Posts filed under “reading”.
Reading and Signing in Manchester
I’ll be at Manchester Central Library tomorrow today (Wednesday 3rd June) at 6.30pm. I’ll be talking about the writing process and reading from my latest novel Winged with Death.
I’ll be with Andrew Duggan who will also read from his novel, Scars Beneath the Skin.
We shall also sign books and be available for questions.
If you [...]
Winged with Death – a reader’s impression
Before I’d started the book, I’d been expecting the theme to be of motion, but of course time’s impossible to disentangle from the dance of movement. It all tied in so wonderfully well with the central metaphor of the tango, a dance like so many others I’d only known performed by folk with painted shark grins and eyes dazzling like splintered marbles on COME DANCING. The sense of leading a dance and being led in one was a wonderful metaphor for the whole of the book. It’s a fleet narrative, the steps falling into place seemingly effortlessly; and the descriptions of the dance moves, all so wonderful — at times I’d to read them twice, forcing myself away from the narrative, just so I could enjoy the felicity and economy in the writing.
Winged with Death Virtual Tour – 17
Today I’m in the Palermo neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina, at Donigan Merritt’s blog, Random Literary Blogging.
Donigan has been reading Winged with Death, my latest novel, for the last week or so. Winged with Death is partially set in Montevideo, on the other side of the River Plate.
As well as his blog, Donigan Merritt is [...]
Winged with Death Virtual Tour – 16
Today I’m in Berkeley, California, at Lily Hamrick’s blog, Bloglily.
Lily has been reading Winged with Death, my latest novel, for the last week or so.
As well as her blog, Lily Hamrick is a reader, a fiction writer, and a lawyer. She works in San Francisco and has three young sons. Her first novel, The Secret [...]
Winged with Death Virtual Tour – 14
Today I’m in Swansea, Wales, at Daisy-Winifred’s blog, Asynchronous Process.
Daisy-Winifred has been reading Winged with Death, my latest novel, for the last few weeks.
As well as her blog, Daisy-Winifred is a woman of the 21st century, a gardener, a writer and an artist craftswoman creating objects for both decoration and use.
She has some thoughts about [...]
