Taylor on the TV

Oh how I wish I had access to TV3... Unfortunately, I don't have Sky TV nor an external aerial and I'm stuck behind the Mourne Mountains so digital Freeview can't find me at all... Instead I rely on BT Vision's TV Replay for all my televised needs and guess what? They don't have TV3 on there.

So, unless TV3's website have this on their I'm going to miss the first of the televised Jack Taylor series. Boo!

For those of you lucky enough to have access to the channel, check out this little appetiser.

I read Ken Bruen's Cross while on paternity leave (among other great books... might post about them in a round-up soon) and was as impressed as ever.

And, I forgot to post a link to this Ken Bruen interview I did for Culture NI last month as well. My wife calls this temporary absent-mindedness baby brain. Expect a lot of it over the next few months as our little bundle of joy deprives us of our God-given right to sleep. Bitter? Me? Well, only when I'm not doting over the little fellah.

Qui est Ken Bruen? Breaking News from France!

So, who is Ken Bruen? Well, most recently, he’s the winner of Le Grand Prix de la Littérature Policière 2009 for his novel La Main Droite du Diable. That’s PRIEST to his English-speaking fans.

Some recent international recipients include Ian Rankin, Larry Beinhart, Arnaldur Indriðason and Camilla Läckberg. Check out this Wikipedia page for a history of the award and a full list of winners from as far back as 1948. And now Mister Bruen has done Irish crime fiction proud (as always). Congratulations to the man!

Funny thing, I planned to reread PRIEST this month as I’d finally read the copy of THE DRAMATIST me lovely missus had furnished me with when I passed into my thirties. PRIEST was the novel that introduced and hooked me to Ken Bruen’s work, and now that I’ve read the preceding four Jack Taylor novels, I intend to see if I enjoy it as much again.

My guess?

Je le ferai!

Jack on the Box

Oh hell, yeah! Got a snippet of info on the new TV series based on Ken Bruen's Jack Taylor novels. The Irish Film and Television Network website has released news of a 13 part series based on the novel The Guards. The pilot (running time 90 mins) will be broadcast on the 1st November. It'll be shot on location, in and around Galway City. The cast is still to be announced.

For info on the production company involved et al, have a shufty here.