ÿþ<html> <head> <title>Gerry McCullough - Irish writer & poet: official website</title> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta http-equiv="content-language" content="en-GB"> <meta http-equiv="published" content="Tue, 17 Dec 2003"> <meta http-equiv="build" content="Aug 2008"> <meta name="description" content="writer"> <meta name="keywords" content="news latest writing writer gerry mccullough Gerry McCullough Irish biography radio broadcast story stories poem auld old seamus donegal ireland own 2008 brian moore award cúirt 2005 galway arts centre west 47 people friend brazen city verbal lagan press"> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="POPstyle.css"> </head> <body bgcolor='#000000' link="lightgreen" alink="white" vlink="green"> <!-- Scrolling text on browser frame --> <script> <!-- Hide from old browsers // All you have to do is put another text in the variable message. // Don't forget to break all lines with a ^ // When you do not place a ^ at the end of all the message, the // message will not repeat message = "Welcome to the Gerry McCullough - Irish writer & poet - official website:^" + "winner of the 2005 Cúirt Award for New Writing, for her short story, 'Primroses':^" + "awarded by Galway Arts Centre, Ireland (April 2005), ^" + "Gerry was also short-listed for the 2008 Brian Moore Award, Belfast,^" + "and commended in the 2009 Seán O'Faolain Short Story Competition, Cork^" + "Gerry's first novel - Belfast Girls - was published by Night Publishing, UK, in November, 2010^" + "Her second novel - Danger Danger - was published by Precious Oil Publications, in October, 2011^" + "and her latest collection of Irish short stories - The Seanachie: Tales of Old Seamus  ^" + "is now available on Amazon, Kindle, etc. and from Precious Oil Publications^" + "This website designed & created by Precious Oil Productions Ltd^" + "^" scrollSpeed = 25 lineDelay = 3000 // Do not change the text below // txt = "" function scrollText(pos) { if (message.charAt(pos) != '^') { txt = txt + message.charAt(pos) status = txt pauze = scrollSpeed } else { pauze = lineDelay txt = "" if (pos == message.length-1) pos = -1 } pos++ setTimeout("scrollText('"+pos+"')",pauze) } scrollText(0) // Unhide --> </script> <table align=center width=700 bgcolor=#006600 cellspacing=10 cellpadding=5 border=0> <tr align=center><td colspan=4 valign=top width=180> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-5626770589687993"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_color_border = "A8DDA0"; google_color_bg = "EBFFED"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <br /> </td></tr> <!-- Navigation bar: Gerry --> <tr><td align=center colspan=4 bgcolor=#444444> <font size=2 face=arial color=#aaaadd> <i>Gerry McCullough</i> | <a href="news.shtml">News</a> | <a href="biography.shtml">Biography</a> | <a href="books.shtml">Books</a> | <a href="stories.shtml">Stories</a> | <a href="poems.shtml">Poems</a> | <a href="articles.shtml">Articles</a> | <a href="photos.shtml">Photos</a> | <a href="podcast.shtml">Podcast</a> | <a href="reviews.shtml">Reviews</a> | <a href="merchandise.shtml">Shop</a></font> </td></tr> <!-- Gerry McCullough photo --> <tr valign=bottom> <td width=200 align=right rowspan=3><br /> <a href="photos.shtml"><img src="http://www.preciousoil.com/gerry/images/Gerry_pod_logo.jpg" width=200 alt="Gerry McCullough" title="Gerry McCullough" align=right valign=bottom border=0></a><br /><br /></td> <td width=250 align=left colspan=2> <p>&nbsp;</p> </td> <td width=250 align=center rowspan=3> <font size=2 face=arial color=#aaaadd> <a href="books_belfast_girls.shtml"><img src="images/BG_front_cover_t.jpg" alt="'Belfast Girls' - NOW available from Amazon.com. 