Authors’ Blog
news for April
Me and Janie have been having fun recording tracks for ‘Different Words For Snow’ in Goldsmiths recording studios. We’re hoping to have a CD ready in time for the Phrased & Confused tour in May. They’ve set up a facebook group for the tour – check it out here http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=63881632812#/group.php?gid=63881632812 I also had a very [...]
news for March
The other day me and Janie did a photo shoot for Phrased & Confused for the tour in May. Despite the freezing cold in St James’s Park, it was great to see Mark and Mixy again as well as meet some of the members of Woodpigeon and Murray Lachlan Young. See www.phrasedandconfused.co.uk to find out [...]
Thanks for the reading and the music
The other day I gave a talk on my novel ‘Heritage of Secrets’ to a group of teenagers at Plumstead Manor Girls School. One of the questions asked was what’s the best thing about having a book published? I thought good question and then realised it’s the simple joy of bumping into people who go [...]
Social networking: you rock my socks
I’ve been busy these past few months getting back into the habit of 9 to 5ness. Once you’ve had the taste of beat-life freedom, long coffees and days with nothing to do but ponder on the suitability of getting out of bed – it is hard to go back. But in these unstable times, sacrifices must be [...]
Updates, shmupdates…
Alright, alright. Papa Ayikwei’s throwing his weight around, and it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything here, so here I am. I’m busy as usual, with lots of good things happening. I’ve recently refreshed http://www.jsamlarose.com, and while there’s still quite a bit of work to do before it feels like home, I feel much [...]
