I always love doing radio, especially when the show’s presenter is a great friend. Today I was pleased to be the studio guest of Michael MacMahon, one of BCfm Silver Sound’s hosts.
About Michael and Me
I’ve known Michael for quite a few years now, having met through our shared interest in writing. Although Michael writes non-fiction books and I write mainly fiction, we get on famously and are often helping each other out in practical ways. Michael is a popular fixture at my Hawkesbury Upton Literature Festival, renowned for his rendition of Prospero’s speech from the Tempest at our closing ceremony. I’ve chaired his launch events for both of his books, and each time it has been great fun.
The most recent of these launches was just last month, for The Wedding Speech Handbook, when we dressed up as if for a wedding, complete with buttonholes, wedding cake, and in my case my best wedding hat!
 Image copyright Jon Craig</p>
<p>” data-medium-file=”https://youngbyname.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/20181127-©-@JonCraig_Photos-07778606070-3.jpg?w=300″ data-large-file=”https://youngbyname.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/20181127-©-@JonCraig_Photos-07778606070-3.jpg?w=840&h=561″ class=”size-large wp-image-16869″ src=”https://youngbyname.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/20181127-%C2%A9-@JonCraig_Photos-07778606070-3.jpg?w=840&h=561″ alt=”” width=”840″ height=”561″ srcset=”https://youngbyname.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/20181127-©-@JonCraig_Photos-07778606070-3.jpg?w=840&h=561 840w, https://youngbyname.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/20181127-©-@JonCraig_Photos-07778606070-3.jpg?w=1680&h=1122 1680w, https://youngbyname.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/20181127-©-@JonCraig_Photos-07778606070-3.jpg?w=150&h=100 150w, https://youngbyname.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/20181127-©-@JonCraig_Photos-07778606070-3.jpg?w=300&h=200 300w, https://youngbyname.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/20181127-©-@JonCraig_Photos-07778606070-3.jpg?w=768&h=513 768w, https://youngbyname.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/20181127-©-@JonCraig_Photos-07778606070-3.jpg?w=1024&h=683 1024w” sizes=”(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px”><figcaption class=)
Celebrating Michael’s new book about weddings in style (he’s seated, left in his DJ) 20181127 – Photo @JonCraig – 07778 606070What We Talked About on the Show
Today on the Silver Sound show, we were talking about how and why people shouldn’t think in terms of retirement, but instead of how to reinvent themselves, as indeed both he and I have done with our writing careers. I was very interested to hear about Michael’s plans for his next book, interviewing people who have reinvented themselves in retirement – including my dad, who, as I mentioned on the show, embraced multiple artistic hobbies after a career in computer engineering.
How to Listen to the Show
If you’d like to hear our wide-ranging conversation, you can catch up with it online via BCfm’s website www.bcfmradio.com/silversound Just click on “Silver Sound” in the programmes list, then on today’s date (20/12/18). We’re on for the first hour from 10am, chatting from about four minutes into the show, after the news at the top of the hour.
Post-Script Coincidence
After the show, we parted company, but a little later an email from Michael pinged into my inbox. “I get dozens of emails every day, but this was the first one I opened when I got home,” he wrote, forwarding the one he’d received to me:
