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‘We Are Historical Novelists': the Rest of the Speech #HNSDenver2015

Posted on July 6, 2015 by

Everyone has been so kind about my poem – and I’ve had a number of requests for the rest of the speech. So here it is, along with a photograph of me in mid rant! You’ll all remember, I’m sure, … Continue reading →

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“We are Historical Novelists, Fiction is our Game”: The Poem that opened the conference #HNSDenver2015

Posted on June 29, 2015 by

I got so many requests for this, I agreed to put it up. Again, apologies to all true poets. The spirit of Walter McGonagal lives on! Opening Keynote speech, Historical Novelists North American Conference Denver 2015: “We are historical novelists, … Continue reading →

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Talking Shakespeare’s Rebel, Hamlet and plaguey serial killers: A radio interview with C. C. Humphreys

Posted on June 22, 2015 by

This is fun! I did a radio interview with Peter Darbyshire, the Book Blogger at the Province newspaper in Vancouver. Talked about my play, the novels, research, swordfighting – I even declaim a little of my favourite Shakespeare. So if … Continue reading →

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Vlad in Montenegro

Posted on June 15, 2015 by

To all my Montenegrin followers – and many Serbian ones perhaps – this article just came out in the literary magazine ‘Vijesti’. (And, no, I can’t read it. But I know what answers I gave in English!) Great to know … Continue reading →

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Humphreys and the Hangman

Posted on May 29, 2015 by

I have won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel in Canada 2015! Here I am at the gala last night in Toronto. Such a thrill! Amazing authors have won this award before and I am honoured to be … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare’s Rebel – The Play!

Posted on February 28, 2015 by

Tis true! My novel has become a play of the same title. SHAKESPEARE’S REBEL opens at the amazing Bard on the Beach theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia, on July 12th 2015. So John Lawley – sometime actor, brilliant swordsman, occasional … Continue reading →

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The Play’s the thing – ‘Shakespeare’s Rebel’ takes to the stage

Posted on November 15, 2014 by

I’ve been holding off sharing this. Contract still to sign, and so forth. Haven’t even cracked the champagne. But since this I am going to the second read-through on Monday, and the play’s been announced on the theatre’s website… http://www.bardonthebeach.org/2015/shakespeares-rebel … Continue reading →

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