Favourite Books

First read this when I was 20 and have re-read it twice - a rarity for me to read a book more than once.

A lot of books claim to be 'life-changing' but this one is - was.

Brilliant 'magic realism'. First read it thirty years ago and have just started it again.

Encouraging to learn that it was a while before this book became a success.

My most favourite book of poetry. Trouble is I keep lending it out and have to buy replacements. Currently on number six. I have a copy signed by Roger McGough - not for loan!

News

[September 2023] Finished writing the Circle67 Panto for Jan 2024 - Robin and the Babes in the Wood. Reading and casting up next!

[August 2023] Submitted a play - Immature with Age - for 2024 INK Festival.

[April/May 2023] Three stories accepted for The Peoples' Friend magazine.

My adaptation of Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona will be performed by Circle67 this summer.

Giving a talk at Halesworth Public Library about my novel, Shelf Life.

[February 2023] Second prize in Writing Magazine Ekphrastic Poetry competition.

[November 2022] Short listed in Writing Magazine's 'Shelley' poetry competition.

[October 2022] Named 'Writer of the Week' in The People's Friend magazine, and Runner Up in their short story competition.

[18th May 2020] The virus lockdown is limiting any thatre activity but I am posting much more on my blog (see Start Page for details).

[23rd January 2019] Have had two plays accepted for production in this year's INK Festival in April.

[17th December 2018] My story Body of Evidence has been riding high on the website www.short-story.me for the past week.

[1st February 2018] Both plays will be performed at the INK Festival 2018 in April!!

[20th December 2017] Two of my one act plays shortlisted for the INK Festival 2018: The Bogeyman and Lost in Translation.

[30th September 2017]

Finally completed first draft of current novel The Failed Buddhist. Now the editing begins!

I will be reading poems at the Suffolk Poetry Festival on 27th May 2017.

[21st October 2016]

My play - Sorry, You're Leaving -

being performed tonight as part of Slough Writers Drama Showcase.

[[1st September 2016] Latest novel Shelf Life now published through FeedARead.com

[4th March 2016] Short listed in Writing Magazine poetry competition.

[23rd November 2015] Just about completed editing/proofing of current novel Shelf Life

[6th November 2015] Made the short list in Writing Magazine poetry competition.

[12th October 2015] Slough Writers' play night Six of One at Burnham Library Festival included my play Holding Up a Mirror.

[22nd August 2015] Director's Club Showcase The Interview monologues will be performed tomorrow night. Rehearsals are going well.

[23rd June 2015] My five minute monologue has been selected to be performed at Leicester Square Theatre in August as part of The Director's Club Showcase.

[24th April 2015] Slough Writers production of Plays in Practice at Burnham Library included an extract from my play Book Club.

[16th December 2014] Got a runner-up prize in the Gold TV Christmas cracker joke competition.

[1st December 2014] I managed to complete this year's NaNoWriMo challenge, producing 50,000 words of a novel during the month of November. Now beginning the proofing and editing of The Title Holders' New Challenge.

[22nd Sept 2014] Submitted story A Fitting Outcome to Words with JAM spoof genre competition.

[5th May 2014] My short story 'After the Rains Fall' is in the May issue of Readers' Digest.

[23rd March 2014] My play - Imperfect Speakers - was performed by the Cowra M&D group, NSW Australia, as part of the Cowra 50th anniversary of Festival of International Understanding.

[2nd March 2014] Runner-up prize in Readers' Digest 100 word short story competition.

[16th January 2014] Short story, Lost in Translation, published in Dark Places Magazine Vol.5. - available on Amazon Kindle £0.77p.

[8th January 2014] Now starting to edit A Park Full of Pelicans. Also writing opening chapters of Idle Times of a Failed Buddhist (working title).

[12th November 2013] Won second prize in the Slough Writers Poetry Anthology Competition (see my poetry page for a selection)

[25th October 2013] Empirical Evidence now available through Amazon Kindle