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Calvin Wade

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Born
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John Irving. Milan Kundera. Amos Oz. Josef Skvorecky.

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July 2011


Calvin Wade was born in Ormskirk, Lancashire in 1971. He studied Economics at Manchester Metropolitan University, graduating in 1992. On graduation, he worked in a record shop for eighteen months to fund a backpacking trip around the world.

Since returning from his travels, his working life has been in the mortgage industry, working for Alliance & Leicester, Yorkshire Building Society and Birmingham Midshires. During this period, he has run five marathons - three London Marathons, one in Liverpool and one in New York. His first London Marathon was run in a fancy dress house where he was narrowly beaten by an apple, a banana and a pear.

In 2006, Calvin wrote a five minute monologue for BBC Radio Five Live entitled, "I Hate Football", which was
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Kiss My Name - NOW OUT!

As targeted , Kiss My Name was released on 29th July. There was a bit of a hiccup as Amazon failed to register the book on the Amazon UK site, initially, but this issue has thankfully been resolved. Will keep the blog up-to-date with progress on sales and non-Goodreads reviews, but just nervously waiting now to see what people think. Hoping most will enjoy it!
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Published on July 31, 2013 09:09
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“Enjoy it, learn from it and more than anything, never take your health for granted. Don’t just seize the day. Seize the moment. Every single one.”
Calvin Wade, Forever Is over

“Are you scared?”

“Of what?”

“Dying.” Jemma was nothing, if she was not blunt.

“I’m not expecting to die, Jemma. I’m expecting to have treatment, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, whatever it takes, but I’m expecting to come through this.”
Calvin Wade, Forever Is over

“After my Dad left, Alan and Phil mentioned how much they have enjoyed spending time with him. I told them that it has been great for me too, getting to spend some quality time with my Dad and told them that even though he was brought up without a father, from a family of nine children and without any of the priviliges that most of us today would take for granted, he has been a great Dad and set a brilliant example to me. I would never say any of this in front of my Dad though, as it would embarrass us both.”
Calvin Wade, Another Saturday & Sweet F.A

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“You forgive the person or situation not because what the person did was right, but you forgive to save yourself the suffering, heartache, and feelings of revenge. The pain that you focus on will never give you peace of mind and the more you bind your emotions to the pain, the more of it you will create in your life. So being angry and revengeful does not affect the person you are angry with. Instead, it destroys your life. Thus, you forgive to keep yourself in well being. Carrying hatred and anger is like carrying garbage wherever you go, it will stink your life.”
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message 1: by Dale

Dale Thele Calvin, thank you for accepting my friend request.
I've downloaded and look forward to reading kiss my name.
Wishing you the very best!


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