Just over two weeks ago we were sipping tea in a tulip glasses and looking out over the Golden Horn. Istanbul, a huge city – more than 18 million people…
Lovely to be nominated for an award for younger readers (8-11 years). It’s voted for by children and the winner will be announced in March. I’m off to Istanbul soon…
Thanks to all those who came to the refurbished Kelvingrove Bandstand last night to see me read along with Zoe Strachan, Alan Bissett and Christopher Brookmyre. It poured with rain,…
I’m heading to France, to St Clementin, at the end of next month for a literary festival. The village, population of about 500 hundred people, will host loads of…
My new novel is about the construction of the Eiffel Tower. Here’s a pic of Eiffel and his fellow engineers.
I’ve been commissioned by Glasgow Life to write and read a story inspired by the Kelvingrove Bandstand. On the 31st of July as part of the celebrations for the Commonwealth…
Although it’s sunny outside, I’m writing about Halley, in Antarctica, for a series commissioned by BBC Radio 4. Right now it’s the middle of winter down there and the ‘winterers’…
Been a long time since I updated but been pretty busy. My book is just about finished and will go out to people in the New Year. It’s called The…
Just read the very brilliant Red Spanish Notebook by Mary Lou and Juan Brea. They catalogue the heady early days of revolution in Barcelona before the reality of the civil…
My short story The Suffragettes Party is on BBC Radio 4 tomorrow at 3.30. It’s one of three commissioned to mark the 2011 census. It is read beautifully by the…
