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It’s now only seven weeks, precisely, until my second novel, 1983, comes out (if you’d like to, you can pre-order it here from Blackwells with free worldwide delivery, which is extremely helpful in terms of it getting into the shops a bit more prominently and helping me write
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Notes About Music, Primates, Bedclothes, Eggs And The Future Of The Universe
Subscribe now It comes as something of a surprise to me to realise I have now been living in the British countryside for almost five decades. Before those conclusion-jumping folks amongst you read that statement and think “Oh, this guy is clearly a Grade-A bumpkin with no idea of how
Ladybird's Well-Loved Tales Deconstructed
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Remembering - and accepting - the beautiful garden I lost.
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Ok ok so you’ve seen the headline of this piece and you probably want me to get to the point but first, a question: Would you like a free book? As you might know, I’m currently giving away signed hardbacks of both Villager and Notebook to anyone who
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* It was 2015 when I first sketched out my ‘Map Of Britain After The 2029 Technology Crash’. Recently, I gave the sketch to my dad, Mick, and he came up with the infinitely more attractive and detailed version you can see above. 2029 seemed exotically, brain-meltingly far away in 2015
An early excerpt from a freshly completed novel
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A fortnight ago I bought a lot of books from my publisher. What I am talking about here is “Level of books that take you several hours to shift into your house and stack, require the use of a wheelbarrow and leave you exhausted for 3-4 days afterwards.” Maybe I
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The piece below is something I wrote during the autumn before last - about a special house which proved very inspirational during the writing of Villager - which I’ve decided to repost today as at least 80% of you will never have read it before. Subscribe now Someone turned
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I’ve decided to open up my paywalled archives for the next week (i.e. until Friday May 10th) in case any new subscribers here would like to read any of my older Substack stuff - for example this piece on lanes or this piece on dilapidated buildings or this
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Living In The Magic House