Category: Books
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Knives
I’m proud to be a contributor to the anthology How Do We Talk About Knives, which I think is going to be really interesting. There’s a free launch event for it in Edinburgh on 9 March, and if you can’t make it along it’ll be online too. Contemporary poets and writers in Scotland explore personal […]
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Twenty-eight
I’m one of the contributors to a new book, Twenty-Eight, which looks at the impact of the hateful anti-LGBT legislation that lasted from the late 1980s until the early 2000s. It’s generally agreed that Section 28 was a terrible stain on our history, but what people tend to forget is that the majority supported it. […]
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Read it in books
I read a lot of books this year. Here are some of my favourites. Orpheus Builds A Girl, by Heather Parry This tale of a man who believes he can cheat death is gloriously gothic, beautifully written and by the final act had me reading from behind my fingers. I’m Glad My Mom Died, by […]
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Book people are good people
Thanks so much to everybody who came along to my book launches this week, to the wonderful people at Argonaut Books in Edinburgh and at Category Is Books in Glasgow, and to my excellent hosts Kirstyn Smith and Louise Blain. Book people really are the best people, and I had the best time on both […]
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“We’re just ordinary people who’d really appreciate decent healthcare and snacks”
I’m in the new issue of the excellent Books from Scotland magazine, which you can read online for free. …we Scots are brilliant at mining comedy from pretty dark seams sometimes, and we’ll tell the most horrendously embarrassing stories to make our friends laugh. I’ve done that all my life, so it was natural to […]
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Let’s have a party in Glasgow
I’m absolutely delighted to be doing my Glasgow book launch event in Category Is, one of my favourite places. Tickets are free but very limited so I don’t think they’ll be available for long. The event is on 8 December at 7pm and everything you need to know is at the end of this link.
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CKAM pre-orders are arriving now
Pre-orders of Carrie Kills A Man started arriving in readers’ homes this morning, and I received my author copies too. I had a bit of a moment when I opened the box and saw the pristine copies, because of course books are more than just paper and ink. They’re magical things. I’ve had many […]
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Carrie Kills A Man is Damian Barr’s book of the week
I’m absolutely delighted to be featured on Damian Barr’s Literary Salon podcast as his book of the week, and I’m particularly pleased that Damian found lots of joy in the book. You can listen to me reading an extract on Damian’s Soundcloud, which I’ve included below. Damian Barr’s Literary Salon · BOOK OF THE WEEK: […]
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If you buy these books your life will be better
Carrie Kills A Man will be book of the week on Damian Barr’s Literary Salon podcast on Wednesday, and that means I also got the opportunity to recommend some books that I think are well worth your time.
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So, this is quite a big deal
I don’t know what magic my publisher pulled to get Patton Oswalt to read and recommend my book, but as my best pal says, they have clearly sacrificed something.