2019, too. David HewsonStay off the internet when they invent it. Isabelle GreyIf, when you hit a dead end, you make your characters more complex, then plot solutions will follow. Denise MinaYou will be expected to generate your [...]
What do you are you actually supposed to do when you're a writer-in-residence? Apart from write, that is? This week I've been lucky to be the writer-in-residence at West Dean College of Arts and Conservation in Sussex. It's an extraordinary and beautiful place; a college of the arts run by a charitable trust, set in [...]
On November 3 2018 I interviewed CJ Sansom at Norwich Cathedral. Chris is an old friend. We've known each other since before either of us had fiction published, so it was lovely to do this event together – surrounded by the city in which his seventh Shardlake novel Tombland is set. CJ Sansom 03-11-18 Norwich [...]
