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
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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
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
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
A year on from writing LIFE SIZE http://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
Snake Ropes Sub Domain
http://snakeropes.jessrichards.com/ This was the original website for Snake Ropes, and a few people have said they miss it, so I’m posting it here. Jay Roberts did a fantastic job on …Read More
Ardtornish Estate and Scottish Book Trust Commission
While at the stunning Ardtornish Estate working on my third novel, I wrote a memoir piece as the commission for the award. Such personal writing is new to me, but …Read More
Ardtornish Blog for the Sunday Times
The thing about being on ‘retreat’ is that it’s perceived as restful. A place where you lie down or dream, away from the world which sent you retreating from it …Read More