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 … More Loch Long Crime Writing Residency
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 … More EVENT: Book Week Scotland, AK Bell Library, Perth, 21/11/24 @7pm
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 … More EVENT: SF Caledonia at World Con
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. … More Bute Noir 2024: Long Arm of the Law w/ Marion Todd, Ed James & Callum McSorley, 4/8/24, 3pm, @ The Glenburn Hotel
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 … More 60 Years of English & Creative Writing at Strathclyde, 5/6/24, 6pm @ Strathclyde Union
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 … More Read SECRET INGREDIENTS on SF Caledonia
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, … More Read FOREVER IN SCOTLAND in the Glasgow Review of Books
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 … More Helensburgh Book Festival, 23/03/24, 7pm @ Helensburgh Community Hub
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 … More Granite Noir 2024: Award Winners @ The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen, 25 Feb, 5pm
I’m so so happy to announce I’ll be publishing my second novel — a sequel to my debut Squeaky Clean — with Pushkin Vertigo. Absolutely delighted to be working with them again after my experience with Daniel and the team the first time around. PAPERBOY sees Ally McCoist once again dive into the shit when … More PAPERBOY out 6 March 2025
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