My concerted effort to finish my second novel, A Place Where We Belong, this year is going really well. I’m about 34% through my draft with a much healthier word count than my original which I’m only two chapters away from overtaking and with only 500 less words than I would have wanted at this…
An exploration of the inspirations behind Richard Kish’s upcoming novel, A Place Where We Belong.
There’s always something a little nerve-wracking about returning to a draft of anything, especially when you haven’t touched it for a very long time.
2025 was not the year I thought it was going to be. I have no clue what 2026 will hold. I’m terrified of what it will bring, but I have hope.
Everyone deserves a moment to live their dream, so join Your Chance Productions for a special charity concert this October to help raise money for Derbyshire LGBT+ and the Notts LGBT+ Network.
One of my goals for 2025 was to turn my three published books into audiobooks, opening up a brand new opportunity for people to engage with my poems and novels. Today, that goal reaches its completion!
The Burning Ash, July, and 30: A Year of Poems are now officially available from your favourite booksellers. While all three books have been available on Amazon since their original launches, they weren’t available in physical stores or from other sellers. As of July 2025, you can now find books by Richard Kish wherever books…
Yesterday I completed the phenomenal Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. It’s a spectacular game with a truly mature and philosophical exploration of grief, community, love, and perseverance. I loved everything about it and it’s very likely to be my Game of the Year for 2025. Upon reaching the end, I was inspired to write a poem…
A poem to mark Pride Month We have always been here. Both in fact and in fiction.Scattered in fragments through time. History is written by the victorFacts etched in stone by those in powerIs it any wonder that our past is missing? From The Satyricon’s Encolpius and GitonTo Heartstopper’s Charlie and NickLike the Emperor Hadrian…
June is Pride Month. Unofficially this has been the case since 1970, but it became official in 1999 thanks to a presidential proclamation by Bill Clinton, and it is marked every year by the global LGBTQIA+ community. We’ve had so much progress in achieving equality and inclusion over the last few decades, but our community…