I find the haunted house from my childhood and remember how we’d all been too scared to enter it, except for Anna…
Could this bookshop help you escape the post-Christmas blues?
I walk deep into the bookshop and find something I never ever expected…
10 writing fails: My life in bad writing
Here’s what I learnt by opening the box of bad writing in the attic / Longform blogpost
Out of my depth: Observing East Timor’s Independence Vote
1999. I’m a young writer seeking adventure. I find it, but soon wish I hadn’t / Photo essay / Longform blogpost
‘Anatomy of a first draft’ or what can our body teach us about writing?
10 writers share their physical experiences of writing & their body responds! / Writing & living advice / Longform blogpost
Are stories addictive?: Finland’s mysterious‘Storyteller’
The outsider asked Ulla if she wanted to hear a story. She said yes. Two months later Ulla was dead. / True crime / Longform blogpost
Could Enid Blyton’s Famous Five outwit modern parenting?
An alternative Famous Five novella: Five Go Adventuring with helicopter Parents! / Humour / Longform blogpost
4 reasons not to read Stephen King at 11 years old (and 2 reasons I’m glad I did)
4 reasons not to read Stephen King at 11 years old (and 2 reasons I’m glad I did) / childhood & books / longform blog
I support #CoverKidsBooks because kids books supported me
I support #CoverKidsBooks because kids books suppored me as a child. / Memoir – essay / Reading time: 6 mins (1200 words)