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TM and I are just back from Berlin, where I was taking part in an event called the Berlin Sofa at the English Theatre. Peter Rider, the New Zealand ambassador to Germany, invited me to join him so we could... Continue reading

Posted Apr 11, 2013 at Trendy But Casual

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So Much Germany

We're going back to Germany this weekend, so I can take part in The Berlin Sofa event at the English Theatre there on Monday night. We have lots of poems and excerpts from novels and non-fiction to read, and lots... Continue reading

Posted Apr 4, 2013 at Trendy But Casual

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Tom Time

We live in Sheffield now, apparently. The last two weeks have been about packing and unpacking, lugging and wheezing, driving up and down the country. After almost five hours of carrying furniture and boxes down three flights of stairs, our... Continue reading

Posted Mar 15, 2013 at Trendy But Casual

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Packing, and Playing with Dolls

We’re packing up in preparation for the move from Glasgow to Sheffield, interspersed with showing prospective tenants around the flat and obsessive readings of the IKEA catalogue. Also, on Friday evening, we went to see the film ARGO, which I... Continue reading

Posted Feb 24, 2013 at Trendy But Casual

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In the Land of Dreamy Dreams

Much of this week was consumed by illness, which continues to nibble at my time and occasionally to gnaw huge chunks of it: I can’t get up in the morning, and want to spend all my afternoons sleeping. This week... Continue reading

Posted Feb 17, 2013 at Trendy But Casual

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A Twist in the Tale

This week I started my new (part-time) job at the University of Sheffield. We still live in Glasgow, so at the moment the commute is kind of long, especially when it’s snowing. But soon we’ll be moving house: TM’s eighth... Continue reading

Posted Feb 7, 2013 at Trendy But Casual

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Stories, ongoing

A quick update on my New Year’s Resolution to read a short story every day. Today is January 24, so I’m up to 24 stories. TM and I have been on the road, looking for somewhere cheap and big to... Continue reading

Posted Jan 24, 2013 at Trendy But Casual

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Habits, hobbies, resolutions

Recently TM told me that my hobbies were not actual hobbies. A harsh verdict, I feel. My hobbies are watching TV while lying down (in bed or on sofa); doing jigsaws; and being driven around in cars. What’s wrong with... Continue reading

Posted Jan 14, 2013 at Trendy But Casual

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2012: The Year in Jigsaws

This year, as well as going to work, writing things, promoting things, travelling back and forth to New Zealand and Germany, watching anything that mentioned the words 'Olympics' or 'Jubilee,' (sporadic) cooking and (persistent) talking too much, I've done a... Continue reading

Posted Dec 30, 2012 at Trendy But Casual

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Christmas flora and fauna

As threatened yesterday, here's a seasonal update. It's early winter in Glasgow: frost, snow, sunshine. George Square has switched on the Christmas lights, to the despair of the taxi driver who took me to the station this morning. ("Why do... Continue reading

Posted Dec 11, 2012 at Trendy But Casual

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Season of mists, etc

For ages I've been telling myself: post those pictures of autumn in Switzerland! It was so beautiful and sunny and autumnal! It was just like being in New England again, except much, much more expensive (and singularly lacking in branches... Continue reading

Posted Dec 10, 2012 at Trendy But Casual

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While You Were Sleeping

Or, perhaps, while I was not blogging here, I was blogging elsewhere. Since I last posted, I've had some interesting and difficult times, and some of the more interesting (and least difficult) involved trips to Germany. Rangatira has been published... Continue reading

Posted Oct 7, 2012 at Trendy But Casual

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NZ Post Book Awards, with extra bunting

I'm back from New Zealand, and in a fug of Olympics sports - particularly my new favourites, Rhythmic Gymnastics and Sychronized Swimming - plus the usual endless to-do list. I've managed to write a blog post for the Frankfurt Book... Continue reading

Posted Aug 11, 2012 at Trendy But Casual

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London + Summer + 2012 = ?

Something is up in London this week, involving banners, flags, symbols, and a very dodgy security firm. What could it be? Here is some evidence, assiduously collected yesterday during a walk along the sun-drenched South Bank and environs. (Though the... Continue reading

Posted Jul 23, 2012 at Trendy But Casual

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Glasgow, Summer

Or is it Paris, Summer? (That's where we spent much of last July. Whatever.) I'll post some pictures, and you try to work out which city, in all its summertime glory, is depicted below. OK, I think the John Lewis... Continue reading

Posted Jul 16, 2012 at Trendy But Casual

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Hamburg I

Last Monday I went to Hamburg for the first time, to talk to a group of journalists about New Zealand, NZ lit/writers, and numerous other topics, which may or may not have included the various international versions of NEXT TOP... Continue reading

Posted Jul 10, 2012 at Trendy But Casual

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Frankfurt (I)

Earlier this week I was in Frankfurt to speak at a press conference about New Zealand's literary and cultural programme at this year's Frankfurt Book Fair (where NZ will be Guest of Honour). An impressive 120+ members of the media... Continue reading

Posted Jun 22, 2012 at Trendy But Casual

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More standing around in the street: the Olympic Torch in Glasgow

After last Sunday's seven-plus hour stretch in the rain, TM and I were prepared, physically and mentally, for a similar event - a Mardi Gras parade, or a military review, or a protest march, or even an invasion. Luckily, while... Continue reading

Posted Jun 8, 2012 at Trendy But Casual

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RANGATIRA at the NZ Post Book Awards

I've already mentioned this on my web site, but wanted to add word of it here as well: RANGATIRA is a finalist in this year's New Zealand Post Book Awards. The other two fiction finalists are both excellent short-story collections:... Continue reading

Posted Jun 6, 2012 at Trendy But Casual

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Jubilee

Yesterday was the first Sunday in June, and we were back in the UK, so of course it was raining for most of the day and ABSOLUTELY FREEZING. But TMiddy and I are intrepid travellers, as ever: we arrived at... Continue reading

Posted Jun 4, 2012 at Trendy But Casual

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RANGATIRA: the German cover

Here's another new book cover to reveal: this time it's the German-language edition of RANGATIRA, which will be published in hard-cover by Walde+Graf this September. Very excited about this, as you can imagine, and about the upcoming trips to Germany... Continue reading

Posted May 21, 2012 at Trendy But Casual

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First look at UNBROKEN

If you're wondering why I haven't written a blog post in months, here's the reason: I was writing a novel instead. This is what it's going to look like. It's a sequel to RUINED - set in New Orleans, with... Continue reading

Posted May 16, 2012 at Trendy But Casual

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Make It Mine*

Oh yes. The Scudder Road Circus has been back in Italy for a sunny, wintry break. What were we doing there? Maybe it was a bit of a buying trip: I can't say anything more than that. These days I... Continue reading

Posted Jan 12, 2012 at Trendy But Casual

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RANGATIRA. launched

I'm in an LAX transit lounge, on my way back to the UK. There's coffee out of a machine and free wireless: what more could you want? TMiddy has emailed to tell me that DOWNTON ABBEY series 2 just ended,... Continue reading

Posted Nov 6, 2011 at Trendy But Casual

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The Rugby World Cup: won, over.

It's Tuesday, so I must be in Auckland. I'm sitting at the desk in my niece's bedroom in Mt Albert, looking out the window at yellow flowers in a hanging basket, a blue sky, the tin roof of the house... Continue reading

Posted Oct 24, 2011 at Trendy But Casual

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