Ed Leeming is reborn as a dead ringer of the man he hates in Knife Edge. Jack Madigan/Ernie Mason is a multi-racial split personality in Bodyswitch, David Callinan's latest creation is Mike Delaney – ex US government assassin, ex Hong Kong Police and ex monk in The Immortality Plot (where you will also find Lucius Gynt, a transvestite contract serial killer).
The Kingdoms Of Time And Space is a YA fantasy trilogy that blends leading edge science with magic and metaphysics that hurls 15-year old Morgan Lane, his sidekick Lin Rainbow and their pet orangutan Winston on a cosmic dystopian adventure. David Callinan has also created The Weather Kids series for 7-10 year olds.
David Callinan founded the legendary Irish folk band The Spalpeens; played Celtic swamp music with Urban Clearway and co-wrote a Celtic rock opera Pucka-Ri for the Edinburgh festival starring Pierce Brosnan. His songs have won awards and an earlier, spacey album Freedom's Lament, has become a sought after 'folk-psych' rarity.

An Angel On My Shoulder

One man, one angel, one prophecy, one quest

Bodyswitch

You think your body belongs to you? Think again.

Knife Edge

They craved beauty, riches and immortality

The Immortality Plot

Mike Delaney unravels The Renaissance Project

The Weather Kids

Six children have superpowers over the weather

The Kingdoms Of Time And Space

Book one: Kingdom Of The Nanosaurs

The 10-Minute Miracle

Health, wealth & happiness can be yours

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Welcome to DavidCallinan.com

The official website of award winning novelist, screenwriter and musician, David Callinan.

THRILLERS:

Here you will find links to his recent thrillers, Knife Edge,  An Angel On My Shoulder and Bodyswitch. 

Read praise from peer group writers reviews for his latest thriller The Immortality Plot featuring Irish-American Mike Delaney, ex US government assassin, ex Hong Kong Police and ex esoteric monk.

YA & CHILDREN'S:

For fans of steampunk fantasy with a difference click the link to the dystopian YA magical/scientific trilogy The Kingdoms Of Time And Space. 

For children 7-10 David Callinan has written a new series, The Weather Kids. Six children have amazing powers over the weather.

NON-FICTION/SELF-HELP:

David Callinan is reissuing The 10-Minute Miracle – the bestelling fast track guide to health, wealth and happiness first published by HarperCollins.

KINDLE, SMASHWORDS AND OTHERS:

All David Callinan's books are available on Amazon as ebooks. Coming soon: Apple iBook, Barnes and Noble, Sony, Stanza, Kobo, Aldiko and Smashwords.

MUSIC – FREE DOWNLOADS:

As a musician he formed several folk-rock bands and co-wrote a Celtic rock opera for the Edinburgh Festival. You can download recent song tracks and material recorded in the 60s.



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So what exactly is reality? Maybe the angels know. Tue 30 Apr 2013

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I came across a new book by the sceptic scientist Richard Dawkins dealing with 'reality'. I haven't read it so I cannot comment on the content.

It put me in mind of that annoying phrase used by everyone from trades union leaders to politicians to broadcasters to almost anyone you can think of: 'The Reality Is'.

It drives me to distraction. It's the sheer banality of the phrase – it's as if the people who use it actually know what it means. Maybe I should say trite because that is what that repetitive phrase really is. 

Reality is not what it appears to be as far as…