2008

September

Black Boxes widget launched.

Black Boxes widget discussed on 5th Estate blog.

In Search of Adam released in Italy.

Black Boxes launched at Borders Oxford Street.

Reading from Black Boxes at HarperCollins.

Signing of Black Boxes at Borders Cheshire Oaks.

August

Disraeli Avenue available for pre-order.

Black Boxes goes to print.

Author review copies of Disraeli Avenue are received.

July

Limited Edition Disraeli Avenue announced.

June

Judging results announced by Tonto books.

Reading a passage from In Search of Adam for The Harmless DVD

May

Accepted invitation to be a judge and mentor for Tonto Books' North East New Novelists contest.

HarperCollins announce the purchase of The Friday Project.

Signed new contracts for In Search of Adam and Black Boxes with The Friday Project, who have become an imprint of HarperCollins.

March

In Search of Adam reviewed in Financial Times.

Mentoring with Rosalind Wyllie mentioned on the Guardain blog.

Writers' News April 2008 issue. 'E-book for charity' article about Disraeli Avenue.

February

A talk with WEA writing group Chester.

Disraeli Avenue write up at booktrade.info.

Disraeli Avenue available as a free download.

Signing at Waterstone's in Chester.

Paperback of In Search of Adam launched.

January

Reading at launch of Your Messages, London.

The free download eBook Disraeli Avenue is announced, with voluntary donations supporting the charity One in Four.

Announced as a Mentor for Tonto Books, working with Rosalind Wyllie.

2007

December

One of my flash fiction (300 words) chosen for Your Messages book. To be published January 2008.

2007

October

Signed contract for Black Boxes.

Reading and Q&A at The Manchester Blog Awards - Moho Live, Oldham Street, Manchester.

Interview in Eve Magazine.

September

Reading at Manchester Library with Megan Taylor and Shanta Everington.

Offered a two book deal by The Friday Project. 'Black Boxes' will be published summer 2008 and novel 3 in summer 2009.

Interview on BBC online (manchester).

Article in The Journal (Newcastle) 8 Sept 2007.

Interview in Chat magazine - Issue 35, page 2 'The day that changed my life.'

July

The Friday Project announces a second print run of In Search of Adam.

June

BBC Liverpool online interview

Chris High review

Interview on Up All Night (Pods and Blogs) BBC Five Live.

Interview on Heather Stott Show, BBC Radio Machester.

Interview in Scarlet magazine.

Interview at Dollymix.tv.

Book signing at Borders, Cheshire Oaks.

In Search of Adam launch.

Review in The American Chronicle.

Q & A interview in Big Issue North.

May

The Friday Project makes available 100 limited edition copies of In Search of Adam. These are all signed and numbered.

April

Launched In Search of Adam map and blogwidget - click here to find out more.

Interview at Trashionista.com.

In Search of Adam signed off for first print run.

Article in Prospects Graduate issue 39.

February

Mentioned in ArtsHub.

Review of In Search of Adam in The Bookseller.

January

Final proofs of In Search of Adam signed off.

In Search of Adam is mentioned in The Bookseller.

In Search of Adam is announced in Publishing News, as the first title for the Friday Project's new imprint, Friday Fiction.

2006

December

Interview in Writers' News

November

BBC Manchester online interview

October

MMU news article about me and In Search of Adam

Signed contract with The Friday Project

Elected to a full membership of the Society of Authors

First public reading of In Search of Adam at Manchester Central Library. Read my blog…

September

Applied to join Society of Authors.

Offered publishing contract.

Contacted by publisher after they read my blog

August

Website and blog are launched.