David Gaffney
| David Gaffney | |
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| Born |
David Gaffney 1961 (age 52–53) Cleator Moor, Cumberland, England |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | British |
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www.davidgaffney.org | |
David Gaffney (born 1961, in Cleator Moor, Cumberland, England) is an English writer. His best known books are the critically acclaimed novel Never Never[1] and two books of a collection of short stories, Sawn Off Tales and Aromabingo. In addition to writing stories, Gaffney has also written a set of short operas, developed with classical composer Ailis Ni Riain, which were premiered on Friday 18 April 2008 on BBC Radio Three's The Verb.[2]
Reviews
- Never Never by The Guardian:
- From David Gaffney's official website:
David Gaffney lives in Manchester. He is the author of Sawn-off Tales (2006), Aromabingo (2007), Never Never (2008), The Half-life of Songs (2010), Buildings Crying Out, a story using lost cat posters (Lancaster LitFest 2009), 23 Stops To Hull, a set of stories about every junction on the M62 (Humber Mouth Literature Festival 2009), Sawn-off Opera, a set of operas with composer Ailis Ni Riain (BBC Radio 3, RNCM, Liverpool Philharmonic and Tête a Tête festival London 2010), Destroy PowerPoint, stories in PowerPoint format for Edinburgh Festival 2009, The Poole Confessions, stories told in a mobile confessional box (Poole Literature Festival 2010), Station Stories, in which six writers linked to the audience with wireless headphones performed short stories in Manchester Piccadilly railway station (Manchester Literature Festival 2011), Boy You Turn Me, a sound installation (Birmingham Book Festival 2011), guerrilla writing project Errata Slips (Cornerhouse Manchester 2011), and Preston 3twenty (2012-2032) a twenty-year arts and literature project. He has written articles for the Guardian, Sunday Times, Financial Times and Prospect magazine. His latest collection of short stories, More Sawn-Off Tales, is out in May 2013. See www.davidgaffney.org
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