Central line Stories was launched on 15th September at the Photographer's Gallery. All of the work is available online, as text and audio files, and if you keep your eyes open you might see posters and leaflets along the Central line throughout September. I was on Midweek (with Lenny Henry!) talking about the project on 23rd September. You can download the Midweek podcast from the BBC website.

My story Staying Together is in Roads Ahead, a new anthology featuring young regional writers published by Tindal Street Press on 1st October 2009.

I've just had a story, Leaving accepted by the wonderful Route for their next anthology, Book At Bedtime, published early next year.

I was awarded a Hawthornden Fellowship in October 2009. I spent 4 (blissful)weeks working on my novel at Hawthornden Castle in Midlothian, Scotland.

I am just about to start a creative-critical residency as part of a project called In Between, hosted by All Change. I will be working with three fantastic writers, Yemisi Blake, Joseph Coelho and Aoife Mannix, to explore how their residencies impact on the communities and places they are engaging with over the next couple of months. We will all be blogging, so please visit the In Between blog to find out more.

Last updated October 2009