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Burnley Literary Festival
Burnley Literary Festival have kindly asked me to participate in the Local Authors Panel Session. This will be on Monday 9th October, 14:30 to 16:30 at Pop-up Festival venue: 93 St. James's Street (by Wilkinsons Cameras).
Authors Barbara McHallam, Laura Sheridan and Terence Park will discuss what inspires them to write, followed by readings from their respective works. Books will be available for purchase. I will be reading from Burnley, which is a book about the town in general and Burnley Grammar School in particular: Burnley so if this is your thing, come along.
This is part of Burnley Literary Festival which runs from the 6th to 9th of October, 2017. For events listing and tickets see: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/burnle... *
It was back in the 1970s when I first started collecting Philip K Dick. The recent Channel 4 run of Electric Dreams adapts some of his shorter works; alongside this, the Guardian ran an article in which they invited guests to decide on Dick's best novel. Those who like Michael Moorcock might well find this of interest. https://www.theguardian.com/books/201...
For me, Dick's Galactic Pot-Healer comes out tops. It gets the balance of profundity and the profane just about right: https://tparchie.wordpress.com/2017/0...
We are still recovering from our move from Rossendale to Accrington; it certainly gave us some sleepless nights. It was a complete disaster as it was rushed and we were moving into a smaller place. This wasn't helped by eldest three children (ie adults) deciding home was best place to help reset their lives (fortunately our youngest was in university). Everything got horrendously mixed up so, although we moved out in September 2016, it wasn't until round about February 2017, as I was re-inventorying my book collection (I have a good 2,000 books) that I realised a box of them had been mislaid. Then I discovered what was missing: the aforementioned Galactic Pot-Healer (as well as a beat up 1960s Lancer edition of Slaves of Sleep by (L. Ron Hubbard). My copy of Galactic Pot-Healer was the Pan edition from 1977 —in good nick considering it is (was) 40 years old. Nothing can be done; who would want to replace the real with a fake?
Writing update:
Flash finished off 50 pieces - mostly sub-1,000 words. Genre ranges from General through Humour to Anecdote, Supernatural, SF and Fantasy and finally Fable.
Short stories: a retro take on dark matter, Storm Nymph, Nereid (sea nymph), and finally a mini fantasy series set in an alternate Estonia.
Longer pieces: There's a YA novella waiting to come out.
Provisional title: Arshaana's Quest
Series title: The Turning Stone Chronicles
Another novella in draft is a dystopian view of Weltemenn.
Working title: Wings
What am I working on? Shameless sex at the core of the Galaxy; a refugee from an interstellar war hiding out on Earth; plus what if we discover boundaries when we try and leave the Solar System.
Plus there's Northern Voices.
What's Northern Voices? A project I've been working on for a couple of months. Another 3 or 4 months to go.
* If you're wondering what else the town of Burnley offers, apart from Premier League football and the strenuous delights of the nearby Pendle Hill, there's a step into the past at Townley Hall, exhibitions at Gawthorpe Hall, There will be plenty of opportunity to see the local sights. Recommended is The Weaver's Triangle,
http://www.visitlancashire.com/things...
Normally, this is best viewed from the comfort of of the Inn on the Wharf. Unfortunately as the pub is between landlords, https://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/ima...
Until this is sorted the best options are either to go closer to the town centre, eg the Brun Lea, or go uphill to the Hollywood Star which is adjacent to Hollywood Studios.
Authors Barbara McHallam, Laura Sheridan and Terence Park will discuss what inspires them to write, followed by readings from their respective works. Books will be available for purchase. I will be reading from Burnley, which is a book about the town in general and Burnley Grammar School in particular: Burnley so if this is your thing, come along.
This is part of Burnley Literary Festival which runs from the 6th to 9th of October, 2017. For events listing and tickets see: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/burnle... *
It was back in the 1970s when I first started collecting Philip K Dick. The recent Channel 4 run of Electric Dreams adapts some of his shorter works; alongside this, the Guardian ran an article in which they invited guests to decide on Dick's best novel. Those who like Michael Moorcock might well find this of interest. https://www.theguardian.com/books/201...
For me, Dick's Galactic Pot-Healer comes out tops. It gets the balance of profundity and the profane just about right: https://tparchie.wordpress.com/2017/0...
We are still recovering from our move from Rossendale to Accrington; it certainly gave us some sleepless nights. It was a complete disaster as it was rushed and we were moving into a smaller place. This wasn't helped by eldest three children (ie adults) deciding home was best place to help reset their lives (fortunately our youngest was in university). Everything got horrendously mixed up so, although we moved out in September 2016, it wasn't until round about February 2017, as I was re-inventorying my book collection (I have a good 2,000 books) that I realised a box of them had been mislaid. Then I discovered what was missing: the aforementioned Galactic Pot-Healer (as well as a beat up 1960s Lancer edition of Slaves of Sleep by (L. Ron Hubbard). My copy of Galactic Pot-Healer was the Pan edition from 1977 —in good nick considering it is (was) 40 years old. Nothing can be done; who would want to replace the real with a fake?
Writing update:
Flash finished off 50 pieces - mostly sub-1,000 words. Genre ranges from General through Humour to Anecdote, Supernatural, SF and Fantasy and finally Fable.
Short stories: a retro take on dark matter, Storm Nymph, Nereid (sea nymph), and finally a mini fantasy series set in an alternate Estonia.
Longer pieces: There's a YA novella waiting to come out.
Provisional title: Arshaana's Quest
Series title: The Turning Stone Chronicles
Another novella in draft is a dystopian view of Weltemenn.
Working title: Wings
What am I working on? Shameless sex at the core of the Galaxy; a refugee from an interstellar war hiding out on Earth; plus what if we discover boundaries when we try and leave the Solar System.
Plus there's Northern Voices.
What's Northern Voices? A project I've been working on for a couple of months. Another 3 or 4 months to go.
* If you're wondering what else the town of Burnley offers, apart from Premier League football and the strenuous delights of the nearby Pendle Hill, there's a step into the past at Townley Hall, exhibitions at Gawthorpe Hall, There will be plenty of opportunity to see the local sights. Recommended is The Weaver's Triangle,
http://www.visitlancashire.com/things...
Normally, this is best viewed from the comfort of of the Inn on the Wharf. Unfortunately as the pub is between landlords, https://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/ima...
Until this is sorted the best options are either to go closer to the town centre, eg the Brun Lea, or go uphill to the Hollywood Star which is adjacent to Hollywood Studios.
