Last week I had a Wellington launch event for my first book Tinderbox at City Gallery. Thanks to all who attended. If you weren’t there here are the speeches. First from Robert Leonard, Chief Curator of City Gallery and then below from yours truly… Robert’s Introduction I’m introducing Megan Dunn […]
Tinderbox
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Here’s the speech I read out at the launch of Tinderbox, my first book, in London, November 2017. When I was writing Tinderbox I occasionally read things out loud to my partner. Then I asked: Does this sound stupid? Does this make sense? Is it boring? So if you have […]
My first book Tinderbox has been published by Galley Beggar Press, UK. It is about the end of the Borders book chain, Julie Christie and me – but not necessarily in that order. It is also about Ray Bradbury, censorship and the end of the world – but not necessarily in […]
In the middle I had a baby. I wrote nights in front of the TV, lit by the glow of the laptop, laughing. TV does have its soothing properties, as well as its cliff – In the middle I had a baby. The success of Go the Fuck to Sleep entered […]