Blog Posts

  • Prize Draw

    Behold a video of the promised prize draw for subscribers to my email newsletter, which links to this blog. It was filmed by my husband in my office (excuse the shut eyes and disappearing act). I’ll be in touch with the winners personally soon.   Forthcoming: more reviews, news about my part-time job as Creative…

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  • Spill, Simmer, Falter, Wither, Sara Baume

    If I were to create an elevator pitch for this novel, I’d go for: Man talks to a traumatised dog in order to talk about his traumatised self. The dog One Eye reminds me of an early 20th century children’s story my granny used to read me about a Bowiesque dog that had one green…

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  • Poetry Giveaway, Thank You and Invitation to Subscribe

    We are all drowning under the rush of organisations begging us to sign up to their newsletters before 25th May when data protection laws tighten up. Unfortunately I have to add to the deluge but as a sign of appreciation for loyal readers I’m running a little competition in which I will give away: A…

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  • Guest, S. J.Bradley

    Guest is the ironic title of this coming of age novel about a young man who squats in a former hotel. The title calls to mind the uninvited wedding guest or one of the absent friends and relatives your mother might raise a glass to at Christmas meals. Who is the guest here? Is it…

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