Monthly Archives: July 2011

smokeheads hits russia and some other press shit

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Doug Johnstone

Aye so, been away on holiday in France for a while. The one thing I learnt is that Bruno Mars must be coining it in from French radio royalties. Aaaaanyway, there’s been a smattering of Smokeheads action while I was … Continue reading →

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the ossians back from the dead

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Doug Johnstone

Just spotted a quite amazing in depth review and discussion of my second novel, The Ossians, over on the Dear Scotland blog, huge thanks to Alistair Braidwood for that. Not bad for a book that came out over three years … Continue reading →

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‘no pulitzer prizes here’

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Doug Johnstone

Ach so, I was on BBC Radio Scotland’s Book Cafe yesterday. Click here to listen again on iplayer. It was a lot of fun. Started off chatting with author and editor Susie Maguire and presenter Edi Stark about the continuing … Continue reading →

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