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Five Favourite: Poems

This is the last of my Five Favourites series, based on the categories of books I’ve published myself. It’s a reflective time of year, so I’m finishing with my five favourite poems.

I think in general your emotional response to a poem is strongly attached to where and when you first read it. But not always. For me, there are some poems that get richer over time, and continue to provide a visceral, often transcendent, feeling. My favourite poems are always changing, but the five below have...

Five Favourite: books for young adults

My Five Favourite series is focused around the three categories in which I now have books published. The last post was my Five Favourite Creepy Stories, and the next and final one will be Poems. That means this time it’s my Five Favorite books aimed at the audience of my own series, The Secret of the Tirthas. These are mainly pre- and early teens, but with crossover appeal to older readers. They’re books that I think can be enjoyed by the whole family – or at least all of them over...

Five Favourite: Creepy Stories

It’s getting to the time when I normally post about my favourite books of the year. But this year, given that I’ve now got books out in three different categories – young adult, horror and poetry – I thought I would post about my five favourite of each… ever! My most recent book is The Boy in the Burgundy Hood, a ghost story, so I’m going to start with my five favourite creepy stories.

1. Frankenstein

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First off, Frankenstein. One of my favourite books of all time, regardless of genre. ...

Up in the Air – Poems on Video: Muse

The latest reading from my poetry book, Up in the Air. This is from the Love poetry section and it’s called Muse. I wrote it for my wife on our wedding day.

Why not order a copy of Up in the Air for a friend or loved one this Christmas?

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The Boy in the Burgundy Hood – launch week!

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OUT NOW! The Boy in the Burgundy Hood

I’m excited to announce that The Boy in the Burgundy Hood is out today!

This is a double first for me – my first ghost story, and my first novel for adults!

Here’s what it’s about:

A ghost story with a difference.

She’s not afraid of ghosts.

Alice Deaton can’t believe her luck when she’s offered her dream job at a medieval English manor house.

Mired in debt, the elderly owners have transferred their beloved Bramley to a heritage trust and Alice must prepare it for public opening in the spring.

But t...

ghosts.

The Boy in the Burgundy Hood – Cover

Here’s the cover for my forthcoming ghost story, The Boy in the Burgundy Hood – what do you think?

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Out later this month!

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Up in the Air – Poems on Video: Diaspora of Light

Here’s Diaspora of Light, the latest in my series of readings from my poetry collection, Up in the Air. It’s about the real reason light travels so long and far across the universe.

Wearing a British Sea Power T-shirt, a group I’ve loved ever since seeing them at the first Latitude Festival.

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Appearance at Leatherhead Book Festival 2019

I’m excited to be appearing at the Leatherhead Book Festival this Saturday 12th October!

I’ll be reading from The City of Light and showing slides of the real garden hidden deep in the Herefordshire countryside that inspired it. I’ll also be talking about my forthcoming ghost story, The Boy in the Burgundy Hood.

I’m honoured to be in a great line-up that includes Angela Dyson and the Sunday Times bestselling author Sophie Hannah. Sophie has taken up the mantle of writing the new Agatha Chris...

Up in the Air – Poems on Video: Suburban Alembic

Here’s the latest in my series of Poems on Video from my collection Up in the Air.

An alembic is a distilling tool that combines different elements to create something new. It’s used in philosophy for a process of refinement, or transmutation. This poem, written about a summer evening in my grandmother’s garden in Eastbourne, is my first video request. Let me know if there’s a poem from Up in the Air that you’d like me to read on video.

And of course this poem is dedicated to my grandma, Pame...