Allen and Unwin Archives

Wuthering Heights – the novel that has influenced me the most

When I was a teenager, I steadfastly refused to believe that so-called ‘classical literature’ could...

There’s a thin band of cream silhouetting the cranes that hover over the half-built office...

https://youtu.be/SmP_Svt1Elo Today I ran a lesson about villains for homeschool with my nine-year-old daughter. She...

In May 2017 we bought a house in Somerset. It was originally built in the...

What would you tell yourself if you could? The Royal Literary Fund recently gave me...

My writing talisman is a beautiful painting by artist, Elaine Jones. It's of Cornwall -...

The Royal Literary Fund has recorded a mini -podcast with me on how I write...

In a few days time I’m heading to Ted Hughes’ old house, Lumb Bank, in...

I’ve just returned to working for charity, First Story, this month. First Story’s aim...

I’ve written as a Jesuit priest in Outer Mongolia, a nine-year-old in inner city Bristol,...

I'm delighted to welcome Tasha Locke to my blog this week. Tasha graduated from Bristol...

As My Mother's Secret has been wending its way into the world, I've been working...