Delighted to have four new poems in latest issue of A New Ulster
New Poem Published – U-Rights Magazine
Delighted to have a new poem in the latest issue of U-Rights Magazine
New Poems Published – Abramelin
Delighted to have two new poems published over at Abramelin
My Reading Year 2020
It was a year for reading and little else.
FICTION
Cold Storage, David Koepp
Heaven’s Prisoners, James Lee Burke (reread)
Night Boat To Tangier, Kevin Barry
The Crucifix Killer, Chris Carter
A Spy In The House Of Love, Anais Nin
The War In The Dark, Nick Setchfield
The Second Sleep, Robert Harris
Spring, Ali Smith
Wanderers, Chuck Wendig
Quichotte, Salman Rushdie
The Prisoner Of Heaven, Carlos Ruiz Zapon
The Wire In The Blood, Val McDermid (reread)
A Good School, Richard Yates
Unsub, Meg Gardiner
The End Of The Affair, Graham Greene
The Institute, Stephen King
The Topeka School, Ben Lerner
Silverthon, Raymond E Feist (reread)
Agency, William Gibson
The River Capture, Mary Costello
Warlight, Michael Ondaatje
The Skin Collector, Jeffery Deaver
Strange Hotel, Eimear McBride
Apeirogon, Colum McCann
Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell
The Man Who Saw Everything, Deborah Levy
The Blade Itself, Joe Abercrombie
IQ, Joe Ide
Transit, Rachel Cusk
The Secret Guests, B W Black
Kudos, Rachel Cusk
The Never Game, Jeffery Deaver
Shadowplay, Joseph O’Connor
Actress, Anne Enright
Platform Seven, Louise Doughty
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, Ocean Vuong
The Motion Of The Body Through Space, Lionel Shriver
The Black Echo, Michael Connelly
The Liar’s Dictionary, Eley Williams
The Dirty South, John Connolly
Rivers Of London, Ben Aaronovitch
A Theatre For Dreamers, Polly Samson
Broken, Don Winslow
What Are You Going Through, Sigrid Nunez
Men Without Women, Haruki Murakami
Survivor Song, Paul Tremblay
A Sabbatical In Leipzig, Adrian Duncan
Summer, Ali Smith
If It Bleeds, Stephen King
That Old Country Music, Kevin Barry
The Mystery Of Henri Pick, David Foenkinos
Utopia Avenue, David Mitchell
Eden, Tim Lebbon
Are Snakes Necessary?, Brian De Palma And Susan Lehman
Pietr The Latvian, Georges Simenon
NON- FICTION
Five Decades 1960s-2000s, Brian Burke
Outgrowing God, Richard Dawkins
A Life Of My Own, Claire Tomalin
Time Lived, Without Its Flow, Denise Riley
Parisian Lives, Deirdre Bair
The Secret Life Of Books, Tom Mole
The Shapeless Unease, Samantha Harvey
White, Brett Easton Ellis
Yellow Notebook: Diaries Volume 1, Helen Graner
In My Mind’s Eye, Jan Morris
Autumn, Karl Ove Knausgaard
Thinking Again, Jan Morris
The Destiny Thief, Richard Russo
handiwork, Sara Baume
Facts And Fiction, Michael Holroyd
The Cost Of Living, Deborah Levy
Living With Buildings, Iain Sinclair
Meet Me In Buenos Aires, Marlene Hobsbawn
Notes From An Apocalypse, Mark O’Connell
Apropos Of Nothing, Woody Allen
Catch And Kill, Roman Farrow
The Future Of Humanity, Michio Kaku
The Hero, Lee Child
Fathers, Sam Miller
The Man In The Red Coat, Julian Barnes
Intimations, Zadie Smith
How To Argue With A Racist, Adam Rutherford
Consider This, Chuck Palahniuk
How We Live Now, Bill Hayes
Rendez-Vous With Art, Philippe Montebello and Martin Gayford
The Pursuit Of Art, Martin Gayford
Trick Mirror, Jia Tolentino
The Red Parts, Maggie Nelson
Humankind, Rutger Bregman
