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If you’re in need of some comfort right now, here are my favourite comfort reads. Low stakes, high romance, familiar tropes and loveable characters abound. (Whereas my book The Quiet at the End of the World, about a global virus pandemic that makes humanity infertile, may be less comforting right now….) Links to Amazon UKContinue reading “Comfort reads”

Hi guys! A few updates on various authorly goings-on: 27th Feb: Alice Oseman in conversation with Lauren James – Portobello Bookshop, Edinburgh, details here 26th March: Chairing An Evening With Natasha Pulley and Zen Cho – Waterstones Birmingham, details here 10-13 April: Eastercon 2020, Birmingham Hilton Metropole Hotel 18 April: Panel with Tom Pollock at Pleasance, Edinburgh Science Festival –Continue reading “Upcoming events in Edinburgh & Birmingham, Chapter 18 of my free online novel”

I currently have openings for my freelance editing. If you’re an aspiring writer who’s completed a manuscript in any genre, please get in touch. I specialise in Science Fiction and Fantasy, Young Adult and Middle Grade fiction, but I’ve worked on non-fiction and memoir writing too. I focus on developing plot, pacing, character, dialogue andContinue reading “Editorial services”

As nominations are now open for the Hugo Awards, here is your reminder that both The Quiet at the End of the World (Walker Books, 2019) and The Starlight Watchmaker (Barrington Stoke, 2019) are eligible in the Lodestar Award for Best YA category. At 19,000 words long, The Starlight Watchmaker is also eligible in theContinue reading “Hugo Award Eligibility”

It’s the previews post! A lot of the books I include in these posts usually find their way into my end-of-year favourites posts a year later, so this is a sneak peek at what I’ll be loving this year. Enjoy! Previously: 15 books I want to read in ’15 | 16 books I want to read in ’16 | 17Continue reading “Books I want to read in ’20”

It’s the blog post I look forward to allll year: my best reads! This year I read 250 books, so it was a hard job to narrow this down to my favourites. Here are my previous lists: 2018 favourites | 2017 favourites | 2016 favourites | 2015 favourites | 2014 favourites I’ve not included any of my friends’ books here, forContinue reading “My favourite books of 2019”

JUST 1 WEEK LEFT TO APPLY! Sign up for my 15 week mentoring course with WriteMentor. 1 fully funded scholarship place is available. This course is designed for writers of YA fiction, who are already competent in the basics of writing craft, but wish to elevate their work to the next level. It is aContinue reading “1 week left to apply for my YA mentoring course”