I’ll be doing not one but two events at this year’s Edinburgh Book Festival on the 10th and 11th of August.

First of all there’s 1995: Grrrls Aloud where I’ll be joining Emma Pollock, Cora Bissett and Chitra Ramaswamy, with a soundtrack by Hen Hoose’s Cariss Crosbie. We’re going to be talking about the other 1995: not the Oasis one, but the one where Garbage released their debut album and the Delgados and Chemikal Underground did amazing things.

And the following day, I’ll be in conversation with Gary West as we celebrate Scots music in the brilliantly titled God Save The Scene. Gary’s book, Brave New World, is a biography of the late, great Martyn Bennett.

I’m really looking forward to both events. I think they’ll be lots of fun.