Another update. It’s all go here at the moment as I close down the business I’ve been running for nearly eight years and take up a university teaching post, but I’ve found time for some reviews and to start a…
Another update. It’s all go here at the moment as I close down the business I’ve been running for nearly eight years and take up a university teaching post, but I’ve found time for some reviews and to start a…
Another update post. I’ve been busy on the journalism and criticism front recently (a side-effect of publishers front-loading spring releases). In the Japan Times I’ve reviewed Japanese classics A Dark Night’s Passing by Naoya Shiga and The River Ki by Sawako…
Hi folks, a quick update while the world falls apart around our ears. My latest pieces for the Japan Times are a review of Yasushi Inoue’s The Hunting Gun and a look at Sarah Frederick’s Turning Pages, a study of feminism and…
So four days to go in the year and we’re all panicking every time an artist who has made an impact on our lives starts trending on Twitter. I just woke up to the news about Carrie Fisher. I had…
it’s been too long drinking beneath the castle the Kiso, drifting That’s right, my first poetry collection, Fractures, is out in the world. If you’ve already ordered one it should be in the post by now, if you haven’t ordered…
This week I have two pieces in the Japan Times. One is a look back at haiku master Basho’s classic work The Narrow Road to the Deep North, the other is a review of the final part in Lian Hearn’s The Tale of…
I’m delighted to be able to announce a second event in Edinburgh during the August festival period. In addition to my appearance at the Edinburgh International Book Festival on August 25th at 15.45 with Glenn Patterson, I will be appearing…
Tickets are now on sale for the Edinburgh International Book Festival. I’ll be appearing on August 25th at 15.45 with Glenn Patterson, and you can get your tickets online right now here. Also, the new issue (4) of Shoreline of…
Things are starting to come together for the launch of The Waves Burn Bright in May. The final proofs are done and it should be off to the printer any day now, and I can share a couple of events with…
It’s been a pretty good week. The copyedit of The Waves Burn Bright is done and dusted and I’m feeling a lot happier with the text. At this point in the cycle I’m torn between wanting to get the book out…
