There’s been a murder – interview

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

Delighted that I’m Crime Author of the Month for August over on the There’s Been a Murder blog run by Lynsey Adams.

There’s a big old Q&A on there, where I blether on about all sorts of guff.

Enjoy! Dx

 

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Ambivalent Review Alert

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

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Aye so, Gone Again received the once over from Nigel Bird at his Sea Minor blog. Nigel has been very complimentary about my work in the past. He didn’t rate Gone Again. Never mind, eh? Can’t please everyone all the time, and all that pish.

Onwards! Dx

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A whole bunch of my reviews in The Big Issue are now online

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

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I write a regular fortnightly book review/column thing in The Big Issue magazine, and a whole bunch of them are now online. Check em all out below:

Sara Gran & Lisa O’Donnell

James Robertson & Tao Lin

Brian Aldiss & Evie Wyld

Alan Glynn & Gabriel Weston

William McIlvanney & Laura Lippman

James Salter & Karl Over Knausgaard

Enjoy! Dx

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A blether with Denise Mina in the Independent on Sunday

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

 

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So in case you missed it over the weekend, I interviewed Denise Mina in yesterday’s Independent on Sunday. She was on cracking form. The difficulty was deciding what to leave out. Lots of chat about the graphic novels, about prostitution, and a wee rant about Jeremy Clarkson amongst the stuff that didn’t make the cut. Click on through to see what else she had to say.

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My review of A Beautiful Truth by Colin McAdam for Independent on Sunday

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

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Here’s my review for the Independent on Sunday of A Beautiful Truth (Granta) by Colin McAdam. It’s a novel about chimps. I really liked some of it, but really didn’t like some of it. That’s the way it goes sometimes, eh? Great cover, though.

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My review of Strange Bodies by Marcel Theroux for Independent on Sunday

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

 

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Like I keep saying, been slack at putting these up here, so just posting this review now of Strange Bodies (Faber) by Marcel Theroux that ran in Independent on Sunday a while back. I really loved this book – a very smart and genuinely chilling literary thriller. Review here.

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My review of Apocalypse Baby by Virginie Despentes

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

 

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Been a bit slow getting my journo stuff up here recently, but here’s my Independent on Sunday review of Apocalypse Baby (Serpent’s Tail) by French author Virginie Despentes, best known for Baise-Moi. An interesting piece of transgressive fiction, but it fell apart a bit in the final third, I thought.

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Great Spinetingler review

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

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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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Holy crap, I’m off to Melbourne

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

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The Melbourne Writers Festival just announced their programme, and I’m only in it! Exciting stuff. In fact, I’m doing SIX events about all sorts of things, from tartan noir to The Doors. Really. All squeezed in between 23rd – 26th August. If you happen to be in the area, drop by and say hello. All my events are here, but you should of course check out the whole festival which looks amazing, despite right-wing buffoon Boris Johnson giving the opening keynote address.

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Me talking shite in Geekzine

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

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A while ago I did a Q&A with Geekzine’s editor Andy Jamieson. Then I forgot about it. Now it is online. If you can’t be arsed clicking, I’ll summarise: Gestation, character, real life, three months, hate.

Dx

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