Wildlife

I am so looking forward to this next month. Today I went back to my old teaching campus of Francis Close Hall, Uni of Glocs to talk about the creative process, writing stories and poems and working as an editor with my fellow Bright Young Thing Tyler Keevil, his bright and erudite students, and the talented Rebecca F. John. It was lovely to be talking about my next book, finally, out next spring! I also discovered that Rebecca is a basher and Tyler and I are swoopers / leapers:  https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/632571-swoopers-write-a-story-quickly-higgledy-piggledy-crinkum-crankum-any-which-way I've a few bits and pieces coming up... out now, the Spring issue of The Lonely Crowd includes a new story from me called 'Looks Like Rain': The Lonely Crowd  ‏ @ thelonelypress     10h 10 hours ago 10 hours ago 'When the woman was a girl she was afraid of the weather...' Read @Soozerama in our new issue. I've also written an e...

I hope you can join me for this event of loveliness: An evening of readings from the Spring Issue of The Lonely Crowd , featuring Robert Minhinnick, Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch, Leila Segal, Bethany W. Pope, Susie Wild, Marie Gethins & more tbc shortly. The Little Man Coffee Co , Ivor House, Bridge Street, CF10 2EE  Cardifff, United Kingdom Facebook Event Page Also, I decided, as my old Literature Wales profile mentioned MySpace, I  was  due for a 5 year update 

I'm looking forward to this trip to Istanbul next month , one of the lucky 21 chosen to be a fellow from hundreds... flights booked: " The Fellowship Programme starting in year 2011 has hosted 63 international professionals in İstanbul until now in the field of publishing and contributed to the promotion of Turkish literature and publishing. This year 21 professionals from 14 different countries, such as publishers, literary agents, translators, literary fund managers and directors of literary festivals are meeting in İstanbul. Professionals working in the field of literature and translation are going to visit publishing houses with their Turkish colleagues during the 3-day program, share their knowledge and experience in one-to-one meetings, participate in the Programme which creates a ground for development of joint projects and provide common market for the copyrights. See here  for more information."

You can now pre-order the new, spring issue of The Lonely Crowd here:  http://thelonelycrowd.org/the-lonely-store/ Featuring: Fiction / Kate Hamer, Valerie Sirr, Leila Segal, Robert Minhinnick, Marie Gethins, Charlie Hill, Bethany W. Pope, Catherine McNamara, Neil Campbell, Alan McMonagle, Siân Melangell Dafydd, Armel Dagorn, C. G. Menon, Susie Wild, Laura Windley, Iain Robinson, Giles Rees, Diana Powell, Pia Ghosh Roy, Nigel Jarrett / Poetry / Joe Dunthorne, Polly Atkin, Zelda Chappell, Scarlett Sabet, Carol Lypsc, James Aust, Sarah James, Katharine Stansfield, Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch / Photo Story / Seamus Sullivan / Editing & Design / John Lavin / Advisory Editor / Michou Burckett St. Laurent / Front & Back Photos / Jo Mazelis