What Is Beautiful In The Sky, Michael Harding
The Golden Flea, Michael Rips
Dear Reader, Cathy Rentzenbrink
A Working Diary, Adrian Lester And Lolita Chakrabarti
A Ghost In The Throat, Doireann Ni Ghriofa
She Said, Jodi Kantor And Megan Twohey
To The End Of The World, Rupert Everett
Ex Libris, Michiko Kakutani
Aftermath: On Marriage And Separation, Rachel Cusk
Genesis, Edward O Wilson
Silences So Deep, John Luther Adams
Dark Mirror, Barton Gellman
Mantel Pieces, Hilary Mantel
PLAYS
One Day When We Were Young, Nick Payne
Mosquitoes, Lucy Kirkwood
For Peter Pan On Her 70th Birthday, Sarah Ruhl
Albion, Mike Bartlett
True West, Sam Shepard (reread)
Bang Bang, Dermot Bolger
Reasons To Be Pretty, Neil Labute
The Messenger, Dermot Bolger
Rope Knots, Dermot Bolger
Waiting To Be Found, Dermot Bolger
All My Sons, Arthur Miller (reread)
Cyprus Avenue, David Ireland
Blue/Orange, Joe Penhall
Dumb Show, Joe Penhall
Wild Turkey, Joe Penhall
Boston Marriage, David Mamet (reread)
Leopoldstadt, Tom Stoppard
Yen, Anna Jordan
A Very Expensive Poison, Lucy Prebble (based on the book by Luke Harding)
Human Animals, Stef Smith
Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand (freely adapted by Martin Crimp)
Princess And The Hustler, Chinonyerem Odimba
Faustus: That Damned Woman, Chris Bush
Mr Burns, Anne Washburn
Faustus, David Mamet
Romance, David Mamet
Tartuffe (the Imposter), Moliere (in a version by John Donnelly)
Uncle Vanya, Anton Chekhov (a new adaptation by Conor McPherson
Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp., Caryl Churchill
Some Voices, Joe Penhall
Pale Horse, Joe Penhall
Love And Understanding, Joe Penhall
The Bullet, Joe Penhall
Happy Days, Samuel Beckett (reread)
The Twilight Zone, Anne Washburn
Girl From The North Country, Conor McPherson & Bob Dylan
Death Of A Salesman, Arthur Miller (reread)
Fleabag, Phoebe Waller-Bridge
The Crucible, Arthur Miller
A Memory Of Two Cities, Arthur Miller
A View From The Bridge Arthur Miller (reread)
A Touch Of The Poet, Eugene O’Neill
Fred & Alice, John Sheehy
The Importance Of Being Honesr, Malachy McKenna
Cirque des Reves, Katie McCann
All Honey, Ciara Elizabeth Smyth
Normal, Caitriona Daly
Wringer, Stewart Roche
Beat The Day: A Covid Monologue, David Hare
Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks (Stage version by Rachel Wagstaff)
Tongues, Sam Shepard and Joseph Chaikin (reread)
Savage/Love, Sam Shepard and Joseph Chaikin (reread)
Faith Healer, Brian Friel (reread)
Buried Child, Sam Shepard (reread)
Curse Of The Starving Glass, Sam Shepard (reread)
The Tooth Of Crime, Sam Shepard (reread)
La Turista, Sam Shepard (reread)
Beginning, David Eldridge (reread)
In A Forest, Dark And Deep, Neil Labute
In A Dark Dark House, Neil Labute
Fat Pig, Neil Labute (reread)
Superior Donuts, Tracy Letts
The Shape Of Things, Neil Labute (reread)
The Sound Inside, Adam Rapp
Red, John Logan (reread)
Betrayal, Harold Pinter (reread)
Old Times, Harold Pinter (reread)
Incomplete And Random Acts Of Kindness, David Eldridge
No Man’s Land, Harold Pinter (reread)
Market Boy, David Eldridge
The Knot Of The Heart, David Eldridge
Monologue, Harold Pinter
Family Voices, Harold Pinter (reread)
The Stock Da’wa, David Eldridge
A Kind Of Alaska, Harold Pinter (reread)
