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This book is about personal job loss experiences, so it is naturally bitter, twisted and sarcastic but also, hopefully, reasoned, practical and humorous. Above and beyond all that, it is intended to be useful to people who find themselves in employment trouble. If it sparks a positive mood, thought or action in the quest to find another job or, indeed, peace of mind, then I'll be happy with those outcomes. If it fails, well, I'm only trying to...

Stephen Boyd was one of the nicest, kindest people I have met in my lifetime, rare in this profession." - Euan Lloyd, film producer of Shalako, The Man Called Noon and The Wild Geese. "Joe Cushnan's excellent biography of Stephen Boyd, the forgotten film star and a fellow countryman of mine, fills a disgraceful gap in cinematographic history and should be read by all who are interested in that fascinating subject." - James Ellis, actor in Z Ca...

I have always loved westerns. I have given westerns a significant chunk of my time through five decades. I stand, metaphorical guns pointing and say, westerns, I gave you the best years of my life. This is a book about nostalgia, about passion, about celebration and about poetry. It's a kind of scrapbook and memory jogger. There will be lists to illustrate some points and poems to ponder as we mosey on through. Some of the poems are simple, st...

Geek! comprises a sequence of poems that includes a long list of the CDs in my collection - to emphasise the geekiness of the idea. Some readers will see this as a lazy way to fill pages. Others will get it as my unmade bed, pile of bricks, sheep in formaldehyde moment en route to higher art. (Excuse me while I cough and splutter.) Part two is a selection of poems of, from and because of music.

Hamish Sheaney, poet, thinker, figment...He may not exist, so it might have been necessary to invent him. Hamish Sheaney might be Joe Cushnan or Joe Cushnan might be Hamish Sheaney. They are never seen in the same rooms together, but more often than not they are in the same rooms. Shirt collar, shoe size, dental records and preference for Mini Cheddars are purely coincidental. Here is the profile of literature's nearly-man, his wit, wisdom and...

Belfast is very important to me. It has a troubled soul but it is where I was born and raised, where I went to school, where I started my working life and where my roots are. I have always felt a strong and affectionate connection to it and I always will. It is a city and a history to shake a fist at and to embrace seconds later. It is in my blood. It is where I began. It is where a lot of the poetry in this collection comes from. I talk about...

I love poetry. Sometimes I don't understand it but other times I get it, learn from it, am entertained by it and, occasionally and wonderfully, I laugh out loud at it. This book is called Fun With Words, Fun With Rhyme and, apart from sharing some new funny poems, I want it to be a book of encouragement to promote a lifelong love of books, bookshops and libraries. The poems can be read quietly or performed by and to enthusiastic, interactive a...

Two books in one package. Special edition. Seven Pouches, a western story. Drifter Willard Gammon returns home to find his father dead and his mother grieving. He embarks on a journey of revenge to track the seven men responsible, to deliver his own brand of justice and to retrieve the seven pouches used to divide up his family's gold. Jack Elam, I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life, a western fan's nod to wonderful TV series and films in a no...

A version of this book was published in 2013. I have made minor adjustments to the text, added some illustrations and some extra writing segments. "Stephen Boyd was one of the nicest, kindest people I have met in my lifetime, rare in this profession." - Euan Lloyd, film producer of Shalako, The Man Called Noon and The Wild Geese. "Joe Cushnan's excellent biography of Stephen Boyd, the forgotten film star and a fellow countryman of mine, fills ...

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