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Books About Bands

I was starting to feel left out as the only middle-aged white guy in the world without a podcast, but that has finally been dealt with.

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June 2025

Silma Hill 10th anniversary

That time Sandi B and I shared a page...

Jun 28 •

It’s been a long time coming, but my band, Red Flag Waltz, has new music out: a single, “And it Goes” and an album, “Electric Light”.

Jun 21 •

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Press & Journal: Silma Hill extract

Continuing the anniversary

Jun 14 •

Anniversary: Silma Hill

This month marks the tenth anniversary of the publication of my second novel, Silma Hill.

Jun 7 •

Silma Hill: Opening

On the 10th anniversary of publication...

Jun 7 •

May 2025

A month of Japanese and Japan-related books

May 31 •

The University of Aberdeen Creative Writing Society

More from the big box o'stuff.

May 24 •

Fences we Build

More from the big box o’stuff.

May 17 •

Football Scarves and Richard Kimble

Originally published in The Hope that Kills Us: An Anthology of Scottish Football Fiction (Freight, 2002)

May 10 •

Scrapbook: The Hope That Kills Us

May 10 •

I honestly thought I was going to reach the end of the month without finishing a single book and then, the last weekend of April, everything fell into…

May 3 •

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