Continuing a tradition ( the seventh occasion! ), here's my annual look back at the year from a creative standpoint. During the year ...

Well, here we are again (seriously, where does the time go, eh?), gearing up for Christmas and all things festive, which means it's ti...

"Christmas is coming!" Me, Christmas 1981.  The book I'm writing in was the first diary I received and kept up with (I stil...

Last week, Alison & I were lucky enough to revisit the excellent INXS concert film Live Baby Live at the cinema, when it showed ‘for on...

I'm pleased to announce that my short story, Mr Stix , has now been published in standalone ebook form by PenMan Press. When Sam Mur...

Last week, I got to interview my fine friend Sue Moorcroft at Rothwell Library, on the eve of the paperback publication of her 15th novel, ...

The second in an occasional thread celebrating old-school paperback novelisations from the 70s and 80s, which are now mostly forgotten.  We...