I’ve been fascinated by the power of stories to move me emotionally since I was a teenager. How does that work? I’ve always wondered. Could I do that? Perhaps not quite the “right” questions for a wanna-be writer to be asking — shouldn’t those questions be a tad nobler? — but that’s how it was with me, anyway.

Since those days, I’ve written for television (cop shows, soaps, Max Gillies) and for the stage myself. I’ve also read a lot more, too. If I had to list only ten authors who I feel have got most under my skin, I’d name Laurence Sterne, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Joseph Conrad, Evelyn Waugh, Elizabeth Harrower, Thomas Bernhard, Richard Ford, Gerald Murnane and Jen Craig.

After pursuing a mid-life career as a technical writer, I’ve turned in recent years to prose fiction. My debut novel 1961 was published in 2022, and I’ve written a little piece here about some of the factual background behind that novel.

I have read a number of audiobooks for Librivox which you can listen to for free. You can learn more about my Librivox audiobooks here.

An audiobook version of 1961 (read by myself) is now available through Audible and many other outlets too, including libraries. In Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Canada, you can listen to this audiobook for no charge on Spotify Premium.