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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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My reviews of David Vann and Douglas Coupland in The Big Issue

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

Here are my Big Issue reviews of David Vann’s Goat Mountain and Douglas Coupland’s Worst Person Ever, both published by William Heinemann. One I loved, the other not so much. Find out which was which by clicking.

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10 Random Observations from the Edinburgh International Book Festival (So Far)

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

1. Jens Lapidus is not only a brilliant thriller writer, but a very lovely bloke. 2. The Elsewhere collection is a thing of real beauty. 3. Irvine Welsh is a sweetheart. 4. The staff get nicer and more helpful every … Continue reading →

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Books I reviewed in June AND July (and some I didn’t manage to)

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

Aye so, I’m waaaaay behind with these updates, but here’s a big old list of books I’ve reviewed in the last two months, and some I wanted to read but never managed to. Links to reviews where possible. JUNE Chris … Continue reading →

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The 10 Best Books of the Year so far

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

We’re past halfway through the year. So here are my favourite books of the first six months of 2012 in chronological order, with links to reviews where possible: Frank Bill, Crimes in Southern Indiana (William Heinemann) Shalom Auslander, Hope: A … Continue reading →

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Ten books to look out for in 2012

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

Ach, everyone’s doing this, but here you go anyway, here are ten books I’m looking forward to getting my mitts on in the next six months. These are in chronological order, likes. Enjoy! Frank Bill, Crimes in Southern Indiana (William … Continue reading →

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My Top Ten Books of 2011

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Doug Johnstone

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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Triple Choice Tuesday at Reading Matters

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Doug Johnstone

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 →

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highlights of 2010

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Doug Johnstone

Aye so, I was asked to write my cultural highlights of 2010 by my publisher Faber. They posted it in their excellent thoughtfox blog. You can read it here. As I mention in it, the best thing on television this … Continue reading →

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