Tag Archives: Glasgow

Hunting Jack Hits the Cyber-Shelves

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Colin Galbraith

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 →

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Hunting Jack Cover Reveal

Posted on December 21, 2017 by Colin Galbraith

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 →

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Raising a Glass to William McIlvanney

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Colin Galbraith

What can you say about William McIlvanney that hasn’t already been said? Legendary, iconic, inspirational, suave, debonair, groundbreaking, trailblazing, innovative – a genius, he is the voice of Glasgow, nae Scotland! He is, of course, all of these things and … Continue reading →

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An Old Friend

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Colin Galbraith

An old friend has been staying with me these past couple of weeks, after nine years in the wilderness. The last time I saw him he was an unsure 16-year old, a bit lost, with a lot of confusion and … Continue reading →

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Believe

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Colin Galbraith

Today, history will be made…

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Groundhog Day

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Colin Galbraith

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 →

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A Christmas Bevy with Mogwai

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Unknown Mogwai This was one gig I had to get a review put together sharpish, due to the tightness of my schedule in the last few days running up to Christmas. I wrote half of it last night and … Continue reading →

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Weekend Catch-Up

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: 1000 Awesome Things And December is up and running! There’s a ton of work sitting in front of me right now in the lead up to the release of SLICK, so stay tuned as everything gathers pace towards the … Continue reading →

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Slick Cover Art and a Happy Shed Seven Anniversary

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: eFestivals An awesome day’s work yesterday and a blasting start to December! GDRs for December I started off by setting up my December plan of work, using the success of November as a springboard for launching into the next … Continue reading →

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Book Sales and Rising

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Blogspot Get Over It I felt absolutely downtrodden going to the day job yesterday and it was all down to the thought of missing that blasted Arab Strab gig. It got stupid when people were tweeting they had a … Continue reading →

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