Pete Mullineaux
Pete grew up in Bristol and lived in London for several years before moving to Galway, Ireland with his partner, fellow writer Moya Roddy and their young daughter Cassie. He works teaching global issues in schools through drama and poetry. Pete has also worked extensively in youth theatre. He is a widely published poet, with four collections, most recently 'How to Bake a Planet' (Salmon Poetry). He has written numerous stage plays and had three radio dramas broadcast by Irish national radio (RTE) including the sci-fi themed 'Butterfly Wings'. Pete has been interviewed and his work discussed on RTE's leading arts/culture programme Arena. He has published three resources for teachers on how to teach global issues through drama.
Author news
Jules & Rom novel due for ebook release August 21st 2020.
'Pete Mullineaux's new novel is one of the most enjoyable books I've read in the past year. It features a cast of fully-formed and meticulously drawn characters convincingly developed within an entertaining, thought-provoking, and always engaging narrative. It effectively combines a very believable science-fiction scenario with illuminating insights into theatre and theatre practice. Jules & Rom shines a fresh and innovative light on one of Shakespeare's finest plays, re-imagined to have contemporary resonance and impact in an age of AI and challenges to humanity such as war and catastrophic climate change.'
Dr Sean Crosson: BA, MPhil, PHD - Huston School of Film, National University of Ireland Galway; author of Gaelic Games on Film: From Silent Films, to Hollywood Hurling, Horror and the Emergence of Irish Cinema (Cork University Press, 2019); Sport and Film (Routledge, 2013); The Given Note: Traditional Music and Modern Irish Poetry (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008).
'Jules and Rom is an exceedingly interesting piece of science fiction that deftly navigates empathy and artificial intelligence in a novel way...this book manages to suck you into its thoughtfully crafted world. If you have been thinking about the emotional side of our relationship with artificial intelligence, I recommend checking this book out.' Rose Smith -Twentytwotwentyeight Magazine, USA.
