Michael Scannell

Writing

Journalism

The ‘Hoi Polloi’

The Basic Laws

A Refusal to Mourn

First Chapters

A Disturbance of Memory

Game Over

Free Love

Inner Cities

Theatre

Jihad!

Stuff to read

booksMost pages on this site can be taken in at a glance. In this section I’ve gathered some of my writings, which may take you a little longer. They can all be read online. Simply click on a title which interests you.

Journalism

boxesTo read an article, click on its title. To read it off line, first click on the title (in the same way). Then, on the page you are taken to, you will find an option to download the article in Microsoft Word format.

First Chapters

doorknobTo read the first chapter of one of my novels, click on its title.

The chapters are in PDF format. To read one of them off line, right click on its title (on a Mac, Control-click), then choose ‘Save target as…’ from the context menu.

Theatre

motif Jihad! is a play set in a country house on a cliff-top in Devon, rented by a film company to make a music video. They get some unexpected visitors—from a hostile culture.

I am hard at work on this right now—so there is no taster.

Articles

I am still writing. If you are interested in commissioning an article, please contact me.

Warning

Of the four novels you can begin reading, only A Disturbance of Memory is finished, and published on Amazon. (Two of the others are well past the first chapter, but none of the three is close to being ready for publication.)

The Novels

If you want to read the rest of A Disturbance of Memory, please find it on Amazon

If you want to read the rest of one of the other novels, do get in touch to say what you like about the first chapter. You may inspire me to do the final work on it—and I will certainly send you a free copy.

Copyright

It goes without saying that I have copyright in what I have written. You are welcome to download stuff and make printed copies, but you can’t sell it to anyone else—and I’d prefer you to refer them to this website rather than make copies for friends.