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NEW !!</i></b></font><br /> <hr></p> <!-- Angie's Diary - November 29th, 2011 --> <p align=left><font size=1 face=arial color=#aaaadd> November 29th, 2011<br /> <a href="http://angiesdiary.com/writing-creativity/gerry-mccullough-belfast-girls-and-danger-danger/" target="_new"><img src="http://angiesdiary.com/header_imgs/header_4.jpg" width=50% alt="Angie's Diary: logo" title="Angie's Diary: logo" border=0></a><br /> <p><font size=2 face=arial color=#aaaadd> Gerry interviewed on, <i><b>&lsquo;Angie's Diary&rsquo;</b></i> website,</p> <br clear=all><hr> <!-- Candy Devine i/v, Downtown Radio - November 13th, 2011 --> <p align=left><font size=1 face=arial color=#aaaadd> November 13th, 2011<br /> <a href="http://www.downtown.co.uk/on-air/shows-and-presenters/candy-devine/" target="_new"><img src="http://static.bauerweb.co.uk/epg/downtown/120x120/onair_candi_devine.png" alt="Candy Devine" title="Candy Devine" border=0></a><br /> <p><font size=2 face=arial color=#aaaadd> Gerry interviewed on, <i><b>&lsquo;Candy Devine&rsquo;</b></i> show, <br /> on <a href="http://www.downtown.co.uk" target="_new"><i><b>&lsquo;Downtown Radio&rsquo;</b></i></a>, Newtownards.<br /><br /> Audio of interview will be available soon</p> <br clear=all><hr> <!-- Ireland's Own - July 18th, 2011 --> <p align=left><font size=1 face=arial color=#aaaadd> July 18th, 2011<br /> <a href="http://www.finnvalley.ie/irelandsown/sub.html" target="_new"><img src="http://www.finnvalley.ie/irelandsown/header.gif" width=200 alt="Ireland's Own: logo" title="Ireland's Own: logo" border=0></a><br /> <p><font size=2 face=arial color=#aaaadd> 34th Old Seamus story, <i><b>&lsquo;Summer Storm&rsquo;</b></i>, <br /> published in <a href="http://www.finnvalley.ie/irelandsown/sub.html" target="_new"><i><b>&lsquo;Ireland&rsquo;s Own&rsquo;</b></i></a> magazine, based in Wexford. (in local shops from July 11th)</p> <br clear=all><hr> <!-- Ireland's Own - May 18th, 2011 --> <p align=left><font size=1 face=arial color=#aaaadd> May 17th, 2011<br /> <a href="http://www.finnvalley.ie/irelandsown/sub.html" target="_new"><img src="http://www.finnvalley.ie/irelandsown/header.gif" width=200 alt="Ireland's Own: logo" title="Ireland's Own: logo" border=0></a><br /> <p><font size=2 face=arial color=#aaaadd> 33rd Old Seamus story, <i><b>&lsquo;Summer Pudding&rsquo;</b></i>, <br /> published in <a href="http://www.finnvalley.ie/irelandsown/sub.html" target="_new"><i><b>&lsquo;Ireland&rsquo;s Own&rsquo;</b></i></a> magazine, based in Wexford. (in local shops from May 10th)</p> <br clear=all><hr> <!-- Night Reading - Book of the Year, 2010 - April 25th, 2011 --> <p align=left><font size=1 face=arial color=#aaaadd> April 25th 2011 <p><font size=4 face=arial color=red><b><i>Book of the Year, 2010!</i></b></font></p> <p align=left><font size=2 face=arial color=#aaaadd> <font size=3>Gerry&rsquo;s book, <i><b>Belfast Girls</b></i>, has been voted <a href="http://nightreading.ning.com/forum/topics/night-reading-book-of-the-year?id=4983832%3ATopic%3A32347&page=6#comments" target="_new"><i><b>Book of the Year, 2010</b></i></a> on <a href="http://www.nightpublishing.com/" target="_new"><i><b>Night Publishing</b></i></a>, <br /> <font size=1>(out of 47 books published by them in 2010),</font> <br /> by members of their <a href="http://www.nightreading.ning.com/" target="_new"><i><b>Night Reading</b></i></a> forum. <br /><br /> The Top 10 books were: <br /><br /> <a href="books_belfast_girls.shtml"><img src="http://www.preciousoil.com/gerry/images/BG_front_cover.jpg" alt="Belfast