Release dates: both unknown, but Medicine Show was likely in May on the basis of the Melody Maker review quoted below  Was I listening to ...

I wrote an essay for Lithub , which is ostensibly about Tolkien's idea of the eucatastrophe, but is really about what happens *after* th...

I did a written interview for Joe Bedford's 'Writers on Research' series, which you can find here . A brief excerpt: What I dra...

Release date: 1 October  Was I listening to this in the 1980s? Very much so.  U2 were the focus of much critical ire and jealousy almost fro...

What kind of story is The Angels of L19 ? It’s published by a press whose mission statement emphasises literary fiction. I also submitted th...

Release date: 6 February  Was I listening to this in the 1980s? Not in 1984, but my next-door neighbour Richie had several of the group’s ea...

Today is the official publication day for The Angels of L19 , and I have an essay up at Ginger Nuts of Horror , which explores how the story...

The Angels of L19 is officially released tomorrow, but the online launch event is this evening at 7 for 7.30. Tickets are free if you order...

Really lovely, in-depth review at the splendidly named Ginger Nuts of Horror review site . Here's the tag line: Highly original, thought...

There is a fairly lengthy review of The Angels of L19 in The Guardian, by Nina Allan . Though I think it is best described as 'mixed...

Release date: June  Was I listening to this in the 1980s? Yes.  The NME and Melody Maker were not published throughout most of June and Ju...

The Acknowledgements page of my novel states my debt to the poet and novelist Charles Williams, friend of CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien, and like...

It’s always better for a novel to be set somewhere rather than nowhere, and the more specifically that somewhere is delineated the better. ...

Release date: 19 October  Was I listening to this in the 1980s? Sort of.  I liked Big Country’s first album, The Crossing , but didn’t own i...

Release date: 12 October  Was I listening to this in the 1980s? Yes. In my collection of home-taped C90 cassettes, number one had Kilimanjar...

Release date: late February  Was I listening to this in the 1980s? I had the group’s second album, … From Across the Kitchen Table (1985), ...

Release date: 12 March  Was I listening to this in the 1980s? Yes.  I remember buying this on cassette very shortly after its release and re...

The Angels of L19 is officially released on 19 August. On 18 August, there will be an online launch event: a conversation between Adam Robe...

  Release dates: early March and 9 November  Was I listening to these in the 1980s? Yes.  I begin my survey of 1984 music with Julian Cope’s...