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K.J. Rigby
KJ. Rigby was born in Crosby, Liverpool and now lives
in Devon.
Her first punk novel was 'Fall Of The Flamingo Circus' (1990), followed by 'Seaview Terrace' (2003), 'Sucka!' (2004), 'Break Point' (2006) 'Thalidomide Kid' (2007). She has also written a satirical novel called 'Lost The Plot' and other shorter work has
appeared in the magazine 'Texts' Bones'.
She received a Southern Arts bursary for her novel 'Where A Shadow Played'. Her latest satirical book 'Little Guide to Unhip'
has just been published by Night Publishing.
Little Guide to Unhip   When we are young, we all hope that even if we are not totally hip, we are not completely unhip.
With age, we begin to realise that we have had more than a few embarrassing moments and tastes and, maybe more to our surprise, we don't really care. There are days when we are unhip and proud of it. Part social commentary, part autobiography, here are some of KJ Rigby's confessions of some of her less hip moments. And what about you? Gerald Hansen, author of ‘An Embarrassment of Riches’: What an excellent, excellent idea, and written with such hilarity. This is the type of book I see in all music stores (what few are left, anyway). Absolutely brilliant! Richard Maitland, author of ‘The Sex Stone of Agassia’: It was the "Elasticated Waists" that did it for me.
Lorraine Holloway-White, author of ‘A Guide’s Guide to Mediumship’ and ‘My Life – My Mediumship’: I adore this book although I'm saddened to know that my unhip rating is 5*. I went on holiday to Austria for our 25th wedding anniversary and, yes, we went to Salzburg on a day trip and Mozart Square. I adored that holiday so I am now officially a 5-star unhip person. Jared Conway, author of ‘Mummy’s Boy’: I'd like to make a plea for Morris Dancing to be upgraded to 12 star status. What a great idea. Well written, light-hearted, and huge fun. Janine Crowley Haynes, author of ‘My Kind Of Crazy’: Utterly enjoyable. I found myself giggling immediately and, sorry to report, fitting into the category of ‘unhip’. Not only is it an entertaining read, but your quirky sense of humor shines through. George Fripley, author of ‘You Can't Polish A Turd’: Hahahahahaha....this has made me laugh. What a great concept this book is. It's quirky, it's written in nice 'bite-sized' pieces and it is genuinely funny in a gentle way. Raven Dane, author of ‘The Unwise Woman of Fuggis Mire’ and ‘Cyrus Darian and The Technomicron’: I am reading every word with a broad grin and many giggles. I am so relieved I am not too unhip as I loathe beige, and I’m a horse-owning, Yule-celebrating pagan.... Always disliked Gilbert O'Sullivan...phew! Vanessa Musson, author of ‘Banana in The Briefcase’: In the umbrella family are also foldable rain hats and pac-a-macs. Generally a few more examples of unhip which spring to mind might be Daddies Sauce and salad cream, net curtains, Bruce Forsyth, boxes of tissues kept in cars and bedding plants. Oh, and Vauxhall Corsas. Your book has some interesting crossover with Nancy Mitford and her philosophy of "U" and "non-U". Love it. L Anne Carrington, author of ‘The Cruiserweight’: ‘Little Guide To Unhip’ is a romp, witty, and full of fun from the very first chapter, with splendid writing, well put together, and makes readers wonder "What was I thinking back in the day?” Frank Kusy, author of ‘Sparky the Very Nervous Cat’: I didn't realise how unhip and uncool I was until I got to chapter 3 and read that bit about flab hanging out … you've inspired me to get back to the gym! Ben Hardy, author of ‘Who Needs Grapes?’: This had me nodding along, thinking “umbrellas - check, recorders - check, beige - check, no accent – check”. I fall into many of your unhip categories, and am proud of doing so. James McPherson, author of ‘Lucifer And Auld Lang Syne’: Awwww, Gilbert - I let myself down badly here I'm afraid - was singing away very unhipply to myself. I'd forgotten most of the words though, so I suppose that counts for something..... Uncooperative umbrellas - dodgy coach trips to the land of Edelweiss and Adolf - the humble recorder - sanitary... erm...eh... you-know-whats - and many, many more… and I shall be forever in your debt for planting “ooh wacka doo” in my head again. (Can't get the damned thing out now). Tim Roux, author of Dance of The Pheasodile’ and ‘Missio’, Managing Editor of Night Publishing: This is hilarious - extremely funny without being nasty and oh-so true. I always thought Gilbert O'Sullivan was a right twerp, I think recorders have to be the most absurd instrument ever (even the Jew's harp has its Leonard Cohen moments), I hate umbrellas (at 6'5", sharing an umbrella is like an elephant sharing an ice-cream), and Austria is very low on my list of holiday destinations. This is right up with my favourite columnists like Alice Thomas Ellis and Barbara Ellen. Also by K.J. Rigby:
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