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Literary death match ahoy! In Edinburgh! Come!

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

Look at my big grumpy face! Come and see it up close and personal at a Literary Death Match in The Voodoo Rooms in Edinburgh, tomorrow, that’s Tuesday 12th March, details are all in the pic, or click through the … Continue reading →

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Thank you!

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

Thanks to everyone who came along to the launch event for Gone Again last night and the pub after! Packed house, lots of great questions, and a few daft rambling laughs along the way. Thanks to everyone at Blackwell’s too … Continue reading →

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A lifetime of waiting to get found out

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

I am waiting to get found out for being a fraud. Thinking about it, I’ve had this feeling my whole life. It’s not a major downer or anything, just that whatever I’ve done, I’ve always had a niggling wee feeling … Continue reading →

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What I consumed in February, culturally speaking

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

Aye so, keeping up this thing of writing down every book I read, film I watch and script I read, here’s the list of shit that kept me occupied in February. As you might notice, less scripts this time round, … Continue reading →

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Another bunch of rave reviews for GONE AGAIN

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

So, a whole bunch of new reviews for Gone Again have appeared over the last few days: First off, over at The Skinny, the astute and undoubtedly handsome Bram E. Gieben reckoned it was ‘riveting from start to finish’. Thanks! … Continue reading →

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My review of Marry Me by Dan Rhodes

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

Here’s my review of Dan Rhodes’ Marry Me (Canongate) in the Independent on Sunday. It appeared two weeks ago, but I didn’t notice. I LOVED this book. Full of nasty, hilarious, dry weirdness. I read some stories out to my … Continue reading →

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My review of Mimi by Lucy Ellmann

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

OK so, my review of Lucy Ellmann’s Mimi (Bloomsbury) appeared in the Independent on Sunday at the weekend there. It’s a kind of feminist romantic comedy, I guess. With plenty of bite. A lot of nice writing and very funny … Continue reading →

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The first handful of reviews for GONE AGAIN – folks are going daft over it!

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

Aye so, I might have mentioned once or twice that my new novel, GONE AGAIN, is out 7th March. Anyway, proving that bloggers are always ahead of the game, no less than FOUR of them slung up reviews of the … Continue reading →

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Northern Alliance – 4 albums – pay what you like – spread the word

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

I was/am in a band called Northern Alliance, along with Craig Smith and Viv Todd. Between 2003 and 2007 we released four albums, some of them on Fence Records, all of which got some very nice reviews, and went down … Continue reading →

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My review of How Should a Person Be? by Sheila Heti

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

Here is my review of Sheila Heti’s How Should a Person Be? that appeared in The Scotsman recently. As you’ll see from my review, it was a pretty strange book – at times horribly pretentious, other times oddly profound. Either … Continue reading →

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