Jun 5, 2009 | Latest
27th May. Though it still requires some re-writing I finished the last chapter of my new novel, ‘Rudi’, but not with a flush of euphoria. It has been very long in the making even though it is quite short at 45,000 words but will probably grow. But it is the length I...
May 12, 2009 | Latest
11th May. Finished ‘Timbuktu’ by Paul Auster, always an interesting author. It is the story of two characters, a terminally-ill schizophrenic tramp, Willy G. Christmas, and his dog, Mr Bones, and is told from both characters’ point-of-view. At times moving and funny,...
Apr 10, 2009 | Latest
9th April. Finished my children’s story, ‘Bradbury’s Place’, which is about a fat cat that has to go on a diet. It is probably far too ‘fat’ at 4,500 words. 8th April. Finished reading ‘Franz Schubert – A Biography’ by Elizabeth Norman McKay. 6th April....
Mar 16, 2009 | Latest
13th March. Interviewed by BBC Radio Ulster about Radio Free Belfast in August 1969, and what effect the pogroms had on my life. 11th March. Finished ‘Numbers in the Dark’ by Italo Calvino. Liked ‘Dry River’, ‘Like a Flight of Ducks’ and ‘Beheading The Heads’, but...
Feb 26, 2009 | Latest
25th February. Finished my review of ‘The Truth Commissioner’ by David Park which is to be published in 16th March in the online scholarly journal of AEDEI, the Spanish Association for Irish Studies – which can be found HERE. 23rd February. Finished reading my...
Feb 5, 2009 | Latest
31st January. Picked up from Falls Library the book I ordered: ‘The Curtain – an Essay in Seven Parts’ by Milan Kundera. 27th January. Did an interview with the World Service of the BBC on the future of the site of Long Kesh/H-Blocks and the Eames/Bradley report. My...
