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Radio Writing Archive
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On Concept Sci-Fi
Posted on March 10, 2009 | No CommentsPhew! These last few months have been crazy busy, and I’ve been badly neglecting my blogging and my internet time-wasting. I’ve been keeping up to date with stories and news... -
On Rewrite Heaven
Posted on February 1, 2009 | 1 CommentI realise with chagrin and alarm that it’s been positively ages since I wrote my last blog…the period since Christmas has been a non-stop whirl. Apart from pursuing what I... -
TX: Season of Migration to the North
Posted on September 24, 2008 | No CommentsEarlier this year I travelled to the Sudan, and was caught up in passion and murder, and immersed in the rich culture of 1930s England and 1960s Africa, via the... -
TX: It Came From Outer Space
Posted on August 29, 2008 | 2 CommentsThis week has turned into something of a perfect storm for me – one of those freak moments when many events coincide to create a whole larger than the parts... -
On Beowulf, 3D
Posted on November 19, 2007 | 1 CommentMany years ago I studied Anglo Saxon as a module at University, and could actually read and speak a few snippets of that of that long dead, resonant, rhythmic, repetitive, blood-drenched-battle... -
Q & A
Posted on October 30, 2007 | 2 CommentsI recently did a Q & A for the Book Swede – great fun. If you fancy reading it, then click here. -
On Winning an Award (Sort of)
Posted on September 28, 2007 | 2 CommentsRather to my surprise, I’ve won (or part won, or shared in the winning of) an award for my radio drama Gaza. It’s the Clarion Award, which was given for... -
TX: Breaking Point
Posted on August 15, 2007 | 3 CommentsMy new radio drama BREAKING POINT is broadcast on Friday, 10th August, 9pm, on Radio 4…(For further info, see the blog ON THE RADIO DRAMA EXPERIENCE.) If you miss it,... -
On the Radio Drama Experience
Posted on June 1, 2007 | 8 CommentsFriday, 18th May. I am in Bush House, temporary home of BBC Radio drama, waiting for the actors to arrive. This is the readthrough of my new piece Breaking Point,... -
On Writing Science Fiction
Posted on May 20, 2007 | No CommentsCrime has been good to me over the years. One of my first and best jobs in television was as a script editor on the cult BBC series The Paradise...