Tag: Fringe Fantastic

• My Dad Is 70

  Image: Diffusibility My father is 70 years old today. 70. David Currie Galbraith is officially a 70 year old man. I emphasise this for the sake of my poor mother, as it is she more than anyone else in the family, that will be feeling very old today now that she is honestly able to…

  Colin Galbraith

  July 28, 2011

  Books, eBooks, Edinburgh, Family, Poetry, Writing

  70, birthday, chapbook, Charlotte Square, dad, daily blogging, eBooks, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, Facebook updates, father, Fringe Fantastic, iBooks, image gallery, live tweeting, marketing, media, podcasts, poems, Poetry, POOLSIDE POETRY 2, tweeting, Writing, YouTube

• Poems and Planning

  Image: Natalie Roberts The strained headache I had all day wasn’t conducive to work but I fought through it. There was much head rubbing and the occasional pill dropped to get there, and in the end I made some good progress on my GDRs, and in particular, making plans for the summer. Press Releases I…

  Colin Galbraith

  April 20, 2011

  Books, eBooks, Edinburgh, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Music, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing

  Apple, Blackpool, chapbooks, Day Job, eBooks, free ebooks, Fringe Fantastic, GDR’s, gig, Glasgow, Greece, Headache, Holiday, iBooks, iBookstore, Jamiroquai, Jay Kay, Kindle, Music, planning, poems, Poetry, press releases, Publishing and Marketing, Rhodes, SECC, Silly Poems for Kids, Twitter, Writing

• There’s Not a Herd of Wild Horses…

  Image: FindingDulcinea.com The weather couldn’t quite decide what it wanted to do on my walk through Edinburgh yesterday. One minute it was blowing a gale and threatening rain, the next it was calm and cloudy. It even went sunny and warm at times confusing the bejeezus out of everything that lives. That’s Scotland for you:…

  Colin Galbraith

  April 17, 2011

  Books, eBooks, Edinburgh, Fiction, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing

  book marketing, book selling, Books, children’s books, Coffee, eBooks, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Bookshop, Fiction, Fringe Fantastic, Greener is the Grass, independent bookshop, Kids’ Poems, novella, Poetry, Scotland, Scottish weather, Spoon Cafe, Twitter, Walking

• The Kindle Experiment

  Image: Windell Oskay Greener is the Grass I’ve not given up on BACCARA BURNING yesterday morning while working on the final polishing up of GREENER IS THE GRASS, the world felt normal again. I felt like I was a writer for the first time since I began working on BACCARA, and everything felt great. Back…

  Colin Galbraith

  April 6, 2011

  Books, eBooks, Fiction, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing

  Baccara Burning, Calibre Ebook Management, chapbooks, competition, eBooks, Editing, Fiction, Fringe Fantastic, Greener is the Grass, Hunting Jack, Kindle, manuscripts, Poetry, poolside, revisions, self-publishing, Silly Poems for Wee People Vol.2, Twitter, Writing

• Fascinating, Fantastic and Fun: Trudeau, Heaney and McCall Smith

  Image: The List Things conspired against me yesterday leaving me unable to post my blog entry. That’s twice in less than a week it’s happened and I am less than pleased with myself. Therefore, I voluntarily stick out my virtual bottom and drop my kegs for you all to heartily spank my plump little cheeks.…

  Colin Galbraith

  August 25, 2010

  Books, Edinburgh, Fiction, Poetry, Reading, Writing

  Alexander McCall Smith, America, Andrew Sachs, Apple, cartoonist, Dianne Abbott, Doonesbury, Edinburgh Book Festival, Fringe Fantastic, Garry Trudeau, George Bush, Ian Rankin, iPhone, Jackie Kay, Labour MP, Mark Billingham, Michael Portillo, naughty, New York Times, poetry reading, Poolside Poetry, Roy Hattersley, Seamus Heaney, social media, spanking, Steve Bell, Twitter, USA, website statistics

• Ian Rankin And The Live Book Festival Twitter Feed

  Image: Twitter Before I get stuck into yesterday’s goings on at the Edinburgh Book Festival, I want to say a humongous thanks to everyone who has emailed and tweeted me to express their enjoyment of my book festival blogging and tweeting. It’s an unexpected but deliriously welcome compliment. And now here comes the plug: If…

  Colin Galbraith

  August 20, 2010

  Books, Edinburgh, Fiction, Poetry, Scotland, Writing

  blind, blindness, Blogging, Bookfest Burnout, Candia McWilliam, chapbooks, crime writing, death, Doors Open, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edwin Morgan, Fringe Fantastic, Ian Rankin, Lin Anderson, live tweeting, Makar, poems, Poetry, Poolside Poetry, Rebus, run-down, social media, The Complaints, Twitter, What to Look for in Winter: A Memoir in Blindness

• Edinburgh Book Festival Programme Announced

  Image: British Council I logged on to the Edinburgh Book Festival website first thing yesterday morning, but my hopes of an early scan of the 2010 events programme was dashed when I found out it was a 12 noon launch. I had to wait. It was tortuous. Eventually the EBF launch press release was announced…

  Colin Galbraith

  June 18, 2010

  Books, Day Job, Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Photography, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Sport, Writing

  Amazon, America, authors, book sales, Books, chapbooks, Charlotte Square, Clark’s Bar, e-books, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Family, Fringe Fantastic, Gail Galbraith, Kindle, lager, parents, Paul Auster, Photography, pint, Poetry, poets, Poolside Poetry, promotion code, royalties, Silly Poems for Wee People Vol.2, special offer, U.S.A., weekend, writers

• Another Belter

  Image: MIT I noticed out of my office window yesterday that I’d still to pick up the bird table that got blown over on Friday night. It’s still to attract the attention of any little feathered friends, so I repositioned it nearer the garage where I can see it and restocked it with seed and…

  Colin Galbraith

  January 18, 2010

  Books, Day Job, Edinburgh, Fiction, I.T., Music, Poetry, Reading, Writing

  Amsterdam, Animals, bird table, birds, Bluegate Poets, chapbooks, creative energy, Day Job, European tour, Facebook, Fiction, Fringe Fantastic, live gigs, Madness, Music, nature, novella, paranormal, Paris, Poetry, Poolside Poetry, Stella, Writing

• The Quick Fix Doesn’t Work

  Image: John Cooper A Scottish quack has called for chocolate to be taxed in the same way as alcohol and cigarettes. Apparently, it’s required so we can tackle increasing levels of obesity and type 2 diabetes. Forward thinking Dr David Walker, a General Practitioner in Lanarkshire, said: “many people eat their entire daily calorie requirement…

  Colin Galbraith

  March 12, 2009

  Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Fiction, Poetry, Politics, Publishing and Marketing, Scotland, UK

  Britain, chapbook, chocolate, criminology, Doctor, e-books, Edinburgh, Editing, education, Eternal Press, Fiction, Fringe Fantastic, GP, novella, Poetry Super Highway, quick fix, society, Stella, taxation, Telford College, websites

• Looking Out At New Horizons

  I stayed up late watching a film last night. It was so bad I can’t even remember what it was about now. Gail got home about 1am and spent a while telling me all about her day photographing a large wedding down in the borders. It was another wonderfully sunny day to begin with, but…

  Colin Galbraith

  May 10, 2008

  Family, Freelance, Poetry, Theatre, Travel

  Family, Film & TV, Freelance, Fringe Fantastic, Holiday, Madness, movies, organising, Our House musical, Photography, Poetry, Poetry Super Highway, Poolside Poetry, Portobello, Weather, Website, wedding