[ebooktalk] Re: Death of Derrick Longden
- From: "Trish Talbot" <trish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 10:15:55 +0100
Shell, at least one of his books is on talking book, "The Cat Who Came In From
The Cold", read by Deric himself. As I said, people either love his style or
hate it, it's gentle and whimsical.
Trish.
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From: Shell
To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 8:49 AM
Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: Death of Derrick Longden
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
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>
> 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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