I interviewed the novelists David Mitchell and Michel Faber for the Sunday Independent. Mitchell had not long since published The Bone Clocks, and Faber The Book of Strange New Things.  Keep reading →

As a trailer for thisWriting Life Extra Special, Michel Faber and David Mitchell discuss their firstmeetings, before Faber pulls a mix-tape out of the bag.  

I will post the rest of the interview -without doubt one of the most memorable ones I have ever been involved with -over the coming couple of weeks. 

You can hear excerpts from Ohrwurm, Michael Faber's collaboration with Andrew Liles: here.

You can buy the album from Andrew Liles' website: here.

The final part of my conversation with Tom Drury at one of London's finest independent bookstores, Bookseller Crow. We start with the Q&A is included, alongside many and erroneous references to Tolstoy. 

Part two of my live conversation with Tom Drury at Bookseller Crow in Crystal Palace.