John Burke's a-Musings

Wednesday 1 June 2016. We decide the day is too nice to stay in and drive up to Lancaster first for a look round the antiques warehouse. I c...

I took Miss Franny to Morecambe for the day today. We had a coffee at the next table to two ladies who I would guess at being in their late ...

A lovely afternoon yesterday, sitting in Waterstones Blackpool, chatting to people and signing copies of my book, Blackpool Then and Now . ...

I know I've been a bit scarce here recently. I'm sorry folks, things have been a bit hectic! Work has been busy, but for a change,...

Well it wasn't due out until the first of January, but the printers must have made special efforts because I received several copies of ...

ADVANCE NOTICE King And King To Be will be on a FREE promotion Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 12-14 October 2012. You can download it fo...

I've received a few nice emails recently complimenting me on the few bits of poetry in my King Arthur book, King and King To Be . The...

I've now seen and approved the proofs for the Blackpool book - Blackpool Then and Now I see that Amazon have listed it with a discount...

The Facebook page for my book, King And King To Be now has several photos of different locations to be found in the book. I've fou...

I've created a Facebook page for the book. Today it had climbed from a position in excess of 110,000 to 20,381 in Amazon's bestsel...

Introducing my new baby - my first novel, a fantasy: King And King To Be . It has published today on Amazon for the Kindle and other eRe...

Just to bring you up to date on a couple of projects. I'm currently involved in putting together a book about Blackpool. Commissioned ...

Ooh see! A new Children's History of Lancashire popped through my letterbox from Amazon today. What am I doing buying children...

5 March 2004. A day at sea as the cruise ship Carousel sails from Agadir in Morocco towards Madeira. We start the day with a good br...

I'm in Bristol today and tomorrow and am currently studying the rain outside the hotel window. It's much like the rain anywhere els...

We'll move on from Taormina. The following day, Tuesday 8 July 2008, sees us docking in an overcast Naples. Excursions go off to Pompe...