The Irish poet, fiction-writer and screenwriter

JG Ballard appreciation at Eyewear

My appreciation of the late JG Ballard, one of my favourite authors, appears at Eyewear.

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New Doctor Who article up at Eyewear

Matt Smith has been announced as the Eleventh Doctor. My article about that, and the show in general, is now up at Eyewear. http://toddswift.blogspot.com/2009/02/chapman-on-who-new-smith-in-tardis.html

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New year catch-up

My review of Richard Matheson’s book, ‘I Am Legend’ is up at One Book here: http://garysmailes.typepad.com/onebook/2008/09/i-am-legend.html. It’s accompanied by clips from the film versions that have been made so far. None of these has captured the story of the book without compromise, which is a shame, but is perhaps understandable given Hollywood’s reluctance to do [...]

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A new interview at Authortrek

There’s a new interview with me at Authortrek, here: http://www.authortrek.com/patrick-chapman-interview.html

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Contexts magazine

In the current issue of Contexts magazine, I’ve written an article about how I go about writing a poem. This is part of a larger article in which various artists write about how they do their work. Not quite like dancing about architecture, more like writing about not knowing what goes on when one is [...]

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Interview at Here Comes Everybody

There’s a new interview with me at Here Comes Everybody, which is an amazing resource featuring a whole lot of writers answering the same questions about writing. Run by the tireless Lance Phillips.

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In The Criminal’s Cabinet: New review up at Verse

My review of the nthposition anthology, In The Criminal’s Cabinet, is up at Verse Magazine.

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