Lockdown Literary Festival: A Light in the Dark The Lockdown Literary Festival team have created a wonderful programme of events to fill such the cultural void during these strange times, and satisfy our literary taste buds. Alice Beazer spoke to Paul Blezard about this exciting and important project, and how we might get involved. What ...

What started your writing journey? To me, writing is the creation of alternative worlds. It’s a little bit like playing god for a pastime. Who wouldn’t want to do that? I know it’s a cliché, but I really did always want to be a writer. I wrote little plays and my own little magazines at ...

Firstly, huge congratulations on receiving the Dylan Thomas prize! Can you tell us a bit about what being shortlisted for this prize means to you? –The prize is a necessary boost in confidence. This book is my first attempt, after many false starts, in fiction writing. I never once stepped into a fiction workshop—so to ...

Questions by Meg Narramore. Firstly, huge congratulations on receiving the Dylan Thomas prize! Can you tell us a bit about what being shortlisted for this prize means to you? It means a lot to be shortlisted for this prize, particularly since I grew up reading and enjoying poems by Dylan Thomas, including ‘Fern Hill’, ‘Do ...

Can you tell us a little bit about your new novel, Dark Corners?   Dark Corners is a story that follows Neve, who in 1998 leaves the small mining town she grew up in after her best friend Chloe disappears. She was never found, but a rumour circulated around that someone they called The Drifter ...