

Edinburgh International Book Festival
Appearing at the Guardian Spiegeltent at the Edinburgh International Book Festival on Monday, 25th August 2014. The event was chaired by...


'Feckless' seems harsh
For those of you who enjoyed Steven Galloway’s excellent The Cellist of Sarajevo, here is a chance to for you to publicly probe him on...


The Edinburgh International First Book Award
Conversations with Spirits has just been nominated for the Edinburgh International ‘First Book Award’. If you’ve read the book and would...


Review in The Baker Street Journal
Conversations with Spirits has been reviewed in the latest edition of The Baker Street Journal. Founded in Indiana by Edgar W. Smith in...


Win the last of the signed hardbacks
For your chance to win - the last - of the signed hardbacks of Conversations with Spirits, answer the following question: In 1926,...


A ghost story for Christmas
In mid-November, the delightful gold-plated hardback version of Conversations with Spirits hit the world's doormats. The eBook version...


The book launch date confimed
The Conversations with Spirits book launch will take place on the 20th of November, at a secret central London location. (I can, however,...


The Secret Identity of Jack the Ripper
For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated by the Victorian period. When I was about eight years old, my first foray into the...


No way out for Harry Houdini
There is a story about Harry Houdini, the world famous magician and escapologist, going to see a spiritualist medium following the death...


Whatever happened to Edison's 'spirit phone'?
“I have been at work for some time building an apparatus to see if it is possible for personalities which have left this earth to...