Articles & Interviews
22nd July 2011
A Peacock in the attic: article in the
TLS with Professor Nicholas Joukovsky, revealing the discovery of Susan Mary Abbott as the illegitimate daughter of Thomas Love Peacock.
3rd June 2011
The Breaking of Eggs and
The Literary Consultancy.
25th March 2011
Blog for Weidenfeld & Nicolson on
Fiction as Fashion.
5th March 2011
Excerpts from
The Culture Show, BBC2.
26th February 2011
Article by John Mullan in
The Guardian on the 12 new novelists to be featured on BBC2's
The Culture Show on 5th March.
5th October 2010
Talk and reading at the
City of Asylum, Pittsburgh.
October 2010
Interviewed by Elizabeth Hoover for
Sampsonia Way, the online magazine of the City of Asylum, Pittsburgh.
11th August 2010
Mailboy for the Beatles: a blog for
The Huffington Post.
9th August 2010
How not to Write a Novel: a blog for
Penguin US.
9th August 2010
If it was a Cookbook: a blog for
Penguin US.
23th June 2010
Multiple Choices: a blog on multiple careers for
The Huffington Post.
20th June 2010
Interviewed by Nicky Pellegrino for
The Herald on Sunday, New Zealand.
5th June 2010
Interviewed by Matt Philp for
The Dominion Post Weekend, New Zealand.
17th May 2010
Ten Terrifying Questions on blog for Booktopia, Australia.