Victoria Station, Harold Pinter (reread)
Greta Garbo Came To Donegal, Frank McGuinness
Precisely, Harold Pinter (reread)
One For The Road, Harold Pinter (reread)
Mountain Language, Harold Pinter (reread)
The New World Order, Harold Pinter (reread)
The Effect, Lucy Prebble
Party Time, Harold Pinter (reread)
Night Is A Room, Naomi Wallace
Visitors, Barney Norris
Low In The Dark, Marina Carr (reread)
Eventide, Barney Norris
The Mai, Marina Carr (reread)
While We’re Here, Barney Norris
Portia Coughlan, Marina Carr (reread)
Endgame, Samuel Beckett (reread)
Nightfall, Barney Norris
Act Without Words, Samuel Beckett (reread)
By The Bog Of Cats, Marina Carr (reread)
Tinderbox, Lucy Kirkword
After The End, Dennis Kelly
Freefall, Michael West
It Felt Empty When The Heart Went At First But It Is Alright Now, Lucy Kirkword
Moment, Deirdre Kinahan
Forgotten, Pat Kinevane (reread)
Small Hours, Lucy Kirkword And Ed Hime
Drum Belly, Richard Dormer
NSFW, Lucy Kirkword
Planet Belfast, Rosemary Jenkinson
POETRY COLLECTIONS
Way More Than Luck, Ben Wilkinson
Devotions, Mary Oliver
Say Something Back, Denise Riley
Deaf Republic, Ilya Kaminsky
Naked: New & Selected Poems, Susan Millar DuMars
Kingdomland, Rachael Allen
Cult Of Two, Michael Faudet
Salt Water, Andrew Motion
Aimless Love: New And Selected Poems, Billy Collins
Life Of The Party, Olivia Gatwood
Frolic And Detour, Paul Muldoon
If All The World And Love Were Young, Stephen Sexton
Selected Poems, Patrick Kavanagh (reread)
The Gravity Wave, Peter Sirr
The Mother House, Eilean Ni Chuilleanain
New Collected Poems, Eavan Boland
Gaudent Angeli, Mary O’Malley
Loss, David Harsent
Of Memory And Furniture, Bron Bateman
I Want! I Want!, Vicki Feaver
Wing, Matthew Francis
Paper Aeroplane: Selected Poems 1989-2014, Simon Armitage
Zonal, Don Paterson
Completing The Circle, Anne Stevenson
Rendang, Will Harris
Postcolonial Love Poem, Natalie Diaz
Poems, Sylvia Plath (chosen by Carol Ann Duffy)
Homie, Danez Smith
An Upside Down World, Knute Skinner
Found Architecture: Selected Poems, Sinead Morrissey
Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass, Lana Del Rey
Randomly Moving Particles, Andrew Motion
How To Fly, Barbara Kingsolver
SCREENPLAYS
Ad Astra (2016 script)
Avengers: Endgame
Two Besides (Talking Heads)
GRAPHIC NOVELS
Detective Comes #1000: The Deluxe Edition
House Of Whispers 1: The Power Divided
Superman: Action Comics 1: Invisible Mafia
Batman: Damned
Doomsday Clock 1
Justice League/Aquaman: Drowned Earth
Catwoman 2: Far from Gotham
The War Of The Realms
Justice League 3: Hawkworld
Superman: Action Comics 2: Leviathan Rising
The Batman Who Laughs
The Umbrella Academy 1: Apocalypse Suite
Outcast 2: A Vast And Unending Ruin (reread)
Star Wars 1: Skywalker Strikes (reread)
Superman 2: The Unity Saga: The House Of El
Justice League 4: The Sixth Dimension
Superman: Year One
John Constantine: Hellblazer 6: Bloodlines (reread)
Batman 5: Zero Year – Dark City (reread)
John Constantine: Hellblazer 7: Tainted Love (reread)
Heroes In Crisis
Batman 4: The War Of Jokes And Riddles
Batman 6: Graveyard Shift (reread)
John Constantine: Hellblazer 8: Rake At The Gates Of Hell (reread)
Outcast 3: This Little Light (reread)
Batman 7: Endgame (reread)
Justice League 2: Graveyard Of Gods
Astonishing X-Men 1: Gifted (reread)
