The journal

Notes between books: what I am reading, what is going wrong in the draft, and whatever the tide has brought in.

A letter roughly once a month. No schedule, no promises, and nothing that could not have waited.

Notebook Feb 18, 2026

Notebook thirty-one is nearly full, which means the ending is close and I have started doing all the wrong things.

On writing Jan 24, 2026

Twelve years of readings has reduced my packing to one bag, four things in it, and one rule about the water glass.

On writing Dec 6, 2025

I read twelve openings a year on the workshop day, and I know by the end of the first page. Here is what I am actually reading for.

Reading Nov 11, 2025

Since The Quiet Fleet I get asked for reading lists about labour. This is the one I actually send.