Pete Townshend blogs novella

The Who's Pete Townshend announced on his website that he'll be publishing a serialisation of his latest literary project, The Boy Who Heard Music, on a special "blog" page. Starting September 24th, the novella - which is still a work in progress - can be accessed on boywhoheardmusic.blogspot.com.

Townshend wrote about the project on his website, explaining, "I worked on various adaptations of the story for radio, movie and television. I even envisioned a kind of simple webcast theatre event. In 2002, I spent about six weeks writing it out long hand as a 'novella' - as it is a little longer than a conventional short story."

The guitarist, who wrote the majority of the Who's songs, told us that, ultimately, he's only speaking for himself in his work:
[ click here to listen if you have a Backstage Pass] "Well, obviously, every writer, every individual that creates has to draw on their own experiences and when I set out to write songs - I shoot from the hip. I don't actually write for any particular voice."

In 1984, Townshend published a novel called Horses Neck.

The day after the novella is launched online, he will appear with other writers At London's Royal Albert Hall for The Poetry Olympics, a celebration of written word and song.