MUSIC INTERLUDE - IN MEMORIUM I found out today that Dunedin author Majella Cullinane passed away on 29 September . While Majella had been b...

I have vivid memories of judging the novice section of the BNZ Katherine Mansfield Short Story competition in 2013, from refusing the offer ...

MUSIC   BIOGRAPHICAL INTERLUDE #1 My fourth book, Offshore Service & Other Stories (OS&OS for short), is out in the world. The laun...

The wait is over. Here it is. The playlist for Offshore Service & Other Stories , which comes out on 13 August and has its public launch...

MUSIC - JUNE BIOGRAPHICAL INTERLUDE I had a minor op (day surgery, general anaesthetic) in early July and it took more than two weeks to get...

MUSIC I saw Big League at The Crown at the start of the month. They ended the show with a cover of 'Everything Flows'. *Chefs kiss* ...

MUSIC (I'm seriously considering jumping ship from Spotify to Tidal, but want some reassurance that playlists can port across easily an...

Whenever I update my website, specifically the ABOUT ME page, I put the content I am replacing here for... posterity, I guess. What conversa...