As part of the annual literary jamboree that is Book Week Scotland, I shall be appearing at Central Library Stirling with Allan Guthrie, for general chat and reading the naughty bits from my next book. Come along if you’ve nothing better to do. It kicks off at 7.00 PM – Details here.
23rd November 2013 – Iceland Noir
If you happen to be in Reykjavik next weekend, you’ll find me and a few other bemused British crime fiction authors rubbing shoulders with our Icelandic chums at this, the first ever Icelandic Crime Fiction Convention. Details here
The good news and the bad…
There hasn’t been a week since I self-published the first three books in The Ballad of Sir Benfro when someone hasn’t contacted my through email, Twitter, Facebook or comments here asking when book four, The Broken World, is coming out. My intention last year (was it only last year?) was to finish the third McLean […]
Team Mushens WFC2013 Short Story Bonanza – Job
I blame Andrew Reid. He’s the one who came up with the idea. Later on this week it’s World Fantasy Con in Brighton, and eleven (say it like Burnistoun – Eleven) of Literary Agent Extraordinaire Juliet Mushens’ clients will be in attendance. I am proud to count myself amongst them. As well as being World […]
“Future Projects”
Searching for a file for a short story I’ll be posting here soon as part of the Halloween Shorts: Team Mushens WFC2013 Editions, I stumbled upon a word document from 2005 enigmatically titled ‘Future Projects’. There are only two stories in there, and I can’t remember who I put it together for – possibly my […]
Broken
Cross-posting from over at Sir Benfro again… They say trouble comes in threes. I’m not sure who they are, and if I ever find out I’ll probably punch them on the nose, but they appear to be right, at least this time. A little history. Almost three years ago now, I moved up to Fife […]
19th October 2013 – Unsolved Festival – Castle Fraser, Aberdeenshire
Come along to Historic Castle Fraser, just outside Inverurie in Aberdeenshire for the Unsolved festival. I’ll be appearing at 11.00 AM on Saturday 19th October 2013. In conversation with the delightful Russel D McLean. More details here.
Killing Time
Cross-posting from over at the Sir Benfro blog: It’s been far too long since I’ve posted anything here. I expect no one looks any more, and the RSS Readers will probably have given up too. The problem is, life got just too busy to blog. I’ve started about a dozen posts in the last three […]
6th September – Library Talk – Inverurie Library
Encroaching on Stuart MacBride’s turf this time! I shall be talking about Farming, Writing, Books and anything else that enters my mind. 7pm at Inverurie Library. Tickets are £5 and that includes refreshments! More details here: Inverurie World of Words Festival
2nd September – Library Talk – Kirkwall
As part of Orkney Library Discover it Yourself week, I will be giving a talk at Orkney Library, Kirkwall from 7.00 PM to 8.00 PM in the McGillivray Room. This will be my first solo gig, so if you’re in the area and fancy a laugh, do come along. There will be books available to […]