Mike's Memoirs
Anyone interested in hearing me being interviewed by Melinda Henderson on ABC Illawarra this morning (Mon 12 Aug) about memoir writing (and the workshop) here’s the link: https://www.abc.net.au/…/progr…/breakfast/breakfast/11385830 My interview kicks in around 1h 20m 50s in, so just click around on the play line until you get there. Interview runs for eight minutes and … Read more
The wonderful folks at the South Coast Writers Centre have supported me in setting up a Memoir Writing Workshop on Saturday 17th August at 1:30 p.m (to 3:00 p.m.). Venue is The Lab in The Wollongong City Library and you can book your place through SCWC via 4228 0151 or admin@southcoastwriters.org.au. The kind (and clever) … Read more
Box full of ‘A Pocket Full of Days – Part 1’ has arrived – all the way from South Carolina, clever little things! I’m just an old-fashioned guy I guess as I love to read a book in the hand; texture, weight, aroma, sound of the pages turning… mmmmm. As was the case for ‘Legs’ … Read more
The wonderful folks over on We Love Memoirs are featuring ‘A Pocket Full of Days’, and me, on their Spotlight Sunday this weekend. I’ll be on board from around 5pm Oz time to answer questions, shoot the breeze and get up to some shenanigans… just don’t know what that means at this stage! WLM is … Read more
OK, so Part 1 of my next memoir, ‘A Pocket Full of Days’, is available now on (Amazon US, Amazon UK and Amazon Oz) – yah me! Is in two parts, so this is Part 1 and Part 2 should be out towards the end of the year. This was the memoir I had wanted … Read more
I’ve compiled a number of my songs and instrumentals that relate to what is in ‘One Of Its Legs are Both the Same’ and ‘A Pocket Full of Days’ and made them available to listen to from the Mike’s Music page. Some of the tracks are recent, others go back a quarter century or more; … Read more
The marvelous Robert Fear, a.k.a. ‘Fred’, is running his wonderful travel story competition again this year. It’s great fun and there are cash prizes to be won for 1st, 2nd and 3rd best entries. Even if you’ve never put pen to paper, I heartily recommend getting your short travel stories down on paper. It’s a … Read more
Had a great time with the We Love Memoirs group on Sunday. I was fortunate to have been selected for a ‘Sunday Spotlight’ by the WLM team and had a lot of fun over the course of what turned out to be a day and a half on line. I can’t speak highly enough of … Read more