Ardtornish Writers Retreat 2014 (Scottish Book Trust) I am so honoured to have been awarded this fantastic opportunity. Can’t wait for June… am packing already. (It’s April.) Just, you know. …Read More
Category: News
Author’s Lifestyles
Workshy Fop interviewed me and three other authors and has written a really interesting piece. It’s all about the varying lifestyles of writers. I used to have a ‘lifestyle’. I’m …Read More
clocks
I’ve been making some ‘broken bits of time’ clocks. The hands move round, they tick, but they don’t tell anything. We force clocks to tell us the time. It’s all …Read More
the quiet days : slate paintings
Slate paintings
Arvon
During the w/c October the 28th, I’ll be teaching prose to a schools group at the Arvon Foundation in Devon. I’ve written some creative exercises involving minuscule short stories, free-writing, …Read More
Snake Ropes has been shortlisted for the Scottish Book Awards 2013
There are so many fantastic books in every category of this award, and they’ve extended the first book category to include six books this year, due to the wealth of …Read More
Brighton City Reads 2013
I’ll be appearing during Brighton City Reads at Waterstones. Do come along on September the 19th 2013. (7.30pm) There are some fantastic events to choose from, and of course, the main …Read More
Cove Park
I’m honoured to have been awarded a six week Literature Residency at Cove Park. During July and August 2013, I’ll be in Scotland fully appreciating the unpredictable weather, lochs, mud, highland …Read More
Book Based Banter / The Readers
Simon and Gavin interviewed me about Snake Ropes, with some great questions from themselves and other readers. Sadly, their website is no longer operational.
Interview
To follow up after his review of Cooking with Bones, Workshy Fop has posted a recent interview: http://workshyfop.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/sci-fi-with-recipes-interview-with-jess.html He came up with some really thought-provoking questions. There are some other …Read More