My book, Piggy Monk Square, was Twitter-mentioned yesterday – in a list of ‘working-class’ writers. It wasn’t the first time I’ve found myself and my writing classified as working class. I was brought up in Toxteth, Liverpool. Our house had no hot water, shower bath or inside toilet. At that time, my father worked night shifts […]
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Stinging Fly Stories Anthology – Becoming Invisble
The Stinging Fly literary magazine has brought out a short-story anthology to celebrate twenty years of publishing. One of my own stories, Becoming Invisible, was published in their 1998 issue. I am very happy to say they are including it in their anthology. It’s so hard to believe I wrote this story twenty years ago. […]
The Waverton Good Book Award Nomination
The Waverton Good Book Award was started by Wendy Smedley and Gwen Goodhew in Waverton, a small village outside Chester in England. Their aim was to find fifty or so debut novels, written by British citizens. They wanted to encourage reading in their village as well as encourage new writers. REAL READERS They recruited people […]