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With Respect

On June 28, 2018 / Black Chalk, Grist Mill Road, Interviews / 146 Comments

Here’s a radio interview I enjoyed very much with John Smietanka for his show “With […]

How Russia Swung My Direction

On April 17, 2018 / Black Chalk, General, Grist Mill Road, Writing / 108 Comments

I’ve written a piece for Literary Hub about how, after almost ten years of writing […]

Might As Well Jump

On January 11, 2018 / Black Chalk, Grist Mill Road, Writing / 134 Comments

I just wrote an essay for the Powell’s blog on taking literal and creative leaps. (AKA, […]

Black Chalk Audiobook in US

On November 29, 2017 / Black Chalk / 492 Comments

You can now listen to the audiobook version of “Black Chalk” in the United States. […]

Book Signing, BEA

On April 8, 2017 / Black Chalk / 84 Comments

I’ll be signing books on June 1 at BEA (BookExpo America), from 11a.m. Please come […]

From Russia With Lag

On June 17, 2016 / Black Chalk / 73 Comments

In early February 2012, I’d been trying (and failing) for years to write something worthy […]

Thrill Seekers Radio Interview

On March 1, 2016 / Black Chalk, Interviews / 24 Comments

Click here to listen to an interview I recently recorded with Alex Dolan, a fellow novelist, […]

Black Chalk in NPR’s Best Books of 2015

On December 8, 2015 / Black Chalk, Lists / 179 Comments

Much to my enormous pleasure, ‘Black Chalk’ has been named in NPR’s roundup of the […]

Spot the Difference

On September 4, 2015 / Black Chalk / 89 Comments

Black Chalk covers forHolland and the US

Literary Crossword 2

On August 20, 2015 / Black Chalk, Puzzles / 68 Comments

Here’s the second literary crossword I compiled to tie in with the launch of Black […]

All Things Considered

On August 20, 2015 / Black Chalk / 45 Comments

Here’s the audio of a Black Chalk review that aired on All Things Considered (NPR).

Literary Crossword

On August 3, 2015 / Black Chalk, Puzzles / 32 Comments

To celebrate the US launch of Black Chalk (Aug 4), I’ve compiled a crossword puzzle […]

Five Puzzle Novels

On September 25, 2014 / Black Chalk, Puzzles / 24 Comments

Here’s an article on my five favourite puzzle novels for Dead Good. And here’s a […]

Puzzles and Fiction

On September 25, 2014 / Black Chalk, Puzzles / 16 Comments

Here’s an article I wrote for Dead Good about the relationship between writing a novel […]

Sconed to the Bone

On August 17, 2014 / Black Chalk / 8 Comments

Last week I had a hugely enjoyable evening reading/book-signing event courtesy of Club Monaco and […]

Club Monaco Event

On August 5, 2014 / Black Chalk / 9 Comments

Please join me at this event at which I can promise you, in a non-legally […]

Largehearted Boy

On July 27, 2014 / Black Chalk, Lists / 15 Comments

I’ve written up my book notes for Largehearted Boy here: a playlist of songs related […]

Mr. Media and Me

On July 7, 2014 / Black Chalk, Writing / 10 Comments

Here’s a video podcast interview with Mr Media (Bob Andelman) in which I discuss some […]

Book Pirate Love Letter

On May 21, 2014 / Black Chalk, General / 15 Comments

I recently received a google alert that directed me to a page where my novel […]

Huffington Post Interview

On May 13, 2014 / Black Chalk, Writing / 19 Comments

I recently had a very enjoyable interview with Jaime Lubin for The Huffington Post. This […]

Hardcover v. Paperback

On May 7, 2014 / Black Chalk / 11 Comments

I’ve just been shown the cover for the paperback version of Black Chalk (out September […]

Black Chalk US Launch

On April 6, 2014 / Black Chalk, Pictures / 11 Comments

Here’s a little photo gallery of my book launch party at University Settlement (Lower East […]

Interview Photo

On March 27, 2014 / Black Chalk, Pictures / 18 Comments

This is a photo shoot with Interview magazine which, for those of you who’ve finished […]

Black Chalk: the Launch Party Playlist

On March 23, 2014 / Black Chalk, Lists / 9 Comments

Here’s a playlist with the theme ‘Music From an Oxford College, 1990-91’, which will be […]

The US Launch Party

On March 21, 2014 / Black Chalk / 7 Comments

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