Looking Forward to Live Book Events
In common with other authors, with the imminent easing of lockdown, I am looking forward to live book events and meeting readers. Another Life, available in hardcover and paperback from all good bookshops, including Essex booksellers Red Lion Books, Wivenhoe Bookshop and Maldon Boanooks. Also available as a Kindle edition. more…
Society of Authors (Writers of Essex) Talk: Crafting a Speculative Novel
On Saturday 5th June 2021, I thoroughly enjoyed giving a virtual talk on my personal experience of the research, planning and writing of my novel Another Life to the Writers of Essex Group of the Society of Authors. Following the talk, I took questions from a very responsive audience for thirty minutes. Thank you to […] more…
Hardcover Edition of Another Life Now Available
A hardcover edition of Another Life is now available. It has a good solid feel to it and smells good. more…
The Green Man
The Green Man, a key element in my novel Another Life, is often represented as a foliate head or leaf mask. It can be traced back to at least the Roman art of the first century CE, where masks sprouting acanthus leaves appear on friezes on Roman triumphal arches and temples. Examples are found across […] more…
The Creature Behind The Curtains
Memories of a childhood room can haunt you forever. The chapter ‘The Creature Behind the Curtains’, from my novel ‘Another Life’, describes fearful recollections from my pre-school years. On summer mornings before my parents and sisters woke, I would explore forbidden downstairs places. These included the front parlour, reserved for special occasions and visitors. One […] more…
My New Album, to be Released July 2021
So, fifty years after recording it as a demo disc intended for friends and family, my first album is released on vinyl on 5th April. Band members included my schoolfriend, Mike Conn (a songwriter genius), Joy Sarney, who had a novelty hit in 1977 that reached number 26 in the charts and her husband, Martin. […] more…
The Sunken Land Begins To Rise Again by M. John Harrison
This is the first work by M. John Harrison that I have read; I am impressed. There are many strengths, especially the originality of the language and the creation of an ominous atmosphere. For once, the term ‘brooding’ is apt. Shaw meets Victoria in a pub on a wet afternoon – there is a lot […] more…
Mr Wilder & Me by Jonathan Coe
When I started reading Jonathan Coe’s Mr Wilder and Me, the thought occurred that the pleasure gained from reading his prose almost makes the story redundant. It did not take long to become fully immersed in this warm-hearted and moving book.Calista, a film composer, reflects upon her life at a time of change. Her twin […] more…
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