I hear trumpets, angels descending, agents banging on my door!  The joint novel rewrite is complete.  I am now sending it to my writing partner in Nigeria for his approval.  Fingers  crossed.  

Poetry

The words of the Pakistani poet, Faiz, are still sticking in my heart and mind: I like how he uses nature as a metaphor:  "Spring will come... Clouds will burst... Day will dawn..."   I want to learn Urdu so I could fully take in his poetry.

Reading

I love reading.  I am dipping in and out of books by Hilary Mantel and Nii Parkes... 

Blog

I have a draft blog that is in development at wordpress.  I will post a link to it here once I've raised the money to pay the blog designer lol.  So far the blog has covered musings on subjects as diverse as car parks and fashion shows...

Storytelling

I have had some really interesting times with new stroytellers from around the world (or who are going around the world!).  Go to the 'contact' page for enquiries about my availability as a storyteller.   Youtube has one or two videos of stories I worked on with a small team, relating to the subject of Manchester's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade.  The main site for the subject is  www.revealinghistories.org.uk    

Photos

Here are some storytelling photos/videos loaded on 'Flickr' (by Joseph-thanks Joseph!) , 'Boxnet' and 'Google Video'.