Vast Emptiness
So, Gravity, then. I’ve been wanting to write something about this ever since I saw it on Tuesday, but for
Jonathan Pinnock – Writer of Stuff
"A Genuine Comic Talent" – Jonathan Coe
So, Gravity, then. I’ve been wanting to write something about this ever since I saw it on Tuesday, but for
The excellent Short Review (to the best of my knowledge, the only magazine that focusses exclusively on short story collections)
Every now and then, I Google my own name. Sometimes I can go as long as an hour before I
As everyone knows, there are two books that no aspiring toilet library should be without: Charles Sale’s “The Specialist” and
Continue readingThe Late Review: Bum Fodder by Richard Smyth
Today the longlist for this year’s Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award was announced, and Dot Dash is on it,
Just realised it’s about time I made a bit of a noise about this upcoming thing. Short Stories Aloud is a
Is it really over a fortnight since I last blogged? I guess it must be. Someone said to be on
Is it a week since my last post? Well, obviously it is. There are reasons for this, none of which,
Yesterday was one of those milestones in my career as a writer – the day when something of mine was
Hmmm. Need to hone my headline writing skills, I think. Whatever. I found out on New Year’s Eve that my
Continue readingAnother Highly Commended Poem and Another Review for Dot Dash