The Red Men published and film rights sold |
My debut novel The Red Men is available in all decent bookstores now, including signed copies in Borders. Review copies available on request.
The film option has been picked up by Shynola, an an... Posted by Matthew De Abaitua on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:54:00 PST |
The Red Men Extract |
The opening chapter of The Red Men is now online on 3AM magazine.
http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/excerpt-the-red-men/
Floods permitting, I am joining The Idler magazine for performances at The Secret ... Posted by Matthew De Abaitua on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:00:00 PST |
Is 'New Yorker' fiction kitsch? |
I have just finished reading Julian Gough's essay on comedy and the contemporary novel here. He lays into a culture of academic professionalism that Creative Writing courses foster in American fiction... Posted by Matthew De Abaitua on Wed, 16 May 2007 07:11:00 PST |
Boy child |
So there I was, in the first hour of last Tuesday morning, standing in the delivery suite in the labour ward of the Princess Royal hospital in Haywards Heath as my wife, a crouching tiger at this adva... Posted by Matthew De Abaitua on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:32:00 PST |
The receptivity of the hungover mind |
I woke up in Hackney mildly hungover after attending a writer's group in The Hospital. Along with the relief that I had made it through another night alive, a short story title popped into my head.
"... Posted by Matthew De Abaitua on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:45:00 PST |
The Red Men on Amazon |
My novel has an Amazon entry
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Red-Men-Matthew-Abaitua/dp/190500558
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This will fill up as the pub... Posted by Matthew De Abaitua on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:09:00 PST |
Second novel |
It took me about four years to write The Red Men. During that time I worked three or four days a week on my job and then crammed the novel into Fridays and weekends, using up all my holiday entitlemen... Posted by Matthew De Abaitua on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 06:59:00 PST |
Folly |
"I am stupid." We were sitting in Everest, in Maghull, a dormitory town in the Liverpool suburbs.
"I know what you mean," said Walter.
"I am becoming stupider by the hour," I continued.
Walter put h... Posted by Matthew De Abaitua on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 08:51:00 PST |
My Other Blog About Film |
There is also a film-related blog I contribute to for Film4.com
Here it is
http://www.channel4.com/blogs/page/film
... Posted by Matthew De Abaitua on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 09:28:00 PST |
Inadvertent Scally Garb |
I went back to Liverpool for Christmas. I moved out of the city when I was eighteen, to become a student, and so my dress sense wilfully deviated from the scouse dress code. Over the years, I affected... Posted by Matthew De Abaitua on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 09:22:00 PST |