This was the video produced by Mark Bowsher of Rabbit Island Productions for the Unbound crowdfunding campaign for #SeasOfSnow. Really like what he did with the ‘All Things Bright And Beautiful’ soundtrack, which is Gracie’s favourite song in the book. He warped it and gave it the sinister overtones that imbue the book. He also […]

Some of the literary and thematic inspirations for #SeasOfSnow The paralysis and inability to act of Hamlet… The succour and solace of poetry… The obsession of Lolita…  

This is the dedication page for #SeasOfSnow For my beautiful god daughter Ella Milbourne, my gorgeous niece Anya Bansal, my wonderful nephew Rahul Bansal and my sweetie-pie niece Scarlett Gage.

My first book…  

“The chill of a wing’s breath swooped past…” Prologue, #SeasOfSnow      

It’s such a privilege to be able to be able to thank people publicly. To reward their kindness and support by putting their names into my book. There’s something very nice and permanent about that.  

Roses weave a thread throughout #SeasOfSnow. White roses (of the genus ‘Little White Pet’) take on significance, as faded petals are discovered in the nursing home in the book – a crumpled, delicate, physical link to a time of innocence lost. There is a William Blake poem called The Sick Rose which is controversial and […]

Rainer Maria Rilke was an Austro-Bohemian poet who penned some of the most beautiful, lyric poetry ever written. And beyond that, such wisdom and such prescience – relevant and resonant even today… An extract from one of the letters becomes the talisman for Gracie’s life in #SeasOfSnow.

#SeasOfSnow is the tale of a young girl who escapes the torment of her life through poetry. Gracie Scott becomes fascinated by the work of Rainer Maria Rilke and delights in his words for guidance and succour.  

Flowers are a constant theme throughout #SeasOfSnow. Not just roses, although they punctuate the text most incessantly. Also daffodils, that cheery, trumpeted flower that beams sunshine into dark rooms and lights up the inward eye of the poet in Wordsworth’s famous verse.