Breathing techniques, room temperature adjustments, peaceful music, muscle relaxation, guided imagery, warm showers, no caffeine, no sugar, no blue light… in other words, the dreaded ‘sleep hygiene’ rules that us insomniacs are all too familiar with. Indeed, we’ve all been there, on those long, fitful sleepless nights, when it’s time to type the hackneyed question…

Magical Realism is a literary genre that often elicits strong reactions – and they’re not always good. When I think to my own experience of reading the genre, from Emily Habeck’s Shark Heart to Mona Awad’s Bunny, I find that, despite my high rating reviews on Goodreads, I can’t be sure I actually enjoyed the…

Pembrokeshire, Wales, 2014. We call it the upside-down cottage; the kitchen and lounge are upstairs and the bedrooms downstairs – a choice of floor plan that, to my young imagination, was peculiar enough to demand a title. Martin’s Haven calls it ‘Rath Cottage’, a lilting, cozy house situated on the Marloes Peninsula – the site…