The June issue of the Shanville Monthly is now online, with all the latest news and updates, and details of no fewer than THREE competitions being run by different people in different parts of...

Tonight I'm going to see Roger Waters play the classic Pink Floyd album "The Wall". I'm VERY excited!! I saw him do "Dark Side Of The Moon" a few years ago and it was spectacular. Since "The...

I’m delighted to be able to announce that Birth Of A Killer has been shortlisted for the Independent Booksellers Week Award 2011. It’s one of twelve books which have been shortlisted for the...

Well, it's the end of the current Irish leg of my May tour, but as they used to sing in Avenue Q, "it's only for now!!" Because I'll be back here again to do a couple of schools events in Dublin...

Well, it's been a topsy-turvy couple of weeks since my last blog! Then, I was about to head home after my Australian holiday, and I was looking forward to my tour of UK and Ireland, to coincide...

The final third of our trip to Australia was just as relaxing and exhilarating as the first two-thirds. The wedding was a lovely event. My cousin Kevin got married to his partner, Aly, in a...