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Although the announcement has been made on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter I have yet to let you know that the sequel to Our Doris is complete. Indisputably Doris will be released on Thursday 31st August. If you go to Amazon you will see that the book had a previous publication date of 1st July, however, … Continue reading Announcement: Indisputably Doris

Happy New Year! Although I’ve neglected this blog awfully over the last eight years, it is still here, forever waiting for me to post. Today I bring glad tidings, wishing you all the best for 2017, providing you with the gift of a free e-version of Our Doris, a hilarious tale written by my good … Continue reading A Free E-Book?!

            This week is #ComedyBookWeek started by the wonderful comedy writer Ana Spoke and I have had the opportunity to interview a great writer and friend Margaret Holbrook. I often cite my influences at my events and one of the authors who helped me throughout the writing and publication of Our […]

So I made this video a few weeks ago now but the question still remains. Since I posted, I have questioned my own position as a working class person, and what it means to be working class compared to what it meant fifty years ago. Our class systems sometimes appear to be changing, but I […]

From 11:30-12:30 this Saturday 18th June, myself and Margaret Holbrook will be performing poetry in Sparrow Park, Macclesfeld for the Barnaby Festival. Choose a theme from the Quangle Wangle hat and we will read the poem related to that theme. Throughout the festival there will be more of these sessions with an assortment of other poets […]

To celebrate almost a year of being on shelves, the Kindle edition of Our Doris is free from 5th – 6th June 2016 on worldwide Amazon platforms. To redeem click here Our Doris is a story I am extremely proud of and I will be forever grateful to the readers, librarians and groups that have […]