Tag Archives: Man in the East

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 →

Posted in eBooks, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Music, Video | Tagged alcohol, Barrowland, bevy, crime fiction, drinks, eBooks, Family, free ebooks, gig review, Glasgow, instrumental, live gigs, Man in the East, Mogwai, Music, Pub, Reading, rock, sister, The Barras, thrillers | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in eBooks, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Interviews, Music, Publishing and Marketing, Travel, Websites, Writing | Tagged 3 Ebook deal, Barrowland, bevy, catch-up, coffee shop, Costa Coffee, crime fiction, ebook, free, free ebooks, free novels, gig, Glasgow, Glasgow City College, Interview, live music, Man in the East, manuscript, marketing, novel, promotion, review, revisions, Rick Witter, Shed Seven, singing, Slick, special offer, St. Enoch's Square, students, thriller, Website, weekend, Writing, writing course | Leave a comment

Keeping the Rudder Straight

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Checkout the New Websites As you may have heard, I’ve relaunched my website at http://www.colingalbraith.co.uk, so please pop over and see what you think. If you’re a reader of crime or paranormal fiction, or have maybe read some of my … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, eBooks, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Leith, Music, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Websites, Writing | Tagged articles, Baccara Burning, Blogging, Books, Charlotte Square, Chas Stramash, chasstramash.com, City of Literature, Colin Galbraith, colingalbraith.co.uk, crime, dreams, eBooks, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Fiction, free, Fruit Tree Foundation, GDR's, gig reviews, gigs, giveaway, Goals, House, Idlewild, James Yorkston, John Cooper Clarke, Kindle, Leith, Man in the East, marketing, Nobles Bar, paranormal, Picture, podcasts, Poetry, promotion, Resolutions, Rob Jones, thank you, Twitter, Website, Withered Hand, Writing | 1 Comment

A Day in Glasgow

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Fawndoo The Specials Tuesday was brilliant! Despite my many doubts that The Specials gig at Glasgow’s SECC (Hall 3) would be a flop—the venue is like a warehouse with about as much thought put into the acoustics as a … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Freelance, Glasgow, Music, Websites | Tagged 2-Tone, aches, bars, beer, drinking, Family, gig, Glasgow, Man in the East, memory pubs, Music, pains, pubs, review, Shopping, ska, special offer, The Specials, Two Tone, web design, web development, websites | 2 Comments

The Power of Twitter and SEO

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Glasgow City Council Tweet Power The power of Twitter and SEO, if I ever needed to see it for myself, happened to this blog over the last couple of days. This my blog received three months worth of hits … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, eBooks, Edinburgh, Family, I.T., Music, Writing | Tagged Aidan Moffat, Apple, Book Festival, Books, charity exhibition, Charlotte Square, City of Literature, eBooks, EdBookFest, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, Family, gig review, haiku, iMac, London riots, Man in the East, Manchester riots, money off, Music, Poetry, Rangers fans, Reading, rioting, riots, SEO, social media, special offer, Trees for Life, tweets, Twitter, UEFA Cup Final, UK riots | 1 Comment

Scotland: The Safest Place in Britain

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Glasgow City Council A short entry today as I have been caught between needing to do things and life things getting in the way. So now I must fly like the wind, people, fly like the wind. London How … Continue reading →

Posted in Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Glasgow, Music, Poetry, Scotland, Writing | Tagged Aidan Moffat, Book Festival, Books, charity, Charlotte Square, City of Literature, EdBookFest, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, English, exhibition, Facebook, gig review, Glasgow Academy, haiku, Jim Devine, London, London communities, Man in the East, Manchester, Poetry, Reading, rioting, riots, safe, Scots, Toots and the Maytals, Trees for Life, violence | 5 Comments

London Burning

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Guardian London Burning So—I doubt we will be hearing the much voiced stereotypical line: “isn’t Scotland such a violent place” from any English people in the near future. I am this morning utterly enraged and saddened at the devastation … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Poetry, Writing | Tagged Aidan Moffat, arson, Birmingham, Book Festival, Books, Bristol, Brixton, burning, Camden, Charlotte Square, City of Literature, Croydon, destruction, Ealing, EdBookFest, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, fires, gig, haiku, jail, Leeds, Liverpool, London, looting, Man in the East, Metropolitan Police, Nottingham, Poetry, prison, protesters, Reading, review, riots, shooting, Tottenham, Trees for Life, Trevor Jones, violence, youth | 4 Comments

Books and Boudoir

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: BoudoirPhotography.org.uk I had to work on day job tasks late into Tuesday night and then very early yesterday morning, so by the time it came time to leave yesterday, I was shattered. I saved the evening by grabbing a … Continue reading →

Posted in Day Job, eBooks, Edinburgh, Music, Photography, Publishing and Marketing, Writing | Tagged Amazon, articles, Big Audio Dynamite, Blogging, Books, boudoir, Day Job, eBooks, Eternal Press, Gail Galbraith Photography, gig review, Kindle, Man in the East, Music, Poetry, poetry competitions, portrait photography, Rachel Sermanni, Sleep, Twitter, wedding photography, Wide Days, Withered Hand, work | 1 Comment

A B.A.D. Week

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: allgigs.co.uk One of Those Weeks It’s been one of those weeks. Unable to blog much due to travelling between cities, gigging and the compulsion to get BACCARA BURNING and GREENER finished, I was left little time to put any … Continue reading →

Posted in Edinburgh, Freelance, Leith, Music, Publishing and Marketing, Travel, Writing | Tagged Big Audio Dynamite, competition, e-book, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, GDR's, gigs, Glasgow, Greggs, Leith, Man in the East, Mick Jones, Pie and a Pint, Stella, Thomson's Pub, travelling, Twitter, Writing | Leave a comment

The Grindstone Grinds

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: chestofbooks.com Long day back at the grindstone yesterday. I went in for 8am planning to take a long lunch and get away early, but neither happened. I suppose, looking back, it was as good a way as any to … Continue reading →

Posted in Day Job, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Music, Publishing and Marketing, Writing | Tagged Day Job, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, GDR's, gig reviews, home cooking, magazine, Man in the East, Music, music writing, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, Website, Writing | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: Man in the East

A Christmas Bevy with Mogwai

Weekend Catch-Up

Keeping the Rudder Straight

A Day in Glasgow

Scotland: The Safest Place in Britain

London Burning

Books and Boudoir

A B.A.D. Week

The Grindstone Grinds

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