An Interview with Tendayi Olga

I had a delightful chat about Manual For A Decent Life with the presenter and author Tendayi Olga. Although she threw in a couple of tricky questions. We also talked about the work of The Whole Kahani collective which I co-founded. View the recording on the Book HQ...

Futurist

Way back in 2009 I published a short story that was set in the near ‘Future’. 2021. We are in that Future now. One thing I can confidently say is that I did not predict any of the events of 2021. But I do stand by the original concept of my story, and I think the...

// Your Dancing Could Scare the Sea //

#TourismThrowback. My poem Algarve Cliffs has just been published in the journal Creative Flight. I wrote it many years ago during a walk on some cliffs in the Algarve, just as the title says. When I say ‘wrote’ I mean it formed in my head as the walk progressed and I...

Five Desi Faves podcast

Here are the five dog-eared books I mention in my podcast for DesiBooks hosted by Jenny Bhatt. My selections are very different from each other but I learnt something from all. Episode 19 features Shubhanga Pandey talking about the importance and ethos of Himal South...

Manual For A Decent Life

UK edition released 1 November 2020 Intelligent and Perceptive Reviews are rolling in! Published by Linen Press in the U.K & Brighthorse Books in the U.S. Available globally in print or e-book. Get your copy now. ‘This ambitious novel is both epic and...