John Connolly
John Connolly
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THE LOVERS!
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41 years old
Dublin
Ireland
Last Login: 11/26/2009
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| General | Gym, a nice glass of wine (generally New World and frequently South African), cooking (Cajun, Thai - hell, anything spicy, basically)
| | Music | I don't consider spending money on books or music to be a vice, so I'm a big CD buyer. (Still haven't quite fallen for downloading, on the basis that, if it doesn't make a sound when I drop it, then I'm not sure that I've actually been sold anything.) So far, I've put together two compilation CDs to go with two of my books, The Black Angel, and The Unquiet, and the music included on those CDs is a fair reflection of my musical tastes,
which are pretty wide. The first CD contained songs by the following bands and artists: Lullaby for the Working Class; Red House Painters; Hem; Lambchop; Kate Bush; The Go-Betweens; The Walkabouts; Beachwood Sparks; Neko Case; Thee More Shallows; Pinetop Seven; The Triffids; Radar Brothers; and The Blue Nile.
The second CD includes music by Nickel Creek; Sufjan Stevens; Midlake; Low; Willard Grant Conspiracy; The Czars; Efterklang; Hood; Woven Hand; Starless & Bible Black; The National; The Delgados; Jim White; Espers; and Phelan Sheppard. | | Movies | Perhaps surprisingly, when I look at my DVD collection (and my videos, having come of age in the eighties), I see that much of it is given over to comedy: Laurel & Hardy (never much cared for Charlie Chaplin, on the grounds that he didn't seem content to make me laugh. I was supposed to cry as well.); W.C. Fields; Steve Martin; The Marx Brothers . . . There's also a lot of Hitchcock, some sci-fi (John Carpenter's The Thing, the Alien quartet), and a bunch of classic westerns (Peckinpah, some John Wayne), action movies (Southern Comfort), and police thrillers (The French Connection). | | Television | Like most of my peers, I'm a huge admirer of David Simon and The Wire. I've also become addicted to watching TV series on DVD, as I miss so many when I travel. Therefore, along with the movies listed above, my shelves groan with The Sopranos, Deadwood, Six Feet Under, The West Wing, assorted Family Guy and South Park sets, and lots of vintage British comedy, particularly Dad's Army and the collected Ronnie Barker. | | Books | I'm a voracious reader, but if I had to list a few favourites off the top of my head . . .
The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
six nonlectures (and Collected Poems) by e.e.cummings
The Lonely Guy by Bruce Jay Friedman
The Jeeves and Wooster stories of P.G. Wodehouse
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
War & Peace by Leo Tolstoy and Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak (okay, I know those two make me sound like a pseud, but they were two books with which I thought I'd struggle, but instead loved, and have read more than once.)
In mystery fiction, I've been very influenced by James Lee Burke and Ross Macdonald. | | Heroes | I don't know that I have many heroes. There are people - often writers or artists or musicians - whom I admire, but I'm not sure they're heroes, exactly. In fact, I'm not sure that I entirely trust the concept of heroes . . . |
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John Connolly's Details
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| Status: | In a Relationship | | Hometown: | Dublin, Ireland | | Zodiac Sign: | Gemini | | Occupation: | Writer |
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John Connolly was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1968 and has, at various
points in his life, worked as a journalist, a barman, a local
government official, a waiter and a dogsbody at Harrods department
store in London. He studied English in Trinity College, Dublin
and journalism at Dublin City University, subsequently spending five years working as a freelance journalist for
The Irish Times newspaper, to which he continues to contribute.
His first novel, Every Dead Thing, was
published in 1999, and introduced the character of Charlie Parker,
a former policeman hunting the killer of his wife and daughter.
Dark Hollow followed in 2000. The third Parker novel,
The Killing Kind, was published in 2001, with The
White Road following in 2002. In 2003, John published
his fifth novel--and first stand-alone book--Bad Men. In 2004, Nocturnes, a collection of novellas and short stories,
was added to the list, and 2005 marked the publication of the fifth Charlie
Parker novel, The Black Angel. John's seventh novel, The Book of Lost Things, a story about fairy stories and the power that books have to shape our world and our imaginations, was published in September 2006, followed by the next Parker novel, The Unquiet, in 2007, The Reapers, in 2008 and The Lovers, in 2009.
John Connolly is based in Dublin but divides his time between his native
city and the United States, where each of his novels has been
set.
