I’m sitting in my office in my new house. We got the keys about two weeks ago and are finally unpacked, my books are on the shelves in their appropriate categories and order (I won’t get all High Fidelity about this, just to say it wasn’t an easy or stress-free process. For example, I have everyContinue reading “The Waves Burn Bright Book Tour”
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The Translation of Love: Review
My latest piece for the Japan Times is a review of Lynne Kutsukake’s The Translation of Love, an excellent debut about life in Tokyo during the US Occupation. You can check it out here.
Piper Alpha tragedy still in Aberdeen’s DNA, says writer – The Scotsman
Journalist Shan Ross interviewed me a few days ago about my new novel for The Scotsman / Scotland on Sunday and it has been posted online here.
Word / Aberdeen May Festival 2016
I’ve been desperate to share this with y’all for ages but was bound to silence by higher powers. I’ll be appearing as part of the Word Festival / Aberdeen May Festival on Sunday May 29th at 2pm. I did my undergraduate degree at the University of Aberdeen and was lucky enough to be thereContinue reading “Word / Aberdeen May Festival 2016”
West Dunbartonshire Booked Festival Appearance
I’m delighted to announce that I’ll be part of the 2016 West Dunbartonshire Booked Festival. I’ll be talking about my new novel, The Waves Burn Bright, at Clydebank Library on May 17th at 7.30pm. The event is free but ticketed. Full details here. The book tour currently looks like this: May 17th, 7.30pm, West Dunbartonshire BookedContinue reading “West Dunbartonshire Booked Festival Appearance”
Shoreline of Infinity Reviews Online
Over at Shoreline of Infinity we’ve been putting the reviews from issue one and some web-only reviews online, so head over that way and check them out. I reviewed The Core of the Sun by Johanna Sinisalo and Down Station by Simon Morden. There will be more to follow in the weeks and months ahead as we catchContinue reading “Shoreline of Infinity Reviews Online”
Kenzaburo Oe and Lian Hearn Reviews
This weekend I have two pieces in the Japan Times, one a look back at Kenzaburo Oe’s A Quiet Life, the other a review of Lian Hearn’s latest novel, Emperor of the Eight Islands.
The Waves Burn Bright: Events
Things are starting to come together for the launch of The Waves Burn Bright in May. The final proofs are done and it should be off to the printer any day now, and I can share a couple of events with you. There will be more to come – at the moment they are embargoed untilContinue reading “The Waves Burn Bright: Events”
The Waves Burn Bright: A Cauldron of a Book
So spring is finally making its laborious way through Japan bringing with it cherry blossom, hay fever, influenza outbreaks and a pulled achilles tendon (though the last one has nothing to do with the season and is probably far from nationwide). Plans are slotting into place for The Waves Burn Bright book tour in May. I’llContinue reading “The Waves Burn Bright: A Cauldron of a Book”
Don’t Just Write What You Know
The kind folks at Nothing in the Rulebook invited me to put pen to screen on the subject of advice to writers. There are a lot of these articles circulating and, in my opinion, many are far from helpful, giving those with less confidence in their work, perhaps because it’s at an early stage ofContinue reading “Don’t Just Write What You Know”
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