The Pride of all Europe has pulled in another 5-star review on Amazon (thanks to whoever wrote it). Here it is:
And remember, if you’ve still not bought a copy, it’s well worth a look in this football-less moment…
Archive for July, 2014
Play it again: Another Pitch-Perfect Review for ‘The Pride of all Europe’
Posted: July 22, 2014 in Pride of All Europe, Sportswriting0
Following on from last week’s smash hit The Pride of all Europe promo on Amazon, we’ve gone bonkers and are offering ANOTHER brilliant promo so you can get your hands on the book for less than the price of a swift half.
For 99p – yes, that’s right: 99 pence – YOU can read the story of Manchester United’s Greatest Seasons in the European Cup.
My short story My Mam’s Tougher than Your Mam has been published by Jotters United in their spirit-themed Issue 5 magazine. You can read it online here.
And you can read the rest of the magazine here.
What with all this publicity I’m giving The Pride of all Europe, poor Sir Alex Ferguson must be feeling somewhat left out. So I’m delighted to bring you the news that Fergie’s Finest continues to garner excellent reviews, most recently on 15th July 2014, when the book achieved yet another 5-star review, this time from the to-the-point Paul Forrester, who wrote simply: “great book.”
The book now has 11 four, or five starred reviews, and has an average score of a nearly perfect five.
A Fiction Feast for the Summer Holidays
Posted: July 18, 2014 in Bully by AJ Kirby, Paint this town Red Interviews, Blogs, Other PR, Sharkways by AJ Kirby, TWB Press Author AJ Kirby
If you’re looking for some new fiction to read on your summer holidays, take a look at the tasty treats I have listed on my Amazon author page here.
Drum Roll Please…
Posted: July 17, 2014 in Pride of All Europe, Reviews of AJ Kirby's Work, Sportswriting…for the first Amazon review of The Pride of all Europe. This one’s a little biased, but I like to think the five stars are well earned!
My favourite snippet: “The book succeeds in encapsulating the hopes, dreams, disappointments and joys of so many different eras. Just the right time to re-live them! A great read for any red.”
My Mam’s Tougher than Your Mam
Posted: July 16, 2014 in AJ Kirby Short Fiction, Coming Soon, Other Writing by AJ Kirby
I’ve been chuntering away about Manchester United quite a bit on this blog recently, mainly thanks to the fact I’ve a new book out (as you may have heard). I’m still talking United today… Only, it’s a different United. This time Jotters United, an online writing collective which have agreed to publish my short story ‘My Mam’s tougher than Your Mam’ in their Spirit-themed issue, which is due out soon.
To find out more about Jotters United and to read back issues of their magazine, follow this link.
And to read more of my short fiction check out the Menu here.
Or buy my all-new novelette, NU-GEN.
Special Promotion: Get ‘The Pride of All Europe’ FREE!
Posted: July 15, 2014 in Events, Freebies, Pride of All Europe, SportswritingEndeavour Press are running a special promotion this week. Between Tuesday 15th and Saturday 19th July, The Pride of all Europe: Manchester United’s Greatest Seasons in the European Cup is free. Nada. Squat-diddley. Zilcho.
And you – yes you – can get your hands on it by following this link.
Remember to tell your friends… And please, write a review of the book!
OUT NOW: ‘NU GEN’ is published!
Posted: July 14, 2014 in Other Writing by AJ Kirby, The Nu Gen GovernmentMy new sci-fi novelette, Nu Gen, has today been published by Fox and Raven. You can get your hands on the ebook here.
And here’s a quick write-up:
“You know that faceless, nameless security guard you just riddled with bullets in your favourite shoot ‘em up? You don’t, do you? He matters to you not one iota. But he knows you. He’s been waiting, the pixels of him blending in with those of the digitally-generated furniture. And now he’s angry. He doesn’t want to be the concluding image of an all-Earth hero’s power play. He wants to be more; he wants to mean more. And not just in relation to the good guy, Mace Clark.
Meet Carruthers. By night he lurks amongst the Bine Towers which control knowledge and information. By day he frequents the worst kind of gin-joints along the gutter-like basement levels. And in between he dreams of revenge for the humiliation Mace Clark has rained down upon his head.
This action-packed, politically-charged text explores the shades of good and evil, and the dangers of propaganda and imagery. When communication becomes so short-hand as to boil a man down to a comedy meme, what is it we lose?”
…really, you should have put a bet on, based on my World Cup predictions, shouldn’t you? I know I should have – I’ve been kicking myself ever since it was confirmed the final would be between Germany and Argentina, just as I crystal-balled here. I also predicted the winners, and the fact the game would drag out into extra time. (And I predicted that Luis Suarez would ‘go off on one’ during the tournament – but that’s about as tricky a predo as ‘predicting’ night will follow day.)
Anyway, if you want to read more of my prescient sportswriting then hold your horses for the Louis van Gaal book which I’m writing now… But if you prefer your sportswriting backwards-looking, then why not check out ‘The Pride of all Europe’.
Cheers.
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