My stories taught me about myself
(This article originally appeared in the Pebworth Piper) My need to leave London had been on my mind for a while. I was fatigued by London’s luxury towers and treeless plazas. It’s uptight tentacles...
ADRIFT – The Storyteller & The Mosaicist OUT NOW!
From the writer of the ‘Engaging and Uplifting’ (Daily Mail) HELEN AND THE GRANDBEES, artist Alex Morrall explores themes of love and isolation in her novella, Adrift.
A sneak extract from ADRIFT – The Storyteller & Mosaicist
They say, when you come back, that things might not be normal, straightaway.” He pulled a palm across his face as if it would bring him into normality.
ADRIFT – The Storyteller and the Mosaicist SNEAK PREVIEW
On a good day in Robin’s life, on an ideal day which is creatively profitable, when the world buzzes with the fact that you are a maker and not a subordinate, when you fizz with tangibility, and the pavement glows where the air hits it….
Announcing “Adrift – The Storyteller & The Mosaicist”
And now for the exciting update I’ve been promising to reveal since the end of last year… My novella Adrift is coming out on 8th March! “The neatness after the tragedy. The emptied room and crisp...
How did I end up in Adis Ababa?
When the PA at the consultancy firm I worked at in the early 2000’s introduced me to one of the directors, with the words, “He wants to send you around the world,” I was a little taken aback to discover they meant Ethiopia.
December Round up
Hi There! It’s been a busy writing year for the Morrall’s… Not least because my sister/Clare’s daughter delivered two baby boys late in November. It seems less important right now, but in writing...
Maybe this is something you never thought of before…
…But how easy is it to pick a book title? My novella, has been on working title of ‘Adrift’ for a very long time, and only now as it starts to move from manuscript to book do I realise, I really...
Book Trailer for ‘Helen and the Grandbees’
See the trailer for the exciting new novel ‘Helen and The Grandbees’
New website!
This is just to announce that the new website alexmorrall.com is now live and holds everything.. my art, my novels, my food blogging... Have an explore!
My Paintings
Canary Wharf Clouds
£30.00 – £300.00
A Few More Of My Blog Posts
Brandishing Ribena, a review of Bourtanical, Bourton on the Water
While there are many waterside locations in Bourton On The Water, almost all of them offered burgers, burgers with a twist, burgers that are a bit bigger than other burgers and… lasagne. I am not a burger fan. Sorry. It’s a sensitive subject. No correspondence will be entered into.
A Review of Loxleys, Stratford Upon Avon
So far, I have only popped in to Loxleys for a drink, otherwise known as a ‘drink and what are your bar snacks?’ More hopefully known as ‘a drink, what are your bar snacks and please please would you show me the dessert menu just in case.’
Prizewinning Reading
One of my more enjoyable jobs this year has been role of judging the Rubery Book Prize, an international prize created to celebrate independent and small publisher books of a very high standard. This is a fabulous job, as I get my hands on great reads and am actually...
Talking About HELEN & THE GRANDBEES at the Stratford Literary Festival
Last month, I had the opportunity to discuss Helen & The Grandbees at the Stratford upon Avon Literary Festival. This was a fantastic evening meeting some fabulous Warwickshire writers and hosted by Jo James (in the pic) Sadly, our technology failed… so here is a...
My stories taught me about myself
(This article originally appeared in the Pebworth Piper) My need to leave London had been on my mind for a while. I was fatigued by London’s luxury towers and treeless plazas. It’s uptight tentacles tangled along every street and into my little Victorian cottage...
ADRIFT – The Storyteller & The Mosaicist OUT NOW!
From the writer of the ‘Engaging and Uplifting’ (Daily Mail) HELEN AND THE GRANDBEES, artist Alex Morrall explores themes of love and isolation in her novella, Adrift.