A Dream Of Stone I've got a story, Hope's End, in this collection of post-modern ghost stories from avant-garde publishers Paraphilia Books. You can buy copies here. The Novel and the Urban Landscape in a time of transition and crisis I will be appearing at the Athens Megaron with British novelist Alex Preston, Peter Aspden, Arts editor of the Financial Times and Greek authors Amanda Michalopoulou, Nikos Panagiotopoulos and Kallia Papadaki at 6pm December 5th. This is a joint event between the British Council and the Megaron Mousikis cultural centre, part of a series of events bringing together a line up of writers from both the UK and Greece to talk about their work and the portrayal of the urban landscape (and the city in particular) in the contemporary novel. Bank of Ideas I'm reading at the Bank of Ideas on Sunday 20th November from 4-4.30pm. For all details, look here. Occupy London activists have taken over an abandoned office block owned by UBS, a giant Swiss bank that helped crash the global economy, and are turning it into the 'Bank of Ideas'. I Like London and Cairo I will be discussing the London riots, student protests and the Arab Spring with Elias Khoury and Chalid Al-Chamissi at the Hebbel Theatre in Berlin, 8pm November 7th. Click here for more details. Lost Boys and Sunshine State on Kindle Lost Boys and Sunshine State are now available to download on Amazon Kindle. Aspekte ZDF Watch me talking about the riots in a report for Aspekte, a German cultural news show: I'm afraid it is all in German! On the England Riots Here is a small piece I wrote for the Berlin paper Der Taggesspiegel on the England Riots. Tottenham Palestine Literature Festival "Can Writers Bring About Political Change?" I will be participating in a panel discussion with authors China Mieville, Naomi Foyle, Ghada Karmi and Ewa Jaciewicz for the Tottenham Palestine Literature Festival on the 30th September, 20.15-21.30. Visit the festival website for more details. Apocalypse Now? "Themes of apocalyptic destruction and catastrophic renewal underpin Sunshine State. Writing it, I wanted to explore the consequences of this nexus of environmental, religious and economic pressures..." I have a feature on Apocalyptic writing in Untitled Books - read the full feature here. Sunshine State paperback Sunshine State will be out in paperback on 7/7/11. The Times 2: The Secret Life of a Private Tutor I've written the cover story for Times 2 for the 6th June 2011, a light-hearted account of my experiences as a private tutor for the wealthy in West London. The story is hidden behind a paywall, but you can access it here. Kingston Readers Festival I will be appearing at the Kingston Readers Festival on the 21st May at 1.30pm. Tickets are £5. James Miller, Courttia Newland and Alex Wheatle at Big Green Bookshop I will be reading and talking about my work along with novelists Courttia Newland and Alex Wheatle on 18th May at the Big Green Bookshop, Unit 1, Brampton Park Road, Wood Green, London N22 6BG, 7-9pm, free admission. James Miller, Courttia Newland and Alistair Furnish at Westminster Reference Library I will be reading and talking about my work along with novelists Courttia Newland and Alistair Furnish on 11th May at Westminster Reference Library, 35 St Martin's Street, London WC2H 7HP, 7-9pm, free admission. The Eye's Horizon: Guildtown Briefing on Sustainable Living I'll be joining a number of authors for a weekend of discussions and readings in Guildtown and Wolfhill, Perthshire from the 30th April to the 2nd of May. The weekend is preparation for an anthology of short stories about climate change, edited by Gregory Norminton. You can find out more here. The weekend is sponsored by the Climate Challenge Fund. Featured Author: UK & Beyond Book Tours I'm the featured author for February on this new website for aspiring writers. You can read an interview with me talking about my work here. Guest lecture at Chichester University I will be giving a guest lecture on the 26th November at Chichester University to English Literature students about Lost Boys and postmodern British fiction. Cinema Futura Cinema Futura (edited by Mark Morris) is a collection of essays on science-fiction film by leading science fiction and horror writers. I have a piece in the collection about Alfonso Cuaron's film 'Children of Men'. Visit the PS Publishing website for more details. Ace Stories I will be appearing at Ace Stories, Brighton (at Hotel Pelirocco, 10 Regency Square), on November 14th at 6pm. Ace Stories is a new Live Literature season supported by Arts Council England, with five events in Brighton this year between June and November 2010 and four events between 3rd October and 7th November at the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea. Tickets on the door are only £3 and enter you into a raffle to win prizes at the end of the event from sponsors Serpent's Tail, Momentum Pictures and Ace Records. Visit Ace Stories for more information. Brutal Adolescence: Literature and Violence at King's College, London I will be discussing the use of violence in my work with Ross Raisin, author of God's Own Country, from 12-13:00 in the Council Room at King's College London on the 29th October. For more details click here. Writers In Context: Kingston Literary Series I will be discussing my work in the inaugural lecture of the Kingston Literary Series on Wednesday 6th October from 4-6pm in the John Galsworthy Building JG1003, Kingston University, Penrhyn Road Campus, KT1 2EE. The event is free and all are welcome. New Story for October Read my story 'Girl 3' in Duende, an issue of Antique Children dedicated to Latin American fiction and reinterpretations of Latin American novels. My story is based on Luisa Valenzuela's 'He Who Searches'. Copies can be bought here. Edinburgh