Sewage: Definitely Not A Musical
Thank you to everyone who came to see a rehearsed reading of my new play Sewage: Definitely Not A Musical at Folkestone Live. The play explores the impact sewage spills have on a …
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Just two weeks to go before Fleecehold and Folkestone Live!
We had our first rehearsal for the Folkestone Live performance at The Quarterhouse Theatre and I’m delighted to say the revamped play is coming together nicely. We have four new amazing actors – James …
Fleecehold is back!
And may never go away I wish I didn’t have to write this because leasehold should have been consigned to the giant rubbish bin of history alongside all the other …
Cast reveal for Fleecehold
With not one but two drummers and six amazing actors I’m really chuffed to reveal the super-talented cast for Fleecehold. If I’ve not already bored you senseless with the play, it’s …
Fleecehold is off to the Camden Fringe but it’s coming to Folkestone first!
I wanted to let you know that my play Fleecehold is off to the Camden Fringe but you can see a preview at Folkestone’s The Green Room at The Grand first. The play is a dark …
A play about three amazing women who took on the feudal system of leasehold
I’m really excited about my play #Fleecehold being performed this summer and we’ve been busy auditioning some very talented actors for the six roles. It’s a political comedy centred on …
The role of AI in helping wildlife conservation
Can you imagine providing apes and other endangered species with their own digital currency to protect themselves? The idea, called Interspecies Money, is the brainchild of writer Jonathan Ledgard who …
YA fiction: diversity and snobbery and how timing is everything
It was a real privilege to chair an event at the Folkestone Book Festival at the weekend with children’s laureate Joseph Coelho, Manjeet Mann whose novel The Crossing won the 2021 Costa Children’s Book Award and poet, …
A new way of finding books you love
Raffy, our cat, contemplating the evilness of bird smuggling and wondering what to read next. Maybe he should try shepherd.com?
Radio interview with Matt James
Here’s a radio interview I did with Matt James about the inspiration for writing The Missing Fur Series.