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trailer for smokeheads

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Doug Johnstone

‘Goddamn, you play a mean banjo.’ Check this out. My mate Ewan Morrison has made this amazing trailer for Smokeheads, due out 3rd March, as it says in the video. He did this off his own back, in his spare … Continue reading →

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margins festival

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Doug Johnstone

Hey, I’m performing at Margins Festival. What the hell is Margins Festival? Four days of music and book events at Stereo in Glasgow Thursday 17th – Sunday 20th February. Each event is just £1 a ticket. £1? Really? Yes, really. … Continue reading →

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podcast and press coverage

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Doug Johnstone

OK, so I did a podcast a while back with Ryan van Winkle, the esteemed writer in residence at the Scottish Poetry Library. It was for the UNESCO City of Literature Let’s Get Lyrical campaign, running throughout February. Which is … Continue reading →

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smokeheads launch party

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Doug Johnstone

So I’m having a launch party for the new novel, Smokeheads. It’s a highly exclusive affair, which is why I’m posting the invite here on my blog. And setting up a Facebook page. And Tweeting about it. Please do come: … Continue reading →

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whisky galore meets deliverance

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Doug Johnstone

So, you spend a few months planning a novel, then some more months writing the thing, then some more months editing it. Then if you’re lucky it gets signed up, edited, copy edited, proof read etc, etc. Then you have … Continue reading →

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and so it begins

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Doug Johnstone

So, just getting geared up for the promotion of Smokeheads, out 3rd March, folks. Been interviewed a few times, and the first bit of coverage has appeared in Hot Press magazine in Ireland, and here it is. In which I … Continue reading →

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journalism v creativity

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Doug Johnstone

So, I was interviewed earlier this week by Peter Murphy at Hot Press magazine. Who also happens to be a novelist as well as a journalist. It was the first interview I’ve done about the next novel Smokeheads, and I’d … Continue reading →

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smokeheads final cover

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Doug Johnstone

So we’ve settled on a final cover for my next novel, Smokeheads, published by Faber and Faber on March 3rd 2011. Here it is: Whatcha think? I’m liking it. The proofs were plain, then we had flames, which was a … Continue reading →

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battle of the blurbs

Posted on April 15, 2009 by Doug Johnstone

OK, so I’ve written a couple of novels that haven’t been published. Yet. One of em I’m still working on a wee bit. Almost finished. One is The Crow Road meets Six Feet Under, the other is Sideways meets Deliverance. … Continue reading →

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