Derek Turner (journalist)

Derek Turner (born 1964 in Dublin, Ireland) is a journalist and author of several novels.

For the English rugby league footballer and coach, see Derek Turner.

Derek Turner
BornDecember 1964
Dublin, Ireland
Occupation(s)Writer, Journalist
Websitederek-turner.com

Early life

Turner is the son of a ship’s captain of Methodist background and a Church of Ireland mother (the great niece of the Archbishop of Dublin). Before he became a journalist, he worked as a sailor, security guard, builder, advertising salesman for The Daily Telegraph, and production editor for a technical publishing firm.

Journalism

Turner's work has appeared in a large number of magazines and newspapers, including The Times, The Sunday Telegraph, Literary Review, The Salisbury Review, Taki's Magazine, The Economist, European Journal, The Lady, and Kent Life. His articles appeared in the American magazines Chronicles[1] and the Connor Post, the German publications Junge Freiheit[2] and Criticón, and other journals in France, Italy, the Czech Republic and elsewhere.

He was editor of the rightwing magazine Right Now!, published by Taki Theodoracopulos.[3]

He edited the Quarterly Review from 2007 to 2011.[4]

His areas of focus are English letters, British topography, European culture and history, folklore, and current affairs.

Novels

Turner is the author of three novels: Sea Changes,[5] A Modern Journey,[6] and Displacement.

Published works
  • Sea Changes (WSP, 2012) ISBN 9781593680022
  • Displacement (Endeavour Press, 2015) ISBN 9781530119219
  • A Modern Journey (Endeavour Press, 2016) ISBN 9781523676217

References
  1. "Derek Turner". chroniclesmagazine.org. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. "Suchergebnisse derek turner – JUNGE FREIHEIT". jungefreiheit.de. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  3. Watt, Nicholas (28 August 2001). "Duncan Smith drops far right MP". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  4. "Archive". The Quarterly Review. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  5. "Sea Changes by Derek Turner". The Imaginative Conservative. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  6. "Derek Turner: A Modern Journey - Quadrapheme". quadrapheme.com. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
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