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My first byline photo, taken 20 years ago this month by my friend @ollieshoots after I ran up the stairs in our shared house, shouting “OL, I’VE WRITTEN AN ARTICLE!” I only let him take one shot and you can sort of tell I’d ra
It was fairly often too hot in my flat this summer so instead of trying to work with the blinds down, I took myself on multiple spontaneous day trips to the British seaside because there really must be some perks to freelance life. I sometimes went w
Naomi Alderman’s latest novel is not at all what I expected. It features a fictional character called Naomi Alderman and an invented species of mammal which is about the size of a badger 🦡 🦡 🦡. I had to read it twice to work out what I thoug
I can’t pretend that I think the world needed my take on the ins and outs of Rachel Cusk apparently writing a novel about Natalie Portman but it nonetheless exists! Thank you to @prospect_magazine for asking me to write the piece and brilliant
It was my honour to interview the incredible Siri Hustvedt about Ghost Stories, her memoir of her life with Paul Auster and also now, her life as a widow. As @louisecc.reads said to me a while ago, she just has a really great brain. She also bore out
I genuinely missed my tube stop when I first read @clairemegpowell’s All In @chattobooks back in February and ended up in Bromley by Bow. You don’t have to do that but do read it — it’s even better than her first book, At the
I was so happy to chair @clairemegpowell and Camilla Barnes this evening @bricklanebookshop, where I was a bookseller nearly two decades ago. Discussing their novels, All In @chattobooks and The Usual Desire to Kill @scribneruk, was a great opportuni
I seem to be on a roll reviewing novels that aren’t quite for me, sadly! This time it’s Claire Fuller’s Hunger and Thirst, which I’ve covered for @ft_weekend. I’ll be interested to read other reviews when they start appe
Looking and feeling not unlike a proud parent after chairing three cracking debut novelists @brightonfestival! L-R @jon.e.doyle, author of Communion, @poorsasquatch, author of May We Feed the King and @mcintheworld, author of Belgrave Road. Thank you

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