Stuff That Interests Me

Football as a Bridge to Peace

Football as a bridge to peace

Football as a Bridge to Peace.

Football is many things to many people but I wonder if you’ve ever thought of it in connection with peace. The National Children’s Football Alliance (NCFA) has set up a scheme whereby schools have the opportunity to twin designated areas of their sports field or area, with the Flanders Peace Field, Messines, Belgium which is the site of…

Toc H – An Unexpected Discovery

Toc H – An Unexpected Discovery.

My cousin, Dave, and I went to the City of London a few days ago to search for Roman remains. We found some rather fine Roman walls and floors and if you want to read about them and see the photos, you can find them here in a previous post.

Founder of Toc H, Tubby Clayton’s blue plaque

But we also made a rather unexpected discovery which started when we spotted a…

In Search of Roman London

Roman London – Wall in Cooper’s Row

In Search of Roman London.

My cousin, Dave, and I love nothing better than to lose ourselves in London, wandering up cobbled streets and digging out all the history we can find. If we spot an ancient-looking alley way, we can’t resist diverting down there to see what treasures we can discover.

The other day, we found a great website Free Tours by Foot, and…

The Game

Are you a party animal? I probably wouldn’t describe myself like that but I did enjoy organising a party for the characters of the book, EXTRAORDINARY. To be honest, it wasn’t hard to organise. All I had to do was imagine it and then write it down. So, who would have been the life and soul of the party? Hmm, probably Bohnan the Carbairian, from the story, EARTHRIGHTS, would have been the…

Henry of HENRY’S BOX might be considered too optimistic

Optimism is a good thing, isn’t it? But, can you be too optimistic? The character, Henry, from the story HENRY’S BOX, is definitely optimistic. And it’s probably just as well because life has dealt him a series of blows.

Lester, on the other hand, a character from LEAVE IT TO LESTER, has no idea of optimism. He lives in a world where his…

It’s Behind You!

Rock temple

  It’s Behind You! That’s a phrase that will have been ringing out in many British theatres over the holiday season, along with ‘Oh, yes it is!’ and ‘Oh, no it isn’t!’ I am, of course referring to pantomimes where audience participation is practically obligatory. If you’re unfamiliar with the phenomenon, you might be surprised to know that in a pantomime, the leading male character…

An Extraordinary meeting between dragonflies

  An ‘Extraordinary’ Chance Meeting. Would you believe it? Two more characters from the book EXTRAORDINARY have met up! Lauren is Martin’s wife and she doesn’t have a large part in the story SOLID AS A ROCK-MATE, so, since she was visiting her father in the same hospital where nurse, Jocelyn, from the story THE WAY OF THE OBTECTUS, works, I thought it…

Extraordinary Angel

More EXTRAORDINARY characters meet up (well, almost).

What do you think was the topic of conversation when Mickey Mouse started chatting to Cinderella in the queue at the shoe repairers?

Was it: A) Minnie’s taste in shoes? B) the price of Disney shares? C) The location of the local glazier? You don’t know? No, me neither because I wasn’t there. However, I was there when…

Extraordinary

Imagine Winnie the Pooh meeting Batman in a beach bar on holiday, or Tinkerbell and Frankenstein sitting next to each other at a dinner party. What do you think they’d say to each other?

I have no idea. I’ve never met any of them. But all the characters who appear in EXTRAORDINARY, are friends of mine. Of course, I use the term friendsloosely. Some of them I wouldn’t want to be left…

The Best of CafeLit 6 Book Glit-er-ary

Bridge House Publishing hosted a book launch of several books, including GLIT-ER-ARY and BEST OF CAFELIT 2016, on Saturday 02 December 2017 in The Princess of Wales pub near Camden, London. A large group of authors gathered and mingled aided by the ‘speed-dating’ bell which allowed us to meet nearly everyone in a short space of time.

Book – Extraordinary by…

Talking Stories on East London Radio

I recently contacted Tony Cranston from Talking Stories on East London Radio. I’d seen an article about him in ‘The Woman Writer’, the Society of Women Writers and Journalists quarterly magazine, asking for people to record their stories or poems and send them to him. It said that recordings on smart phones or tablets would be suitable, so I set up my iPad and…

Trailer for the book Extraordinary

Extraordinary trailer or trailer for Extraordinary! Well, whatever it is, it’s available now on You Tube here.

Each slide represents one of the eleven stories in the book.

Extraordinary by Dawn Knox

Earthrights

For Sale: A rare opportunity to acquire this unique property, located in one of the most sought-after areas of the solar system…

The Game

Soon, the…

You Are Cordially Invited to a Virtual Book Launch…

Virtual Launch of Extraordinary

You are cordially invited to the virtual book launch of EXTRAORDINARY, on Friday 17 November 2017 from 18.00 to 22.00.

What could be easier? You won’t even have to leave your house.

No, don’t worry, I’m not coming round to launch the book from your living room – it will be held on Facebook. So, all you need is an Internet-enabled device and this link to the Extraor…

In Praise of Unity

Memorial in London. The top of the Shard can just be seen at the bottom of the dove’s wing

In Praise of Unity. I’m all in favour of diversity but it seems so sad when differences get in the way of us respecting each other.

Here’s something that occurred to me the other day. It’s written in 100 words.

Why? Well, I like the discipline of getting down an idea in exactly one hundred words – not a…

Book cover of Extraordinary

An Extraordinary Launch.

So, my third book is out. Years ago, I’d never have suspected that I’d have one book published, so I’m rather chuffed at the moment! EXTRAORDINARY is an anthology of eleven speculative fiction stories – some light and some dark. Here are a few tasters of each story:

Earthrights For Sale: A rare opportunity to acquire this unique property,…