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Margins Festival – well good

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

Aye so, you all know about Margins Festival, right? Now in its second year, it’s the brainchild of Cargo Publishing benevolent dictator Mark Buckland, a cool book and music festival in The Arches in Glasgow spread over the weekend of … Continue reading →

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Are you a book blogger or reviewer?

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

Are you a book blogger or reviewer or some similar shit? Would you like a copy of my forthcoming novel, Hit & Run, to read or review or write about or use as loft insulation? Well we have finished copies … Continue reading →

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Ten books to look out for in 2012

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

Ach, everyone’s doing this, but here you go anyway, here are ten books I’m looking forward to getting my mitts on in the next six months. These are in chronological order, likes. Enjoy! Frank Bill, Crimes in Southern Indiana (William … Continue reading →

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opinions are like assholes…

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Doug Johnstone

…everybody’s got one. And here are some of mine, below. I was asked by various people for my favourite shit. I told them. They printed it. Here‘s my favourite book of the year over at Tony Black’s excellent Pulp Pusher … Continue reading →

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best science books of 2011

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Doug Johnstone

Some of you might not know this, but in a previous life I used to be a scientist. An experimental nuclear physicist, to be precise. Anyway, that experience has come in quite handy of late, and I’ve spent the last … Continue reading →

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some thoughts on the year and stuff

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Doug Johnstone

So, that’s 2011 almost finished. It was a good laugh, eh? Been looking over this website and noted a few things: – Smokeheads got a whopping 25 reviews from bloggers, newspapers and magazines. Some folk didn’t like it, but them’s … Continue reading →

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My Top Ten Books of 2011

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Doug Johnstone

OK, so I’ve read shitloads of books this year. Here are my favourites. In order. A couple of things I noticed on compiling this list: – Only 3 or 4 would be considered ‘literary’ fiction, the rest are crime, mostly … Continue reading →

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‘horribly funny, stomach-churningly bloody and highly entertaining’

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Doug Johnstone

Lookit, the good reviews for Smokeheads are still coming in, nine months after that little daftie was unleashed on the world. This time round we have Mary Bor to thank over at Curious Book Fans for her lovely but balanced … Continue reading →

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Triple Choice Tuesday at Reading Matters

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Doug Johnstone

What do David Vann’s Legend of a Suicide, Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting and David Gates’ Preston Falls have in common? Not much, except that I bang on about how great all three books are over on Triple Choice Tuesday at Reading … Continue reading →

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chris brookmyre takes glasgow

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Doug Johnstone

Part of my job as writer in residence at Strathclyde University is to organise a series of visiting author talks. Which is great, because I get to invite my favourite authors to come and talk about their work. Like Chris … Continue reading →

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