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Bristol-based former teacher Peter Morris begins new chapter as a writer
After nearly four decades teaching, Bristol-based Peter Morris has swapped the classroom for a new chapter as an author – a career that he had always had in the back of his mind.
His debut novel No Repeat of Yesterday is a pacy thriller set in the 2070s that invites readers “to reflect on the state of the world: what it might be and what it already is,” he says.
RAF pilot Nicole Dibaba is faced with carrying out the unacceptable demands of a military regime pitching itself against a non-existent outside threat.
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“The challenge was always to create a tightly plotted, twisting narrative that was gripping as well as thought-provoking,” explains Morris, “to populate the story with engaging, if imperfect, protagonists and to place them in conflict with less palatable figures who were just as memorable.”
For the most part, the Liverpool-born author writes in his study, looking on to his garden, but at times when he needs to resolve issues around plot or a character development he often finds inspiration from running around his adopted city.
“I put on my running shoes and take my mind for a circuit of the docks,” he reflects.
“Bristol is, and has been for as long as I have lived here, a city of the arts, whether we’re talking about literature, music, theatre, or the visual arts.
“It’s not a city where you could imagine people feeling out of place for having ideas or being creative.”
Peter Morris – photo: Suzanne Gaffney
Peter Morris: No Repeat of Yesterday (The Conrad Press) is out now, available from all good bookshops, including Max Minerva’s and Bookhaus Bristol.
All photos: courtesy of Peter Morris
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