{"id":46825,"date":"2022-04-26T10:45:57","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T09:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/suffolkcommunitylibraries.co.uk\/?p=46825"},"modified":"2025-10-22T10:53:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T09:53:33","slug":"meet-the-author-alan-parks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/suffolkcommunitylibraries.co.uk\/lt\/meet-the-author-alan-parks\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Author: Alan Parks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; da_disable_devices=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; da_exit_intent=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_close=&#8221;on&#8221; da_alt_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_dark_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_not_modal=&#8221;on&#8221; da_is_singular=&#8221;off&#8221; da_with_loader=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;19px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>26 April 2022<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;19px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; link_font_size=&#8221;19px&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Alan Parks worked in the music industry for over twenty years working with artists like The Streets, New Order and Enya. A book he was writing about social housing in Glasgow became a novel set in 1973. The book was the first Harry McCoy thriller <a href=\"https:\/\/suffolk.spydus.co.uk\/cgi-bin\/spydus.exe\/ENQ\/WPAC\/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&amp;BRN=2282644\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Bloody January<\/em><\/a> (2017) and was shortlisted for the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere.<\/p>\n<p>Further books in the series followed featuring Harry McCoy. <a href=\"https:\/\/suffolk.spydus.co.uk\/cgi-bin\/spydus.exe\/ENQ\/WPAC\/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&amp;BRN=2654300\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>February&#8217;s Son<\/em><\/a> was shortlisted for the Edgar Awards. Alan&#8217;s latest book, <a href=\"https:\/\/suffolk.spydus.co.uk\/cgi-bin\/spydus.exe\/ENQ\/WPAC\/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&amp;BRN=3075467\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>May God Forgive<\/em><\/a> is published by Canongate on 28 April and is also available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/suffolkcommunitylibraries.co.uk\/borrow\/our-catalogue\/\">Suffolk Community Libraries catalogue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;19px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; link_font_size=&#8221;19px&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who were your heroes as you were growing up and when did you first start to write?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve got to be honest I don\u2019t remember having any heroes when I was growing up! Maybe I was always too cynical. I first started to write about eight years ago. A late starter&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>You had a successful period working for London Records. What was it like working with bands who are household names now?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They were household names then! It was a great job, there was a lot of money about, you had the chance to try and do interesting things, experiment. Any weirdness about dealing with famous people soon wore off, they were just people you worked with.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your writing routine and what part does research play in recreating 1970s Glasgow?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My writing routine is pretty loose. I tend to do a bit after breakfast then it\u2019s up for grabs. I write in cafes, libraries, airports, anywhere really. Then I tend to do another bit before dinner. Doesn\u2019t always happen though! Research is the fun bit. I do a lot of wandering around Glasgow finding places to write about.<\/p>\n<p>After that is decided it\u2019s a question of going to the library and going through maps and newspapers finding out what was there at the time. What pubs were open, what areas were still standing, what was being built etc.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Several of your cast of characters pop up in other books. Do you have to consciously think of what they would do in a given situation or are they like old friends now and you can add them in?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Half and half! Some I always try to put in like Jumbo and Isa and Stevie Cooper because I like writing about them. Some disappear for a few books and then come back. There are quite a few of them to juggle!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Harry McCoy is back in your new book <a href=\"https:\/\/suffolk.spydus.co.uk\/cgi-bin\/spydus.exe\/ENQ\/WPAC\/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&amp;BRN=3075467\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>May God Forgive<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. Can you tell us a little about it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>May God Forgive<\/em> is really about what you can learn to live with. About the consequences of what you have done. It\u2019s all set in one small bit of Glasgow called Royston. The previous book <a href=\"https:\/\/suffolk.spydus.co.uk\/cgi-bin\/spydus.exe\/ENQ\/WPAC\/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&amp;BRN=2858937\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The April Dead<\/em><\/a> moved around a lot so this time I wanted to do the opposite and concentrate on one small area. A hairdresser\u2019s is firebombed killing several people and that starts the action off\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is there anything you can share with us about your latest project?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have started the June book. Not really sure what it is about yet, more misery in mid-seventies Glasgow I would imagine! Seems to involve a TV awards show for some reason\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>One book, piece of music or work of art that everyone should experience?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/suffolk.spydus.co.uk\/cgi-bin\/spydus.exe\/ENQ\/WPAC\/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&amp;BRN=2309441\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Heart of Darkness<\/em><\/a> by Joseph Conrad. <em>Electric Chair 1964<\/em> by Andy Warhol. <em>Blue Boy<\/em> by Orange Juice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the funniest or strangest reaction to your books from a reader?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Everyone complains about the swearing. Little knowing the publishers have already taken half of it out. A man tweeted me the other day saying he was reading Bobby March at Everest Base Camp. That was pretty shocking!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the best piece of advice you were ever given?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Very simple. The record industry is full of people running about like headless chickens. Everything and everybody runs at panic level. My old Boss Laurie Cokell told me to just do nothing sometimes instead of trying to put out every fire at once. 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