hi there

i got some more nice reviews: The Independent, The Observer and the FT. and also one in the Daily Mail that tells me to 'cheer up'.
i did a v small interview thing w/ the FT too: http://www.ft.com/life-arts/books/small-talk
i made this series of stupid/informative Q&A's:...

In Real Life comes out today - Jan 15th, which is when the last chapter of the book is set.
it's had a few reviews now, too: a really nice one in the Guardian, a quite nice one on Bookmunch, and a not-so-nice one in last week's Sunday times (which is behind a paywall, thankfully)....

there's a few small excerpts from my novel, In Real Life, online now: 3 x small depressing job centre experpts at MuuMuu House, and ? x medium-sized depressing excerpts at The Manchester Review.
a bad review appeared too -- by far the worst review i've ever had, kind of impossibly bad -- and then it disappeared again. i don't know why it disappeared. but if you want to see it, it's cached here. (it contains numerous spoilers, btw.)...

i finally updated my website.
i'm going to be reading a bit from my novel, In Real Life, at Literary Death Match on Monday the 15th of December in London, and at Zach Roddis' launch for Tourism on Thursday the 18th of December in Salford.
my novel is being published on Jan 15th, 2015. here's the Canongate page for it. ...