Authors Tuesday podcast with Author Martin Connolly.

Today I was delighted to be joined by another great Author Martin Connolly. Big thanks to Martin for coming on the show, and thanks to everyone for tuning in here is his Bio and links to his books. Enjoy. Born 1962 in Liverpool. Grew up in Belfast from age of 5. B.A. from Trinity College, Dublin. M.A. from Queen’s University (in Medieval English Literature). Resident in Japan since 1991. Married, two sons. Professor of English literature at Tsurumi University, Yokohama. Teach part-time at Keio University, including a course on Creative Writing. Many academic articles published, peer-reviewed, on both late Medieval English literature and on James Joyce, and other more contemporary Irish writers. Creative writing publications: 1. Eri, a Japanese ghost story (2015, novella) 2. Labournight (2016, poems) 3. The Conjuring Cowboy (2017, novel) 4. Contemporary Bloody Literature (2018, short stories and poems) 5. Belfast, with Dinosaurs, 1979 (2022, novel) 1 to 4 published by Snowchild Press, my own imprint. Number 5 was published by Shanway Press, of Belfast. (Note: I will soon be publishing a book of original jazz photos from the years 1986 – 1990, when I was active as a photographer.) Here is a link to my children's book Adventures of Larry Lamppost and Friends. https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Mark-Lestrange/dp/1739924932/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3MZPQCMTP5NYD&keywords=the+adventures+of+larry+lamppost+and+friends&qid=1650891248&s=books&sprefix=the+adventures+of+larry+lamppost+and+friends%2Cstripbooks%2C49&sr=1-1. https://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Larry-Lamppost-Friends-Lestrange-ebook/dp/B09YDKYGSY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=K92IZ8CWEQDF&keywords=adventures+of+larry+lamppost+and+friends&qid=1650891156&sprefix=%2Caps%2C218&sr=8-1. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adventures-Larry-Lamppost-Friends-Lestrange/dp/1739924932/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1QWC9BR37CN24&keywords=larry+the+lamp+post&qid=1650890852&sprefix=%2Caps%2C54&sr=8-2 https://ko-fi.com/marksmotivationalpodcast