Welcome to the website of David Gaffney, the author of short story collections Sawn-off Tales (2006) Aromabingo (2007), and novel Never Never (2008) David was born in Cleator Moor, West Cumbria, and now lives in Manchester.
"Utterly brilliant. Hilariously demented and wonderfully succinct. David Gaffney’s Sawn-Off Tales are little McNuggets of pure gold. This is writing at its best. "Graham Rawle
David's new novel, Never Never is out on 25th Sept 2008. Win a free review copy by emailing David the name of the first story in Aromabingo (and your address) - first out the hat wins.
Come to the launch of David's novel about multiple debt Never Never at Waterstones Deansgate Manchester on Thursday 25th September
Manchester Art Gallery comissioned David to write a set of short stories responding to the recent Arts Treasures of the UK exhibition - you can read them here
See new special feature on David and his writing at Hiss Quarterly
Come and see my new project
where I use the power of the short story to bring down Bill Gates' empire live...at Birmingham Book festival on 7th October 2008 (with live improvised music) and at Manchester Literature Festival on 17 October 2008
Check out my story about David Cameron in the short story anthology BAD IDEA available in bookshops now