Monthly Archives: April 2012

Hit & Run press round-up

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

So there’s been a flurry of reviews and features on Hit & Run in the last week or so. Here we go: Nerd of Noir gives the book a massive thumbs up in his inimitable style over at Spinetingler. Here’s … Continue reading →

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Friday tune: Warning, Great Pop Alert!

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

So, it turned out Nicola Roberts was the talented one in Girls Aloud. Her solo album last year was pop genius. So there. Here is a stripped down version of ‘I’ from the album. It is fantastic. So there. Pop … Continue reading →

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Trailer for HIT & RUN

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

OK, so last week me and Ewan Morrison went out driving around Edinburgh, pretending to crash the car and filming it. It was rather surreal, especially when a car went past thinking we really had hit someone. I got soaked … Continue reading →

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The Amazon effect

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

Well that was a surreal weekend. On Sunday, my novel Hit & Run was made Amazon UK’s Kindle Daily Deal, with a price drop from £6.86 to 99p for 24 hours only. It was flagged up on the Kindle homepage. … Continue reading →

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Friday tune – Errors

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

Since being at Fence’s Eye o’ the Dug last weekend in St Andrews, I have been unable to listen to anything all week but Errors. They headlined on the Saturday night and were AWESOME. To be honest, their recorded output, … Continue reading →

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Hit & Run is Amazon’s Kindle Deal of the Day THIS SUNDAY

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

My Kindle got stolen recently. For all you folks lucky enough to not have been robbed, Hit & Run is gonna be cheap as chips (99p, I think) for ONE DAY ONLY on Sunday 22nd April. Here’s a link. Get … Continue reading →

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Reading Matters vs Subtle Melodrama

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

I’m not really pitching these two FANTASTIC book blogs against each other in some terrible war of words, it’s just that they just both reviewed Hit & Run recently and I haven’t posted about it yet. So, here is Kim … Continue reading →

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Books I reviewed in March (and some I didn’t)

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

OK, so it’s well late for this, but I been busy, OK? Here are the books I reviewed in March, a mixed bag, to be sure. Lisa O’Donnell, The Death of Bees (William Heinemann) – Reviewed for The Scotsman. A … Continue reading →

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Eye o’ the Dug

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

Friday tune time. I’m off to the Eye o’the Dug Festival this weekend in St Andrews, so here’s a cheeky wee bit of The Pictish Trail to get in the mood. If you’re reading this, Johnny, stay calm, dude, it’ll … Continue reading →

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A couple more Hit & Run press nibbles

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

A couple more Hit & Run press nibbles to slap up here, folks. Firstly, here I am comparing myself to Hollywood stars and rock gods over at Malcolm Holt’s A Bit on the Side blog, rather arrogantly. Also answering a … Continue reading →

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