
Guest Post with Writer Mike Robbins
'...humans are maybe better than we think.'
'...we’re lucky to have this thriving, lively city centre.. We have a thousand years of history and it seeps out of every brick.'
✨ How long have you been writing for and what inspires…

Spoken Excerpt from The River Days of Rosie Crow
I'm lucky enough to live in Norwich, a UNESCO City of Literature, a city designated as such since 2012. For the last 900 years writers in this city have fought for the abolition of slavery, started the first provincial newspaper, fomented revolution…

The River Days of Rosie Crow - almost here!
I love this cover so much. I really do. I'm a little done with people on my front cover's staring wistfully out to the distance, so imagine my delight when my publisher for this novel (definitely a benefit of signing with a small, indie…

The Gifts we Call on : Interview with Lesley Grahame
'It's good trouble, and I intend to grow up disgracefully causing more of it.'
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I know Lesley through environmental and activist circles in Norwich - she is one of these amazing, tireless characters who seems to be in many different…

Top Ten Books of 2025
In no particular order, here are my top reads of the year. I'd love to know yours too. It's been a bumper year for reading, so I've included more in this end of year list than I normally do.
This was a fascinating read. Kate Rawles built…

A History of Understanding in Nine and a Half Steps
Last night I read a poem at Kimberley Moore's mid-week Music & Words event in Norwich which I was invited along to. I love the magic that Kimberley weaves at these events - it's a beautiful, intimate pottery studio with fairy lights and…