Girls - cover" title="Belfast Girls - cover" align=left height=140 border=0></a> 1 <i><b>Belfast Girls</b></i> by <i>Gerry McCullough</i><br />( 2 <i><b>Simon&rsquo;s Choice</b></i> by <i>Charlotte Castle</i><br />( 3 <i><b>Spoilt</b></i> by <i>Joanne Ellis</i><br />( 4 <i><b>Saving Nathaniel</b></i> by <i>Jillian Brookes-Ward</i><br />( 5 <i><b>Descending</b></i> by <i>Catherine Chisnall</i><br />( 6 <i><b>The Eye of Erasmus</b></i> by <i>Teresa Geering</i><br />( 7 <i><b>How To Meet A Guy At The Supermarket</b></i> by <i>Jessica L Degarmo</i><br />( 8 <i><b>Burn, Baby, Burn</b></i> by <i>Jake Barton</i><br />( 9 <i><b>Exploits</b></i> by <i>Poppet</i><br />( 10 <i><b>Get Some</b></i> by <i>Danny Birch</i><br /><br clear=all></p> <hr> <!-- Poetry Map of Belfast - March 31st, 2011 --> <p align=left><font size=1 face=arial color=#aaaadd> March 31st, 2011<br /> <a href="http://www.newbelfastarts.org/projects/poetry_comm.html" target="_new"><img src="http://www.newbelfastarts.org/img/books/anbpm.jpg" alt="A New Belfast Poetry Map - cover" title="A New Belfast Poetry Map - cover" align=left height=125 border=0></a> <br /> <p align=left><font size=2 face=arial color=#aaaadd> <font size=3>Three of Gerry&rsquo;s poems have been included in <a href="http://www.newbelfastarts.org" target="_new"><i><b>New Belfast Community Arts Initiative</b></i></a>&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.newbelfastarts.org/projects/poetry_comm.html" target="_new"><i><b>A New Belfast Poetry Map</b></i></a>, launched on 31st March at the Group Space, Ulster Hall, Belfast. The book (including CD) is available both from <a href="http://www.newbelfastarts.org" target="_new"><i><b>New Belfast</b></i></a> and <a href="http://www.noalibis.com/" target="_new"><i><b>No Alibis Bookstore</b></i></a>. One of Gerry's poems is also on the audio CD.<br /><br clear=all></p> <hr> <!-- Speech Therapy - March 24th, 2011 --> <p align=left><font size=1 face=arial color=#aaaadd> March 24th, 2011<br /> <a href="http://speechtherapypoetry.weebly.com/the-poems.html" target="_new"><img src="http://speechtherapypoetry.weebly.com/uploads/2/6/9/7/2697541/5013199.jpg" alt="Speech Therapy logo" title="Speech Therapy logo" align=left height=125 border=0></a> <br /> <p align=left><font size=2 face=arial color=#aaaadd> <font size=3>Two of Gerry&rsquo;s poems, <a href="http://speechtherapypoetry.weebly.com/1/post/2011/03/the-big-issue-by-gerry-mccullough.html" target="_new"><i>&lsquo;The Big Issue&rsquo;</i></a> and <a href="http://speechtherapypoetry.weebly.com/1/post/2011/03/stone-walls-by-gerry-mccullough.html" target="_new"><i>&lsquo;Stone Walls&rsquo;</i></a>, <br /> published in <a href="http://speechtherapypoetry.weebly.com" target="_new"><i><b>Speech Therapy</b></i></a> online poetry magazine, Belfast <br /><br clear=all></p> <hr> <!-- CultureNorthernIreland.org - March 14, 2011 --> <p align=left>March 14, 2011<br /> <a href="http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/features-literature.aspx" target="_new"><img src="http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/images/cni-logo.png" border=0></a><br /><br /> <font size=5 face=arial color=#aaaadd> <img src="http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/images/content/gerrymccullough.jpg" align=left width=150 border=0> <a href="http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article/3892/2/1/belfast-girls-take-centre-stage" target="_new"><b><i>Belfast Girls <br /> Take Centre Stage</i></a></b></font> <br /> By <a href="http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/critic.aspx?c=17" target="_new">Garbhan Downey</a> (Derry)</p> <p><font size=3><b>Searching for &lsquo;the good things in life&rsquo;, <br /> the heroines in Gerry McCullough&rsquo;s <br /> novel reflect new Belfast</b></p> <p><font size=2>Confession time. It&rsquo;s not often you hear God being invoked in a mainstream Northern Irish novel  at least as a positive force. And to be honest, for the cynical among us, it can be a little unsettling.