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My Covid Summer
First published in the Daily Mail 13.10.2020. From the very beginning I was afraid of Covid 19. That was in January when I first began to read reports of deaths in China. If that ever reaches the UK I’ll do everything I can to avoid catching it, I told myself. So, when it did inevitably… Continue reading…
Shadows on a Wall – just republished in paperback & digital
‘Probably the best novel about movie making ever written’ https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=shaDOWS+ON+A+WALL+RAY+CONNOLLY&ref=nb_sb_noss A limousine is discovered at the bottom of a river. Inside are the bodies of two world famous Hollywood stars, a young film director and a famous rock musician. Meanwhile not far away a movie about Napoleon is massively over-budget and the producer has gone… Continue reading…
That’ll Be The Day & Stardust
Studio Canal will be issuing new DVDs of both That’ll Be the Day and Stardust later this month, launching them both with special showings of both films at London cinemas. If you would like to book tickets, here are the links. (I’ll be doing a Q & A with producer David Puttnam at That’ll Be… Continue reading…
The Henley Literary Festival
I will be appearing at the Henley Literary Festival at 6.30 pm on Friday, October 4, talking about my biography – John Lennon: A Restless Life and, I suspect, other Beatles subjects. Continue reading…
Lytton’s Diary
After something like 30 years, the series Lytton’s Diary (which I wrote) begins a complete rerun on August 7 on Talking Pictures. It will run every weekday night at 10.pm for 12 days. Set on the gossip column desk of a national newspaper, with Peter Bowles playing the lead, it was quite a hit in… Continue reading…
Shadows on the Wall
Having just been republished in paperback, my novel about movie-making, Shadows On A Wall, has been optioned by Sony Pictures for a long form US-TV serial. ‘Bright and blackly funny…the War and Peace of Hollywood novels’ – The New York Library Journal. ‘Without doubt the best movie story I have ever read. A brilliant mixture of irony,… Continue reading…
Shadows On A Wall
‘Shadows On A Wall, my novel about movie-making, has just been republished in paperback.’ – RC ‘Bright and blackly funny…the War and Peace of Hollywood novels’ – The New York Library Journal. ‘Without doubt the best movie story I have ever read. A brilliant mixture of irony, comedy and pathos’ – Publishing News. ‘Darkly funny’ – Seattle Times.… Continue reading…
‘Sorry, Boys, You Failed The Audition’
‘My novella, ‘Sorry, Boys, You Failed The Audition’, which is based on my radio play of the same name, is now available from Amazon. Seen through the eyes of Freda, the Beatles Fan Club secretary, it tells the story of what might have happened to the Beatles if they’d been turned down by George Martin… Continue reading…
Being John Lennon – A Restless Life
‘After translations into Russian, Serbian, Finnish and Vietnamese, my biography Being John Lennon – A Restless Life will be published in paperback by Weidenfeld & Nicolson on October 3.’ – RC ‘This careful, thoughtful biography… For Connolly, it is Lennon’s insecurities that are ultimately most revealing’ – The Sunday Times. ‘Excellent… Connolly draws on his archive conversations… Continue reading…
