Passenger on Board - Part 1 |
This short story first appeared in Issue 17 of 'Open Wide Magazine'
Only started on the minicabs because it suits me. Pick your own hours, be your own boss. Also means there's time to rehearse...
Posted by Danny Bernardi on Tue, 15 May 2007 08:46:00 PST |
The Book is Dead - Long Live the Book |
If the book is dead where will all the writers go? BBC Radio 4's Start The Week recently heard Andrew Marr interview the acclaimed novelist Margaret Atwood about the future of the book. We're not talk...
Posted by Danny Bernardi on Mon, 07 May 2007 03:54:00 PST |
Flash Fiction to be Published in 'Bent Pin Quarterly' |
My flash narrative, 'a jigsaw on your floor' is to appear in the summer issue of 'Bent Pin Quarterly'.
Feel free to have a look at the current issue online here:-
http://...
Posted by Danny Bernardi on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:33:00 PST |
Birmingham City Council Plays The Big Guy |
If you've ever eaten a bar of Cadbury's chocolate a cursory glance at the label will reveal it was born in the UK's second city, Birmingham.
In 1879, George and Richard Cadbury moved their c...
Posted by Danny Bernardi on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 09:19:00 PST |
The Yacoubian Building - a window on an unseen Egypt |
There can't be many dentists who can claim to have written a critically acclaimed novel whilst still managing to fit in the occasional root canal filling. Egyptian writer, Alaa Al Aswany is one such m...
Posted by Danny Bernardi on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:27:00 PST |
Extract from 'Under the Rotunda' |
This is an extract from my novel Under the Rotunda
What you need to know:-
Tony has been sacked. His girlfriend, Andrea is having a dinner party. He has escaped into Birmingham to go drinking with his...
Posted by Danny Bernardi on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:40:00 PST |
Pukka Pie on Brumcast - Track 10 |
Pukka Pie was included on Issue 37 of Brumcast and here are the lyrics
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Just been down the Subway, to kill a bit of timeWith a 6 foot Sub sandwich, lovely turkey breast and hamA foot long of lu...
Posted by Danny Bernardi on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:48:00 PST |
A Wasted Education and the rest |
My school days were characterised by brutality, terror and misery. I was one of the thousands of children who were bullied. In my case the perpetrators were not peers but my teachers. As a...
Posted by Danny Bernardi on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 05:35:00 PST |
A belated tribute to the Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz |
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A friend's recently divorced mother introduced me to the novelist, Naguib Mahfouz. She'd just returned from a Shirley Valentine style sojourn to Egypt where she'd fallen for a waiter on...
Posted by Danny Bernardi on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:08:00 PST |
Booked in Brum - some books set in the second city |
Astonishing Splashes of Colour by Clare MorrallThis one is published by Birmingham's well respected Tindal Street Press and I would recommend checking out their website as they have a superb track rec...
Posted by Danny Bernardi on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 04:23:00 PST |
