Showing posts with label Belfast. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Belfast. Show all posts
Sunday, 2 March 2014

"The Gate of the Year"

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This week, my newest play The Gate of the Year  is premiering in the Belvoir Players' Studio in south Belfast. The Gate of the Year...
Sunday, 15 September 2013

A publicity post about "The Immaculate Deception"

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My lovely publishers at MadeGlobal have posted some publicity information about the theatrical adaptation of "The Immaculate Deception,...
Wednesday, 20 February 2013

Huffington Post profiles "The Immaculate Deception"

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Journalist Scott  De Buitléir's interview with me about writing is now available online through Huffington Post: Books . I hope you...
Friday, 11 January 2013

"Too rich or too thin": a regular reader of this blog who didn't expect to enjoy it, reviews "Popular"

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I'm very aware that for many regular readers of this blog, the topic of my first novel, Popular , and its recently-published sequel T...
Thursday, 10 January 2013

The Protestants of Ireland know nothing of their history and this is the price we pay

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Part of the reason why I'm still a unionist is because I'm convinced it must be right in some way, because how else could it ha...
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Saturday, 5 January 2013

A guide to Belfast slang

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My new website for the Popular series (www.thepopularseries.com) has just uploaded two audio recordings of me reading aloud the author...
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Monday, 20 August 2012

The White Star sisters

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By 1907, Britain's White Star Line had an impressive fleet of liners that enabled the company to connect Britain with both its imper...
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Sunday, 22 July 2012

Famous Shipping Disasters: The sinking of the "Britannic" (1916)

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When news reached Belfast in 1912 that the Titanic had sunk on her maiden voyage with such an enormous loss of life, the Harland & W...
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Wednesday, 25 April 2012

Belfast's Lord Mayor to resign early in order to avoid meeting the Queen

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Only a few weeks after officially unveiling the city's beautiful new memorial gardens to mark the centenary of the Titanic disaster, ...
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Monday, 30 January 2012

Famous Shipping Disasters: The sinking of the "Titanic" (1912)

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With the centenary approaching, the Titanic is once again big news, particularly in Belfast, where a host of festivities are being designed ...
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Sunday, 9 October 2011

"Scathingly witty": Elena Maria Vidal's review of "Popular"

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Regular readers of this blog may have read my reviews of Trianon and Madame Royale by American writer, Elena Maria Vidal. Now, Elena has ...
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Saturday, 1 October 2011

My interview in THE IRISH TIMES

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My interview with THE SUNDAY TIMES was published in July 2011. The interview is by Pavel Barter, the photograph by Kelvin Boyes. "A B...
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Monday, 12 September 2011

Tatler's review of "Popular"

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"Popular" has been named Book of the Month in the September 2011 edition of Northern Ireland's best-selling society magazine,...
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Monday, 25 July 2011

My interview on BBC Radio Ulster's "ArtsExtra"

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Last week, I had a fantastic time doing a ten minute interview on BBC Radio Ulster's show "ArtsExtra," hosted by Marie-Louise...
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Saturday, 9 July 2011

My interview on BBC Radio Ulster

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Yesterday, I was very fortunate to be interviewed by Connor Bradford, one of the co-hosts of BBC Radio Ulster's flagship morning radio ...
Friday, 15 April 2011

April 15th, 1912: The Sinking of the RMS "Titanic"

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Today marks the ninety-ninth anniversary of the sinking of arguably the most famous ship in history - a 46,000-ton British passenger liner,...
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Sunday, 6 February 2011

The Prince of Wales in Belfast

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With thanks to Lord Belmont in Northern Ireland for his post on the Prince of Wales's current visit to Belfast. HRH The Prince of Wale...