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I've been invited to the Christmas Party at BBC Radio Solent on Christmas Eve. I will be appearing on the Julian Clegg Breakfast Show between 7.30am to 9.30am talking about my crime novels, which are primarily set in the Solent area, though my protagonists do venture further afield from time to time. (96.1 & 103.8FM & DAB Digital Radio.) Last year I was chosen as one of BBC Radio Solent's 100 Lives Project for 2008. The project offered a snapshot of life in the 21st century by following the lives of 100 people over the year. However, once the project had finished, culminating in a grand party in the BBC canteen on 17 December 2008, I was asked by Julian Clegg if I'd like to continue to be featured on the radio throughout the year. Of course I jumped at the chance. I've been interviewed about my writing and novels on Julian Clegg's popular breakfast show several times throughout 2009. The Christmas party at BBC Radio Solent will be broadcast live...

A nice little article popped into my in box this morning courtesy of Entertainment4media news wire and it made me smile, so I thought I'd pass it on. It's not related to writing, or my marine mysteries or crime novels, but it's highly topical because it's about the office Christmas party, which is obviously why it was sent out now. This little snippet of news might very well have been covered on the radio or TV by now, but here is the link to 'New Survey says we all hate the Work Christmas Party' and below just a little taster. "Lovers of the annual office knees up were in the minority as almost a third of those polled declared they actively hate it and over 40% said they just plain don’t care. The biggest turn off is having to socialise with people with whom we have nothing in common (43%), so probably no surprise that over a third (36%) said they find the whole experience a bore and feared getting stuck with the office nerd (33%). The social pressure t...