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It’s been a while, right? But we’re back on the road – can’t wait to get out there again. 17th June, St Mary’s Church, MoldThis is courtesy of The Mold Bookshop, and will be a book event with some acoustic … Continue reading →

I am appearing at a bunch of festivals coming up, details below. Would love to see your beautiful, happy face at one of them: 15th May, Paisley Book FestivalWith Chris Brookmyre, talking about our combined 50 years as published writers … Continue reading →

I had an incredibly in-depth and wide-ranging chat with old pal Ali Braidwood over on his Scots Whay Hae! podcast, where we talked about EVERY SINGLE BOOK I’ve written over 20 years. Ooft. If you have the stomach for it, here … Continue reading →

I’ll be chatting to the mighty Val McDermid about the book at my local Portobello Bookshop on Tuesday 21st April. I suspect we’ll talk a lot about music and drugs and maybe seagulls. There will also be another special musical performance, different from last … Continue reading →

Listen to The Ossians The band I was in at the time the book first came out – Northern Alliance – put out an album as The Ossians, called The Macpherson Tapes, playing songs from the novel. Meta as hell, right? You … Continue reading →

Check out the Tombstoning playlist I’ve put together a Spotify playlist of Scottish indie bangers from around the time the book was first published – Franz Ferdinand, Belle and Sebastian, The Delgados and much more. I’ve also chucked in a couple of … Continue reading →

Come and hear me and Chris Brookmyre talk about Tombstoning TONIGHT at the Portobello Bookshop. There will be banter and music and all sorts. Tickets here.

My debut novel Tombstoning is getting a new lease of life, a twentieth anniversary reissue by Orenda Books, complete with new introduction by Chris Brookmyre. I’ll be chatting to Chris about it at my local Portobello Bookshop on Wednesday 25th February. I suspect … Continue reading →