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Loch Long Crime Writing Residency

I have returned from my two week residency at Cove Park with lots written and batteries recharged.

It was a real privilege to stay in such an incredible and beautiful place. Endlessly inspiring and miraculously peaceful. (The pictures don’t do it justice!)

I owe a massive thanks to Alexia Holt, Alex Marrs and the whole Cove Park team for a brilliant time, and their Argyll Patron who funds the Loch Long Crime Writing Residency. (Loch) Long may it continue!

It was also lovely to be ar...

Loch Long Crime Writing Residency

I am extremely grateful and privileged to have been award the Loch Long Crime Writing Residency at Cove Park!

From 28 Oct to 10 Nov, I’ll be holed up in the incredible surrounds of Argyll to work on my next book. Expect many scenic pictures. May or may not lose my mind due to all the peacefulness, we’ll see.

Massive thanks to Cove Park’s Argyll Patron whose support makes this residency possible.

EVENT: Book Week Scotland, AK Bell Library, Perth, 21/11/24 @7pm

As part of Book Week Scotland and Perth & Kinross Libraries’ Autumn Authors series, I’ll be doing an event at AK Bell Library in Perth on 21st November at 7pm.

I’ll be talking all things Squeaky Clean and maybe even giving some hints about my next book, Paperboy.

You can get more info and buy tickets here.

And you can check out the full Autumn Authors programme here.

EVENT: SF Caledonia at World Con

Hyped to be taking part in an event at World Con this year!

The wonderful Noel Chidwick has asked me to read at his event: SF Caledonia: A Stroll Through Scottish Science Fiction, Past, Present, and Future.

Noel and Pippa Goldschmidt will be taking the audience on a tour of Scottish sci fi through the ages, with readings from various authors past and present.

The event will take place on the Sunday at 11am in the Meeting Academy M4.

There’s more info on the event here, and all thin...

Bute Noir 2024: Long Arm of the Law w/ Marion Todd, Ed James & Callum McSorley, 4/8/24, 3pm, @ The Glenburn Hotel

Really looking forward to heading to Rothesay on the Isle of Bute this Sunday for Bute Noir 2024.

I’ll be taking part in a panel called ‘Long Arm of the Law’ alongside Scottish crime writing greats Marion Todd (DI Claire Mackay series) and Ed James (DI Rob Marshall series), chaired by the fantastic Bryan Burnett.

The event takes place on Sunday 4th August at 3pm at the Glenburn Hotel.

Tickets are £7 and can be bought from Bute’s independent bookshop Print Point (01700 503389).

The fu...

60 Years of English & Creative Writing at Strathclyde, 5/6/24, 6pm @ Strathclyde Union

Thrilled to be returning to the University of Strathclyde for the first time in a decade (!) for this event celebrating 60 years of English and Creative Writing at Strathy.

I’ll be appearing alongside fellow Strathy alumni and recently published writers Margaret McDonald (Glasgow Boys) and Megan Ridgway (The Magpie) to talk about our work and our years as creative writing students at Strathclyde.

The chat will be chaired by the excellent author and memoirist Dr Rodge Glass, Convener of...

Read SECRET INGREDIENTS on SF Caledonia

Lovely to see one of my old short stories get a fresh airing, this time on the website SF Caledonia.

SF Caledonia is a new online home for Scottish sci fi created by Shoreline of Infinity co-founder Noel Chidwick with the aim of being, “a space for Scotland to show off its talented community of science fiction/ speculative fiction/fantasy writers to the world – and beyond.”

And I’m really proud that Secret Ingredients has landed there after first being published in Shoreline in 2019.

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Read FOREVER IN SCOTLAND in the Glasgow Review of Books

My Glasgow cyberpunk short story FOREVER IN SCOTLAND has been reprinted by the Glasgow Review of Books as part of its ‘Future Glasgow’ series!

Set in a future where life can be extended forever (if you have the money), Scotland has banned all forms of immortality, physical and digital, following a violent revolution. Hacker Dana, in a fix and desperate for funds, takes on a risky mission to rob information from the country’s leading business Clan – her own family.

Forever in Scotland was f...

Helensburgh Book Festival, 23/03/24, 7pm @ Helensburgh Community Hub

Excited to be doing an event at Reading Minds, Helensburgh’s Book Festival this year!

I have some great childhood memories of going to Helensburgh and it’s been a long time since I’ve been back, so I’m really looking forward to this one!

I’ll be chatting to Robin Scott-Elliot about all things Squeaky Clean at Helensburgh Community Hub on 23rd March at 7pm.

Other brilliant authors at the festival include Kirsty Logan, Heather Parry, Karen Campbell, Maisie Chan, and more.

You can b...

Granite Noir 2024: Award Winners @ The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen, 25 Feb, 5pm

Really happy to be returning to Granite Noir this year, first time since 2020!

Four years ago, about a week or so before the first lockdown kicked in, I was one of the festival’s ‘Locals in the Limelight’ (I lived in Aberdeenshire at the time) and read a short story before a panel event with the excellent Sarah Lotz and CM Ewan.

Now, four years on, I’m back, but as an author on a panel this time! So exciting!

I’ll be chatting with Sophie White and DV Bishop about winning awards (I ...