Jan 4, 2009 | Latest
Read Big Bad Love by Larry Brown, a collection of short stories sent to me by Deborah Kehoe from Oxford, Mississippi, who knew the author. Brown died four years ago at the age of 53 from an apparent heart attack. His characters are unhappy folk who love beer, brawling...
Dec 12, 2008 | Latest
December 1st Interviewed by Joe Austin on Feile FM – the festival radio station which continues to survive against all odds and funding cutbacks. You can hear the station on: http://www.feilefm.com/ Joe asked me to pick three pieces of music and to tell stories about...
Dec 4, 2008 | Latest
Tuesday, 18th November, took part in RTE panel discussion [recorded in the Linenhall Library], ‘Legacy of the Great War’ with Philip Orr, Chris McGimpsey and Edna Longley, chaired by Myles Dungan. The programme was broadcast on RTE Radio 1 on Thursday, 20th November...
Nov 19, 2008 | Latest
I am invited to read from ‘Rudi’, my ‘work in progress’, at the Falls Library, Monday, 1st December, from 6-7 pm, as part of its centenary celebrations. I judged short story competition for Draoicht Halloween festival. Finished ‘The Truth Commissioner’ by David Park...
Oct 29, 2008 | Latest
Resumed work on my novel ‘Rudi’ after several months working for Féile an Phobail. Moderating the Bobby Sands Trust website which has just been redesigned and is being officially re-launched at a press conference on November 7th. As secretary of the Trust, dealing...
