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Book readings, TV appearances, radio interviews, newspapers, magazines...

Society of Authors talk on grants and awards (3 July 2019)

BBC Radio 5 Live Drivetime guest (14 January 2019)

BBC Radio 5 Live with Emma Barnett (14 November 2018)

BBC Radio 4 Broadcasting House (10 December 2017)

BBC Radio 4 PM with Eddie Mair (4 January 2017)

Religious holidays, letter, Independent 13 January 2016

BBC Ulster guest (14 July 2015)

BBC Ulster guest (15 April 2013)

BBC Ulster guest (5 November 2012)

Private Eye letter (issue 1325, October 2012 - also led to a mention by Ian Hislop in a speech and then in the Sunday Times "Atticus" column)

Oxfam bookstore benefit (12 July 2012)

Andy Murray letter, Independent (10 July 2012)

Greece/Facebook, letter, Independent (21 May 2012)

"How to make Archway Tower disappear" (Ruth Ewan book) 2012

Plastic bullets, letter, Times (11 August 2011)

Capital punishment, letter, Times (5 August 2011)

We love Highgate Library day (5 March 2011)

London Lines Write Idea Festival (17 November 2010)

Osborne's cuts, letter, Guardian (22 Oct 2010)

Bookgroup.info interview (July 2010)

Writing Magazine interview (July 2010)

Highgate Library event with Andrew Blackman (21 April 2010)

Open Wide Magazine review of Out of Office (April 2010)

Withington Library Manchester (20 April 2010)

Out of Office book launch (Phoenix bar 25 March 2010)

Outside Left interview (March 2010)

Fire Horses review (Frank Mask, 27 January 2010)

Frank Mask interview (November 2009)

Guardian Diary (7 July 2009)

Ted Hughes Festival (Yorkshire 25 October 2008)

Political parties, letter, Independent (12 October 2009)

Resonance FM radio reading (August 2008)

14 June 2008: Waterstones (Liverpool)

Time Out Magazine review (June 2008)

Borders (Oxford Street, London 5 June 2008)

The View from Here Magazine (June 2008)

BBC Radio Leeds interview (June 2008)

Fire Horses book launch (London Met University 3 June 2008)

University of Manchester online (May 2008)

Write Words interview (May 2008)

Meet the Author (May 2008)

Islington Gazette (May 2008)

Hebden Bridge Times (May 2008)

Halifax Courier (May 2008)

Get London Reading event (Shoreditch Library 12 April 2008)

Pixels v. Paper (Guardian Newsroom, London 27 March 2008)

Cornerhouse (Manchester 29 September 2007)

FinFest (Finsbury Park 16 September 2007)

Pavarotti, letter, Independent (7 September 2007)

Crockatt & Powell bookshop (Waterloo 13 November 2006)

Shortfuse event (Queens Head, Islington 29 September 2005)

The Bookseller (article 2001)

Bernard Ingham letters, HBT (2001)

Channel 4 News interview (2001)

Sydney Morning Herald (2001)

Islington Gazette (2000)

BBE Review, Hebden Bridge Times (2000)

BBC London Live interview by Robert Elms (2000)

Network 7 Channel 4 (1987)

Hebden Bridge Times (1987)

Into View Yorkshire TV (1987)

TV South (ITV) interview (1987)

Islington Gazette (1986)

Manchester Piccadilly Radio (1986)

Manchester Magazine (1986)

Punch Magazine article by Roy Hattersley (1986)

Homeless in Brighton, letter, City Limits, 16 Aug 85

Do not go softly into that goodnight, letter, HBT, 1983

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