</p> <p>But this reader&rsquo;s fears that religion  and, more terrifyingly again, religious preaching  might become a dominant theme in Gerry McCullough&rsquo;s debut novel Belfast Girls prove completely unfounded.</font></p> <p><i>&quot;an engaging and occasionally acerbic rendering of post-ceasefire Belfast&quot;</i></p> <p>[ <a href="http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article/3892/gerry+mccullough/0/0/1/belfast-girls-take-centre-stage" target="_new">Read complete review</a> ]</p> <hr> <!-- Belfast Girls - on Amazon.co.uk - March 9th, 2011 --> <p align=left><font size=1 face=arial color=#aaaadd> March 9th, 2011<br /> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Belfast-Girls-Gerry-McCullough/dp/1456387103" target="_new"><img src="images/BG_front_cover.jpg" alt="Belfast Girls - buy it now, on Amazon.co.uk" title="Belfast Girls - buy it now, on Amazon.co.uk" align=left height=125 border=0></a> <br /> <p align=left><font size=2 face=arial color=#aaaadd> <font size=3><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Belfast-Girls-Gerry-McCullough/dp/1456387103" target="_new"><i><b>Belfast Girls</b></i></a> (paperback edition) <br /> is now available on <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Belfast-Girls-Gerry-McCullough/dp/1456387103" target="_new"><i><b>Amazon.co.uk</a></b></i></font> <br /><br /> - and also on <a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Belfast-Girls/Gerry-McCullough/e/9781456387105" target="_new"><i><b>Barnes &amp; Noble</b></i></a> (US).<br clear=all></p> <hr> <!-- Ulster Tatler - March 4th, 2011 --> <p align=center><font size=1 face=arial color=#aaaadd> March 4th, 2011<br /> <a href="http://www.ulstertatler.com/" target="_new"><img src="http://www.ulstertatler.com/chrome/header1.gif" alt="Ulster Tatler: logo" title="Ulster Tatler: logo" width=400 border=0></a><br /> <p align=center><font size=2 face=arial color=#aaaadd> <font size=4><a href="books_belfast_girls.shtml"><i><b>&lsquo;Belfast Girls&rsquo;</b></i></a> is <font color=red><b><i>Book of the Month</i></b></font> <br /> and reviewed by <b><i>Kellie Chambers</b></i> <br /> in the <i><b>&lsquo;UT Culture&rsquo;</b></i> section of <a href="http://www.ulstertatler.com/" target="_new"><i><b>&lsquo;Ulster Tatler&rsquo;</b></i></a> magazine, March issue (p. 138).</font> <br /><br /> <i>fascinating ... original ... a refreshing examination of modern-day Belfast<br /><br /> McCullough's writing is far from naive ... she exposes the grey areas<br /><br /> multilayered ... expertly travels from one genre to the next<br /><br /> showcases that she can carry the weight of a full length novel with ease<br /><br /> an impressive debut ... innate literary talent ... a name to watch in future</i><br /><br /> [ <a href="reviews.shtml#tatler">Read all of this excellent review</a> ]</p> <hr> <!-- Ireland's Own - March 4th, 2011 --> <p align=left><font size=1 face=arial color=#aaaadd> March 4th, 2011<br /> <a href="http://www.finnvalley.ie/irelandsown/sub.html" target="_new"><img src="http://www.finnvalley.ie/irelandsown/header.gif" width=200 alt="Ireland's Own: logo" title="Ireland's Own: logo" border=0></a><br /> <p><font size=2 face=arial color=#aaaadd> 32nd Old Seamus story, <i><b>&lsquo;Turning the Tables&rsquo;</b></i>, <br /> published in <a href="http://www.finnvalley.ie/irelandsown/sub.html" target="_new"><i><b>&lsquo;Ireland&rsquo;s Own&rsquo;</b></i></a> magazine, based in Wexford. (in local shops from February 26th)</p> <br clear=all><hr> <!