On Wednesday 11th November, from 5.30pm to 7pm, do not miss the Translators’ Association (TA) of the Society of Authors (SoA) end-of-year review, followed by an online social with the TA Committee members. After three years as an elected member of the TA Committee, my tenure is coming to an end. If you are a writer and/or literary translator, and not yet a SoA member, do consider joining, either as a full member or as an associate. The TA is the collective voice representing

Here is my latest contribution to the arts periodical Whispering Dialogue - this issue is titled ’The Genius or e-Genie'. The text is the beginning of my novella ’Paradise’, about a jouney in a spacecraft called Paradise... https://whisperingdialogue.com/2026/10/15/paradise/

My poem 'Burying the Dead' received an Honourable Mention in the Dark Poets Prize 2026. It describes my mother's funeral; I was 16 at the time... Image: View of Kingston-upon-Thames Cemetery by IdR When you are burying your mother, not you personally of course, but other mourners in your name. And not exactly your mother, of course, because what is a dead body except for a dead body, barely fragments of flesh and bone held together temporarily during that unstoppable process