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Wolverine Blues, or A Case of Defiance Neurosis, my five-part story inspired by ‘Defiance neurosis of a seventeen-year-old high school student’ by Alphonse Maeder. Commissioned by BBC Radio 4

My appearance on Big Scottish Book Club is currently on BBC iPlayer here.

COMING UP in 2022

OCTOBER

13     Gordon Burn Prize event featuring readings from the five shortlisted authors, Gala Theatre, Durham 19.30. £15/12. Live stream £5

22    The Literary Cabaret, Vancouver Writers’ Festival. Along five other acclaimed authors, I’ll be reading extracts from Case Study accompanied by music from Sally Zori and their band. Performance Works. 20.00 $50

24     Reading/Q&A at Exile in Bookville, South Michigan Avenue, Chicago. 18.00

25     Is Truth Stranger? In conversation with Colin McAdam, Ottawa Writers’ Festival, Christ Church Cathedral. 18.00

27     Greenlight Books, Brooklyn, New York City. 19.30

NOVEMBER

14   Book Groups Event, Mitchell Library, Glasgow. 16.30. Free but ticketed.

15    Stirling Central Library, Corn Exchange Road, Stirling. 19.00

18    Keynote address/Q&A, Territoires et mémoires d’Ecosse, 21st international conference of the French Society for Scottish Studies, La Sorbonne, Paris. 17.30.

26   Tarbert Book Festival, Stonefield Castle Hotel. 19.30

SELECTED PAST EVENTS

2022

JUNE

4-6  Goéland Masqué festival, Brittany, France

14    Blood! Sex! Crime! On why we devour sensationalism. In conversation with Shrabani Basu, Hallie Rubenhold, Tamara Tubb & Bee Rowlatt. British Library Theatre, London. 19.00. £10.

2019

October

19-20   Festival sans nom, Mulhouse, France

5-13     Seoul International Writers’ Festival, South Korea

September

20-22   Livres dans la boucle, Besançon, France

13-15   Le Livre sur Place, Nancy, France

August

16-18  St Hilda’s College Crime Fiction Weekend, Oxford.

February

28    In conversation with Rupert Thomson at Waterstones, Sauchiehall St, Glasgow. 7pm. 

23    Granite Noir with Stella Duffy, chaired by James Naughtie, Lemon Tree, Aberdeen, 3.30pm £9.50

 

2018

November

28    Buchanan Building, St Andrews University. In Conversation. Man Booker Event. 17.30 FREE

3-4   Xabia Negra, Spain

October

20-21    Festilitt, Parisot, France, details tbc

September

29   Tidelines festival, Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine, 7pm

27   Festival of the Mind, Sheffield University, Speigeltent 2.30pm

23    Bloody Scotland: European Crime Fiction, 11am, Golden Lion, Stirling

21    Bloody Scotland: The Art of Crime Fiction, Keynote for Crime Writing Masterclass, 9.15am, Golden Lion Hotel, Stirling

August

11   Edinburgh International Book Festival, 7.15pm, Spark Theatre, George Street

3    Bute Noir: ‘Far Horizons’ with Abir Mukherjee, 6pm, Rothesay Library

July

8    Man Booker 50 Festival: Genre Benders, with Paul Beatty, Eleanor Catton & Deborah Levy, Southbank Centre, London. 11.30am.

8    Man Booker 50 Festival: Using Your Research, Southbank Centre, London. 4pm.

April/May

22-14 May Residency, Ventspils House, Latvia

11     Experimental Fiction, Moniack Mhor, Kiltarlity

6-8   Quais du Polar, Lyons, France

March

29   An Evening with. . . Waterstones Islington 6.30pm

25   Aye Write! Mitchell Library, Glasgow 3pm

17-18  Krimimessen Horsens, Denmark

13   Soirée littéraire with translator Julie Sibony, Alliance Française, Glasgow 6pm

8     Krimfestivalen, Olso, Norway

February

20  In conversation with Lyndsay Rogers, Conference Centre, Brussels

6-13  Kolkata Book Fair, India

November

23   In conversation with Sinéad Morrissey, King’s hall, Newcastle University

15   Man Booker Prize Foundation event, Logie Lecture Theatre, University of Stirling