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'''Neil Nixon''' is an author, journalist and academic from [[Workington]], England. Nixon's published works include titles on the [[paranormal]], [[popular music]], [[association football|football]] and two novels published under the name of Stanley Manly. In 1999, he founded the [[United Kingdom]]'s first full-time higher education course in [[Professional Writing]]. Nixon's scripts include material for television and radio. His [[radio drama|radio play]] ''Mr. Lennon'' was nominated for a Sony Radio Academy Award for Best Single Drama.
'''Neil Nixon''' (born [[Workington]], [[England]]), is an [[author]], [[journalist]]


==Career==
and [[academic]]. He has combined a career in [[education]] with writing
Nixon is a published journalist and was a regular contributor to the [[Fortean Times#Fortean Studies|''Fortean Studies'']] series of books produced by ''[[Fortean Times]]'' magazine. Nixon's work for the series included papers exploring UFOlogy from the perspective of social science. In his paper in ''Fortean Studies Volume 6'' called "They're Not all Lunatics on the Fringe", Nixon examined the meaning and fulfillment experienced by members of UFO cults. His book ''UFOs'' contained a chapter called "Astounding Tales" that cited four cases, including [[1976 Tehran UFO incident]], as a challenge to all UFO skepticism.<ref>Moore, Steve `Fortean Studies Volume 6` (John Brown, 1999)</ref><ref>Nixon, Neil `Pocket Essential: UFOs` (Pocket Essentials, 2002)</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=April 2015}}


=== Stories ===
books, articles, scripts and comedy material. Nixon’s published
Nixon's comedy and fiction writing includes material for many of the UK's leading adult humour comics including ''[[Viz (comics)|Viz]]'', ''[[Gas (comics)|Gas]]'', ''[[Brain Damage (comics)|Brain Damage]]'' and ''[[Poot! (comics)|Poot!]]''. He has also published two novels under the name of Stanley Manly. The first of these, ''Raiders of the Low Forehead'', was published in 1999 and was one of the first three offerings of [[Attack! Books]]. According to a review on ''Spank the Monkey'', the work was "less of a novel than a series of sketches with the slightest of narrative threads holding them together: all short punchy chapters, full of crap puns, relentless internal rhymes and blatantly obvious storytelling."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gleeson0.demon.co.uk/attack.htm|title=Spank The Monkey – ATTACK! Books|work=demon.co.uk}}</ref> Nixon's next novel, ''Workington Dynamo'', was published in 2008 and follows a more formal structure. The book was noted by ''3:AM Magazine'' to be "a hetero love story for a grrl as well as the soccer club, and his wimmin are a violent counter blast to the rich, thin tory-sucking anti-feminists that currently seem to think that fat poor people shouldn't be allowed to live. Young Dougie Grimton is after his cousin Kerry and the result is a sweet but tangy element amidst the picaresque madness."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/the-peoples-republic-of-workington/|title=The People’s Republic of Workington » 3:AM Magazine|work=3ammagazine.com}}</ref>


=== Courses ===
works include titles on [[the paranormal]], [[popular music]], [[football]] and two
In 1999, Nixon led the developments for the UK's first full-time higher education course in Professional Writing, a programme he continues to lead.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nwkcollege.ac.uk/courses/our-courses/course-information.aspx?ID=T3D107P|title=Professional Writing Foundation Degree|work=nwkcollege.ac.uk}}</ref> A radio play Nixon wrote called ''Mr. Lennon'' was broadcast in 2001. The play imagines the life of [[John Lennon]] if [[The Beatles]] had failed to secure a record deal. ''Mr. Lennon'' was later nominated for a Sony Radio Academy Award for Best Single Drama.


== References ==
novels published under the name of [[Stanley Manly]]. In 1999 he founded
{{reflist}}


==Selected bibliography==
the UK’s first full-time higher educational course in [[Professional Writing]]. Nixon’s scripts
=== Stanley Manly ===

*{{cite book|last1=Manly|first1=Stanley|title=Raiders of the low-forehead|date=1999|publisher=Attack!|location=London|isbn=9781840680317}}
include material for television and radio. His radio play Mr Lennon, broadcast in 2001, was nominated
*{{cite book|last1=Manly|first1=Stanley|title=Workington Dynamo|date=14 February 2008|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=9781435700444}}

for a Sony Radio Academy Award for Best Single Drama. The play imagines the life of

[[John Lennon]] if [[The Beatles]] had failed to secure a record deal.


Nixon was a regular contributor to the ‘‘Fortean Studies’’ series of books produced by Fortean

Times magazine, offering a series of essentially sceptical papers exploring UFOlogy from the

perspective of social science. In this regard Nixon’s perspective in notably sympathetic, his paper in

‘‘Fortean Studies Volume 6’’ being called “They’re Not all Lunatics on the Fringe” examined the

meaning and fulfilment experienced by members of UFO cults. His book ‘‘UFOs’’ contained a chapter

called “Astounding Tales,’’ citing four cases, including [[1976 Tehran UFO incident]] as a challenge to

all UFO scepticism. <ref>Moore, Steve `Fortean Studies Volume 6` (John Brown, 1999)</ref> <ref>Nixon, Neil `Pocket Essential: UFOs` (Pocket Essentials, 2002)</ref>


Nixon’s comedy and fiction writing has included material for most the UK’s leading adult humour

comics including [[Viz (comics)]], [[Gas (comics)]], [[Brain Damage (comics)]] and [[Poot! (comics)]] as

well as journalism and two novels under the name of [[Stanley Manly]]. The first of these, Raiders of

the Low Forehead (1999) formed part of the launch offer of [[Attack!! Books]], the Spank the

Monkey website noting: “It's less of a novel than a series of sketches with the slightest of narrative

threads holding them together: all short punchy chapters, full of crap puns, relentless internal

rhymes and blatantly obvious storytelling. (After the book's 14th sex scene, Vince and Sharon discuss

the meaning of the word "gratuitous".)”<ref>[http://www.gleeson0.demon.co.uk/attack.htm]</ref> The subsequent Workington Dynamo (2008) follows a more
formal novel structure, the 3AM Literary Review noting: “a hetero love story for a grrl as well

as the soccer club, and his wimmin are a violent counter blast to the rich, thin tory-sucking

anti-feminists that currently seem to think that fat poor people shouldn’t be allowed to live.