-- Belfast Girls podcast - February 23rd, 2011 --> <p><font size=4 color=red face=impact><a href="http://belfastgirls.podomatic.com" target="_new"><b><font color=red>Belfast Girls</font></font> - NEW podcast from Gerry McCullough</b></a>: - February 23rd, 2011<br /><br /> <font size=2><clear=all><a href="http://belfastgirls.podomatic.com/player/web/2011-02-23T12_53_48-08_00" target="_new"><b><i>Chapter 2</i></b></a>, (read by <b>Gerry McCullough</b>), <br /> The story now travels back in time to Sheila&rsquo;s childhood, where she first meets Phil and they soon become close friends.</font></font> </p> <p align=center><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/belfast-girls-novel-by-gerry/id417250486" target=_new"><img src="http://gerrymccullough.podOmatic.com/images/subscribe_with_itunes.gif" style="border:0" alt="Subscribe @ iTunes Store (FREE!)" title="Subscribe @ iTunes Store (FREE!)"></a> <a href="http://belfastgirls.podomatic.com/player/web/2011-02-23T12_53_48-08_00" target="_new" alt="Listen @ PodOmatic.com" title="Listen @ PodOmatic.com"><img src="http://preciousoil.com/raymond/images/button_play_mp3.jpg" border=0></a></p> <hr> <p align=center><a href="#top"><img src="http://www.preciousoil.com/images/top.gif" alt="Back to top" border=0></a></p> <!-- The Seanachie podcast - February 9th, 2011 --> <p><font size=3 face=arial color=#aaaadd><a href="http://gerrymccullough.podomatic.com" target="_new"><b><i>The Seanachie</i> podcast - Gerry McCullough</b></a>: - February 9th, 2011<br /><br /> <font size=2><clear=all><a href="http://gerrymccullough.podomatic.com/player/web/2010-08-19T09_06_39-07_00" target="_new"><b><i>The Parish Outing</i></b></a>, (read by <b>Gerry McCullough</b>), <br /> the 5th story in the &lsquo;<b><i>The Seanachie</i> - Tales of Old Seamus</b>&rsquo; series of (32) Irish stories.</font></font> </p> <p align=center><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-seanachie-tales-old-seamus/id291806397" onClick="new Ajax.Request( 'http://gerrymccullough.podOmatic.com/pcast', {} ); return true;"><img src="http://gerrymccullough.podOmatic.com/images/subscribe_with_itunes.gif" style="border:0" alt="Subscribe @ iTunes Store (FREE!)" title="Subscribe @ iTunes Store (FREE!)"></a> <a href="http://gerrymccullough.podomatic.com/player/web/2008-10-06T18_22_14-07_00" target="_new" alt="Listen @ PodOmatic.com" title="Listen @ PodOmatic.com"><img src="http://preciousoil.com/raymond/images/button_play_mp3.jpg" border=0></a></p> <hr> <!-- Belfast Girls podcast - January 26th, 2011 --> <p><font size=4 color=red face=impact><a href="http://belfastgirls.podomatic.com" target="_new"><b><font color=red>Belfast Girls</font></font> - NEW podcast from Gerry McCullough</b></a>: - January 26th, 2011<br /><br /> <font size=2><clear=all><a href="http://belfastgirls.podomatic.com/player/web/2011-01-26T19_21_41-08_00" target="_new"><b><i>Chapter 1</i></b></a>, (read by <b>Gerry McCullough</b>), <br /> Sheila Doherty - the Belfast girl grown up to be a supermodel - prepares for a fashion show at the Magnifico Hotel, in the newly regenerated city centre. Unknown to Sheila her ex-boyfriend, John Branagh, is at that moment driving towards the hotel to interview a politician. But the fashion show is about to have a far more dramatic interruption ...