Grand Central are publishing The Pile of Stuff at the Bottom of the Stairs on the 25 April, Easter Monday. I too will be in New York to celebrate. It has a different but very lovely cover (see left) and will be in all good bookshops, including  a front-of-store promotion at Barnes & Noble. This will be the first time I’ve been away without my family. Instead of feeling liberated and young again, I feel pathetically scared and unsure of how I can cope without my permanent accessories. Any good New York tips welcome since I haven’t been there for … Read the full entry

The Pile of Stuff was the subject of much debate during the first week of March thanks to an appearance on Radio 4′s Loose Ends and articles in Daily Mail, the Times and the Sunday Telegraph. Read the full entry

I’m doing a reading of The Pile of Stuff at the Bottom of the Stairs on this Thursday, 7 April at the Waterstone’s on Islington Green. If words are not enough for you, there will also be wine. Go on, it’s late-night closing and conveniently close to Upper Street which apparently has more bars per square foot than anywhere else in Britain. Or was in the world? Or maybe just North London. Anyway, I will be there and very grateful for your attendance. Do I sound needy?