Young Dougie Grimton is after his cousin Kerry and the result is a sweet but tangy element

amidst the picaresque madness.”<ref>[http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/the-peoples-republic-of-workington/]</ref>


In 1999 Nixon led the developments for the UK’s first full-time higher education course in

Professional Writing, a programme he continues to lead. <ref>[http://www.nwkcollege.ac.uk/courses/our-courses/course-information.aspx?ID=T3D107P]</ref>


<references />


=== Neil Nixon ===
*{{cite book|last1=Nixon|first1=Neil|title=UFOs and Other Close Encounters|url=https://archive.org/details/ufosothercloseen0000unse|url-access=registration|date=29 June 1997|publisher=Ladybird Books|isbn=9780721497105}}
*{{cite book|last1=Nixon|first1=Neil|title=UFOs|date=1 March 2002|publisher=Pocket Essentials|isbn=9781903047880}}
*{{cite book|last1=Nixon|first1=Neil|title=Singin' the Blues|date=July 2006|publisher=Hayloft Publishing|isbn=9781904524366}}
*{{cite book|last1=Nixon|first1=Neil|title=Successful Studying|date=5 September 2013|publisher=New Generation Publishing|isbn=9781907502132}}
*{{cite book|last1=Nixon|first1=Neil|title=How to Get a Break as a Writer|date=18 December 2013|publisher=Troubador Publishing|isbn=9781848765641}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.neilnixon.com/}}


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* [http://www.neilnixon.com. Official website]

*[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Neil-Nixon/e/B0034OXQBE. Neil Nixon Amazon page]

*[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stanley-Manly/e/B003OJBU44/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1421580672&sr=1-2-ent. Stanley Manly Amazon page]



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Neil Nixon
Born
Workington, England
Occupation(s)Author, journalist, academic

Neil Nixon is an author, journalist and academic from Workington, England. Nixon's published works include titles on the paranormal, popular music, football and two novels published under the name of Stanley Manly. In 1999, he founded the United Kingdom's first full-time higher education course in Professional Writing. Nixon's scripts include material for television and radio. His radio play Mr. Lennon was nominated for a Sony Radio Academy Award for Best Single Drama.

Career

[edit]

Nixon is a published journalist and was a regular contributor to the Fortean Studies series of books produced by Fortean Times magazine. Nixon's work for the series included papers exploring UFOlogy from the perspective of social science. In his paper in Fortean Studies Volume 6 called "They're Not all Lunatics on the Fringe", Nixon examined the meaning and fulfillment experienced by members of UFO cults. His book UFOs contained a chapter called "Astounding Tales" that cited four cases, including 1976 Tehran UFO incident, as a challenge to all UFO skepticism.[1][2][unreliable source?]

Stories

[edit]

Nixon's comedy and fiction writing includes material for many of the UK's leading adult humour comics including Viz, Gas, Brain Damage and Poot!. He has also published two novels under the name of Stanley Manly. The first of these, Raiders of the Low Forehead, was published in 1999 and was one of the first three offerings of Attack! Books. According to a review on Spank the Monkey, the work was "less of a novel than a series of sketches with the slightest of narrative threads holding them together: all short punchy chapters, full of crap puns, relentless internal rhymes and blatantly obvious storytelling."[3] Nixon's next novel, Workington Dynamo, was published in 2008 and follows a more formal structure. The book was noted by 3:AM Magazine to be "a hetero love story for a grrl as well as the soccer club, and his wimmin are a violent counter blast to the rich, thin tory-sucking anti-feminists that currently seem to think that fat poor people shouldn't be allowed to live. Young Dougie Grimton is after his cousin Kerry and the result is a sweet but tangy element amidst the picaresque madness."[4]

Courses

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In 1999, Nixon led the developments for the UK's first full-time higher education course in Professional Writing, a programme he continues to lead.[5] A radio play Nixon wrote called Mr. Lennon was broadcast in 2001. The play imagines the life of John Lennon if The Beatles had failed to secure a record deal. Mr. Lennon was later nominated for a Sony Radio Academy Award for Best Single Drama.

References

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  1. ^ Moore, Steve `Fortean Studies Volume 6` (John Brown, 1999)
  2. ^ Nixon, Neil `Pocket Essential: UFOs` (Pocket Essentials, 2002)
  3. ^ "Spank The Monkey – ATTACK! Books". demon.co.uk.
  4. ^ "The People's Republic of Workington » 3:AM Magazine". 3ammagazine.com.
  5. ^ "Professional Writing Foundation Degree". nwkcollege.ac.uk.

Selected bibliography

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Stanley Manly

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  • Manly, Stanley (1999). Raiders of the low-forehead. London: Attack!. ISBN 9781840680317.
  • Manly, Stanley (14 February 2008). Workington Dynamo. Lulu.com. ISBN 9781435700444.

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