As director of the north’s only dedicated short story festival, I secured funding from the arts@leeds scheme to ensure this important festival’s security and sustainability. An agile, responsive and diverse festival, the NoSho is part of Leeds Big Bookend and aims to be accessible, affordable, and representative of its own community. We aim to hostContinue reading “The Northern Short Story Festival”
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Guest
“Samhain had dreamed of a home like this. Abandoned, bay-fronted, a Georgian thing with double rooms and en-suites. The Boundary Hotel had faded sign facing the road. It promised tea-making facilities and a TV lounge. Samhain had been riding past it on his bike every day for months. He had wanted to check that itContinue reading “Guest”
Resist! Stories of Uprising
One of Waterstone’s “Best of 2019” books30 Books for Autumn in iNews “This new collection of fictions and essays, spanning two millennia of British protest, authors, historians and activists re-imagine twenty acts of defiance: campaigns to change unjust laws, protests against unlawful acts, uprisings successful and unsuccessful – from Boudica to Blair Peach, from theContinue reading “Resist! Stories of Uprising”
The Stonechat
Hear me reading “The Stonechat,” written to commission during my time as Writer in Residency at Alton Towers with Liminal Residency. This project was funded by the Arts Council. Video hosted by Comma Press. The Alton Towers publication is available on the Liminal Residency website. Back