[ebooktalk] Re: Death of Derrick Longden
- From: "Shell" <shell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 08:49:36 +0100
Well, I have to confess that I've never heard of him.
I will see what I can find.
Cheers,
Shell.
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From: "Trish Talbot" <trish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2013 9:37 PM
To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: Death of Derrick Longden
> On an impulse, I emailed Deric Longden to tell him how much I enjoyed his
> books and that I read them over and over. He replied, thanking me, as he
> said my email had arrived at a time when he was feeling low and lacking
> confidence that he could write any more, so he said I had really lifted his
> spirits. Later, he sent me a cassette containing short pieces of his work,
> all extracts from his books, but a lovely gesture all the same. Elaine is
> right, he was a brilliant reader of his own work.
>
> Trish.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ian Macrae
> To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2013 10:56 AM
> Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: Death of Derrick Longden
>
>
> I met him a couple of times because of his association with blind romantic
> author Aileen Armatage whom I interviewed several times for In Touch. He was
> also once part of the Newcastle Literary festival one year when I happened to
> be chairing some of the sessions. I didn't think much of his books but he
> was a very funny man, a raconteur with a fund of great stories and anecdotes.
>
> On 28 Jun 2013, at 20:06, Trish Talbot wrote:
>
>
> I was very sad to hear this morning that Derrick Longden died at the
> weekend. His books are by no means classics, but he wrote with a quirky
> sense of humour about life as he witnessed it, including his cats as
> characters and imagining what they would say to him. He also wrote two very
> moving books, one about his wife, and the disabling condition that eventually
> led to her death, the other about his mother, who had a stroke. I know
> readers either love him or loath him, but His books should really rank among
> my favourites, as I've read many of them several times over when I was in
> need of a good laugh.
>
> Trish.
>
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