Five Million Stories

Five Million Stories is now available, the fifth volume of short stories from the One Million Stories Creative Writing Project. 

I'm rather pleased that it includes my short flash piece, Junk.

You can buy a copy here.

Cleckheaton Literature Festival Update!

Cleckheaton Literature Festival​ is now full steam ahead! Our funding was granted last night for the 18 event festival, so we're pretty chuffed.

As well as our brilliant headliner, Andy Kershaw​, who is presenting his one man show in the Great Hall at Whitcliffe Mount on the evening of Saturday 9th May, we are hosting a wide range of events for all the family over the four day event.

The Crime Panel is confirmed for Friday 8th May 2015, 6.30pm at Cleckheaton Library, featuring Northern Crime Award-winning author Helen Cadbury, Leeds-based author Alison Taft and Leigh Russell, author of the best-selling Geraldine Steel and Ian Peterson novels.

All the other events will be confirmed very soon, including talks, readings and workshops by such lovely and talented people as my friends Alison Lock​ and Ian Charles Douglas​.

If anyone is interested in reserving tickets for Andy, the Crime Panel or any other event  You can pre-book tickets here

Cleckheaton Literature Festival

Cleckheaton, birthplace of the Panther motorcycle, Mr Men, and home to the largest (allegedly) curry house in the world, is having a bit of a do this May, in the form of the first ever Cleckheaton Literature Festival. The festival is being organised by my writing group - Cleckheaton Writers Group - in conjunction with Friends of West End Park, between 7th-10th May.

Tickets are already available for our headline act, Andy Kershaw, who will be presenting his one man show at Whitcliffe Mount on Saturday 9th May at 6.30pm. Please send me a message if you want to reserve tickets (£8), or see our Facebook page for more information, and details of the other events.