Backlisted Podcast is hosted by John Mitchinson and Andy Miller, and produced by Matt Hall. Each week a classic or…
Black Teeth at Fleet
News just in: I am pleased to finally announce that my debut novel, Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile, will…
Gordon Burn Prize
Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile has been shortlisted for the 2017 Gordon Burn Prize. This news has made me…
Cock of the North
“A delicious slice of bleakness…” Described by Resident Advisor as a track that ‘snatches you out of the water’, Cock of…
Beyond the Silver Pit
In late spring I started researching a new poetry project, inspired by a framed family tree in my grandmother’s hallway.…
Big Weekend
Big Weekend (a poem from my last collection Dark Corners of the Land) has been included in a new anthology PUSH:…
Akiko Yosano: Sweet is the Taste of Tears
During the summer of 2014 I worked with publisher Michael Curran (Tangerine Press) on a new selection of tanka poems by…
The Year of Reading Women
I am honoured to be included in Joanna Walsh’s Read Women 2014 list of 250 female writers you must read this year.…
Bad Blood
After a year in the pipeline Bad Blood – a collaboration with filmmaker Martha Jurksaitis (Cherry Kino) and C.A.R. (Chloe…
3:AM Awards
Dark Corners of the Land was named ‘Poetry Book of the Year’ in the 3:AM Awards 2012. Thanks to all…
