2026
Oh Dónal’s Dictionary
Highbrow hijinks penned and voiced by a lowbrow linguist.
2025
The National Film & Television School
Finding Your Voice Student Cohort 2025
The British Film Institute
My animated feature film proposal “Lumpy & Capey Vs The Echo Water” – an eco-fable for children and adults – was shortlisted for BFI Early Development Funding.
BBC Radio 4: It’s a Fair Cop with Alfie Moore S9, Ep.1
Source FM “The One & All Show” – Guest Appearance
Award “winning” semi-scripted springtide shenanigans
The Vaults of the Gwithi an Pystri (Museum of Folklore & Magic, Falmouth)
“Thursday’s Child” In a long and winding tale I discover I was born on Thursday and claim St. Piran as the Patron Saint of the Dónal Fogartys. Thus, leading us to the thesis that if St. Piran was the hardest working, merriest, and heaviest drinking of the saints, might he be in line for a promotion.
Carn to Cove (Scratch Night), Cornwall
“Am I Am” a one and a bit man standcast or podup – that’s cerebral stand-up to me and you.
Press play below to hear an intro to the show recorded with a suspect mic in a village hall with very squeaky chairs.
2024
BAFTA Albert Academy
Certifications in Sustainable Filmmaking (Scripted & Unscripted Television)
BAFTA Rocliffe 2024
My short script “Piano 40”, though not longlisted, was highly commended by the Rocliffe professional readers
Convened a Climate Spring talk with Lucy Stone at Scribe Lounge – the UK’s largest online community of screenwriters and filmmakers (Nov 2024)
Writer, Script Editor, VO artist: “Don Pacho” a scripted human rights documentary pitch for the One World Media/Pulitzer Centre Climate & Labour grant. (Oct 2024)
Contributing Author “Crimebits with Lee Child” Two of my works feature in this anthology of killer opening gambits as chosen by Child (BlackSpring Press, Maida Vale)
Devised and delivered a hybrid green film festival fringe event at festiver.org (Colombia’s internationally renowned Green Film Festival). Invited speakers included Lucy Stone and film-activist Thomas Winward (Nat Geo, Nike) Sept 2024.
Member British Comedy Guide Pro
2023
Voice Over & Script Editor (English language dub), Pain Management, an animated video explainer, (Médecins Sans Frontières, Paris)
Writer, Tomorrow, James & the Blue Cat, The Failing Writers Podcast, Series 3, Episode 7 The opening excerpt of my audio-dramedy was produced, broadcast, and positively critiqued by this acclaimed pod.
Writer & Performer, Dangerous Donny the Disgraced Academic, Morocco Bound, Southwark, (2023) A one man show consisting of a triptych of irreverent spoken word mirth on a theme of higher education.
Imperial College, Centre for Languages, Culture & Communication: Creative Writing with Martin Ouvry (Picador)
Further less recent credits and CPD activity will be added in due course.
Crimebits with Lee Child
The opening pages of two of my novels feature in this anthology of Top 100 opening gambits as judged by Lee Child, creator of the international bestselling Jack Reacher franchise.
This book will be of interest to aspiring crime writers and anyone who ever wondered how authors like Lee Child manage to grip their readers right from the first paragraph.
Available now direct from the publishers and in all good bookshops this summer.
The first in a series of audio dramas about singer-songwriters, this one features a song by James. Press play above to enjoy voice actors and soundfx crew bring the opening excerpt of the story to life (hat tip to the @failingwriters podcast gang they did an amazing job!).
Was Gabo An Irishman?
Intrigued by an Irish author’s fanciful claims about there being an Irishman present at a whole manner of historical and literary events, this was my attempt to get to bottom of the matter.
Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature Blog
An article about inspiration finding you when you place yourself in inspiring surroundings and work with interesting people.
Short Story in Anthology of Pandemic Writing
Tomorrow, James and the Blue Cat, my genre bending short story about plagiarism in the screenwriting industry, has just hit the shelves. Well, when I say shelves, I’m mean it’s available in the Pages Penned in the Pandemic Anthology – a collection of poems, essays and stories penned in the pandemic.
DISCLAIMER #1: I deliberately make no mention of the pandemic in my story – we need weapons of mass distraction right now.
DISCLAIMER #2: This is a not for profit publication. All contributors have waived their fee so that all sales proceeds will go to 826National, a charity supporting young writers.
DISCLAIMER #3: Sweater, candle and succulent plant not included.
Paperback and Kindle versions available here
Multi-platform awareness raising for a socio-environmental project
Sea Change Cornwall was a socio-environmental initiative that aimed to forge sustainable change in the way we consume and dispose of water. Funded by the Vodafone Foundation I was tasked with raising public awareness of a range issues related to the concept of water-footprints (the carbon footprint’s less famous but equally important younger sister).
Content work for a recruitment site
This website had just had a revamp and needed some content in the form of “how to” articles. I was a penniless mature student in need of funds. It was a match made in heaven.
