Book Savvy Spotlight on John Davies
Bringing you exclusive interviews with authors featured in the Book Savvy Newsletter. Our Guest is John Davies * Enjoy the interview. Q1. Can you tell us about yourself and your book 'Lyrics and Limericks'. I was born in Cwmafan, South Wales in 1948, attended Glanafan Grammar School, worked for 30 years as a chemist for BP Chemicals and retired in 2002. Married to Adrianne in 1971 and son, Ian, born in 1979. Our granddaughter, Freya, was born in 2010 and is the apple of my eye. I started writing as a hobby in retirement and 'Lyrics and Limericks' is my third book. I play guitar, have written some songs and also some poetry. The thought occurred to me, are song lyrics poetry? I sought the opinion of several songwriters and poets and their thoughts are included in the book. Having written many limericks, the book title required no thought and just tripped off my tongue. Q2. When you write, what emotion do you seek to evoke in your readers? That depends entir