</font></font> </p> <p align=center><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/belfast-girls-novel-by-gerry/id417250486" target=_new"><img src="http://gerrymccullough.podOmatic.com/images/subscribe_with_itunes.gif" style="border:0" alt="Subscribe @ iTunes Store (FREE!)" title="Subscribe @ iTunes Store (FREE!)"></a> <a href="http://belfastgirls.podomatic.com/player/web/2011-01-26T19_21_41-08_00" target="_new" alt="Listen @ PodOmatic.com" title="Listen @ PodOmatic.com"><img src="http://preciousoil.com/raymond/images/button_play_mp3.jpg" border=0></a></p> <hr> <!-- Ireland's Own - December 24th, 2010 --> <p align=left><font size=1 face=arial color=#aaaadd> December 24th, 2010<br /> <a href="http://www.finnvalley.ie/irelandsown/sub.html" target="_new"><img src="http://www.finnvalley.ie/irelandsown/header.gif" width=200 alt="Ireland's Own: logo" title="Ireland's Own: logo" border=0></a><br /> <p><font size=2 face=arial color=#aaaadd> 31st Old Seamus story, <i><b>&lsquo;Barney&rsquo;s Happy Christmas&rsquo;</b></i>, <br /> published in <a href="http://www.finnvalley.ie/irelandsown/sub.html" target="_new"><i><b>&lsquo;Ireland&rsquo;s Own&rsquo;</b></i></a> magazine, based in Wexford. (in local shops from December 16th)</p> <br clear=all><hr> <!-- Bangor Spectator - 16th December, 2010 --> <p align=center><font size=1 face=arial color=#aaaadd> 16th December, 2010<br /> <a href="http://www.spectatornewspapers.co.uk" target="_new"><img src="http://www.spectatornewspapers.co.uk/chrome/header1CIPR.gif" alt="Bangor Spectator" title="Bangor Spectator" width=200 border=0></a><br /> <p align=center><font size=2 face=arial color=#aaaadd> A write up about <a href="books_belfast_girls.shtml"><i><b>&lsquo;Belfast Girls&rsquo;</b></i></a> on page 6 of Section 2</b></i></a><br />.</p> <hr> <!-- Gerry Anderson Show - 2010-12-15 --> <font size=2 color=#aaaadd> <p align=left><font size=1 face=arial color=#aaaadd> December 15th, 2010<br /> <font size=3 face=arial color=#aaaadd> Interview on the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00wmd86/Gerry_Anderson_16_12_2010/" target="_new"><img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00s42gs_120_68.jpg" align=left title="Gerry Anderson Show - BBC Radio Ulster" alt="Gerry Anderson" title="Gerry Anderson Show - BBC Radio Ulster" border=0></a> <b><i>Gerry Anderson Show</i> - BBC Radio Ulster</b></i> <br /></font> </p> <p><font size=2>Gerry was interviewed on the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00wmd86/Gerry_Anderson_16_12_2010/" target="_new"><b><i>Gerry Anderson Show</i></b></a> (43 mins in) <br /> about the publication of her book, <a href="books_belfast_girls.shtml"><b><i>&lsquo;Belfast Girls&rsquo;</b></i></a>, on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Belfast-Girls-Gerry-McCullough/dp/1456387103/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1290938843&sr=1-1" target="_new"><b><i>Amazon.com</i></b></a><br clear=all></p> <hr> <!-- Belfast Girls - book launch - December 14th, 2010 --> <p align=center><font size=1 face=arial color=#aaaadd> December 14th, 2010<br /> <img src="images/Gerry_Raymond_launch.jpg" alt="Raymond & Gerry at the launch of 'Belfast Girls'" title="Raymond & Gerry at the launch of 'Belfast Girls'" width=400 border=0> <br /><br /> <img src="images/Raymond_launch_pic.jpg" alt="Raymond playing at Belfast Girls - book launch" title="Raymond playing at Belfast Girls - book launch" height=125 border=0> <img src="images/Bill_2.jpg" alt="Bill Jeffrey at Belfast Girls - book launch" title="Bill Jeffrey at Belfast Girls - book launch" height=125 border=0> <img src="images/audience_launch.jpg" alt="Audience at Belfast Girls - book launch" title="Audience at Belfast Girls - book launch" height=125 border=0><br /> <p align=center><font size=2 face=arial color=#aaaadd> Gerry&rsquo;s book, <a href="books_belfast_girls.shtml"><i><b>&lsquo;Belfast Girls&rsquo;</b></i></a>, was launched to a packed room in <a href="http://www.blackboxbelfast.com" target="_new"><i><b>The Black Box Caf&eacute;</a>, Belfast</b></i>.