Fiona Mcvie has just interviewed me for her authorinterviews blog. Apart from the subject of writing, we chat about who and what shaped me as a writer and how and where I find inspiration. Also included is the opening scene of a story I’m currently trying to place. I’ll probably upload the interview to this site at some stage, but in the meantime, check it out here
John Kenny
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- About
- Bibliography
- Edited Publications
- Reviews
- A User’s Guide to the Millennium by J.G. Ballard
- Barnacle Bill the Spacer and other stories by Lucius Shepard
- Bigot Hall by Steve Aylett
- Black Robe by Brian Moore
- Booklife by Jeff VanderMeer
- Border Lines by John Walsh
- Cocaine Nights by J.G. Ballard
- Encore
- HARM by Brian Aldiss
- Harsh Oases by Paul Di Filippo
- Hothouse by Brian Aldiss
- Longsword by Thomas Leland
- Louisiana Breakdown by Lucius Shepard
- Malachi’s Return
- Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
- No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
- Old Albert by Brian J. Showers
- Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey
- Rock Springs by Richard Ford
- Running Wild by J.G. Ballard
- Selected Stories by Mark Valentine
- Strange Epiphanies by Peter Bell
- The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
- The Cripple
- The Floating Order by Erin Pringle
- The Gates of the Alamo by Stephen Harrigan
- The Good Life
- The Road by Cormac McCarthy
- The Tax Inspector by Peter Carey
- The Whisper Jar by Carole Lanham
- What If Our World Is Their Heaven?: The Final Conversations of Philip K. Dick
- When Evening Falls
- You by Nuala Ní Chonchúir
- Interviews
- A Canadian in King Arthur’s Court: John Kenny talks to Geoff Ryman
- Aliens Are Quite Nice Guys: John Kenny talks to Brian Stableford
- Another Sunny Day in Texas: John Kenny talks to Michael Moorcock
- Central Europe Between the Wars: John Kenny talks to Mark Valentine
- Contemporary Science Fiction Publishing in Ireland
- Even Graveyards are Filled with Stories: John Kenny talks to Mike Resnick
- From the Wellspring: John Kenny talks to James Patrick Kelly
- Geomancer Supreme: John Kenny talks to Walter Jon Williams
- Interesting Times: John Kenny talks to Ellen Datlow
- Libertarian with a Cause: John Kenny talks to Ken MacLeod
- Longsword and the Gothic Tradition: John Kenny talks to Albert Power
- On Acting, Writing and Editing
- On Saving Books: John Kenny talks to Ian Watson
- Strange Epiphanies: John Kenny talks to Peter Bell
- Tales from the Dark Side: John Kenny talks to Sam Millar
- The Art of Fusing Fact and Fiction: John Kenny talks to Brian J. Showers
- The Beauty, Wonder and Savagery of Human Love: John Kenny talks to Rosalie Parker
- The Ceremony of Transmutation Has Begun: John Kenny talks to Paul Di Filippo
- The Cyberpunk Technofeminist: John Kenny and Robert Neilson talk to Pat Cadigan
- The Eerie Tales of Lucy M. Boston: John Kenny talks to Robert Lloyd Parry
- The Kindness of Women: John Kenny and Pat Quigley talk to J.G. Ballard
- The Last Empire: John Kenny talks to David Brin
- The Supernatural Tale in Today’s World: John Kenny talks to R.B. Russell
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On Influences and Finding Inspiration – Interview
Filed Under Brian Moore, Charles Bukowski, Christian Brothers School, Denis Johnson, Every Day Poets, Fear the Reaper, George Orwell, Harlan Ellison, Homelessness, J.G. Ballard, Jack Kerouac, John Irving, Jonathan Lethem, Junot Diaz, Kazuo Ishiguro, Marvel Comics, Michael Chabon, Movies, Music, Paul Auster, Peter Carey, Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Samuel R. Delany, TV Shows, William Trevor
John Kenny 
Hi John, I enjoyed the interview very much. I was very interested in some of your reading choices. I’ve recently finished reading ‘Old School’ by Tobias Wolff, which is both insightful and well written, and I’ve just started reading ‘Freedom’, by Jonathan Franzen, which was a present from my daughter Zoe. Good luck getting your book published. it sounds like a great read.
Posted by Bren's Blog | March 15, 2014, 1:45 pmThanks, Brendan. I’m about to read This Boy’s Life by Tobias Wolff myself. Heard Old School was good.
Posted by John Kenny | March 15, 2014, 11:48 pm