Ladybird's Well-Loved Tales Deconstructed

LETTER FROM BADGER

Despite what experience has taught me, it seems publishing books isn’t only about deferred gratification after all. Three months ago I didn’t even have a publisher for my new collection of short stories. Now, a bit mindbogglingly, the finished item is back from the printers, already being sent

BIG NEWS!

After a tense wait, Breakthrough Book Collective and I finally received the news yesterday afternoon that Blackwell’s UK will be stocking my new short story collection Curious Events Lately Occurring In This Neighbourhood. This means, brilliantly, and slightly astonishingly, that the book can be ordered from almost anywhere in

The Cat Who Got Painted Into History

My mum and dad’s cat Bridget (pictured above) has always been a bit of a wanderer. Never was her nomadic spirit more evident than in summer 2020, when (partly due to her clashes with George) she’d vanish for weeks on end. While she was away my mum and

Hedgecock's Trip Down Memory Lane

The sea thrashed dyspeptically below Hedgecock as he limped along the cliff path, supported by his cane. There had been days with weather just like this while he lived at the red house, he was sure, but he never remembered them. When his mind sifted through that part of his