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Author Archives: Doug Johnstone
Books to look out for in 2016
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
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
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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The Jump on Raven Crime Reads Books of the Year
I’m absolutely chuffed that my darling wee suicide book, THE JUMP, has made it to number four in Raven Crime Reads’ top five books of the year. Thanks Raven!
My Top Ten Books of the Year
I made two major discoveries as a reader this year. The first was Kent Haruf. My editor at Faber has been telling me for ages that I needed to read his books, and I finally got round to it. Wow. I … Continue reading
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Tagged adrian tomine, dan davies, david gates, Don Winslow, doug johnstone, faber & faber, Helen FitzGerald, kent haruf, Library of America, peter pomerantsev, peter swanson, picador, quercus, sarah weinman, serpent's tail, top ten books of 2015, william heinemann
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My review of Gillian Flynn’s The Grownup in The Independent on Sunday
Here’s my review of The Grownup by Gillian Flynn. Not much more than a short story masquerading as a novella, but engaging and well crafted nonetheless.
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A catch-up on my Big Issue reviews
As per, I’ve been slack at putting my book reviews up on here. So here are the last six books I’ve reviewed for the Big Issue magazine: Little Red Chairs by Edna O’Brien (Faber) An Atlas of Countries that Don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged big issue, faber, jacaranda, macmillan, saraband, windmill
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I’m going to be on Eggheads
Yeah, so apparently I’m going to be on Eggheads sometime in the new year, in a team with Mark Billingham, Val McDermid, Chris Brookmyre and Martyn Waites. The team name is The Criminal Element. We’re filming in January, no … Continue reading
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I really did get a PhD in nuclear physics, honest
Look what I found in a drawer in the loft… …so it wasn’t just a hideous fever dream. It has a really catchy title… …and what a page turner… …and check out the cheeky epigram, basically admitting I was at … Continue reading
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The Jump on Scots Whay Hae Books of the Year List
Hey, The Jump made it on to a Books of the Year list over at Scots Whay Hae, alongside some great writers like Kirstin Innes, Janice Galloway and Stuart Cosgrove. Nice one, thanks Ali Braidwood!
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