Book Festival I will be appearing at the Edinburgh Book Festival alongside acclaimed Russian author Olga Slavnikova on Sunday 22nd August at 7:30pm. Click here for more information. Firestation Bookswap at the London Review Bookshop I will be appearing at the ever-popular Firestation Bookswap hosted by Scott Pack and Marie Phillips at the London Review Bookshop at 7:30pm on Thursday 5th August. The event should be lots of fun, so come prepared with an open mind, lots of questions and most importantly, a book to swap! Click here for more details. Antique Children Quarterly: The Spit Issue The debut Spit issue of Antique Children: A Mischievous Literary Journal is now for sale and includes my story Life is Not Fair plus a host of avant-garde contributions from an array of talented authors. Buy your copy here. Forum on Literature, Terrorism and 9/11 I will speaking at the University of Chichester on Saturday 29th May 2010 alongside Alison MacLeod and Waleed Al-Bazoon at the Forum on Literature, Terrorism and 9/11. Dialogue Berlin I will be reading from and talking about Sunshine State at Dialogue Berlin, Berlin's best English language bookshop, on the 19th of May 2010. Check their website for exact time and venue details. Daunts Bookshop I will be be reading from and talking about Sunshine State alongside Virago novelist Talitha Stevenson (An Empty Room, Exposure, Disappear) at Daunt Books, Fulham Road on Wednesday 21st April 2010 at 7.00pm. Tickets are £5 and include wine - to order call 020 7373 4997 or visit www.dauntbooks.co.uk. Stoke Newington Bookshop I will be reading from and discussing my work at the Stoke Newington Bookshop on Monday 12th April 2010. Sunshine State My second novel Sunshine State will be available from 1st April 2010. State of Mind: James Miller on Sunshine State A feature in Waterstone's Books Quarterly Online. New Story for March Read my story Eat My Face about redneck meth-head vampire hunters (!) in issue VII of Paraphilia Magazine. Be warned, this issue is ADULTS ONLY! Reading at The Judd School I will be reading and discussing Lost Boys with students at The Judd School on February 1st, 2010. New Story For January Read my story Not One Stone in the latest issue of Paraphilia Magazine for a glimpse into the nightmarish world of Sunshine State. The issue also contains an excellent analysis of Lost Boys. New stories for December Read my story Fragments of Another in the special Doppelganger issue of Paraphilia magazine and my story Dreams of the Lost Children in Antique Children magazine. Talking The Broads at The Broadway Bookshop I will be reading from Lost Boys at The Broadway Bookshop in Broadway Market, Hackney, at 7pm on Wednesday 11th November. Rising Literary Stars at Blackwells, Oxford I will be appearing alongside the authors Poppy Adams ("The Behaviour of Moths"), Ali Shaw ("The Girl With Glass Feet") and Samantha Harvey ("The Wilderness") at Blackwells Bookshop in Oxford for an evening of discussion and readings. The event will be chaired by author and artist Roma Tearne and will take place on November 4th at 7pm. Writing The Visual I will be discussing Lost Boys and visual images at the Writing The Visual workshop in the Harold Pinter Room, The Hackney Empire, 291 Mare Street on 13th October from 7.30-9.30pm. Writing The Visual is a workshop for writers whose work engages with the image or the visual arts, whether using the image as a writing trigger, writing about art (painting, installation, sculpture), visual art processes or where the image comes to the forefront. Lost Boys and Emptybellymag October issue Check www.emptybellymag.com for a preview of my interview talking about Lost Boys, Sunshine State, the War on Terror and much more. The full interview will appear in the November issue. Shepherd's Bush Writers Junction I will be reading from Lost Boys and discussing writing at the Shepherd's Bush Writers Junction on Tuesday 29th September from 6pm. The event is free and takes place in the new Shepherd's Bush library in the Westfield Shopping Centre. Scribes at Derby Library I will be talking to the Scribes writers group in Derby Library on the 21st September. Newfoundland Festival I will be appearing at the Newfoundland Festival on Friday 4th September, reading from Lost Boys. For more details visit www.newfoundlandfestival.org.uk. Lost Boys paperback Hits the shops on the 6th August. Guest Author Throughout May, I will be the guest author on the Shadow Writers website. Previous authors have included Stephen King, James Herbert, Clive Barker, Joe Hill, Iain Banks, Thomas Harris, Douglas Preston, John Connolly and Michael Marshall Smith. Click here for more information. Eastside Books I will be talking about and reading from Lost Boys at Eastside Books, 166 Brick Lane, London E1 6RU at 2pm on the 15th November 2008. Edinburgh International Book Festival I will be appearing with Michael Symmons Roberts on the 21st August 2008 at 7.30pm in the Writers' Retreat. For more information visit www.edbookfest.co.uk. Lost Boys Lost Boys will be published on 3rd July 2008 by Little, Brown. Order copies from Amazon.co.uk Order copies from Waterstones Little, Brown Debut Fiction Showcase I will be appearing alongside Poppy Adams, author of 'The Behaviour of Moths', at Waterstones Notting Hill on 2nd July 2008 between 7pm-9pm, where we will be reading from and discussing our work. For more information visit www.waterstones.com. Roger Day Show I will be appearing on the Roger Day Show between 8-9pm on 1st July 2008 to talk about Lost Boys and to play some of my favourite soul, blues and funk music. The Roger Day show is broadcast simultaneously on Radio Kent, Radio Berkshire, Radio Solent, Radio Oxford and Radio Southern Counties from 8-9pm every weekday evening. You can also listen online.