Sep 22, 2015 | Latest
Finished reading A Stranger in My Own Country: The 1944 Prison Diary by Hans Fallada which has been described as, ‘An outspoken memoir of life under the Nazis written from a prison cell’ (Independent), but which has also been viewed as an apologia because Fallada...
Aug 6, 2015 | Latest
Am about to introduce Scribes at the Rock with Henrietta McKervey, Stuart Carolan and the wonderful Marian Keyes! 6th August. Interviewed with Alan Kane on Radio Ulster’s Good Morning Ireland by Noel Thompson with regard to Jeremy Corbyn’s bid for the leadership of...
Jun 17, 2015 | Latest
Doing a reading this Saturday, June 20th, at 6pm in the Lock Restaurant, Sallins, County Kildare, as part of the Wolfe Tone Festival. Come along. 8th June. Interviewed on the Nolan Show about James Galway’s earlier remarks that Ian Paisley bore a major responsibility...
Apr 25, 2015 | Latest
Finished a wonderful, charming little novel from 1943, The Human Comedy by William Saroyan. Saroyan, the son of an Armenian immigrant, made his initial impact during the Great Depression with “a deluge of brash, original, and irreverent stories celebrating the joy of...
Mar 17, 2015 | Latest
Interviewed on BBC Radio Foyle with Jim Allister, TUV, about Stormont Speaker Mitchell McLaughlin’s speech on the issue of mutual respect. 15th March. Took part in discussion on conflict resolution with former Para Glenn Bradley at Queens Film Theatre after the...
Mar 9, 2015 | Latest
I’ll be reading from West Belfast this Saturday night in Leo’s Tavern, following a ceremony earlier in the day to commemorate my friend and comrade IRA Volunteer Kevin Brady. Kevin was killed along with Thomas McErlean and John Murray when the funeral for the...
