Monthly Archives: January 2016

Two more cracking reviews for The Jump

Posted on January 29, 2016 by

After hitting three ‘best book’ lists of 2015, The Jump has started 2016 in fine fettle, picking up a couple of cracking blog reviews. First up, Nigel Bird rates it highly over on Sea Minor: ‘Johnstone pulls no punches in … Continue reading →

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News Round-Up

Posted on January 25, 2016 by

Posting the other day about my next book coming out made me realise I have a bunch of other news to catch y’all up on, so here it all is below: 1. SALES! There’s no easy way to talk about … Continue reading →

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CRASH LAND – New Book News!

Posted on January 21, 2016 by

I am absolutely delighted to announce that my eighth novel, CRASH LAND, will be published by Faber & Faber in November this year. I won’t say much more about it now, except that it’s set in Orkney, and starts with … Continue reading →

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My review of Amy Liptrot’s The Outrun in Indy on Sunday

Posted on January 18, 2016 by

I absolutely loved this book. A great mix of nature writing and memoir, a first book from an amazing writer. Check it out. Here’s my review in the Indy on Sunday.

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Books to look out for in 2016

Posted on January 15, 2016 by

Here’s a thing I wrote for The Big Issue about books to look forward to in 2016. I picked books by Amy Liptrot, Helen FitzGerald, Jenni Fagan, Megan Abbott and Hollie McNish. I also wrote about a Tim Winton memoir, … Continue reading →

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My favourite book of 2015

Posted on January 15, 2016 by

Before Christmas, WH Smith asked me about my favourite book of the year. Here it is on their website. I picked Kent Haruf’s Our Souls At Night (Picador).

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The Jump on Euro Crime’s Books of the Year

Posted on January 12, 2016 by

Another wee bit of cheery news – The Jump made it on to Amanda Gillies’s books of the year over at Euro Crime, at number two with a bullet! Thanks Amanda!

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