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Just one reading event so far this year, in April at the library in Dickens Heath near Solihull. Very nice venue and a very receptive and appreciative audience. Thanks to Jill Griffin of New Street Authors and Solihull Writers for organising the event.

I was thrilled to be asked to give a reading at four more reading events in the second half of 2024. On the 25th July at The Cozy Club in Brindley Place in the centre of Birmingham, curtesy of Lee Benson as part of the Birmingham Jazz Festival. I’m standing against a window, facing into…… Continue reading Reading Events 2024

A huge thank you to the peerless Lee Benson who invited me as a guest reader to his Wheely Good Words at the Wagon earlier this month, a monthly event held at the Wagon and Horses near Halesowen. It was an honour to be included with three poets who performed their work. Lee was generous…… Continue reading Reading Event: May 2024

This is a good opportunity to introduce my blog readers to some of the members of New Street Authors: someone took a group photograph at a recent reading event held at the Bulls Head in Earlswood, near Solihull, in April. The banner announces our first collection of stories, published in 2018. Standing next to the…… Continue reading New Street Authors: Reading Event: April 2024

A huge thank you to the peerless Lee Benson for giving me the opportunity to talk about my new book: Reflections Through The Mist during his radio programme Listen With Lee on Black Country Extra, which was broadcast a few weeks ago. If you missed the live broadcast or the catch-up period following the interview,…… Continue reading A Radio Interview: March 2024

Another reading event to report: this time at the Firkin and Flapper pub in the centre of Birmingham on Wednesday 8th November. Thank you Lee for taking the photographs and for your excellent compering for the evening, which saw several of my New Street Author chums read at the event. I look rather crumpled and…… Continue reading Reading Event November 2023

Here I am at a New Street Authors’ reading event, held as part of the 39th Birmingham Jazz and Blues Festival at Hampton by Hilton (hotel). We were on for two evenings: Thursday 20th July and Friday 21st of July 2023. I read at the Thursday event, along with some of my hugely talented writer…… Continue reading Reading Event July 2023