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My review of Nifraz Rifaz‘s soaring debut novel Paper Plane just crash landed in The Hooghly Review – on Christmas Eve no less! Thanks Santa/ editor Ankit Raj Ojha for this lovely little festive hit of dopamine! The book launched in Sri Lanka Nov 29. I was invited to give an advanced comment for the launch, which mutated into my first EVER book review! I may have slightly overdone the plane metaphors……

I’ll be back in The Hooghly Review 15 Feb 2026 with my latest humour column, Flush Fiction. Yep – if Nifraz’s novel doesn’t give you turbulence, my column certainly will!

https://thehooghlyreview.com/paper-plane-takes-off-review-of-nifraz-rifaz-soaring-debut/

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I’m excited to share the ident for one of my two new podcasts! Thanks to artist Victoria Mae Martin, a creative dynamo so committed to her craft and our collaborations that she nearly lost a digit this week! But is it more comedy, more terror, or just more terrible comedy? No spoilers – you’ll have to dive in!

Comedy of Terrors is also the working title of a collection of my short stories and flash!

Couldn’t decide on a colour scheme so did 5 – that’s ADHD!

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Your opportunity to score tickets for the HK Lit Fest launch of the HKWC‘s 20th anniversary anthology Score has arrived – and ended, as tickets have already sold out!!! But please don’t let a trivial matter like no tickets put you off! Where there’s free tickets, there’s no-shows, so it’s DEFINITELY worth showing up for the 6pm event. If there’s space, you’ll be wafted in. If there’s not, you can still join us afterwards for a drink at speakeasy Dragonfly. I’ll be reading one of my ‘Two Shit Shorts’ (the actual title, not just me being modest).

Whether you’ve already got tix or chance it on the door, I hope to see you in the Jockey Club Theatre of the HK Fringe Cub from 6-7pm on Sun 2 March!

https://www.eventbrite.hk/e/book-launch-hong-kong-writers-circle-20th-anthology-book-launch-tickets-1235501170259

https://www.amazon.com/Score-Writers-Circle-Anniversary-Anthology-ebook/dp/B0DZ32R7S5

https://bookazine.com.hk/products/score-the-hong-kong-writers-circle-anthology

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Tickets are now on sale for the Women in Publishing Society‘s launch of their annual anthology, Imprint 23, at the Hong Kong Literary Festival 2025! Two of my short stories (a humorous piece and an essay on mental health) have slithered their way into this year’s anthology and I’m delighted to be invited to read (the humorous piece) at the event. Last year I read The Snide Sniper and the year before that it was Bake Fail. Fingers crossed this year’s attendees are just as appreciative. And by appreciative I mean inebriated.

Join me and the women with WiPS for a literary hotpot celebrating women’s diverse voices at the FCC 5 March from 7pm!

https://www.hkwips.com/event/launch-party-imprint-23/

https://www.hkwips.com/imprint/imprint-23-at-a-glance/

https://www.hkwips.com/2025/imprint-23-is-released-in-style-at-the-fcc/

https://bookazine.com.hk/products/imprint-23

https://www.thelionrockpress.com/products/book-imprint-23

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Taking part in the HK Lit Fest launches of the Hong Kong Writers Circle‘s and Women in Publishing Society‘s anthologies is always a hit of dopamine. In 2025, two of my flashiest flash fiction pieces (aptly titled ‘Two Shit Shorts’) will be flushed in HKWC anthology Score. The event will be held at the Jockey Club Theatre at the Hong Kong Fringe on 2 March at 6pm – and as it’s a celebration of 20 years of the Circle AND a leaving party for some of us, come to party! 

The Women in Publishing Society will be launching their anthology Imprint 23 at the FCC from 7-10pm on Weds 5th March. This is always a blast. I’ll be reading at both events. Wheeeeee!

Score on Amazon
Score on Bookazine
Imprint 23 on Amazon
Imprint 23 on Bookazine
Imprint 23 Launches at FCC

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My third and final event of the Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2024 was the Women in Publishing Society‘s launch of anthology Imprint 22. I had an absolute blast reading my humorous short story The Snide Sniper to a rather well lubricated and very appreciative crowd at the Foreign Correspondents Club!

I am honoured to have had three very different pieces published in this year’s beautifully illustrated and meticulously edited anthology – The Snide Sniper, poem Barking Mad (along with a sketch of my beloved pooch Hobo) and a personal essay on how my neurodiversity (ADHD) can turbocharge my creativity but make me feel like a typo. You can purchase the book from the Lion Rock Press, Bookazine, Vibe and the FCC!

Congratulations to editor Carol Dyer, Polly, Gillian, Leslie, Rinkoo and all the WiPS team. Also to Joanna and Ursula for coming out to support what was an epic prelude to International Women’s Day!

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The Hong Kong Writers Circle‘s 19th anthology Lost in Transition launched in a ‘sold out‘ event at the Hong Kong International Lit Fest on Wednesday evening – and sold out of copies at Bookazine 48 hours later! Thanks to everyone who came out to support! The anthology will be restocked at Bookazine and uploaded to Amazon shortly!

Join me for my final event of HKILF 2024 when I’ll be performing my humorous short story The Snide Sniper at the Women in Publishing Society‘s launch of Imprint 22 at the FCC!

https://bookazine.com.hk/products/lost-in-transition

HKILF 2024 Program

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Thank you to Vicki and Mind HK for the opportunity to perform a bunch of humorous poems alongside my fellow ambassadors Vish and Derek in the first event of the 2024 Hong Kong International Literary Festival last night! Thank you so much to everyone who attended for being such an appreciative audience and to my amazing friends and fam; Philippe, Noz, Charles, Stewart, Eny, Mio, Carol, Susan, Nathan, Chriz and Amy!

Tomorrow night is the launch of Hong Kong Writers Circle anthology Lost in Transition and I’ll be reading again. That’s sold out too but there’s a good chance of no-shows so it’s definitely worth trying your luck on the door. Hope to see you there!

Click to access HKILF-2024-Brochure-Online.pdf