NEW SCOTLAND, NEW TROUBLE – I think that’s what Edinburgh Book Festival have called my event there this year. Anyhoo, it’s me and Malcolm Mackay talking about our speculative crime fiction novels set in alternate Scotlands. Just finished Malcolm’s book, the excellently titled IN THE CAGE WHERE YOUR SAVIOURS HIDE, and it’s terrific. Much to blether about. It’s this Saturday, 7pm in Charlotte Square – do come!
Here’s a thing I wrote for the RLF about the connections between words and music for me.
My eighth novel Crash Land is being serialised in The Courier newspaper, starting today and running until God knows when. Here’s a wee interview I did about it.
Amazon have dropped the price of the Fault Lines ebook to 99p, presumably for two days only to match Kobo. Get it here.
Fault Lines is on offer over on Kobo, 99p for two days only, and it’s already gone to #1 in their overall charts!
American and Canadian friends! For the next week, FAULT LINES is only $0.99 on yer Kobo, along with all these other magnificent Orenda Books. Get on it!
Here are my latest Big Issue reviews:
Theory of Bastards by Audrey Schulman and I Still Dream by James Smythe
The Art of Losing Control by Jules Evans and Sleepyhead by Henry Nicholls
Unthinkable by Helen Thomson and Dreams Must Explain Themselves by Ursula K. Le Guin
PEOPLE OF EDINBURGH! The Edinburgh International Book Festival launched last week and I forgot to tell y’all I’m appearing on Sat 18th August at 7pm. I’m on with the super-talented Malcolm Mackay, who has also written a piece of speculative crime fiction set in an alternate Scotland – what are the odds? Come! It will be speculative as hell!
PEOPLE OF LONDON! Please come and see me and Louise Voss launching our books in your great city. It will be all kinds of fun. Well, it will be at least two kinds of fun, book fun and alcohol fun, which are two of the best, imho.
I’ve been stupidly busy the last few days so haven’t had a chance to punt Bloody Scotland, which launched on Monday. A brilliant line up as ever, and I’m doing a few bits and bobs here and there as per. Playing drums, guitar, football and talking about books. Check it out!
Doug Johnstone 