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I’m v proud to be on as part of the MORLEY LITERATURE FESTIVAL, my little slot being 10am to 11am at Morley Town Hall. And it’s free, AND it’s on a Sunday morning for all you folk who normally, like me, do v little on Sunday mornings. That’s Sunday 18 October, at Morley Town Hall.

Had a belting time on Leeds United Unplugged the other week, BBC Radio Leeds’ and Adam Pope’s programme on all things LU related. Really good band on too, Delirium Theory.
Trouble was, Andy ‘Stitch’ Ritchie wasn’t supposed to be there but he turned up due to a charity golf match he’d been involved with was cancelled cos of rain. So he turned up for the show as usual, meaning that I couldn’t get in as much chat about ‘Dirty Leeds’. But what the heck, it’s a buzz being invited on whatever the scenario, and Gaz and Karl Harrison were great company as well over a couple of pints after the show in the Wardrobe. The Wardrobe funnily enough is the venue of my first ever public reading, back in 1999 I think it was.

There was a great one page article on DL and me in the Yorkshire Post’s Culture supplement on September 4th (I was interviewed over the phone by Nick Ahad) as well as a grand little feature in Phil Hay’s Evening Post column that night. Top fellas both of them!

This Wednesday, 16 September, I’ve been invited to be interviewed on LUTV at Elland Road, which promises to be something new for me (don’t they know that I’ve a face for radio???) and on Thursday morning I’ll be appearing on Radio Leeds again, this time on the brilliant Graham Liver’s show from 9.30am.

The Book Launch

For anyone who isn’t aware, the launch of Dirty Leeds is being held on Thursday 24th September at the Northern Monkey Bar on Headrow, Leeds, from 7pm. I’ll be there, along with the maestro Micky P Kerr who will be doing a reading from the book plus with luck, playing us all a couple of his own superb songs. The book will be available on sale, as supplied by Waterstone’s, and I’ll be very happy to sign any copies that are sold. My signature might one day be worth the paper it’s written on! PLEASE NOTE that it is a ticket only event, though they are FREE. Tickets available from the Northern Monkey bar itself or from Waterstone’s bookshop on Albion Street. Micky P Kerr has a gig later on that night at Joseph’s Well so it is going to be pretty strict timings - please don’t be late.