THE LOVERS TOUR
USA
Tuesday June 2nd, 7.00pm
Portland, Maine
In The Lovers, Parker is working as bar manager in The Great Lost Bear, a fabulous Portland bar on Forrest Avenue so, to celebrate, the bar is hosting a special reading on the day of publication. Books Etc will be selling books on the night.
The collectors among you should note that everyone who buys a copy of The Lovers at the event will receive a free special limited edition "Charlie Parker Served Here" Great Lost Bear t-shirt. Any remaining t-shirts will be given to those who order a signed copy of the book through the store, but strictly on a first come, first served basis. Once the shirts are gone, they're gone. Every book sold by the store, or ordered from it, will be specially stamped as "Signed at The Great Lost Bear." We'll also try to include a bumper sticker from the bar, as an added bonus, so even if you don't get a t-shirt you'll have something to make the book a little distinctive. Further details are available from www.mainebooksetc.com or by calling 1-207-781-3784.
IRELAND
Wednesday June 24th, 6.30pm
Dublin Bookshop, 36 Grafton Street, Dublin 2
The official Dublin launch and signing for The Lovers!
Friday June 26th, 7.00pm
No Alibis, 83 Botanic Avenue, Belfast
Event with Stuart Neville, the author of the very excellent debut novel, The Twelve (or Ghosts of Belfast, as it's titled in the US). Further details are available at www.noalibis.com, or by calling +44 28 9031 9601
There will be semi-formal signings in Cork, Limerick, Ennis, and Galway on Monday 22nd June and Tuesday 23rd June. We'll provide times and venues as soon as possible.
ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND
Dates and events are still being finalised and more are still to be added so please check back.
Sunday July 12
Possible London event (to be confirmed)
Monday July 13, 4.30pm
Formal signing at The Bookstore, 15 Bury Street, Abingdon, OX14 3QT.
Contact: L 01235 539200
Tuesday July 14, 12.00pm
Signing at Borders, 9 Magdalen Street, Oxford, OX1 3AD.
Reservations from 01865 203901
Tuesday July 14, 7.15pm
Event at The Drill Hall, Lower Church Street, Chepstow.
Tickets #2 redeemable against book available from The Chepstow Bookshop, 13 St Mary Street, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, NP16 5EW.
Tel: 01291 625011, email shop@chepstowbooks.co.uk, website www.chepstowbooks.co.uk
Wednesday July 15, 12.30pm
Signing at Waterstones, 24-26 High Street, Birmingham B4 7SL.
Reservations from 0121 633 4353
Wednesday July 15, 6.30pm
Event at Waterstones, Bridlesmithgate, Nottingham.
#3 tickets redeemable against the book from 0115 948 4499
Thursday July 16, 1.00pm
Signing at Waterstones, 24-26 Orchard Square, Sheffield S1 2FB.
manager@sheffield-orchard-square.waterstones.co.uk
0114 2728971
Thursday July 16, 7.00pm
Event at Waterstones, 91 Deansgate, Manchester M3 2BW Manchester events@manchester-deansgate.waterstones.co.uk.
0161 837 3000
Friday July 17, 12.30pm
Signing at Waterstones, 14-16 Bold Street, Liverpool L1 4DS.
Reservations from 0151 708 6861
Friday July 17, 3.00pm
Formal stock signing at Borders, Unit 2, Geldered Road Retail Park, Birstall WF17 9DT.
Reservations from 01924 474914
Friday July 17, 6.30pm
Event at Borders, 94-96 Briggate, Leeds LS1 6NP.
Free tickets from 0113 242 4400
Saturday July 18, 12.30pm
Signing at WHS, Victoria Shopping Centre, Cambridge Street, Harrogate, HG 1 1AE.
Reservations from 01423 566351
Saturday July 18, 7.00pm
Talk at Kendal Library, Stricklandgate, Kendal, LA9 4PY.
Tickets from 01539 773520. Tickets #3.
Monday July 20, 12.30pm
Signing at Waterstones, 38A The Plaza, East Kilbride, G74 1LW.
Reservations on 01355 271835
Monday July 20, 6.00pm
Talk at Borders, 99 Buchanan Street, Glasgow G1 3HA.
Free tickets from 0141 222 7700
Tuesday July 21, Evening Event (to be confirmed)
Waterstones, George St, Edinburgh
Wednesday July 22, 7.00pm
Formal signing Waterstones, 3-7 Union Street, Aberdeen AB11 6BG.
Tickets from 01224 592440
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