Thanks for visiting this site. I am the author of numerous articles and books - of both fiction and non-fiction. Some of my books are about railways. But not this one…

My novel, ‘The Night in Venice’ (written as AJ Martin) is out in paperback in late July.

I write a weekly Substack called Reading On Trains. It’s (loosely) about railways. See the link at the top of this page.

My book, ‘To The Sea by Train: the Golden Age of Railway Travel’, will be published by Profile on 31 July.

On 16 June at 6.30, I will be at Stockton Central Library with my fellow writer of railway detective fiction, Edward Marston, as part of the Crossing the Tees Book Festival. To book, see here.

I will be speaking at events in connection with ‘To The Sea by Train’ at Read bookshop in Holmfirth on 26 July and at Holt Bookshop, Norfolk, on 3 August. Details to follow.

I have contributed an essay on Station Gardens to ‘The Untold Railway Stories’, to be published in September by Duckworth.

I also write pop songs, and I have set up a music project called Brunswick Green. (The link is to some songs and home-made films on YouTube.) My music is also on Soundcloud and Spotify, and here is a new EP on the latter.