I was surprised – and flattered – to find my 2004 novella, Wicked Baby, listed in the bibliography to this book which accompanied the 2010 exhibition at London’s Mayor Gallery, Christine Keeler: My Life in Pictures. The catalogue includes photographs of Keeler – the iconic model at the centre of 1963′s Profumo Affair – and [...]
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‘Wicked Baby’: A Tale Retold
Posted in Art and Photography, Books, Profumo Affair, Updates, tagged Christine Keeler, James Birch, Mayor Gallery, Profumo Affair, Tara Hanks, Wicked Baby on January 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Bookish Birthdays: Kate Chopin
Posted in Books, Fiction, Updates, Websites, tagged For Books' Sake, Kate Chopin, Tara Hanks on February 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
My profile of Kate Chopin – born on this day in 1850 – is published at For Books’ Sake, ‘an intelligent but irreverent website featuring books by and for independent women.’
‘Save Our Libraries’ Day
Posted in Books, Updates, tagged Save Our Libraries, Tara Hanks on February 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Today is a UK-wide day of protest against the proposed cuts to public libraries. I have been a library user since I was a little girl, and I still visit at least once a week, to borrow books for myself and my children. Libraries educate, and entertain us, and our country will be poorer without [...]
Happy Birthday to ‘The Mmm Girl’
Posted in Books, Fiction, Marilyn Monroe, The Mmm Girl, tagged Brighton, Marilyn Monroe, Norma Jeane, Tara Hanks, The Mmm Girl, UKA Press on December 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Three years old today… ‘Happy birthday, Norma Jeane…’ A hundred kids sang to me in the dining hall, the younger ones banging their spoons on the long table. Mrs Dewey pushed open the swing doors, wheeling a teacart. On it was a large pink and white cake with just one candle. I got up, and [...]
Four Days in New York
Posted in Art and Photography, Marilyn Monroe, Updates, Websites, tagged Ed Feingersh, Immortal Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe, Tara Hanks on July 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My profile of photographer Ed Feingersh is featured on the Immortal Marilyn website
‘The Mmm Girl’ in Boston
Posted in Art and Photography, Books, The Mmm Girl, tagged Boston, Elizabeth Grammaticas, Marilyn Monroe, Tara Hanks, The Mmm Girl on June 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“My copy has paint on it – which is the semi-official way of saying that it is love. I keep it in my studio…” Elizabeth Grammaticas
Moon in the Gutter
Posted in Books, Film, Interviews, Madonna, Marilyn Monroe, Profumo Affair, The Mmm Girl, Websites, Wicked Baby, Writing, tagged Donna Tartt, Emily Bronte, Frida Kahlo, Jeremy Richey, Madonna, Marilyn Monroe, Moon in the Gutter, Tara Hanks on June 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Jeremy Richey has interviewed me about my influences – books, films, movies and more – over at his wonderful ‘Moon in the Gutter’ blog. Well worth checking out for Jeremy’s insightful reviews, ten of which are published in a new book, Directory of World Cinema: American Independent.
In To Views
Posted in Books, Updates, Websites, Writing, tagged In To Views, Musehick Publications, Paul Grimsley, Tara Hanks on December 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In To Views is a new blog site from Paul Grimsley, (a highly creative, cross-genre poet and ‘regular renaissance man’), and he is currently profiling upcoming writers, artists and musicians there on a daily basis. Paul’s most recent volume of poetry (to date – watch this space!), is entitled a suite of desolate elegance, and it [...]
Around the World with ‘The Mmm Girl’
Posted in Art and Photography, Books, Marilyn Monroe, The Mmm Girl, Updates, tagged Marilyn Monroe, Tara Hanks, The Mmm Girl on September 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A few sightings of The Mmm Girl across the globe. Contact me if you’d like to be added to the gallery!
‘Writers’ Hub’ On Radio Reverb
Posted in Books, Brighton, The Mmm Girl, Updates, Writing, tagged Amy Riley, Brighton, Radio Reverb, Tara Hanks, Writing on May 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Radio Reverb is Brighton’s alternative, a community radio station where people can express themselves, open up dialogues and set their own agendas about what’s important, interesting, funny, cool or arty in the city. Today marked the launch of Writers’ Hub, a new hour-long literary programme devised, produced and presented by Amy Lynn Riley. The first [...]
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