Monthly Archives: October 2012

I’m on the radio tomorrow morning…

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

…bright and breezy, on Shereen Nanjiani’s show on Radio Scotland, imaginatively entitled ‘Shereen‘. Show starts at 10am. Perfect morning listening. It’s kind of a profile interview – dunno how they’ll edit it, but I spent a fair bit talking about … Continue reading →

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Look what came in the post today:

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

Out 7th March 2013, folks. Not final cover, obviously.

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Books I reviewed in September (and some I didn’t manage to)

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

Aye so, here’s the list (with links, where possible) to all the books I reviewed last month. The best of the bunch was undoubtedly Denis Johnson’s Train Dreams, a strange and hypnotic thing, and definitely one of my books of … Continue reading →

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Event in St Andrews this Saturday

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

I haven’t done a book event in a while, so delighted to be heading up to St Andrews this weekend for a gig as part of Waterstones’ Literature Live programme at The Byre Theatre. Details are here. There are loads … Continue reading →

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I wrote my first ever piece of historical fiction today…

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

I wrote my first ever piece of historical fiction today and the era was… 1991! Fuck! Yes, that’s history now, I’m so fucking old. It was based around the ticket above. Where the special guests were Nirvana. I didn’t enjoy … Continue reading →

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