Booming Blaenau: The Welsh Mining Town Transforming Itself into an Adventure Hotspot – Article for Adventure.com
The other week, whilst elsewhere in the country people were enjoying a spot of sunshine, I spent some time […]
Journeys – Talk at the Professional Women’s Business Association, Cardiff, February 28
A rearrangement! I was due to give this talk in January 2018 but for a couple of reasons it has […]
2018 (Through My Latest Reference Books, from Puerto Rican beaches to Peruvian train rides to the Welsh coffee scene!)
And there it was, 2018, passed by in a flash! Passed by so speedily, in fact, that I haven’t even […]
On Brutality and Bardism – Talk at the PENfro Book Festival, Rhosygilwen, Pembrokeshire
PENfro has been one of those literary festivals I’ve idolised for a while: what after all could constitute a more […]
Eisteddfod!!
The premier event in the Welsh cultural calendar starts today, and I have a fair few reasons for being excited […]
Song Castle Launched at Octavo’s in Cardiff
Song Castle was officially launched to the Welsh literary world on Thursday, April 12th at the bookshop/cafe-bar Octavo’s in Cardiff […]
On the Role of St Davids and Western Wales in Medieval Culture – Talk at the Oriel Y Parc Visitor Centre in St Davids, July 4th
For those of you who have never heard of or paid a visit to St Davids, sequestered way out on […]
Reading at Llandeilo Lit Fest This April!
I’m delighted to announce that I’ll be talking all things medieval and Welsh with fellow writer Jean Gill at this […]
Song Castle: It’s Official – My Latest Novel is Out in April
It has been four months in the research, almost one year and 125,000 words in the writing, but I am […]
Where the Going Gets Green – Article for Travel Ideas Magazine
Travel Ideas produce beautiful glossy quarterly travel magazines aimed at savvy, adventurous travellers with the financial means to go that […]
On Cutting and Growing
The morning mists linger long in the valley I live in and whilst we all roll our eyes at them […]
Quiet Start to 2017? Well…
Behind the moody, storm-tossed January skies, all has seemed quiet in my Welsh abode. But a lot of stuff has […]
Song Castle: My New Novel to be Published in Spring 2018
If someone had asked me a few years back if I would be alternating my writing focus between Puerto Rico […]
The New Novel!
I am delighted to announce today that the publishers of Roebuck, Urbane Publications, will be publishing my second novel in […]
Coasteering… What to Know Before You Jump – Article for Red Bull Adventure Channel
I live in Wales: moist, green, castle-dotted, crag-spotted Wales. One always tends to think of the mountains when one thinks […]
About that Second Novel…
I am working on it. Really I am. The thing with a second novel is that it is a follow-up: […]
Luke and his Words... 