I’m over the moon to share that THE CORAL BONES has been shortlisted for the 2023 Arthur C. Clarke Award. The Clarke Award is given for the best science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom during the previous year. It’s such an immense honour to be shortlisted for this award and needless toContinue reading “THE CORAL BONES shortlisted for the Clarke Award”
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Unsung, Kitschies and MCM Comic Con
Publishing can sometimes feel like the slowest moving thing in the world, but occasionally things happen at pace. A few weeks ago, my brilliant publisher for The Coral Bones, Unsung Stories, announced the heartbreaking news that they will be closing down. If you haven’t yet seen George Sandison’s post about why, please do take aContinue reading “Unsung, Kitschies and MCM Comic Con”
THE CORAL BONES shortlisted for BSFA Best Novel Award
I’m over the moon to share the news that THE CORAL BONES has been shortlisted for a British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) award for Best Novel. It’s a huge honour and I’m immensely grateful to everyone who has voted for the book from such a fantastic longlist (do check it out for some great recommendationsContinue reading “THE CORAL BONES shortlisted for BSFA Best Novel Award”
“The Spiders of Stockholm” & The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award
Some very exciting news which I can finally share – I’m thrilled and delighted to announce that my story “The Spiders of Stockholm” from the anthology Irregularity (Jurassic, 2014) has been longlisted for The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award! The 19 longlisted writers and their stories are: The Indian Uprising by Ann Beattie TheContinue reading ““The Spiders of Stockholm” & The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award”
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