I’m Paul Andrew Sneddon, a writer and musician from Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Fifteen books of stories, poems and flash fiction about ordinary lives, memory, work, love, survival, and the places that shape us.
THE NOVEL
Burn
A man at rock bottom, a guitar, and the fight back up.
THE NEW COLLECTION
Death
Yeah, I know. Who calls their collection Death? There’s life, love, humour and passion in it too, and some of my favourite writing, including Ten Pounds.
THE COLLECTION
Shore
January to March 2026. Built out of real days, hard weather, music, and the need to make something real.
Latest writing
New Collection
Sitting on the front step, enjoying some unseasonal sunshine. A crow flies down and lands on the lamp post. I’m thinking that would be a…
Ten Pounds
The sun was setting behind the old multi-storey. He remembered coming through to town when he was young, walking down the thin corridor in the…
Two Crows
Two crows down by the river. An old beat up guitar, you know the kind of one that’s travelled with you. Good company, seen the…
New writing, most days
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Music
Twenty years of songs before the prose. Have a listen.
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