Leaf Blower Title Change Drama

Added on 23 January 2018

News emerged today from Long Midnight Publishing headquarters in Geneva of a change in title for Douglas Lindsay’s upcoming rogue esoteric modernist romance novel. The convoluted and obscure title of The Leaf Blower In The Japanese Ambassador’s Garden has been dropped in favour of the mo...

COMING IN 2018

Added on 19 December 2017

The obvious thing that’ll be coming in 2018 is WWIII. This isn’t about that, though. This is about the books I’ve written. Neither as exciting nor interesting, but fewer people will die, so there’s that. * One of the consequences over the long slow death of Blasted Heath and ...

SONG OF THE DEAD Resurfaces Following Bloody Death of Freight Books

Added on 18 December 2017

In news that sent the book world into paroxysms of vague curiosity, Long Midnight Publishing today announced the re-launch of Douglas Lindsay's seminal noir classic, SONG OF THE DEAD. * IT was a perfect, Christmassy morning in Glasgow, the city covered in a pure white counterpane of snow, as I t...

World Celebrates Publication of THE JUDAS FLOWER

Added on 12 December 2017

There were celebrations around the world this morning with the release of Douglas Lindsay’s new novel, THE JUDAS FLOWER. With 2017 due to go down in the history books as ‘like 1938 but stupider’, people everywhere have been searching for something to cheer about. Now, at last, as m...

FREIGHT BOOKS: Dead Now

Added on 06 December 2017

When the Barney Thomson movie was announced, I – like any overly-optimistic author under the circumstances – immediately assumed I’d be inundated with publishing offers for The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson, and that I’d be fending off HarperCollins, Penguin and Random Hous...