Delighted that Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath have apparently chosen my ‘Dancing In The Shallows’ as one of their secret Blind Date books! Such a lovely idea and I hope the recipients enjoy it!! #BookTwitter Fairlight Books

I’m so pleased to be one of National Book Tokens 25 Summer Reads!! (even if we seem to have plunged into autumn … all the better for curling up with a good book!) Thank you National Book Tokens !

Two weeks to opening night!! Gulp…

Lisa Nandy, quoted in The Guardian. Wow.

I love watching MPs swearing in following an election. It’s an easy way to learn new names and faces and gives a great insight into the religious, national and political identities of members. Here’s a thread of some of the more interesting moments from the last couple of days🧵

We won’t waste a moment. From music to museums and film to football - we will put people back at the centre of our national story and champion our creative industries in every part of the U.K. This is what change looks like.

I'm so excited!! Come see it, you won't be disappointed.

Yep, it’s your fringe producer’s job today to grapple with IKEA furniture. Come see it assembled (I hope) from next week. THE BOX at ⁦White Bear Theatre⁩ 23 Jul to 3 Aug More info and tix: whitebeartheatre.co.uk/whatson/the-box

Just saw a full run through of THE BOX on the last day of rehearsals. @j_martinedwards and Sarah Lawrie were electric!! I urge you to see this if you can. We open next week: Tues 23 July to Sat 3 Aug at White Bear Theatre More info and tix: whitebeartheatre.co.uk/whatson/the-box

Somewhere within six miles of Charing Cross? How about the Omnibus Theatre this Wednesday and Thursday (24th & 25th), for TIMELESS Edinburgh Festival Fringe previews ? #EdPreviews2024 Tickets here:omnibus-clapham.org/timeless/ See you there?

Fab that an extract from ‘Dancing In The Shallows’ is on ⁦BBC Upload⁩ this evening, across Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire! Repeated on Sat evening! Thanks so much for choosing it ⁦Adam Crowther⁩!! I love BBC Upload.

Police officers are arriving in vans and on horseback to the area around Castle Park ahead of tonight’s planned protest. I have seen one van from Dorset, with officers from other forces in attendance. Follow this thread for the latest updates as the evening unfolds.

Outside a hotel in Redcliffe, Bristol - the hotel is being protected by hundreds of Bristolians shouting ‘We are many, you are few. We are Bristol, who are you?’ to a group of around 100 protesters who had marched on the hotel

Neighbourhood Chief Inspector Vicks Hayward-Melen has given the following update in response to the disorder in Bristol city centre tonight. An accessible version of this statement can be found here: orlo.uk/Hcdp1

A s flake is to blizzard, as C urve is to sphere, as knot is to net, as O ne is to many, as coin is to money, as R ock is to mountain, as drop is to fountain, as spring is to river, as N ear is to far, as light is to star, as kindness is to good –– so acorn is to wood.

This is just heaven. I think my favs are the Darth Vader mask, the pigeon and the boy in the yellow coat but they are all gorgeous. Check them out.

Great night at #NovelNights Bristol Folk House in Bristol. Terrific readings, friendly audience, loads of writers. Congrats Elaine Miles and Kevlin Henney and all the others and BIG congrats to Grace Palmer for putting on such a fab event!

We love Bath and we'll be back there on Fri 27 Sept Burdall's Yard - come and say hello and enjoy the best comedy improv around! ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/bath/…

Delighted to have chosen 12 of my favourite short stories and shared them here. This site is a repository of some of the best short stories ever, and I recommend, even if you don’t read my ramblings! apersonalanthology.com

Delighted to have a greedy little story in this delectable E-zine! Why not sit down with a sugary doughnut and have a read of it and all the other fab treats on offer! Thanks so much époque press #newwriting #short_story #food_writing Short Story Today: A Feedspot Top 20 Story Podcast #literaryjournals