The books of John Quirk

Welcome . . .

Put the kettle on, sit yourself down and chill for a while.

Here be everything you need to know about author and freelance journalist John Quirk.

John's first book, The Manx Connection, was published in late 2007 and his second, The Manx Giant, will be in shops for December 2009.

NEWS!
John has been invited to be a monthly guest panellist on the ultra-cool Litopia After Dark podcast. Hosted by literary agent Peter Cox and broadcast live on the internet at 8.00pm (GMT) every Friday, the show has 21,000-odd listeners and is available as a podcast here on Litopia. John's next attempt to say something vaguely witty and intelligent will be on February 20 and every month after that!

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John gave a sparkling 2009 Olive Lamming Address to the Isle of Man Literary Society - based on his forthcoming biography of Arthur Caley, the Manx Giant. All info on the Press page.

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Giant wanted. For research and interview purposes only. Prerequisites - er, must be rather tall. Six five upwards will do nicely. Anyone, giant-kind or otherwise, can contact John at johnquirkbooks@googlemail.com