Jamie JaunceyEnds of the earthIn summer 2003 I was invited to chair an event at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. The book in question was by a writer I knew…Jan 12, 2018Jan 12, 2018
Jamie JaunceyThe shortest distanceLast week I took part in the process of interviewing for a new manager for my mother’s care home. I was one of a panel of two relatives and…Dec 8, 2017Dec 8, 2017
Jamie JaunceyAn honest opinionIn the mail last week I received a parcel from France. It contained a paperback novel with an attractive jacket featuring bands of medieval…Nov 17, 2017Nov 17, 2017
Jamie JaunceyCome to the edgeEighteen months ago I chaired an event at the Edinburgh International Book Festival with a novelist I know well, someone whose work I…Nov 3, 2017Nov 3, 2017
Jamie JaunceyIn praise of footeringWe were sitting round the dinner table in our Airbnb lakeside cabin at Mont Tremblant, Quebec, last week — Sarah and I and our two grown-up…Nov 3, 2017Nov 3, 2017
Jamie JaunceySeptemberSeptember is a month of renewal. People are back from their summer holidays. A new academic year is starting. Autumn is in the air. And…Nov 3, 2017Nov 3, 2017
Jamie JaunceyClose encountersI spent last night with a friend in Edinburgh. This morning, boarding a bus into the west end, I spotted a vacant seat next to an…Nov 3, 2017Nov 3, 2017
Jamie JaunceyA hard rainAlthough he was a prominent part of the soundtrack to my student days, I was never a huge Bob Dylan fan. I found the nasal voice, the…Aug 11, 2017Aug 11, 2017
Jamie JaunceyOn purposeExtraordinary as it seems today, my first job was as an articled clerk with a firm of London chartered accountants. I can distinctly hear…Jul 28, 2017Jul 28, 2017
Jamie JaunceySpanish CrossingsA couple of years ago, on our advanced course in Spain, my Dark Angels partner John Simmons woke up one morning with a line in his head. It…Jul 28, 2017Jul 28, 2017
