Back Catalogue 2 - Being For The Benefit of Mr Kite!

Added on 14 June 2017

In today’s exciting edition of Back Catalogue – the series about my re-published old books that critics are already calling ‘more words on the internet’ – we’re looking at 2014’s Being For The Benefit of Mr Kite! a surrealist, Murakami-esque quest novel abou...

Back Catalogue 1 - DCI Jericho

Added on 10 June 2017

Following the catastrophic collapse of digital publisher Blasted Heath, and the uncertainty over the future of Freight Books, the team here at Long Midnight Publishing – Beth, Shackleton, Malky Eight Feet and I – have been working on getting my back catalogue back up online. As Blasted H...

The State of Things

Added on 19 May 2017

Oh, you’re thinking, the state of things, that sounds interesting. This isn’t the state of things in the world, though. The rank awfulness of virtually everything on the planet is being well documented elsewhere. From one spunktrumpet to another, the leaders of the world are gradually dr...

Author In Bookshop Event

Added on 20 April 2017

There’s an English language event in a bookshop in Tallinn this weekend to mark Shakespeare’s birthday. A panel discussion, hosted by a stand-up comic, and featuring various experts in the field of literature, the conversation will be wide-ranging, encompassing the scope of English-langu...

Blasted Heath Is Dead

Added on 22 March 2017

So, digital publishing behemoth, Blasted Heath, is dead. What began as a bold vision to rewrite the rules of publishing, take on the giants of the business, and make billionaires of the Blasted Heath supremoes and a few gallant writers, has now crashed and burned, shot down in a blaze of shame, igno...