Spend the Evening with Local Writer Paul McDonald

http://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/7/a/d/c/event_158491452.jpegPaul will talk us through his writings, what it's like to be an author and a teacher, and his experiences in getting a book deal.

We will meet from 7pm, with a view to starting the event at 7.30pm.

There will be ample time for questions and discussions following Paul's talk.

Attendees will then have the chance to purchase signed copies of Paul's poetry.

Paul McDonald (http://www.tindalstreet.co.uk/authors/paul-mcdonald) is a British academic, comic novelist, and poet.

He teaches English and American Literature at the University of Wolverhampton, where he also runs the Creative and Professional Writing Programme.

He left school at 16 and began work as a saddlemaker, an occupation that provides the backdrop for his first novel, Surviving Sting (2001).

After a period studying with the Open University, McDonald entered full time education at Birmingham Polytechnic where he began writing fiction, initially producing stories for the women’s romance market under a female pseudonym.

He later won a scholarship to research a PhD, and in 1994 took an academic post teaching American literature at the University of Wolverhampton.

His second novel, Kiss Me Softly, Amy Turtle (2004) is a comic mystery satirising the Midlands town of Walsall, while his third, Do I Love You? (2008), takes Northern Soul as its theme.

His poetry began appearing in the early 1990s and embraces a range of themes and styles. Again humour is a feature, as is surrealism, but he also writes serious love poetry, and verse about art and travel.

His most recent collections are Catch a Falling Tortoise (2007) and An Artist Goes Bananas (2012)

His academic writing includes books on Philip Roth, Joseph Heller, the fiction of The Black Country, and humour.

As a humour specialist he has made several TV appearances, including BBC Breakfast and The One Show.

If you do not wish to RSVP to this event, please email me on sistokes22@gmail.com to confirm your attendance. I look forward to seeing you at this author led event.