doug johnstone

Holy crap, I appear to have a massive, glowing review in Der Spiegel. Der Bruch (Breakers) is ‘The Trainspotting of 2021’, no less. Thanks to my German publisher Polar Verlag!

The Scottish Book Trust gives an early shout out to The Great Silence, out in August, as one of their Scottish Novels to Look Forward to in 2021. It’s a fantastic list of books, check them all out here.

Got my payment from the Public Lending Rights today – HUGE thanks to the thousands of people who have borrowed my books from libraries, so great to know my stories are out there still finding readers. Cheers!

Lovely German edition of Breakers out next week from Polar Verlag.

Goddamn it, another sale. A DARK MATTER is 99p on Kobo in both the UK and ANZ.
Do it.

Another crazy deal. A DARK MATTER is Amazon US/CA Kindle Monthly Deal for the whole of January. Get it while it’s fkn awesome, North American friends.

Hey gang, THE BIG CHILL is an Amazon UK Kindle Monthly Deal for the whole of January. 99p, ffs, insane bargain. Get it here.

Folks! Two of my early EPs have been added to all music streaming services – Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music – alongside my most recent stuff. Please check em out. But the best way to help me out is still to download from Bandcamp, pay what you like. Thanks!

Hello troops, it’s #BandcampFriday which means they’re waiving their fees and all the money from sales goes direct to the artist. So why not support musicians and buy some music? My own stuff is on there, you can stream or download, pay what you like. And there’s also a few albums from my former band Northern Alliance with Craig Smith and Viv Strachan. The songs are old and creaky, like we are, but that’s how we like it.

Lookit, The Big Chill is one of Prima magazine’s books of the year. Thanks to Nina for picking it!