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43 Years With The Same Bird; A Liverpool Love Affair by Brian Reade: reviewed by Mark Johnson
Posted by Digital Editor on July 23, 2008 5:51 PM
BRIAN Reade's first book comprehensively captures the way many football supporters think. He writes honestly as a fan and from the heart.
The Daily Mirror columnist even points at this himself, telling the Book Club: "I interviewed Bill Shankly, Kenny Dalglish, Graeme Souness and Rafael Benitez. But if I had a choice, I would rather be a fan than a journalist. I would rather keep my love for the club than be a match reporter. That's what makes it [the book] different."
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Dan Freedman
Posted by Jane Gallagher on July 3, 2008 1:31 PM
You had a great job why did you start writing novels too?
True, my job was fantastic. Travelling around the world with the England Team, interviewing them was truly amazing. And that's partly why I began writing the novels - I was having all these unforgettable experiences and learning so much about football that I wanted to share it with other people. The Jamie Johnson books have given me the chance to do that.
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Writers In Prison
Posted by Jane Gallagher on June 11, 2008 10:21 AM
I am feeling a little weary after returning from the Writers in Prison Network Conference which was held in Bristol on Monday.
It was a long way to go for one day, especially with the first train cancelled and the ubiquitous drunk seranading us all the way on the latenight Merseyrail train back home.
But despite it all, the trip was well worth it.
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A Hard Day's NIght
Posted by Jane Gallagher on June 5, 2008 4:07 PM
Last night I met up with Martin Edwards, author of last month's featured book, Waterloo Sunset.
As well as being an author Martin is Head of Employment Law at Mace and Jones solicitors and last night was the official launch of a Short Story competition sponsored by the firm.
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Notes From An Exhibition by Patrick Gale
Posted by Jane Gallagher on May 28, 2008 10:38 PM
By Jane Gallagher
“Notes From An Exhibition� begins with the death of brilliant artist Rachel Kelly. But she is much more than that as the story slowly unfolds.
A mother of four, a wife and a woman both blessed and cursed with bipolar disorder. We briefly meet Rachel as she rises from her slumber to answer her artistic calling in the first chapter before her swift demise.
But it is what she leaves behind that provides the narrative force. In the studio where she dies, along with the half-eaten chocolate biscuits where her teethmarks still remain, are a series of startling new work.
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Ivan The Terrible by Anne Fine
Posted by Jane Gallagher on May 22, 2008 2:11 PM
Ivan the Terrible by Anne Fine
By Jane Gallagher
Author Anne Fine has written numerous books for all ages.
However, it is through her work as a children’s novelist that she has won the most recognition.
Her children’s story, Madame Doubtfire was made into a film with Hollywood actor, Robin Williams, between 2001 and 2003 she was appointed the Children’s Laureate and she has won many prizes for fiction.
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Dunkirk: The Men They Left Behind - by Sean Longden
Posted by Digital Editor on May 21, 2008 10:52 AM
Tradition tells us that the dramatic events of the evacuation of Dunkirk, in which 300,000 British servicemen escaped the Nazis, was a victory snatched from the jaws of defeat.
As the propaganda wheels turned, there was no room for tales of a poorly trained army, for stories of the drunken soldiers who refused calls to leave the cellars, or for details of the 2,472 guns, 75,000 tons of ammunition and 162,000 tons of petrol that were abandoned on the shores.
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