Fiction

I have been busy scribbling away and have managed to write a new novel as well as some short fiction. I am hopeful these stories will all see the light of day once they find literary homes among the industry's agents, publishers and editors. More news on those when they are more widely available. For now, I'd just say I had great fun writing them, and a big thanks to the writer friends of mine who have helped me with them!

Reading

I have been reading:

The Madman of Freedom Square by Hassan Blasim, The Dam by David Constantine, The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna. I've also been reading a French joke book. Nothing more difficult to 'get' than a joke told in a language that is not your first language. It's a great way of brushing up second language skills though.

Blog

I intend to get back to posting stuff up on the blog, perhaps short poems/texts etc accompanied by a photo or two. The link to it is here http://blog.peterkalu.co.uk/ So far the blog has covered musings on subjects as diverse as car parks and fashion shows (as well as becoming a 'wall' for a story -The Both Baby- me and my daughter have been doing together). The blog gets updated sporadically. You can comment on the blog (it is a Wordpress platform) though you have to leave an email address (to stop spammers).

Drama

'The Bay', got an outing at the three minute theatre recently. That great actor, Ali Gadema also incorporated an IPad into the performance, a very clever way of being able to revisit the script. Thanks to poet, Jackie Hagan for stepping in to play a very disorientating part at short notice.

Storytelling

There is a small write-up on me in the on-line magazine, 'Yush'. Check it out at this link:

http://yush.com/peter-kalu-yours-eclectically.htm

Photos

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

http://www.box.net/shared/c2b86ru1od