about me

A former bookseller, Sam now works for Writers’ Centre Norwich where he helps promote, develop, and explore creative writing in the community. He now spend far too little time writing book reviews, and next to no time indulging his secret passion: building spaceships for bears who want to be astronauts. However, he does like to pass an evening reading leisurely in the bath, and has even renamed the bathroom ‘the pub’ in order to pretend he has a life. In short, he is a hermit and proud of it.

He is finally making progress in writing his first novel, Footprints in the Snow, an exploration of how different people strive to leave a legacy from their life. It is going to be far too long, and probably not particularly good, but he is enjoying writing it nonetheless.

Put simply, Sam Loves Books. He has too many favourites to begin to list, but believes Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children to be as close to perfection as it is possible to get. He is waving at you now, through the information superhighway, and hopes you are waving back.

favourite books

Midnight's Children, Catch-22, Jane Eyre, Everything is Illuminated, Unbearable Lightness of Being, History of the World in 10.5 Chapters, Enchantress of Florence, Netherland, Frankenstein, Complete Maus, The Theory of Clouds, The Remains of the Day, Disgrace, House of the Spirits, Sputnik Sweetheart, Underground Man, Rebecca, Waterland, The Great Gatsby

my websites

http://bookstimeandsilence.blogspot.com/