Callum McSorley's Blog, page 9
May 24, 2020
Burying the Dragon out 1st August 2020
I’m beyond stoked to finally share some big news I’ve been holding onto for a while: my fantasy noir novel Burying the Dragon is to be published this year by Möbius Books!
What’s more, it has a provisional publication date of 1st August.
The whole thing that’s been going on – you know the thing – means it can’t be set in stone, but if all goes well, then in just a couple of months’ time my new novel will be available to ship in beautiful paperback or to download to your e-reader.
I’m massively e...
May 21, 2020
Lockdown Reading Roundup 2
Tired of meeting that same person again and again for games of tennis? Bored of standing in hour long queues outside Homebase just to fight over the last tin of Ronseal? Why not pick up something new to read!? Here’s what I’ve liked recently:
A Window Breaks by C. M. Ewan (Pan MacMillan, 2019)The Sullivans – Tom, Rachel, and daughter Holly – head to a remote lodge in Scotland in an attempt to heal after the death of their eldest, Michael, in a car crash. Some peace away from the world starts to...
May 4, 2020
Lockdown Reading Roundup 1
Well, this is shite, isnt it? But theres no way around it, lockdown must go on until its safe to do otherwise, which could be some time yet. So if youre wanting to kill some time reading, why not have a look at one of these?
(And if you do see something you like, check your local independent bookshops website many are still operating online and doing deliveries. Ditto for the indie publishers.)
[image error]Missing Person by Sarah Lotz (Hodder & Stoughton, 2019)Missing Person, the latest novel by...
April 20, 2020
Indie April 2020
This is, of course, not Indie April as normal. However, with businesses closed or operating solely online and everyone at home on lockdown, I think its important that readers, writers, editors, and publishers still take a little time to celebrate and promote our small presses this month, for whom this could be a tough time to keep afloat.
Below is a short list of the Scottish indies Ive had the pleasure and privilege of being published by over the last five or so years.
(Ive only included...
March 20, 2020
Lanyard Person: Reading at Granite Noir
[image error]Ive been busy lately, polishing up a TOP SECRET PROJECT, so this post about last months Granite Noir festival is a little late.
Granite Noir is Aberdeens yearly crime writing festival, and in 2020 featured appearances from genre legends Ian Rankin, Stuart McBride, Ambrose Parry (pen name of Chris Brookmyre and Dr Marisa Haetzman), Denise Mina, and many more.
A particularly excellent feature of the festival one thats being adopted by many others is Locals in the Limelight, which gives...
February 17, 2020
Granite Noir 2020
[image error]Granite Noir, Aberdeen’s crime writing festival, kicks off this weekend and I’m absolutely thrilled to be part of it as one the festival’s Locals in the Limelight.
Among events featuring big name authors such as Ian Rankin, Denise Mina, Ambrose Parry, Ben Aaronovitch, and Aberdeen’s own Stuart McBride, I’ll be doing a couple of readings on the Saturday (22 Feb).
First off, I’ll be taking part in a free event at the Central Library at 11.30am, where each of the Locals in the Limelight will be...
February 13, 2020
Winter reading 2019/20
It’s been one storm after the next lately, so it would be a good make sure you’ve got a decent book or two to weather it out indoors. How about one of these?
[image error]Dark Water by Koji Suzuki (1996/2004, Harper Collins)I think I remember seeing the US film adaptation of this story sometime in the noughties when a whole slew of Japanese horror films were reshot nearly scene for scene with an American cast following the huge success of The Ring (the US version of Ringu, released just a few years...
January 11, 2020
Favourite Reads 2019
Happy New Year, reading and writing friends!
I’m already very excited for this year’s upcoming publications – Agency, the new novel from William Gibson is right around the corner, Iain Maloney’s memoir of life in rural Japan, The Only Gaijin in the Village, publishes in March, and I myself have a novel due out – but before we move on into 2020, here’s a quick look back and some of my favourites from last year.
This is not intended to be another ‘best of’ list, just a selection of highlights...
December 24, 2019
The Most Wonderful Time… with DTNT
[image error]You there boy, what day is it!?
Why, it’s Christmas Day, sir!
That’s right, it’s 25th December, time to open presents, spend time with family, and stuff yourself with turkey, glazed ham, cranberry sauce, and all the brilliant extras! It is, as Andy Williams sang, The Most Wonderful Time of the Year.
But not for everyone. In my short story of the same name, a homeless woman, Leah, and her dog, Hera, are being stalked by something terrifying in the frozen night.
I’ll be reading an excerpt of...
December 20, 2019
Read Raumschach in DTNT Anthology 001
[image error]Just in time for Christmas, the first Daytime Nightime anthology is here!
Along with poetry from the renowned Samuel Tongue and Jill O’Sullivan from excellent Glasgow bands Sparrow and the Workshop and Bdy Prts, and fiction from author Michael Rennie, it features my short story Raumschach.
Raumschach is 3D chess, also sometimes known as ‘space chess’, and I’ve taken that very literally here, as the story finds us floating in a capsule in space, orbiting the Earth and playing endless games of...
