Wednesday, 10 April 2024

'Seeing the light', my Bridport short-listed flash fiction, 2023

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Seeing the light       by Nasim Marie Jafry She slept with two hot water bottles, one on either side. In the early hours, she’d kick them ...
Tuesday, 2 April 2024

Essay on The State of Me in Etudes Ecossaises, a bilingual academic journal

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Was very interested to be alerted to this reading of my 2008 novel  in Etudes Ecossaises: Temporalities in Nasim Marie Jafry's The State...
Tuesday, 19 December 2023

Seven Novels and Stories That Prove Fiction Can Grapple with Illness

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A friend came across this, a nice review of The State of Me from 2021 on Electric Literature. The review is included in a piece called: 7 ...
Wednesday, 29 November 2023

Hospital room reminded me of Benidorm

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The NHS so broken round the edges is, of course, still excellent in a crisis. I  found myself suddenly in hospital for a week in the middle ...
Wednesday, 1 November 2023

Teju Cole event at The Portobello Bookshop

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I very much enjoyed the event with Nigerian-American writer and photographer Teju Cole at The Portobello Bookshop last night , chaired by Ro...
Saturday, 21 October 2023

Bridport Flash Fiction Award 2023

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A little good news, very pleased to have been shortlisted for Bridport Flash Fiction Prize 2023. Was shortlisted a decade ago for both thei...
Thursday, 15 December 2022

December, 2022

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Have not blogged in so long, everything is dislocated. My darling mother passed away eighteen months ago, it can still feel unreal. Am cheer...