The Stolen Child Archives

The Stolen Child: A dark fairy tale

‘They stole you from me. They took you away for seven years. Your entire lifetime…Make...

Happy Mother’s Day! I had hoped to spend today being spoilt with prosecco and cake...

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

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...

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,...

Book blogger and health journalist, Victoria Goldman, asked me to tell her what my essential writing...

I'm giving a talk on plot at Novel Nights on Wednesday 23 Many. This is...