My academic background is in conceptual art and my professional career is as a novelist who has published three books. (Sceptre, Hodder & Stoughton 2012-17) This page is about the …Read More
The Kitschies Awards
So proud that my third novel, City of Circles, has been nominated for the red tentacle (novel) category for the Kitschies Awards. Previous winners have included Margaret Atwood, and the …Read More
To wake in a dark night and keep dreaming
In praise of kindness: words are dark weapons but kindness is a shining thing like the edges of the moon when blurred through clouds and it’s kindness, not its opposite, …Read More
The Ticks (story in progress)
This is my happy ever after. My husband and I own a farm between fir trees at the edge of an evergreen forest. The forest grows in straight lines which …Read More
Read the first four chapters of City of Circles for free!
So happy to have had my third novel selected to be part of the bedtime book club at The Pool. They have the first four Chapters of City of Circles …Read More
Antony Millen’s review of City of Circles
Antony Millen has written a fantastic and thorough review of City of Circles for Landfall, New Zealand’s literary magazine.
First Reading in New Zealand
I was invited to read on a Speculative Fiction panel at Palmerston North Library alongside Kiwi writer, Tim Jones. It was so nerve-wracking to read for the first time here …Read More
Yellow Petals: The natural beauty of New Zealand
I can make new things become old friends just by looking at them for long enough. There’s the black-green feathers of a Tui as it drinks desperate nectar – its …Read More
THE ISOLATION BLOG: NOV-APRIL 2014
searching for isolation Isolation Blog #1 Searching for somewhere isolated involves interacting with many people. Banks, the inland revenue, and many mailing lists want an actual address rather than …Read More
UNDROWNED
One year on from writing LIFE SIZE scottishbooktrust.com/blog/writing/2014/09/life-size-by-jess-richards/ at the Ardtornish Retreat, I have written UNDROWNED, which is a creative response to performing in Sally J Morgan’s ambitious and brave project …Read More