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==Other activities== Virgo's tribute book to [[Alex Higgins]], ''Let Me Tell You About Alex'', was published in February 2011 and described as "explosive".<ref name="Belfast Higgins">{{cite news|title=John Virgo: My life in the eye of Hurricane Higgins|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/john-virgo-my-life-in-the-eye-of-hurricane-higgins-15067267.html|access-date=17 December 2012|newspaper=The Belfast Telegraph|date=29 January 2011|archive-date=2 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202163329/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/john-virgo-my-life-in-the-eye-of-hurricane-higgins-15067267.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In April 2012, his book ''Amazing Snooker Trick Shots'' was published. In 2012, Virgo featured as himself in [[Nicholas Gleaves]]' debut radio play ''Sunk'', in which he guides a young man in his dream of becoming a snooker champion to avoid a life of crime. This was broadcast on BBC Radio 4.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Sunk |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nxh1r |access-date=28 May 2023 |series=Drama on 4 |series-link=Drama (BBC Radio 4) |first=Nicholas |last=Gleaves |network=BBC |station=Radio 4 |date=19 November 2012}}</ref> Virgo worked with a pool and snooker table company called [[Liberty Games]] to create a web-based series of trick shot videos known as the Trick Shot Academy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.libertygames.co.uk/trick-shot-academy/ |title=Trick Shot Academy |publisher=[[Liberty Games]] |access-date=7 October 2011 |archive-date=6 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006200120/http://www.libertygames.co.uk/trick-shot-academy/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2014, Virgo released a trick shot app, ''John Virgo's Snooker Trick Shots'', available on Apple and Android devices.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://presswire.com/content/2992/john-virgos-snooker-trickshot-app|title=John Virgo's Snooker trickshot App|date=8 April 2014|website=Presswire|access-date=28 May 2023}}</ref>
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