Monthly Archives: August 2015

Topping & Co, St Andrews, Tonight – Come!

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Doug Johnstone

Huge thanks to everyone who came along to my Edinburgh Book Festival event last night with Gunnar Staalesen. Gunnar is quite the dude, Russel McLean did a great job of chairing, and the audience were terrific. Still buzzing! Anyhoo, if … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh Book Festival tonight with Gunnar Staalesen

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Doug Johnstone

I’m on at the Edinburgh International Book Festival tonight with Gunnar Staalesen, 8.45pm. Come and heckle! I love a good heckle.

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Literary Death Match, end of the month

Posted on August 19, 2015 by Doug Johnstone

I’m performing at a Literary Death Match at the end of the month and just discovered that I’m up against this lady. It seems a little unfair for them to put me up against a talented, charismatic, confident genius performance poet. … Continue reading →

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My Review of Two Books By David Gates

Posted on August 19, 2015 by Doug Johnstone

I’ve long been an admirer of American author David Gates, so I was delighted to be able to review two books by him in The Independent on Sunday at the weekend. Serpent’s Tail have reissued Jernigan in their classics list, … Continue reading →

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A Review So Good It Made Me Feel Sick

Posted on August 18, 2015 by Doug Johnstone

The latest review on the blog tour for The Jump is at Raven Crime Reads. I actually felt a bit queasy reading it, because the reviewer so absolutely got what I was trying to do with this book. So, so … Continue reading →

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A Brand New Short Story

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Doug Johnstone

I have a brand new short story called ‘Beyond the Heliopause’ in the new issue of Gutter magazine. It’s about grief and suicide, as per usual, and is set in Portobello, New Zealand. There are loads of terrific writers in the … Continue reading →

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THE JUMP Press Round Up, Part Two

Posted on August 13, 2015 by Doug Johnstone

Well there has been an absolute flood of press coverage for THE JUMP over the last week or so: Another absolutely terrific review over at What Are You Reading For. ‘Exceptional’, ‘heart-breaking’ and such like. Here’s a thing I wrote … Continue reading →

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Blackwell’s Writers at the Fringe Tonight!

Posted on August 13, 2015 by Doug Johnstone

I’m on at Blackwell’s Writers at the Fringe tonight, at their shop on South Bridge, Edinburgh. It’s free, starts at 6pm, and I’m on alongside Ian Garbutt, Jane Alexander, Alwyn James and Sue Lawrence.

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The Shortlist for the Gordon Burn Prize

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Doug Johnstone

They announced the shortlist for the Gordon Burn Prize today, which I’m one of the judges of. The five shortlisted books are below, it’s going to be hard to pick a winner. Details about the prize are over at the Bookseller, … Continue reading →

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Total Rave Review for THE JUMP at Eurocrime

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Doug Johnstone

Complete and utter mad-crazy loving-it rave review for The Jump over at Eurocrime: “Just when you start to wonder how on earth it could be possible for him to write anything better than his last masterpiece, he does it again … Continue reading →

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