Back Catalogue 5 - Barney II

Added on 29 June 2017

Today in Back Catalogue, the series about my old books that critics have described as “too big to fail”, we’re going to look at the Barney Thomson extras; the compendium, the novellas, and the short stories * I gave a talk to the Scottish Club of Tallinn last evening. I was on befo...

Back Catalogue 4 - Barney I

Added on 27 June 2017

Today in Back Catalogue, the series about my old books that critics are already calling “like Netflix for people”, we’re going to look at the Barney Thomson novels. * Side note: A small miracle has happened. After only two requests to Amazon, the robot masters of the Internet sales...

Back Catalogue 3 - Swearing and Sex

Added on 23 June 2017

In today’s exciting edition of Back Catalogue – the series about my re-published old books that critics are already calling ‘Gone With The Wind without the aliens’ – we’re looking at the DS Hutton crime novels. * As Galadriel said: “The world is changed. I f...

Back Catalogue 2 - Being For The Benefit of Mr Kite!

Added on 14 June 2017

In today’s exciting edition of Back Catalogue – the series about my re-published old books that critics are already calling ‘more words on the internet’ – we’re looking at 2014’s Being For The Benefit of Mr Kite! a surrealist, Murakami-esque quest novel abou...

Back Catalogue 1 - DCI Jericho

Added on 10 June 2017

Following the catastrophic collapse of digital publisher Blasted Heath, and the uncertainty over the future of Freight Books, the team here at Long Midnight Publishing – Beth, Shackleton, Malky Eight Feet and I – have been working on getting my back catalogue back up online. As Blasted H...