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Julie Hamill
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Julie Hamill
Born (1971-12-13) December 13, 1971 (age 52)
Baillieston
Occupations
  • Author
  • Radio Presenter
Years active2015–present
Websitejuliehamill.com

Julie Patricia Hamill (December 13, 1971) is a UK-based author, broadcaster and radio presenter. Hamill has many published articles including by Louder Than War and maintains her own blog site. Hamill gives talks regularly on the subject of creative writing at schools[1]. She presents London’s famous Rock n Roll Book Club, Hamill Time on Boogaloo Radio and runs Manchester’s Mozarmy Meet.

Early life and career

Hamill spent a significant part of her early life, till she was 18, in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire.[2] Her first employment would involve the selling and management of creative advertising campaigns for companies including Saatchi & Saatchi, Bartle Bogle Hegarty and Ogilvy.[3] In 2011, Hamill achieved a First Class Honours Degree in Creative Writing.[3]

Writing Work

Her book, 15 Minutes With You: Interviews With Smiths/Morrissey Collaborators and Famous Fans (2015)[4], is a compendium of interviews with individuals associated with the singer Morrissey taken over a three-year period.[5][6] According to a report in Kilburn Times, Hamill first saw Morrissey in 1985, when she was 13 years old. Since then, her curiosity about Morrissey and his work has grown.[7] As per a report in Record Collector, Hamill has continued her interviews of individuals closely associated with Morrissey even after the publication of the book via her blog site.[8][9]

In November 2017, Hamill released her second book, Frank – the first novel of a three-book series – which she finished writing in 2012.[2] Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser reported in January 2018 that the book is "set in 1980s Airdrie and tells the story of a man grieving for his late wife" and follows "his journey to find happiness again".[2]

Hamill is a regular writer and contributor of published articles[10][11] by the Louder Than War website[12]

In October 2019, Hamill released her third book, Jackie - the second book in the Life and Soul Trilogy.[13] The Daily Record described it as “a real love letter” to her home town.[13]

Radio Work

In November 2018, Hamill began presenting her own radio show on Boogaloo Radio called Hamill Time.[14][15] This show is broadcast via the World's first 24 hour radio station broadcasting from a pub - The Boogaloo in Highgate, North London.[16] Shows include themed playlists, requests, interviews and special guests - which are later archived on Mixcloud.[15] The Times recently rated Boogaloo Radio as one of the best internet radio stations.[17]

"Moz Army"

Julie Hamill is the founding member of the "Moz Army" online community that celebrates all things Morrissey. It began via a Twitter page in 2009, uses the "#MozArmy" hashtag and now has just under 4300 followers.[18] The "MozArmy" hash tag has been used over 50,000 times on Instagram (citation needed). The growth and popularity of this community lead to an annual "MozArmy Meet" being established by Hamill in 2013. Events would include guest bands, discos and tours[19] The Manchester Evening News has twice described this event as "one of the biggest fan gatherings of its kind in the world."[20][21]

"The Rock and Roll Book Club"

The Rock n Roll Book Club invites authors of music books to talk about and celebrate their work at a legendary music venue in Camden. Each author event includes an on stage interview, book signing and DJ set prepared and organised by Julie Hamill in collaboration with Tony Gleed of Bugbear Promotions, the in-house promoters.The author is welcomed and interviewed by resident host Julie Hamill. ‘Hosted with humour’ Julie’s style of ‘chat show’ interviewing has won much critical acclaim. The book club has been featured as one of Time Out’s top five unusual book clubs in London both in 2018 and 2019[22]. Past guests include Chris Difford, Sylvain Sylvain, Nicky Weller, Kevin Cummins, Janis Winehouse, Bruce Thomas from The Attractions, Bedders from Madness, George Galloway, Nettie Baker, Celeste Bell (Poly Styrene), Matt Everitt, Wayne Hussey, Jo Wood, Steve Lamacq, Don Powell and many more

Bibliography

  • Hamill, J. (2015) "15 Minutes With You: Interviews With Smiths/Morrissey Collaborators and Famous Fans", FBS Publishing
  • Hamill, J. (2018) "Frank (Life and Soul Book 1)", Saron Publishing
  • Hamill, J. (2019) "Julie (Life and Soul Book 2)", Saron Publishing

References

  1. ^ Bunting, Ian (2020-02-11). "Airdrie author will visit schools as part of home town book tour". dailyrecord. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  2. ^ a b c "Airdrie author hits high notes at local book launch - Daily Record". The Daily Record. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Talent, Atrium. "Julie Hamill Writer & Broadcaster | Book Julie Hamill Writer & Broadcaster at Atrium". Atrium Talent - An International Talent Booking Agency. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  4. ^ "Airdrie-born author pens book dedicated to legendary Mancunian band The Smiths - Daily Record". Dailyrecord.co.uk. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  5. ^ "Morrissey's No1 fan reveals how she persuaded celebrities to chat about their shared love of singer - Daily Record". Dailyrecord.co.uk. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  6. ^ "15 Minutes With You: A Conversation With Julie Hamill". Ul.ie. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  7. ^ Nathalie Raffray (August 20, 2015). "It's like getting an interview with the Pope". Kilburn Times - 20/08/2015 digital edition. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  8. ^ "Julie Hamill". Julie Hamill. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  9. ^ Atkins, Jamie. "Tales of a charming man, 15 Minutes With You". Record Collector. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  10. ^ Hamill, Julie (2019-09-22). "The Sisters Of Mercy: Roundhouse, London - live review". Louder Than War. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  11. ^ Hamill, Julie (2018-09-11). "9/11 remembered by Julie Hamill who was there". Louder Than War. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  12. ^ ", Author at Louder Than War". Louder Than War. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  13. ^ a b Bunting, Ian (2019-09-17). "Airdrie author's new book a "real love letter" to her home town". dailyrecord. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  14. ^ B00GAL00RADI0. "Julie Hamill". Boogaloo Radio. Retrieved 2020-02-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  15. ^ a b "JULIE HAMILL by Boogaloo Radio". Mixcloud. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  16. ^ johnrobb (2018-01-11). "Boogaloo Radio launches : The world's first 24hr radio station broadcasting from a pub, launches in London". Louder Than War. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  17. ^ Davis, Clive. "The best DAB and internet radio stations". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  18. ^ "Mozarmy™ (@Mozarmy) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  19. ^ "Craig Gill's Daughter To Give Smiths Tour For Moz Army Meet-Up". Radio X. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  20. ^ Heward, Emily (2017-03-05). "An army of Morrissey fans are invading Manchester next weekend". men. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  21. ^ Heward, Emily (2017-03-11). "Meet the Morrissey fans who travelled 3,000 miles to see Strangeways". men. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  22. ^ "Rock N Roll Book Club". Time Out London. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
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