Ho Ho Ho

Added on 07 December 2015

There are many crushing disappointments in the life of any writer. In my case, the single most crushing has been the failure of feelgood Yuletide tale, Santa’s Christmas Eve Blues, to become the best known Christmas story of all time, more popular even than A Christmas Carol, How The Grinch S...

BookWeek Scotland Appearance 27th November 2015

Added on 07 October 2015

In news that sent shockwaves around the world of literature and had the people of Edinburgh running into the streets in celebratory scenes of total mayhem, it was announced yesterday that Douglas Lindsay will make his first public appearance in Scotland since the 2002 Edinburgh Book Festival, as par...

Barney Thomson (Sort Of) Crushes Ant-Man At The UK Box Office

Added on 01 October 2015

The Legend of Barney Thomson continues its late stab at the UK box office. This week's figures (last week in brackets): Venues shown: 21 (24) Weekend gross: £32,610 (£34,643) Total for ten weeks: £792,944 (£711,775) So, the numbers aren't collosal, but the main thing ...

Movie News

Added on 24 September 2015

Some updated info on The Legend of Barney Thomson. No news yet on overseas release dates, though. Presumably there are some pencilled in for somewhere, but if I can just quote Hot Fuzz – as anyone who’s ever lived in Wells is more or less obligated to do on a daily basis – nobody t...

The Forthcoming Return of DCI Jericho - 2

Added on 23 September 2015

I can’t remember exactly when WE ARE THE HANGED MAN was first released. On its Amazon Kindle page it states 5th December 2013, but that’s only because that was the date that Blasted Heath transferred distribution of all their titles to Faber Factory. I think Hanged Man might have been ou...