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My Top Ten Books of the Year

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

OK, so here are my top ten novels of the year. Lemme know what you think, and what your own favourites are. I won’t write much about each here, but you can click on the book covers for my reviews … Continue reading →

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A handful of book reviews

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

I’ve got a wee bit behind in shoving my journalism stuff up here, what with being on the other side of the world for a while, then picking up a shitty chest infection. Anyway, while I was away, a few … Continue reading →

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A quick dash to New Zealand – a diary

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

So when my itinerary came through for Melbourne, I had a couple of events with fellow Scottish writer Liam McIlvanney. Liam is a Professor of Scottish Studies at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, and he emailed to … Continue reading →

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Great Spinetingler review

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

Aye so, been a while since the last review for Gone Again, so was well chuffed to see the inimitable Nerd of Noir giving it the once over on Spinetingler. And he rates it very highly. Very cool.

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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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Books I reviewed in September (and some I didn’t manage to)

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

Aye so, here’s the list (with links, where possible) to all the books I reviewed last month. The best of the bunch was undoubtedly Denis Johnson’s Train Dreams, a strange and hypnotic thing, and definitely one of my books of … Continue reading →

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A couple more Hit & Run press nibbles

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

A couple more Hit & Run press nibbles to slap up here, folks. Firstly, here I am comparing myself to Hollywood stars and rock gods over at Malcolm Holt’s A Bit on the Side blog, rather arrogantly. Also answering a … Continue reading →

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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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metro v press association

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Doug Johnstone

So the highly positive reviews of Smokeheads keep on trundling in, so they do. First up we have the rather fine four-star review in Metro which ran the other week, but which has for some reason never made it online. … Continue reading →

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