Approaching Pavonis Mons by balloon

Yesterday I sent off my final corrections on MERLIN'S WAY, all 600 pages of it - it's the biggest book I've produced in some years - and barring any minor gremlins, that'll be it now, with the book moving into production for publication early next year.

It's coming around to the latter part of summer, which means I'm building up to the Cardiff Half Marathon in early October.

Heard this on Lauren Laverne's Six Music show yesterday.

Sharing a laugh with Peter while on stage.

Thank you to all who braved the heat to meet me at Cowbridge Library, it was lovely to see you all and I could have chatted for hours.

I'm a little late posting this, but if you're in the Cowbridge area this Friday afternoon, I'll be doing a talk and Q&A at the library: There'll be another South Wales library event a bit later in the year, but in the meantime, I look forward to seeing pe…

What I posted in June 2016, on the eve of the Brexit referendum: Why I'm for the UK remaining in the EU In a very short while the UK will be holding a referendum on the country's continued membership of the EU.

It's not a new album, it's been out since 2024, but it feels as if I've listened to little else since first picking up Mercury Rev's Born Horses.

Thanks for your patience with the lack of news over the last few months.

As promised, a pair of sketches (one complete with authentic coffee stain!)

Many thanks, all, for your patience with lack of updates and unanswered comments over the past few months.

I grabbed a few shots of the illuminated Enterprise model on my phone:

After the storms of the last couple of days, Sunday 5th October was about as nice a day for running as one could hope for.

A short reading from my new Subterranean Press novella, which you can order here: https://subterraneanpress.com/search.php?

Another slickly-produced video for your perusal, this one looking at the Eagle and the fantastic MPC kit.

A little video about the Aoshima 1/350th scale model of Fireflash, the iconic atomic-powered airliner as featured in the opening episode of Thunderbirds.

I thought I'd have a dabble with some video content, this time talking about the Starship Enterprise model on my writing desk: If you've enjoyed the content, let me know, and while I'm here, there's still time to help me with my Cardiff Half Marathon fund…

Handing in a book always entails some mixed feelings.

A few hours ago I hit send on my next book, provisionally entitled MERLIN'S WAY.

Hi folks, yes it's me back again with another plea for your generosity as we move into the final couple of months before the Cardiff Half.

I'll shortly be rattling the can for my Cardiff Half Marathon cancer research sponsorship, but in the meantime here are a few new things worthy of mention.

Things are moving in the direction of publication for HALCYON YEARS, I'm pleased to report, although I don't yet have a reliable publication date to share.

If you'd asked me to read a 600-plus page novel about a Harlem furniture salesman trying to walk a line between the crooked and straight worlds, I might not have felt I had the stamina.

La Maison des Soleils, the French edition of my 2008 novel HOUSE OF SUNS, was recently awarded the Grand Prix de L'Imaginaire at La Comédie du Livre in Montpellier.

That's that done, then.