Open for Writing Commissions 2018/2019
JOE CUSHNAN
FREELANCE WRITER/MEDIA CONTRIBUTOR
joecushnan@aol.com @JoeCushnan
SELECTED PUBLISHED FEATURES (SAMPLES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST)
Most of my published pieces have appeared as two-page features in the Belfast Telegraph.
Most of my published pieces have appeared as two-page features in the Belfast Telegraph.
On the death of my brother;
On a 1928/29 Belfast tourism guide;
On my mother;
On the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC);
On homelessness and begging;
On my education;
On my runaway father;
On family history;
On the closure of retailer BHS;
On my father;
On actor James Ellis’s short stories;
On the golden age of television;
On singer/songwriter David McWilliams;
On leaving Belfast in 1976
On the actor Sam Kydd
On the film star Stephen Boyd
On collecting autographs
On the history of the Ulster Hall
On junk mail
On the actor Sam Kydd
On the film star Stephen Boyd
On collecting autographs
On the history of the Ulster Hall
On junk mail
SELECTED BOOKS
Retail Confidential (2010) – career retrospective
Much Calamity & The Redundance Kid (2011) – coping with job loss
Stephen Boyd: From Belfast to Hollywood (2013) – the star of Ben-Hur, etc.
MOST RECENT RADIO APPEARANCE
BBC Radio 4 Saturday Live (2018)
Link to BBC iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09rwtg8
BLOG
Link to Dropped The Moon blog: https://droppedthemoon.blogspot.com
I can write seriously or with humour on shops, shoppers and shopping; nostalgia; old Hollywood and television; personal experiences, general lifestyle, and about my hometown, Belfast. I write reviews of non-fiction books.
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