Thanks...

Well, I haven't been a good blogger. But today I checked and found I have some followers. So, dear blog-followers thank you for being patient. I'm humbled. As my last blog entry was in January that is super-patient.

Today I did a reading as part of Birmingham Artsfest with Mez Packer. Thanks to Mez, too, for a good chat and great advice and for mentioning me on her blog on http://www.mezpacker.co.uk/

You must read her novel, Among Thieves, published by Tindal Street Press in March. Her reading from it today was brilliant.

And you can vote for my new novel, Box of Tricks during September in the fiction section of the People's book prize. It's on http://www.peoplesbookprize.com/ I have a bit of catching up to do, so every vote will count...

I'll try and be a better blogger in future.