Mike Fox

Actual publication day arrives! Delighted to be sharing the moment with @nicholasroyle, photographer extraordinaire!

🌸 Tomorrow at 2pm on @normanfm1066, it's the Hannah's Bookshelf Spring Equinox Special, with seasonal flash fiction from 13 fantastic authors! 🌸 hannahkate.net/north-manchest…

@strokingtheair I will, Eileen, thank you.

@polyscribe2 I am so happy you like it Mike. Oh a house move and a book that’s a lot Mike, yes remember to breathe. Keep me posted if you can and very best wishes.

Thursday haiku alive to sunshine calligraphy of catkins messaging my heart ECH March 2026

@strokingtheair I suspect it's all yours, Eileen - a stunning image. It's a wee bit hectic here, with a potential house move, and the collection out in May, but I'm trying to remember to breath.

@polyscribe2 Really appreciate your thoughts on this one Mike, thanks so much. Yes it’s a scary thought someone might have got there before me, but I’ve never seen it written so 🤞. The catkins on my hazel tree are stunning at the moment. Hope all is good with you.

🌸 The Hannah's Bookshelf Spring Equinox Special is this Saturday on @normanfm1066, with seasonal flash fiction from 13 amazing writers. See who's on the show on my website! 🌸 hannahkate.net/north-manchest…

From Imogen Holst's biography of her father: 'He came bursting in, exclaiming: "I say, Gustav, what do you think? Dunhill has discovered a pair of parallel fifths in your Ave Maria!" This news was so upsetting it cast a gloom over the whole day.' Every writer will empathise...

These four prints all have only a handful of copies left and will not be reprinted. So if you'd like one, don't wait: tomgauld.com/shop?category=…

My current availability for manuscript critiques, copyediting, and proofreading. Spaces for typesetting and ebook formatting are more flexible. DM, or email at abbie@abbie-editorial.com, or head over to abbie-editorial.com. #FictionEditor #Copyeditor #BookEditor

I've finally set up an account for Pilcrow Books, the imprint I'm publishing Thirteen Deadly Intentions under. A website is coming soon. Follows and shares appreciated ❤️

Bean-spillage in today's Sunday Independent (Ireland)

Wrote this for my mum about 20 years ago🌸

The March episode of Sherry’s Shorts is now available on Listen Again on hhr.scot. Two gorgeous stories of hope & healing by Highland writers Mairi Sutherland & Mary Anne Spence. mixcloud.com/invernesshr/sh…

Highly recommended!

Thursday haiku 🌸🌸🌸 momentary sun caresses cherry blossoms all the love I hold ECH March 2026

A version, without music, of my recent conversation with Lee Benson about my @vpresspoetry pamphlet can be found here: open.spotify.com/episode/1G0BKk…

'More like an ancestor than a parent.' T.S. Eliot's description of his father.

@JosephineGalvi1 Oh how auspicious - many happy returns! We share birthdays with three England rugby captains.

@polyscribe2 Sounds intriguing. And you have the same birthday as my daughter, so I won’t need to ask again.

Frabjous birthday surprise from my wife! Back in the dark mists of time my mum auditioned to be a soloist in the Morley College Choir. The tiny man in specs and a raincoat, sitting anonymously at the back, transpired to be Gustav Holst. He approved her voice.

@JosephineGalvi1 Thanks, Josephine - actually yesterday. The book is terrific - Imogen Holst, writes so well. By her account more a memoir than a biography, with terrific insights into Gustav's character.

@polyscribe2 Happy birthday, Mike. Is it actually today?

@inimitablepgw Pretty much any aunt!

Which Wodehouse character steals the scene every time they appear?

Missed Saturday's Pick and Mix Hannah's Bookshelf (including my interview with Maria Cohut)? You can #ListenAgain here: mixcloud.com/Hannahs_Booksh…