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Jan 14
1 min

Get The Art of Death delivered straight to your home

Don’t let lockdown stop you ordering books. Click your preferred retailer from the list below and have The Art Of Death delivered straigh...

Sep 14, 2020
2 min

10 Top Tracks to Write to

I almost always listen to music when I write. My extensive digital playlist is mostly made up of music from movies, and some classical too.

Aug 27, 2020
1 min

The Prisoner of Paradise Ranch

Top indie book shop Goldsboro Books is celebrating their 21st anniversary with the publication of an anthology of short stories, which in...

Jul 30, 2020
1 min

The Red Storm at Grey Point Fort

As part of the promotion tour for The Red Storm I was invited to Grey Point Fort at Helens Bay to shoot this short promotion film for BBC...

Jul 29, 2020
4 min

There's a red storm a comin'!

Here's a wee interview I did for Starburst magazine for the release of Sleeper: The Red Storm. Knock yourselves out. How would you descri...

Apr 4, 2020
1 min

The Wilbur and Niso Smith Book Prize

I was so stoked that The Red Storm was shortlisted out of 97 submissions from across the English speaking world. I didn't win, but it was...

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