I'll soon be heading to Croatia to take part in the Festival of the European Short Story.  As part of the Tramlines project conceived by Literature Across Frontiers alongside Comma Press, I'll be working with writer Roman Simić and visual artist Vladimir Koncar, soaking up inspiration from the streets of Zagreb to write a short story set on and around the city's tram system.  Roman will later visit Manchester to complete the tram exchange, writing a story set on our Metrolink, and both stories will feature in this year's Manchester Literature Festival.  Graphic artist Vladimir will bring a digital angle to the project by creating an app that interacts with the Zagreb tram system and our two Tramlines stories...and as a brick phone user I've no idea how that will work!  Breath bated, I wait, and will post more about it once it's in progress.

And finally, a short clip from last year...Zoe Lambert (author of The War Tour) and I chatted with Sheila McClennon about writing fiction on war, on Woman's Hour.  Listen to the show on the iPlayer archive - our segment is 26mins in.