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Talked about ‘Island Fever’ with Mary Horlock at the 2024 Jersey Festival of Words

Interviewed Paddy Crewe about True Love at Daunt Books Hampstead

Chaired events with Claire Kilroy and Cara McGoogan at the 2024 Guernsey Literary Festival

Interviewed by Lindsay Hunter for I’m a Writer But

Interviewed by @bookenders on Instagram

Appeared on a panel of debut novelists with Emilie Pine and Alex Hyde at the 2022 Daunt Books Festival

Featured on BBC Two’s Between the Covers

Interviewed for Impact Magazine

Wrote about islands and isolation for the Waterstones Blog

Interviewed for the Hatchards Podcast

‘Eleven short stories that add up to one brilliant novel’ – Exactly What You Mean reviewed by Peter Kemp in The Sunday Times

‘Excellent… A surprising and enjoyable read… Working out how the web threads together is part of the pleasure… This novel without guardrails stands as a brave debut.’ EWYM reviewed in The Times

‘A poignant demonstration of the way the past is still folded into the present’ – EWYM included in ‘Fresh Starts: a round-up of the best debut fiction’ in the Financial Times

‘Such an incredibly clever idea… There’s a regretful, wistful atmosphere that’s compelling… Brilliant.’ EWYM reviewed in the Daily Mail

Exactly What You Mean selected for BBC Two’s Between the Covers

‘You Must, You Will’ published as an excerpt from Exactly What You MeanGranta

‘Antediluvian’ receives an O. Henry Prize, selected for The Best Short Stories 2021LitHub

‘Viking pre-empts debut from former bookseller Ben Hinshaw’ – Exactly What You Mean announced in The Bookseller