NEWS
Interviews
Please see the updated events & interviews page, for links to recent Christ On A Bike interviews - from Guernsey to Yorkshire to Connecticut.
AGent news
February 2024 - Absolutely thrilled to announce I’m now represented by the brilliant Susan Armstrong at the C&W Agency.
Best ever pre-pub sales for bluemoose BOoks
January 2024 - Incredibly excited to be told that Bluemoose Books have had their best ever pre-publication sales, with Christ On A Bike. Thank you so much to all the book bloggers, reviewers and booksellers.
Time & leisure magazine
January 2024 - A lovely interview with Time & Leisure. So great to see Christ On A Bike in their magazine.
The independent- recommended read
January 2024 - Blown away by this! Christ On A Bike has been chosen by Martin Chilton, The Independent’s Chief Book Critic, as one of the best books to read this January. Am absolutely thrilled.
PRIMA MAGAZINE - RECOMMENDED READ
January 2024 - Best start to the year ever! Am so, so happy that Christ On A Bike had been chosen as a recommended read by Nina Pottell in the February edition of Prima Magazine - absolutely buzzing - what an honour.
London BOOK LAUNCh - more tickets released - SOLD OUT
December 2023 - After selling out, the fabulous people at Waterstones have released more tickets for the launch of Christ On A Bike - it’s at the beautiful Waterstones Trafalgar Square branch on 1 February 2024, at 7pm. This event has now sold out.
THE SUTTON STORYTELLER INTERVIEW
December 2023 - Loved chatting with Luke Williams, Features Editor of The Sutton Storyteller, about Christ On A Bike and writing novels. You can read the interview online or pick up a copy of the latest issue at Waterstones.
NOrthern Book Launch
December 2023 - Over the moon to announce that the Northern launch of Christ On A Bike will be at the stunning Blackwells Manchester, on 7 February 2024, at 6.30pm. I’ll be chatting with the brilliant Colette Snowden, author of The Secret To Not Drowning and Captain Jesus. If you’re able to come along, please do - we’d love to see you. Book your ticket.
London BOOK LAUNCh - sold out
November 2023 - Thrilled to announce that the book launch for Christ On A Bike will be at the beautiful Waterstones Trafalgar Square, on 1 February 2024, at 7pm. If you’re able to come along, Bluemoose Books and I would love to meet you. Book your ticket.
CHRIST ON A BIKE
October 2023 - Over the moon to reveal the fantastic cover that Fiachra McCarthy designed for CHRIST ON A BIKE and that you can now pre-order the book from Bluemoose Books, Waterstones, and any local or independent bookshop.
INDIE BookFEST
June 2023 - Such an honour being invited to the Bükshop’s indie bookfest in Nottingham. What a wonderful audience - full of joy and great questions - and so lovely to meet and share a stage with Robin Ince, Stu Hennigan, Jim Gibson, Ross Lowe, Giselle Leeb and Polis Loizou.
christ on a bike
My new novel Christ on a Bike will be published by the award winning Bluemoose Books on 25 January 2024. The best news.
BüKshop - nottingham
October 2022 - The fantastic Bükshop in Nottingham now has signed copies of PAH in stock and was kind enough to recommend it to their local book group. Am very excited to zoom into their next meeting for Q&As - love chatting with book groups.
NEW BOOK DEAL
August 2022 - Over the moon to announce the award winning Bluemoose Books has offered me a publishing contract for my new novel ‘Christ on a Bike’. I absolutely love their books and authors, and am so honoured and excited to work with them. The brilliant Lin Webb is my editor and I can’t wait to hear her thoughts. ‘Christ on a Bike’ will be published in February 2024.
Thi Wurd short stories
Absolutely loved Thi Word short story course - a zoom room full of writers who critique each others work, led by the excellent Alan McMunnigall. And am thrilled to have 2 of my 107 word stories published on their blog - you can read This and That and A Complex Grief plus other wonderful stories on their website.
THE JAS book CLUB
January 2022 - I’m over the moon that PAH has been chosen as the first book club read of 2022 by the JAS book club run by the brilliant @julesbuddle What an amazing start to the year.
RANDOM THINGS BOOK BLOG TOUR
November 2021 - The Random Things Book Blog tour for PAH is on from 17 to 30 November November 2021. Fabulous news.
TWO FOND OF BOOKS INTERVIEW
August 2021 - Loved meeting Clare and Amanda from TwoFondOfBooks. Great questions and chats about PAH and The Lost Thumb. You can watch the interview and also find out the title of my next book…
PAH
July 2021 - “A strong argument against the whole ‘protagonists should be likeable thing’. No, they should be interesting...” Thrilled to read the first review of PAH, from the fantastic Ellie Hawkes.
PAH
July 2021 - So happy to announce Bookseller Crow in Crystal Palace and Bearded Badger Books in Belper, the Peak District, will be stocking copies of PAH from 1 July.
PAH
July 2021 - PAH will be published on 1 July 2021 and is now available to order.
TOP BOOK OF 2020
December 2020 - over the moon that Jackie O’Neil picked The Lost Thumb as one of her top 20 reads of 2020.
STORGY MAGAZINE
October 2020 - Really excited to have my flash fiction story The Worry published in Storgy Magazine.
SANDSTONE PRESS SHORT fiction competition
May 2020 - Thrilled and honoured to win second place in the Sandstone Press Short Fiction Competition 2020 with my story, A Cat Amongst the Pigeons.
TOP BOOK OF 2019
December 2019 - So happy that The Lost Thumb has been picked as one of Jules Swain’s top books of 2019. Such an honour and the best end to a great book year.
Soho Radio interview
December 2019 - I had such a great time on the Morning Glory Soho Radio show - it was so lovely to be invited on to chat all things music, books and The Lost Thumb. You can listen to James and I in the last thirty minutes though I’d actually say listen the whole show because he plays the best music.
Spine Magazine
April 2019 - Delighted that the cover of The Lost Thumb had been picked and highlighted by @Spine_Magazine in their ‘The Week in Book Covers’. A fabulous design by Jennie Rawlings.