Good morning everyone! Today I'm extra excited because I've had my first ever US publication of a poem! One of my haiku has appeared in the latest edition of the wonderful American journal Frogpond. There is a digital preview of this issue, 41.3, on the Frogpond website, but I recommend picking up a copy of [...]
Essay on publishing in Routledge collection
In late-2019, I was asked to give a lecture at Kingston University as part of the Masterclass series for their MA in Publishing and Creative Writing about an aspect of the future of publishing. I chose to talk about how publishing can find its place and survive in a world of neoliberal economic ideals - [...]
Haiku in BLITHE SPIRIT
Very exciting news: in Blithe Spirit 28.4, I've had not one but two poems published! Blithe Spirit is the journal of the British Haiku Society, and its always jam packed with gorgeous features, essays, reviews and of course poems. I'm very grateful to the editors for selecting two of my haiku for this issue - happy reading everybody!
Publication in Story Cities Anthology
Yippie, some fiction news! I am super excited to say that my flash fiction Not Every Train has been accepted for publication in the Story Cities anthology. The anthology is a collaboration between Greenwich University and Arachne Press, here's what the lovely publishers have to say about it: Story Cities explore ways in which stories respond to, reflect and re-imagine [...]
Haiku in WILD anthology
Some more lovely poetry news! I'm very pleased to have had a poem publishing in Wild: The British Haiku Society Anthology 2018! It's an annual collection that comes out every year from the British Haiku Society, and it's full of really gorgeous poems. I really thoroughly recommend it as a read, and you can pick up a copy for £4 [...]
Kingston University Masterclass talk
Yesterday evening, I had a fantastic time giving a talk at Kingston University as part of the MA Publishing and Creative Writing Masterclass series. The students were all so clued up and asked really great, insightful questions. The talk focussed on neoliberalism, the ecosystem of reading and permaculture publishing. I had so much fun 'booking [...]
Lecture at City University
I had the most marvellous time yesterday speaking at City University on the MA Publishing programme. We discussed the cold war between self-publishing and traditional publishing, and the effects that's had on the industry. Fascinating stuff! It's the second year in a row I've been a guest lecturer at City on this course, and it [...]
Haiku at Wagamama Chelmsford
Over the summer, I was lucky enough to run a haiku competition for the charming folks at Wagamama to help with the launch of their new restaurant in Chelmsford. I had an amazing time, and you can read my full write up of the evening over on the British Haiku Society website, here! Huge thanks [...]
Self-help books now available in Australia and NZ
Big shout out to folks living in Australia and New Zealand, it looks like you can now buy my books in your country! All four of them - Stress Less, Believe in Yourself, Boost, and Don't Panic - are available to buy from Dymocks and other lovely bookshops. This is particularly exciting for me, because I was born in Australia, so it's [...]
First haiku publication!
It's a very exciting day today: my copy of this quarter's British Haiku Society journal Blithe Spirit just arrived, and it contains my first official haiku publication! There are three poems by me on page 54, and it feels like a huge achievement even though they're so few words each - but that is the [...]
‘How to end a story’ on Reedsy
A couple of months ago, I joined the amazing publishing services agency Reedsy as an editor. Since then, I've got to work on some amazing books - and I just got quoted on the importance of the metaphorical Chekhov's gun in finishing your stories! There's lots of really great advice throughout the article from other [...]
A new chapter at the UEA
It's official! I'm leaving Endeavour Media to go and do an MA in Creative Writing at the UEA! I am so, so excited for this next step, and am really grateful to UEA for offering me a place on this amazing course. I'm handing over the Endeavour reins to the marvellous James Faktor, who will keep all [...]
Greenwich Book Fest: Is the Future of Publishing Digital?
This Saturday, 16th June at 10am, I'll be on a panel at Greenwich Book Festival with the wonderful Katy Guest from Unbound, the insightful Victoria Hughes-Williams from The Pigeonhole, and the fabulous Rosamund Davies from Creative Conversations as our chair. We will be discussing all things digital, and where the future of publishing might be headed: [...]
Hello to haiku
I'm steeling my nerves a bit here because I don't normally share my poetry, but over the past few weeks I've set up a little poetry social media presence under the name Haikurkbride. Not everything I do is strictly, fashionably, or technically a haiku, but it is all micropoetry at least! You can find me on: [...]
Mailing list is go – with a FREE eBook for subscribers
A month has just flown by since I last posted, but it hasn't been without event: London Book Fair has been in full swing this week and I've been there having the most fun championing backlist books with the Endeavour Media team! With some nervousness, I have also set up a writerly mailing list, because apparently these are quite [...]
French translation of Boost
The translations keep on coming thick and fast, but this one is particularly exciting because it is in a language I've never had a book translated into before: French! The publisher DUNOD has done an amazing job on designing this beautiful edition, titled Boost - Faites décoller votre confiance en vous, and have even made some super [...]
Stress Less and Believe in Yourself translations
A few months ago, Believe in Yourself was released in Albanian, and Stress Less came out in Dutch - now it's the other way around! The lovely folks at Lantaarn have put together a beautiful Dutch translation of Believe in Yourself, called How to Feel Good, and Minerva Botime has created an Albanian version of Stress Less - Më Pak Stres. I'm [...]
Fairlight Books February author spotlight
Following the publication of The Locust Theorem and The Cloud Loom, the lovely folks at Fairlight Books have decided to put me in their author spotlight for the month - how very thrilling! While your over there, don't forget to read both the stories as well, they're completely free to read... "It is probably best [...]
‘Proscenium’ is here!
It's been a really busy week, and I've only just had time to post about the fact that Proscenium was published in Fictive Dreamon Thursday. I've been really touched and pleased by its reception so far - the lovely Sophie G. on Twitter said it "totally nails beautiful/sad" - which really made my day! As [...]
‘On the Last Rebellion’ in Open Pen
Happy Sunday everybody! Fantastically excited that On the Last Rebellion has been published by the lovely Sean and friends over at Open Pen! You can't really do excerpts for flash fiction, so here's the first two sentence and you can find the whole 500-Word read here: To be invaded is a penetration. If not bodily, [...]