Monthly Archives: January 2011

smokeheads launch party

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Doug Johnstone

So I’m having a launch party for the new novel, Smokeheads. It’s a highly exclusive affair, which is why I’m posting the invite here on my blog. And setting up a Facebook page. And Tweeting about it. Please do come: … Continue reading →

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whisky galore meets deliverance

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Doug Johnstone

So, you spend a few months planning a novel, then some more months writing the thing, then some more months editing it. Then if you’re lucky it gets signed up, edited, copy edited, proof read etc, etc. Then you have … Continue reading →

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and so it begins

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Doug Johnstone

So, just getting geared up for the promotion of Smokeheads, out 3rd March, folks. Been interviewed a few times, and the first bit of coverage has appeared in Hot Press magazine in Ireland, and here it is. In which I … Continue reading →

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journalism v creativity

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Doug Johnstone

So, I was interviewed earlier this week by Peter Murphy at Hot Press magazine. Who also happens to be a novelist as well as a journalist. It was the first interview I’ve done about the next novel Smokeheads, and I’d … Continue reading →

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