Tony Macaulay (writer) explained

Tony Macaulay (born 23 July 1963) is a Northern Ireland author, leadership consultant, peace builder and broadcaster.

Background

Macaulay was born in Lisburn and grew up in the Upper Shankill area of West Belfast. He attended Belfast Royal Academy and in 1985 he graduated from the Ulster University. In 2019 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Ulster University for services to literature and peace building at home and abroad.[1] [2]

In 2008 he published a discussion paper about Northern Ireland's peace walls.[3] He runs a management consultancy specialising in “leadership, executive coaching, conflict resolution and social change".[4] [5] He is a regular contributor to Thought for the Day on BBC Radio Ulster.[6]

His fourth memoir ‘Little House on the Peace Line’ (2017) tells the story of how he lived and worked on the peace line in North Belfast in the 1980s. His first novel ‘Belfast Gate’ (2019) is a satirical comedy set in 2019 about a group of Catholic and Protestant women who start a campaign to take down Belfast's 50 year old peace walls.

His first book, Paperboy, has been adapted for the stage as a musical commissioned by British Youth Music Theatre, by writer and stand-up comedian Andrew Doyle with music by platinum selling artist Duke Special and directed by Steven Dexter and Dean Johnson. The musical premiered in the Lyric Theatre in Belfast in 2018 and returned for a second run in 2019 .[7] [8] [9] [10] Subsequent memoirs, Breadboy and All Growed Up, have also been adapted for stage by BYMT's summer programme.

He is involved with a youth empowerment project in Uganda and the development of an international reconciliation centre in Rwanda[11]

Bibliography

Novels

Non-fiction

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Honorary Degree. Ulster. 2017-01-05.
  2. News: Belfast Telegraph: Northern Ireland writer behind Shankill memoir honoured for his peace building, July 2019. BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. 2018-02-10.
  3. Web site: Macaulay, Tony (July 2008). "A discussion paper proposing a five phase process for the removal of 'peace walls' in Northern Ireland" (PDF). Macaulay Associates Network. Retrieved 2 September 2019..
  4. Web site: Home page". Macaulay Associates. Retrieved 24 January 2017.. Macaulay Associates. 2017-01-05.
  5. Web site: About us". Macaulay Associates. Retrieved 24 January 2017. Macaulay Associates. 2017-07-04.
  6. News: BBC Radio Ulster. 2017-01-05.
  7. News: Paperboy - Lyric Theatre". Lyric Theatre. Retrieved 2018-02-10.. 2017-01-05.
  8. News: "Tony Macaulay's real". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-02-10.. 2015-03-15. 2017-01-05.
  9. "West End transfer shouldn’t be out of the question for Paperboy" - IRISH NEWS
  10. News: "A snapshot of West Belfast back in the day" - BELFAST TELEGRAPH. BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. 2019-08-13. en-GB. 0307-1235.
  11. Web site: Tony Macaulay's visit to Rwanda and Uganda NVTV. en-US. 2019-08-13.
  12. Web site: Tony Macaulay, The Paper Round - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 2017-01-05.. BBC. en-GB. 2019-08-13.
  13. Web site: North, Bonnie. "Tony Macaulay's Memoirs Depict a Tumultuous 1970s Belfast". Retrieved 2017-01-05.. North. Bonnie. www.wuwm.com. en. 2019-08-13.
  14. Web site: Review: Paperboy by Tony Macaulay. Independent.ie. en. 2019-08-13.
  15. Web site: "'Paperboy' evokes nostalgic longing for childhood VailDaily.com". www.vaildaily.com. Retrieved 2017-01-05.. vaildaily.com/. en-US. 2019-08-13.
  16. Web site: Ireland, Culture Northern (2013-03-14). "Video – Author Tony Macaulay Reads from Breadboy". Culture Northern Ireland. Retrieved 2017-01-05.. Ireland. Culture Northern. 2013-03-14. Culture Northern Ireland. en. 2019-08-13.
  17. Web site: "Breadboy: Teenage Kicks and Tatey Bread – What Paperboy Did Next - Blackstaff Press". blackstaffpress.com. Retrieved 2017-01-05.. blackstaffpress.com. 2019-08-13.
  18. Web site: Tony Macaulay (July 2008). "A Process for Removing Interface Barriers: A discussion paper proposing a five phase process for the removal of 'peace walls' in Northern Ireland" (PDF). Macaulay Associates. Retrieved 6 February 2010..
  19. Web site: "International author backs Rotary appeal". www.colerainetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-01-05..
  20. Web site: Book Review: All Growed Up, What Bread Boy did". Culturehubmagazine.co.uk. 2015-03-15. Retrieved 2017-01-05..
  21. Web site: "Novel Ideas: Tony Macaulay". Vimeo. Retrieved 2017-01-05..
  22. Web site: Sweeney, Joanne. "Tony Macaulay: How living on the peace line toughened me up". The Irish News. Retrieved 2017-07-04..

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