Astonishing X-Men 2: Dangerous (reread)
Astonishing X-Men 3: Torn (reread)
Astonishing X-Men 4: Unstoppable (reread)
Uncle Sam: The Deluxe Edition (reread)
Black Cat 1: Grand Theft Marvel
The Umbrella Academy 2: Dallas
Daredevil: End Of Days (reread)
The Punisher 1: On The Road
The Punisher 2: End Of The Line
The Cape: 1969
Hawkeye 1: My Life As A Weapon (reread)
Hellboy Omnibus 4: Hellboy In Hell
Hard Boiled (reread)
Hawkeye 2: Little Hits (reread)
Hawkeye 3: LA Woman (reread)
Catana Comics: Snug
The Wild And Twisted World Of Rubes
ApocalypiGirl: An Aria For The End Times
Lazarus 1 (reread)
Star Wars 2: Showdown On The Smuggler’s Moon (reread)
Preacher: Book One (reread)
Rusty Brown
The Umbrella Academy 3: Hotel Oblivion
Freak Angels 1
Lazarus 2 (reread)
The Amazing Spider-Man: Ultimate Collection 2 (reread)
Lazarus 3 (reread)
Lazarus 4 (reread)
Lazarus 5 (reread)
Lazarus: X +66 (reread)
Batman 11: The Fall And The Fallen
Venom 2: The Land Before Crime
Freak Angels 2
Batman: Detective Comics 1: Mythology
Venom 3: Blood In The Water
Freak Angels 3
Glass Town
Big Nate: Payback Time
Batman: Last Night On Earth
Freak Angels 4
Batman: Detective Comics 2: Arkham Knight
Freak Angels 5
Justice League International 1: Born Again
Freak Angels 6
Lucifer 2: The Divine Tragedy
Cat’s Cafe
The Amazing Spider-Man: Ultimate Collection 3 (reread)
The Dreaming 2: Empty Shells
The Amazing Spider-Man: Ultimate Collection 4 (reread)
King Thor
Civil War: Spider-Man
The Avengers 2: World Tour
The Crow: Memento Mori
Invisible Kingdom 1: Walking The Path
Black Panther 1: A Nation Under Our Feet
William Gibson’s Archangel
Wolverine: Old Man Logan 1: Berzerker (reread)
Wolverine: Old Man Logan 2: Bordertown (reread)
Captain America: Steve Rogers 2: The Trial Of Maria Hill
Wolverine: Old Man Logan 1: The Last Ronin (reread)
Marvel 1602 (reread)
Guardians Of The Galaxy: New Guard 4: Grounded
The Mighty Captain Marvel 1: Alien Nation
The Occultist Omnibus
Captain America: Steve Rogers 3: Empire Building
3 Story: The Secret History Of The Giant Man (Expanded Edition)
All-New Wolverine 1: The Four Sisters
Black Widow 1: The Finely Woven Thread
Badlands
Trinity 3: Dark Destiny
Dragman
Green Lantern by Geoff Johns: Book 2
Spider-Man: Back In Black
American Gods 3: The Moment Of The Storm
Trinity 4: The Search For Steve Trevor
Absolute Carnage
Bog Bodies
All New-Wolverine 2: Civil War II
Hawkeye 4: Rio Bravo
Aliens: Defiance (Library Edition)
Hawkeye 5: All-New Hawkeye
Black Widow 2: The Tightly Tanged Web
Hawkeye 6: Hawkeyes
New Digital Paintings Published – Libretto Magazine
Delighted to have four digital paintings published in Libretto Magazine
New Digital Paintings Published – Bombfire Lit
Delighted to have three digital paintings published over at Bomfire Lit
New Poem Published – Rudderless Mariner Poetry
Delighted to have a new poem published in Rudderless Mariner Poetry
New Poetry Published – Impspired Magazine
Delighted to have three new poems in the latest issue of Impspired Magazine
New Digital Paintings Published – Crêpe And Penn
Delighted to have three digital paintings in the latest issue of Crêpe And Penn
New Digital Paintings Published – The Sock Drawer
Delighted to have two digital paintings published over at The Sock Drawer