</p> <hr> <!-- BBC Arts Extra - 2010-12-13 --> <font size=2 color=#aaaadd> <p align=left><font size=1 face=arial color=#aaaadd> December 13th, 2010<br /> <font size=3 face=arial color=#aaaadd> Interview on <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00wkpr8/Arts_Extra_13_12_2010" target="_new"><img src="http://node2.bbcimg.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00wkpr8_86_48.jpg" align=left title="Arts Extra - BBC Radio Ulster" alt="Arts Extra - BBC Radio Ulster" border=0></a> <b><i>Arts Extra</i> - BBC Radio Ulster</b></i> <br /></font> </p> <p><font size=2>Gerry was interviewed by <b>Marie-Louise Muir</b> on <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00wkpr8/Arts_Extra_13_12_2010" target="_new"><b><i>Arts Extra</i></b></a> (21 mins in) <br /> about the publication of her book, <a href="books_belfast_girls.shtml"><b><i>&lsquo;Belfast Girls&rsquo;</b></i></a>, on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Belfast-Girls-Gerry-McCullough/dp/1456387103/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1290938843&sr=1-1" target="_new"><b><i>Amazon.com</i></b></a><br clear=all></p> <hr> <!-- Queen's Radio - 2010-12-12 --> <font size=2 color=#aaaadd> <p align=left><font size=1 face=arial color=#aaaadd> December 12th, 2010<br /> <font size=3 face=arial color=#aaaadd> Interview on <a href="http://www.queensradio.org/site/showinfo.php?id=136" target="_new"><b><i>Spit the Pips</i> - Queen&rsquo;s Radio, Belfast</b></i></a> <br /></font> </p> <p><font size=2>Gerry was interviewed by <b>Zosia Kuczy&#324;ska</b> on <a href="http://www.queensradio.org/site/showinfo.php?id=136" target="_new"><b><i>Spit the Pips</i></b></a> <br /> - a show for new and emerging writers from Belfast and beyond -<br /> reading two of her poems on air, plus a chapter of her book, <a href="books_belfast_girls.shtml"><b><i>&lsquo;Belfast Girls&rsquo;</b></i></a><br clear=all></p> <hr> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> <p align=left><font size=2 face=arial color=#aaaadd>For previous news about Gerry&rsquo;s writing, see the <a href="news.shtml"><b>NEWS</b></a> page. </font></p> </td></tr> <tr><td align=center colspan=3> <a href="#top"><img src="http://www.preciousoil.com/images/top.gif" alt="Back to top" border=0></a> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> <hr> </td></tr> <!-- Last modified --> <tr><td align=center colspan=3><br /> <font size=1 color=#aaaadd>This page last modified: Monday, 14-March-2011 17:13:06 BST </font> </td></tr> <!-- Navigation bar: Gerry --> <tr><td align=center colspan=4 bgcolor=#444444> <font size=2 face=arial color=#aaaadd> <i>Gerry McCullough</i> | <a href="news.shtml">News</a> | <a href="biography.shtml">Biography</a> | <a href="books.shtml">Books</a> | <a href="stories.shtml">Stories</a> <br /> <a href="poems.shtml">Poems</a> | <a href="articles.shtml">Articles</a> | <a href="photos.shtml">Photos</a> | <a href="podcast.shtml">Podcast</a> | <a href="merchandise.shtml">Shop</a></font> </td></tr> <tr><td align=center colspan=4><hr><br /> <!-- Navigation banner --> <img src="http://www.preciousoil.com/images/banner_2.gif" width="490" alt="site map" usemap="#sitemap" border="0"> <map name="sitemap"> <area shape="circle" coords="45,25,55" href="http://www.preciousoil.com/index.shtml" alt="Precious Oil - 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