Robert Catto always strides into my kitchen as though he owns the place. As usual, I try to divert his attention, offering him claret or brandy in the evening, black coffee during the day. My tactics never work. Nothing gets past this man. ‘Coffee,’ he growls. ‘And, if you please, your word count for...
Looking forward to speaking about When the Clyde Ran Red: A Social History of Red Clydeside at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in Charlotte Square next month. I’ll be on with cartographer John Moore who is talking about his beautiful and lavishly-illustrated book: The Clyde: Mapping the River. And now, what to wear? Fashionably-crumpled...
Always exciting when the author copies arrive, as they did this afternoon. Thanks to @BirlinnBooks and @BookSource1, with special thanks to Book Source for getting the books to me in this weather. Stay safe. This new paperback edition of When the Clyde Ran Red will be released next week, 8th March....
On Thursday 12th October, from 18.30 – 20.00 (doors open 18.15), I’ll be one of a panel addressing different aspects of the 1745 Jacobite Rising at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. I’ll be talking about the women I wrote about in Damn’ Rebel Bitches: The Women of the ’45, Arran Johnston will...
When I did my research for Damn’ Rebel Bitches: The Women of the ’45 twenty years ago, that had to be done the hard, albeit very enjoyable way. I’ve just written an article on the subject for Historia, the online magazine of the Historical Writers’ Association, which you can read below. Damn’ Rebel Bitches:...
This year I’m celebrating the 20th anniversary of the publication of Damn’ Rebel Bitches: The Women of the ’45. Writing this book was a labour of love for me. With no Internet to speak of back in 1997, I did the research in the old-fashioned way, travelling to libraries, archives, museums and locations up...
Nairn Bookshop, Friday 17th June 2016 at 7-8.30 pm. I’ll be talking about my writing life and my books, non-fiction and novels. Books will be available for sale on the night and I’ll be delighted to sign them. Free entry and refreshments will be served. Nairn Bookshop 01667 455528 NTS Visitor Centre, Culloden Moor, Saturday...
Saturday 12th March 2016, 2-4 pm. Meet the authors and enjoy a delicious Vintage Tea Party with Maggie Craig and her friend and colleague Aline Templeton, author of the DI Marjory Fleming crime mysteries. The event takes place at the historic Portsoy Salmon Bothy. Tickets including tea and scrumptious goodies cost £10 and are...
I’m delighted to be giving a talk on Jacobite Women at the NTS Visitor Centre at Culloden on Saturday 5th March from 12.30-1.30. This is as part of a day looking at the lives of women in and around the ’45. More details from NTS Culloden Events....
I’m delighted to be taking part once again in Book Week Scotland, a country-wide celebration of books and the written word. This year I’m at Alford Library in Aberdeenshire for a Meet the Author event and hosting a table at a Readers’ Dinner in Kirkcaldy organized by Fife Libraries. See below for more details...