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  • Girl, Lost publication day

    Today’s the day! Girl, Lost is officially out in the world – again! Some secrets don’t stay buried… When Freya Rivers disappears from her home in Plymouth, her twin sister Imogen is left with nothing but questions. Seven years later, Imogen is living in Australia, having searched the world for her sister. So, when her…

  • What to read this Disability Pride Month

    My latest novel, The Darkest Night, was the runner up for the ADCI Literary Prize 2025, a prize for disabled or chronically ill authors which encourages greater positive representation of disability in literature. And, in case you didn’t know, July is Disability Pride Month, so I wanted to write about some of the books you should…

  • The Darkest Night is the runner-up for the ADCI Literary Prize

    Sponsored by Arts Council England, ALCS, the Drusilla Harvey Memorial Fund, and the Professional Writing Academy, the Authors with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses (ADCI) Literary Prize is awarded to a disabled or chronically ill writer for an outstanding novel containing a disabled or chronically ill character or characters. Alongside Tom Newland’s Only Here, Only Now, The…

  • Meta’s unlicensed use of works in AI training – next steps

    The open letter in response to Meta’s use of pirated material to train its AI (signatures) is now closed, after receiving around 450 signatures. The Society of Authors has since released a petition addressed to The Rt Hon Lisa Nandy, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, demanding that Meta is held to account by…

  • MP letter template — Meta AI

    This is a template to assist in writing to your MP about the recent news that Meta allegedly used pirated material to train its AI, as reported by The Atlantic. It is written from the perspective of an affected author, but it can be used by anyone if edited accordingly. The ALCS also have a…