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Category Archives: doug johnstone
some thoughts on the year and stuff
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
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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Tagged A single shot, Caribou Island, Choke Hold, Christa Faust, Christos Tsiolkas, City of the Dead, david vann, Dead Money, doug johnstone, drive, George Pelecanos, Helen FitzGerald, James Sallis, Loaded, Matthew F Jones, Megan Abbott, My Top Ten Books of 2011, Ray Banks, Sara Gran, The Cut, The Donor, the end of everything
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‘horribly funny, stomach-churningly bloody and highly entertaining’
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
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
chris brookmyre takes glasgow
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
the newcastle winter book festival
So tomorrow marks the start of the Newcastle Winter Book Festival, now in its second year. There’s a great line up of writers over four days, click the link to check it out, download the programme or book tickets. I’m … Continue reading
‘Reservoir Dogs meets Trainspotting meets The Wicker Man’
OK, so last month I was at a Faber crime and thriller list party in that London, and met loads of lovely people. I was chatting to brilliant Irish thriller writer Alan Glynn, explaining the meaning of Scots word ‘thrawn’ … Continue reading
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portobello this weekend – come!
Aye so, this weekend is the Portobello Book Festival , my local literary shindig! Now in its third year, it’s got a pretty great line up, and you can check out the entire programme here. Janice Galloway and Candia McWilliam, … Continue reading
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Tagged allan guthrie, dalriada, doug johnstone, portobello book festival, portobello town hall, smokeheads
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achtung – cover for german edition of smokeheads
Ach, so here is the cover that BTB have knocked together for the publication in Germany next summer of Smokeheads. Or as it’s known in Germany, erm, Smokeheads. Cos they couldn’t think of a decent translation of the title, presumably. … Continue reading
the ossians dissected at the crime of it all
Just when you think The Ossians has vanished, up it pops again, with a big review over at The Crime of it All, courtesy of Evan Dempsey. Tell you what about Len Wanner’s website and the guys he’s got writing … Continue reading
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