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It’s been a while since I wrote an update. I have been under a great deal of stress due to the sudden, unexpected ending of my long marriage – not…

Tabitha Potts is interviewed by Martin Nathan about her debut novel, The House of Dust and Shadows, published by Rowan Prose Publishing on June 16th 2026.The House of Dust and Shadows is a Gothic mystery novel about the death of a famous painter and how it affects his three daughters when he disinherits all three of them in favour of someone else. We discuss ghosts, art and monstrous fathers in our first ever video interview.The House of Dust and Shadows is available for pre-order and is being p

As I wrote recently, I’ve been having a difficult time personally recently. It’s not something I’m able to talk about at the moment but I can only compare it to…

I’ve just finished proof-reading a final draft of my debut novel and sent it to Rowan Prose Publishing. It’s been an intense few weeks editing and re-reading but I really…

I walked past this beautiful Street bench on my way to Hackney City Farm where I’ve enrolled in an art class. It inspired me to take a photograph to celebrate…

Greetings from Japan, where my husband and I have been celebrating his birthday. We’ve visited Tokyo and Hakone where we’ve been admiring the Autumn leaves (Koyo), bathing in the onsen…

What a wonderful Autumn we are having here in the United Kingdom. I am welcoming the cooler temperatures and the leaves changing colour this year and not missing summer at…

I’ve been having a productive time in my writing life, I am happy to report. Thanks to a yoga and writing retreat with the Chateau de Sacy which I thoroughly…

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I wrote this short story especially for our latest Writers Salon podcast – it’s the last one in the episode. It was on the fourth day that the building stopped…

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Recently I’ve been immersed in studies which I mentioned in my previous newsletter: one in Anglo-Saxon literature run by the British Library and a course called Print and the Ascent…

In this episode Martin Nathan and Tabitha Potts interview Lead Curator Dr Eleanor Jackson and Julian Harrison, about the British Library's latest blockbuster exhibition, Medieval Women: In Their Own Words, where visitors will discover how the voices of medieval women still resonate across the centuries and speak powerfully to our world today.We discuss famous historical figures such as Joan of Arc and Julian of Norwich as well as discovering forgotten women such as the the rebel Margaret Starr w

Sometimes it’s possible to feel downright powerless and disenfranchised by global events. I’ve been questioning what, if anything, I can do to resist the global swing to the right in…

My publisher recently finalised the design for the cover of my novel The House of Dust and Shadows, which is coming out in 2026. I’m delighted to be able to…

This year has gone past so quickly, it feels as though I’ve hardly drawn breath. My older son graduated, my younger son completed his first year at university. I’m still…

I placed third in the Olga Sinclair Prize with my short story ‘Giants’. This award is run by the Norwich Writers Circle and was on the theme of Nature this year. My story was inspired by a real-life trip hunting the mythical sasquatch and tracking…

Just a brief update to our Colony Room Green Writers’ salon event – we have two more writers signed up so eight writers will be there! On the night, you’ll hear Goran Baba Ali, Kristin Burniston, Darren Coffield, Lindsay Gillespie, Miki Lentin,…

I am very happy to announce that thanks to a Twitter event called #PitDark – where you pitch your dark fiction to agents and publishers – I have found a publisher for my novel The House of Dust and Shadows. The novel will come out in 2026 after a…