Tune in to BBC Radio 3 on Friday 17th June to hear me in conversation with Ian McMillan for The Verb. I'll be discussing Ten Thousand...

I am currently reading the new delivery of Ration Books (numbers 4-6) from Wendy Erskine, Jim Ghedi and Jenn Ashworth, who join the first...

1 0f 100 and Private Press have created these sensational limited edition art prints (A2 size) to mark the publication of Ten Thousand...

There's a good interview with me and Lias in Big Issue North by Steve Lee that is now available to read online In Ten Thousand Apologies,...

Gig Stories is a celebration of gigs, venues, festivals and the live music experience hosted by Alex Winters and Chris Payne. Each...

I will be hosting a week-long session at Arvon Lumb Bank (Hebden Bridge) from May 2-7th with Russ Litten and guest Vicky Foster. This...

Sea Change are delighted to present three days of truly unique events in May 2022 Music, art, film, culture and conversations will take...

A recent review by the great Wendy Erskine for the Irish Times. 'Some music books are deadly dull. Lists of tour dates, the minutiae of...

I’m very pleased to announce that my new book, a music biography based on the strange life and curious times of the cult UK band, Fat...

Miranda Sawyer has written a review of Ten Thousand Apologies for the Observer, it is also the Guardian's Book of the Day. "This is the...

Festive greetings from the snowy moortops. Seeing as I have spent most of the year either a) locked away writing b) moving house c)...

One of my poems, Sacred Heart, makes an appearance on Smagghe & Cross's LP, 1819, on Offen Music. It is taken from Cigarettes in Bed...

I have set up a new author page on Bookshop.org that contains links to all of my books that are currently in print (including anthologies...

Flashback: Parties For The People By The People is a new fold-out publication from Rough Trade Books that tells the story of the infamous...

Sheffield's Eccentronic Research Council have released their own super-limited edition cassette soundtracking the recalled dreams (and...