Sunday 28 December 2008

book reviews

Thanks to both Liz Jobey in the Guardian on the 18th of Dec, and Joerg Colberg in Conscientious on 22rd of Dec for their commentaries about "Sweet Nothings", much appreciated.

Thursday 21 August 2008

appearance of the Icarosaurus




















I thought I would make my first post the cover of my first book.
The title of the book is Schwarzes Meer because it was published in Germany by Mare
In English it means Black Sea.
I had rolled those two words, or its name, around my mouth in several different languages, Karadeniz, Μαύρη Θάλασσα, Marea Neagră, Pontos Euxeinos, Pontus Axeinos, черное море, Mer Noir, Cherno more, Shavi zghva, but I suppose I'd never done it in German.
My original title had been Between Chronicle and Fiction: the Black Sea.....