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Tag Archives: doug johnstone
Pre-Order The Collapsing Wave Today
My seventeenth novel, The Collapsing Wave, is out THREE WEEKS TODAY, published by the wonderful Orenda Books. It’s the sequel to last year’s The Space Between Us, and I can’t wait for it to be out in the world. Check out the amazing cover … Continue reading
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The Collapsing Wave Launch at Porty Books
I am absolutely delighted to officially launch The Collapsing Wave at my local bookshop in Porty on Tuesday 19th March. I’ll be chatting to incredible author Rachelle Atalla about anything and everything. And I’ll probably play a couple of songs as well, you know the drill. Tickets … Continue reading
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I was on The Janice Forsyth Show today
In case you don’t know, The Janice Forsyth Show is BBC Radio Scotland’s flagship daytime arts programme. It’s cracking, and she’s lovely. Anyhoo, I was on it today, as part of their regular Tuesday Review. Alongside TV critic Paul Whitelaw … Continue reading
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News Round-Up
Posting the other day about my next book coming out made me realise I have a bunch of other news to catch y’all up on, so here it all is below: 1. SALES! There’s no easy way to talk about … Continue reading
CRASH LAND – New Book News!
I am absolutely delighted to announce that my eighth novel, CRASH LAND, will be published by Faber & Faber in November this year. I won’t say much more about it now, except that it’s set in Orkney, and starts with … Continue reading
My review of Amy Liptrot’s The Outrun in Indy on Sunday
I absolutely loved this book. A great mix of nature writing and memoir, a first book from an amazing writer. Check it out. Here’s my review in the Indy on Sunday.
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The Jump on Raven Crime Reads Books of the Year
I’m absolutely chuffed that my darling wee suicide book, THE JUMP, has made it to number four in Raven Crime Reads’ top five books of the year. Thanks Raven!
My Top Ten Books of the Year
I made two major discoveries as a reader this year. The first was Kent Haruf. My editor at Faber has been telling me for ages that I needed to read his books, and I finally got round to it. Wow. I … Continue reading
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On Tour for Book Week Scotland!
I’m off on tour! The week after next is the Scottish Book Trust’s Book Week Scotland, and I have five gigs on five nights around Scotland. Come see me in the flesh and ask me an embarrassing question. The dates are: … Continue reading
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