Writer, opera singer, film director and producer

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“Boyo”

A rollicking good laugh, based on a true love story that spanned the globe.

Some of the things that interest me in life...

The Emu

Relevance is overrated

Posted: Friday 11 November 2022
It is too difficult to have children

More from Avio

Posted: Wednesday 14 September 2022
Avio and the Bad Feeling

"Before I am married, there is this woman..."

Posted: Wednesday 7 September 2022
When you're in Italy and you see an undertaker or a nun

The sight of a traditional habit provokes a traditional habit in all Italian men

Posted: Wednesday 31 August 2022
The Virtual Wife

AKA The Case of the Missing Furniture

Posted: Tuesday 26 July 2022
Huatulco

I have never seen the like

Posted: Friday 22 July 2022
Surprise! Surprise!

World-famous in Orewa

Posted: Friday 1 July 2022
Another taster from much later in the novel Boyo

In a wet, grey, plastic mac

Posted: Friday 10 June 2022
Avio and the two phones

Wearing two phones keeps Avio safe... or does it?

Posted: Friday 3 June 2022 , 1 Comments
The Italian waitress

She is Italian woman, con spirito...

Posted: Friday 20 May 2022 , 2 Comments
Another taster from the novel Boyo

Wales. The hairdresser.

Posted: Friday 13 May 2022
A taster from the novel Boyo

Wales. The Thomas kitchen. Lunchtime.

Posted: Sunday 1 May 2022
Hot Chocolate in Firenze

Hot cioccolata that you remember each night as you close your eyes to sleep...

Posted: Thursday 28 April 2022
Under a Bridge in Venice

Singing is extra...

Posted: Friday 25 March 2022
Christmas Island

Why a television, I thought, on a beach amongst T-shirts and corned beef, grass skirts and jewellery?

Posted: Friday 18 March 2022
Shrinking Dresses

The things you hear in a cafe...

Posted: Friday 11 March 2022
A Tongan Feast

I’d been asked to sing at a Tongan Easter Service in Auckland...

Posted: Friday 4 March 2022 , 2 Comments