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Tag Archives: Edinburgh
Hunting Jack Hits the Cyber-Shelves
My new novel, a tense thriller set in Glasgow and Edinburgh in 1995, was released yesterday by Blue Sea Publishing. HUNTING JACK is the story of a young Scottish lad brought up in London by his Aunt and Uncle after … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged book release, book trailer, crime novel, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hunting Jack, Jackie McCann, London, mailing list, release day, thriller
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Hunting Jack Cover Reveal
Attention! Here’s the new cover of my next novel, HUNTING JACK, out in February next year with the terrific Blue Sea Publishing. It’s a tense crime/thriller/gangster story set in Glasgow and Edinburgh and based on the Ice-Cream Wars of 1984. … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged Blue Sea Publishing, crime, Edinburgh, gangsters, Glasgow, Hunting Jack, ice-cream wars, London, new book, new novel, novel, publishing, thriller
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Gatecrash Scheduled for 1st July
I’m delighted to be able to say that my new thriller novel, GATECRASH, will be published on 1st July 2017. It will be available through all the usual online outlets, including Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Apple iBooks, OverDrive, Scribd, … Continue reading
‘Living Leith’ Delayed
I spent last Saturday with my wife in both a professional capacity as well as a social one. I’ll cover the professional part first. I’m still on the hunt for a suitable front cover for my forthcoming poetry chapbook, LIVING … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Photography, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing
Tagged book, Edinburgh, Le Sept, Poetry, publishing, restaurant
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Missing the Book Festival
The Edinburgh International Book Festival is a week old, kicking off at Charlotte Square last Saturday and by all accounts, it’s going well in what is its 50th year. I say “by all accounts” because so far this year, I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Literature, Writing
Tagged book, Charlotte Square, EdBookFest, Edinburgh, festival, Reading, Writing
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A Bit Of A Maddy
Took a bit of a maddy yesterday. I had a 9:30 meeting in Ratho on the very western edge of Edinburgh and managed to get there 1 hour and 10 minutes late. I TOTALLY buggered up the buses and managed … Continue reading
Groundhog Day
Image: Slate.com Happy Groundhog Day! Although this is mainly an American and Canadian custom, I love the whole idea of it. Punxsutawney Phil comes out and if he sees his shadow, we get six more weeks of winter. As it … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fiction, Glasgow, Poetry, Writing
Tagged America, Animals, Baccara Burning, book sculptures, bunnies, bunny, Canada, Edinburgh, Fiction, Gatecrash, Glasgow, Groundhog Day, jokes, Mopsy, mystery sculptures, performance poetry, Pippin, Poetry, poetry reading, Punxsutawney, Punxsutawney Phil, Rabbits, Reading, rewrites, Shawlands, Slick, spring, winter, Young's Interesting Books
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Christmas Headaches
Image: News.com.au I was into everything over the weekend—everything! Not only did I get through a ton of Christmas cleaning, DIY work, TV and gadget fixing, and writing work, but I also managed a Day Job Xmas bash, and a … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, eBooks, Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Writing
Tagged alcohol, bevy, birthday party, brunch, Chrimbo, Christmas, Christmas cards, Christmas headaches, Christmas tree, cleaning, Cloisters, coffee and pastries, computer games, curry, daughter, DIY, eBooks, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, ereaders, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, free ebooks, Greener is the Grass, Indaba, Indian meal, Khushis, Kindle, Kobo, Mother-in-Law, novel, novella, pizza, pubs, Slick, South African food, summer reading, The Pear Tree, work, Writing, Xbox, Xmas
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The Future is Bright
Image: Unknown I had the entire day away from the day job yesterday and it was absolute bliss. Not that I used the time to laze about, oh no, I got off my arse and got wired into tying up … Continue reading
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Freedom from the Mundane 