Sneezing / costumes / clues / a nice train
Heyo, OUTRAGED to report that I’ve spent the last couple of weeks having Covid for the first time. I guess five years was a pretty good run. Obviously at...
The World Tramdriver Championships
Heya, Whoops, it’s been a while! But how better to start sending these again than to tell you all about the WORLD TRAMDRIVER CHAMPIONSHIPS in Vienna, which...
UK paperback / some books I love / more Australia facts
!!!! The Husbands is OUT IN PAPERBACK in the UK TODAY! Here it is! And it’s a week and a half since its US paperback release. Which is to say, if you were...
US Husbands paperback + "the original ending(s)"
Heya, The US paperback of The Husbands is out TODAY and it’s got a new lovely cover: Look at that yellow! To celebrate I thought I might spend this week’s...
Book news, cat news, bird news etc
Heya, Short and scrappy one today, I think! Here’s the headlines: The Husbands is out in paperback soon (!!)I’m doing some Australian events (further !!)...
The Wizard of Oz / how to decorate windows / dinosaurs
Heya, I must have mentioned, at some point, my collection of extremely specific how-to books. Here’s a few of them: I dunno, I love them. Want to be an...
2024 and reading too many debut novels
In 2024, I tried to read a debut book every week. After all, I had a debut novel of my own coming out (as you’ll no doubt be aware if you’re reading this; I...
I went to the zoo
Hi all, Quickish one this week, featuring: my trip to the zoo, the concept of December, and some things I’ve enjoyed recently. THREE DAYS AT THE ZOO Last...
Getting asked for advice
Hey all, Three things this week: Husbands cards for the US/CanadaADVICEThings I’ve enjoyed recently HUSBANDS CARDS: US/CANADA A week or two back I offered to...
Husbands, pickles, Canada
Heya, RIGHT, I am BACK from Canada and here are my observations: Wow people in Canada sure are into picklesSpecifically, the sort of pickle that I’d call a...
Canada, clothes and cold snaps
Hi all, I’m in Canada! Specifically, I’m at the airport in Calgary. I’m here to do some events around The Husbands, and I’ve just finished up at Wordfest, a...
The Wild Atlantic Way
Hey all, DID YOU KNOW that the Irish countryside is very nice to look at? In fact it’s the perfect amount of nice to look at - beautiful, yes, in some places...
Summer, children's games, a hall of mirrors
Hey all, Hope everything’s going well with you! SUMMER HEY Things here are pretty okay! In June and July I deliberately didn’t plan very much fun stuff,...
Summer and games and advice
Hey all, Here is my top hobby this week: watering the bit of the garden where there’s a big spider who lives in a log, and who when I start watering will run...
What I Did On My Holidays
Hey all, Hope things are good with you! Earlier this month I was in Italy for a week - a zoom through four cities (Bologna and Parma with one friend, Trieste...
Birds, husbands, photocopiers
Hey all, hope you’re doing okay! Today I have a great bird to show you, plus a weird camel and some very neat photocopier art. KINDLE DAILY DEAL But first,...
My book is out!!, + going on tour and television
Hey all, When I started writing this newsletter it said something like: my book is coming out next week! Then time passed, and in another draft it said: my...
Thoughts on Instagram (bad), Downpour (good), daffodils (unclear)
Hey all, Well! It's March! How nice it is to be here. BOOK REPORT Although: the fact that it's March means my book comes out in a month. I have some copies...
An infinite supply of husbands
Hey all, The sun is out! Joy is possible! Of course maybe you don't live in my kitchen and are not currently sunlit, in which case, my commiserations. This...
Writing Things Out
Hi all, Whenever I miss a week or two of writing this newsletter I start to feel like I need to catch up, I need to finish and compile every half-drafted...