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Current/recent work
- Life-changing Literature – Vox podcast
- 111 Places in Greenwich That You Shouldn’t Miss (Editor)
- 111 Extreme Places in Europe That You Shouldn’t Miss (English translation Editor)
- 111 Places in Coventry That You Shouldn’t Miss (Editor)
- Letter to My Younger Self – Vox podcast
- Typeface – Collected: my love of typewriters
- Shortwave – Collected: my love of audio drama
- Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow, De Montfort University / University of Hull
- Royal Literary Fund Advisory Fellow, mentoring new Fellows
- Workshop lead – Writing for Release (online): Royal Literary Fund/Bournville Village Trust
- Workshop lead – Writing the Future: Royal Literary Fund/Bournville Village Trust
- Writer in Residence, Stafford Gatehouse Theatre
- Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow, Aston University
- Workshop lead – Writing for Wellbeing: Royal Literary Fund/Bournville Village Trust – autumn 2019
- Project lead/producer/writer/director – My Beating Heart – tales of love and loss, Sebastian Mhor Theatre Group – 2019
- Freelance writer, editor, proofreader of business analysis for companies such as Euromonitor International – ongoing
- Best Advice I Ever Received – Vox podcast, Royal Literary Fund
- The Writer as Outsider – Vox podcast, Royal Literary Fund
- How I Write – Vox podcast, Royal Literary Fund
- Dealing with Rejection – Vox podcast, Royal Literary Fund
- Lead Writer, Spark Young Writers Group, Writing West Midlands
- Workshop lead: Using Scrivener, Writing West Midlands
Novels
- The Liberty Gun, UK/Commonwealth mass market paperback Simon & Schuster (2007)
- The Destiny Mask, US/Canada trade paperback, Pyr/Prometheus (2006)
- The Liberty Gun, UK/Commonwealth trade paperback, Simon & Schuster (2006)
- The Liberty Gun, US/Canada trade paperback, Pyr/Prometheus (2006)
- The Destiny Mask, UK/Commonwealth mass market paperback, Simon & Schuster (2006)
- The Affinity Trap US/Canada trade paperback, Pyr/Prometheus (2005)
- The Affinity Trap UK/Commonwealth mass market paperback, Simon & Schuster (2005)
- The Destiny Mask UK/Commonwealth trade paperback, Simon & Schuster (2005)
- The Affinity Trap UK/Commonwealth trade paperback, Simon & SchusterClick here for review quotes.
Short stories
- The Howl (collaboration with Ian R MacLeod), Solaris Rising 3 anthology (Solaris, 2014)
- The Circle of Least Confusion, Solaris Rising 2 anthology (Solaris, 2013)
- Songbirds Conflicts anthology (NewCon Press, 2010)
- Deciduous Trees Celebration anthology (NewCon Press, 2008)
- Puppy Fat, Girlboy contemportary fiction anthology (Pulp Faction, 1999)
- For the Chop, Flickers ‘n’ Frames (small press, 1998)
- Direct Intervention, Threads (small press, 1997)
- Escapist, Threads (small press, 1997)
- The Acquired Skill of Undoing Bras, Xenos (small press, 1996)
- Random Scenes from a Beautiful Planet, Xenos (small press, 1995)
- Morals Profane, Xenos (small press, 1995)
Miscellaneous
- Guest Speaker St Francis Writing Group
- Guest speaker and workshop lead St Thomas Aquinas RC secondary school
- Guest speaker, Brum SF Group (2005)
- Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds DVD (album reissue) | Interviewed, Mute/EMI
- Non-fiction: Nissan Figaro Owner’s Guide (Urban Text)
- Christopher Priest Interview, London Calling (2011)
- The Prestige review (Christopher Priest), Matrix – BSFA (1997)
- Style Gurus essay, Focus – BSFA (1997)
- Dream contribution to The Tiger Garden for Amnesty International, Serpents’ Tail (1996)
Articles
- Everybody is Kung Fu Fighting! (John Meaney interview), Matrix – BSFA (March 2006)
- Switch on, tune in, and turn over to Mac Matrix – BSFA (January 2006)
- Follow the signs to Sol Central (NewCon3), Matrix – BSFA (September 2005)
- Making Himself @ Home Matrix Matrix – BSFA (September 2005)
- Follow the signs to Sol Central (Ian Watson), Matrix – BSFA (September 2005)
- A Little Light Music (Ian R. MacLeod interview), Matrix – BSFA (July 2005)
- Attack of the E-Clones, Revenge of the Sites Matrix – BSFA (May 2005)
- Watch This Webspace (Emerald City), Matrix – BSFA (March 2005)
- Publishing with a Sting in the Tail (Bridget McKenna), Matrix – BSFA (November 2004)
- Spinnerets Matrix – BSFA (November 2004)
- Quercus Maximus (Paul Brazier interview), Matrix – BSFA (September 2004)
- There is No Alternative (Andy Cox), Matrix – BSFA (July 2004)
- The Doctor Will See You Now (John Jarrold), Matrix – BSFA (May 2004)
- Those Woohoo Moments (Sandy Auden), Matrix – BSFA (March 2004)
- The World’s Flea Market, Matrix – BSFA (January 2004)
- Dalek Takeaway, Matrix – BSFA (November 2003)
- Spinnerets: Doctor Who; Neal Asher, Matrix – BSFA (November 2003)
- Back Brain Recorded, Matrix – BSFA (September 2003)
- Spinnerets: Odd World, Matrix – BSFA (September 2003)
- Dominic Harman interview, Matrix – BSFA (July 2003)
- Books Demand to be Printed, Matrix – BSFA (May 2003)
- Armchair Space Traveller, Matrix – BSFA (March 2003)
- Off We Go, into the Wide Blue Yonder!, Matrix – BSFA (January 2003)
- Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, Matrix – BSFA (2003)
- Ball Lightning and Flying Nipples, Matrix – BSFA (January 2003)
- Present and Correct, Matrix – BSFA (November 2002)
- Pepper-pots and Police Boxes, Matrix – BSFA (July 2002)
- Macs and Metalwork, Matrix – BSFA (May 2002)
- Purple Hair and Tractor Beams, Matrix – BSFA (March 2002)
- Two Danish Pastries, Matrix – BSFA (January 2002)
- An Ironing Board on a Duck Pond, Matrix – BSFA (2002)
- An Ironing Board on a Duck Pond, Matrix – BSFA (2001)
