July 2010

I've started writing for the New Statesman; reviews include the latest novels by Benjamin Markovits and Nicholas Shakespeare. I've also been recommending spooky summer reads for the Observer, as well as reviewing the brilliant Nicola Barker. And there's a whole slew of other stuff - Nancy Mitford and Michael Chabon among them - here.

January 2010

Recent reviews include the likes of Meg Rosoff, Tobias Wolff, Jane Gardam, William Burroughs and Janice Galloway, not to mention a bizarre history of literary hoaxes. I've also profiled Stephanie Meyer, the squeaky-clean vampire queen, for the Observer, as well as previewing the hot books to look out for in 2010.

June 2009

I'm delighted to announce that the non-fiction book I'm currently working on, Going Under, and my second book, The Trip to Echo Spring, have been bought by Canongate.

April 2009

In this month of cherry blossom, I've reviewed Hilary Mantel's extraordinary historical novel, Wolf Hall and the poet Alice Oswald's new collection, A Sleepwalk on the Severn. I have also interviewed Adam Foulds for the Observer. The Quickening Maze, his most recent book, is a disquieting look at the poet John Clare's first bout of madness.

February 2009

Reviews - on Roger Deakin, Janet Malcolm, Sharon Olds and Rachel Cusk, among others - can all be found here. And over on the Guardian, I've been talking marshes and moodswings with Britain's foremost nature writer, Richard Mabey.