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Me on the Guardian Women’s Page

August 15, 2008

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Cripes. After 15 years of trying, I’ve finally cracked the Guardian Women’s page! It’s all about women preferring animals as they get older. Like a dieter fantasising about Jaffa Cakes, I briefly scanned the comments, gave a deep shudder and clicked away rapidly. Actually, I thought I glimpsed something positive in there, but perhaps it… [Read more…]

New Statesman Review: Are Some Book Reviewers Actually Aliens?

February 28, 2008

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I’ve been one, so I’m allowed to say it. Here is Antonia Quirke in the New Statesman, reviewing Cleaning Up. There are shades of the snitty Guardian review here, albeit in a different way. I have to ask myself whether these writers (and they are both published authors) were working from the same book as… [Read more…]

Interviewed by The Bookseller To The Stars

February 24, 2008

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Check out Mark Farley’s excellent blog, where he’s interviewed me about Cleaning Up. I’m hoping to post more on here but, post-hospital, I’ve got all sorts of things to sort out; things that, although technically only take a couple of hours, seem to use up the whole day. I could rant about my relationship with… [Read more…]