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Flying high

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

Those lovely people at My Travel have just published a review of More Ketchup, in which they describe it as… ‘a hilarious insight into the wild and wacky characters of an expat community in a familiar holiday destination’. Bless ‘em.

The meet and greet has been met and… er… gret!?

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

Book signing went remarkably well. Far from being the only person in the bookshop for my allotted hour, I signed near on 45 copies and sold around 20. I also got a free glass of wine, which was nice. Probably do a signing session in Tenerife next. I could get used to this…

Book signing - gawd!

Friday, August 4th, 2006

Well, I suppose it was inevitable. I have my first book signing session for More Ketchup than Salsa, organised for Thursday August 10th at Sweetens on Deansgate in Bolton. If anybody feels like turning up and lending moral support I’d be mighty grateful. I’d imaging it would feel pretty humiliating to be the only one [...]

Joe Blogs

Sunday, June 11th, 2006

After many years of putting up with a static web site, I’ve decided to join the world of Joe Blogs. The reasons? Editors can take a ganders at my previous work and offer incredible sums of money for future commissions; fans (?) of my book, More Ketchup than Salsa, can post ego-inflating comments about my [...]

I’ve always liked these guys

Sunday, June 11th, 2006

Few reviews starting to roll in for my book, More Ketchup than Salsa. Thankfully all are very kind and won’t require a response from my lawyer or a visit from my mate with the big stick.
Henry Sutton of The Daily Mirror called it ‘Highly amusing’. 
Peter Kerr, author of Snowball Oranges, says it’s ’Spiked with humour and sharp observation’. 
A [...]

A Dirty Week in Spain

Sunday, February 19th, 2006

“Guiri!” the man shouted before turning a cannon and engulfing me in a cloud of white powder. I had been betrayed not by a pallid English complexion – all faces were equally blanched today – but by khaki shorts and t-shirt. Guiris (foreigners) were singled out for a particularly heavy artillery onslaught.
Celebrations are often outlandish [...]

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