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Day 6 at the Edinburgh Book Festival

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Porto & Fi I started my day off at the coffee shop, easing my way into what I knew would be a long one. I sat with a large cappuccino and read (electronically) more of Andrew Raymond Drennan’s The … Continue reading →

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The Last of the Workload

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Glasgow City Council Book Fest It’s Book Fest Eve! Yup, after all the scrambles for tickets, arranging dates so as not to clash with social events, and ensuring there are no clashes with the day job, it is finally … Continue reading →

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Sixteen Points Below

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Colin Galbraith

Image: deadlinenews.co.uk It was minus sixteen degrees Celsius over night. That’s -16C. A dozen marks and two pair below freezing point. Scotland is a really cold place just now, so much so that during the day it never made it … Continue reading →

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An Afternoon With Mark Billingham And Jackie Kay

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Edinburgh Guide I had another half day yesterday but this time with an early start, so my hours spent in the day job office weren’t as short as they were on Monday. With work building up around my ears, … Continue reading →

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Unwinding

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Woodley Wonderworks I watched an excellent film from Lovefilm last night. Once is a “modern day musical” about an Irish busker and a Czech immigrant, who come together on the street and end up recording some music before going … Continue reading →

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PC Correction

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Colin Galbraith

Image: PC Repair My family loves pizza. It’s official. When Gail was given the choice of where she wanted to go for her birthday meal she chose Pizza Express on Leith’s Shore. She made her decision shortly before we left, … Continue reading →

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Like Ripples In A Pond

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Richard Freeman The Poetry Super Highway’s Annual E-Book Free-For-All was announced yesterday. Run by Rick Lupert, it’s a crazy project in which poetry e-books are produced and made freely available to all interested humans on Earth for a 24 … Continue reading →

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4 – 1 To Life

Posted on October 24, 2008 by Colin Galbraith

It poured all night with the occasional mini-cyclone rattling the bins in the street. Thankfully, by the time I got up it had calmed somewhat. However, I left the house at 7am in good spirits and a bounce in my … Continue reading →

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