Monthly Archives: January 2014

Thank you, Readers Digest International!

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Doug Johnstone

I’ll be honest, until recently I didn’t even realise that Readers Digest had international editions, but it does, loads of em! And several of them have bought condensed rights for Gone Again, meaning that abridged translations of the novel are … Continue reading →

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My interview with Christos Tsiolkas

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Doug Johnstone

I had the good fortune to meet up with terrific Aussie author Christos Tsiolkas last weekend while he was in Edinburgh for an event. I was interviewing him for the Independent on Sunday, mostly about his new novel Barracuda. He … Continue reading →

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Thank you library users!

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Doug Johnstone

It’s that time of year again when writers scurry over to the PLR website and check how much in the way of library royalties they’ve made. You might not realise it but we get something like just over 6p per … Continue reading →

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Germaine Greer planted some trees…

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Doug Johnstone

…and then she wrote this book about it and then I came along and read it and liked it and reviewed it in the Independent on Sunday. Crazy. Dx

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THE BEACHCOMBER – An Old Short Story

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Doug Johnstone

I was going through some old files on the computer and found this lurking at the back. It’s a piece of flash fiction I wrote that first appeared in The Herald in October 2006. I had completely forgotten about it. … Continue reading →

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My review of Bending Adversity by David Pilling

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Doug Johnstone

Aye so, here’s my review of Bending Adversity by David Pilling in the Independent on Sunday, a really interesting look at Japanese society, culture and the way they’ve coped or otherwise with recent tragedies.

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An awesome story by Aidan (8)

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Doug Johnstone

Just asked my son to tell me a quick story using his imagination before he got to play computer games. This is what he said: ‘ Once upon a time you were doing really well in your writing career, Dad, … Continue reading →

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Books to look out for in the next six months

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Doug Johnstone

Here are a handful of books I can’t wait to read over the next few months. I’ve already read a couple, actually, including Willy Vlautin’s amazing The Free, which is in the running to be my book of the year. Talented … Continue reading →

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THE FUNERAL CRASHER – a brand new short story

Posted on January 4, 2014 by Doug Johnstone

OK, so there’s a brand new short story written by me in today’s Scotsman. It’s called THE FUNERAL CRASHER, a typically cheery wee thing, and they managed to find a miserable picture of me in their archives to go along … Continue reading →

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I’m on the radio this afternoon

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Doug Johnstone

Hey folks, Happy New Year and all that. I’m gonna be on BBC Scotland’s Culture Studio with Edi Stark today at 2pm, talking about books and some other stuff that I don’t know much about. Listen up if you dare. … Continue reading →

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