On Thursday 16th June at 7pm, I’ll be in conversation with Dr Arran Johnston at the Battle of Prestonpans Jacobite Museum. This has its home in Prestonpans Town Hall. Arran and I will be talking about my Jacobite books and lots more. Booking is essential. You can buy tickets here. ...
Last year I realized that this year, 2022, would be the 25th anniversary of the first publication of Damn’ Rebel Bitches: The Women of the ’45. I approached the publisher, Penguin Random House, and suggested a special edition to mark this milestone. I’m delighted to say that the new edition will be available from...
Very pleased to have been asked by the lovely and dedicated Inverness Outlanders to speak about some of the women I wrote about in Damn’ Rebel Bitches: The Women of the ’45 at an online event. The third Inverness Outlanders LIVE online show happens this coming Tuesday, 23rd February at 7pm on...
Events must be like buses. You wait ages for one and then two come along at the same time. Date for the second event is to be confirmed but the first one takes place online on Saturday 8th August at 7pm. Hosted by The Sassenach Stitcher, @sassenachstitch, details and tickets for the Covid Ceilidh...
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Hooray! After nearly two years of research, visiting the relevant sites and writing, One Week in April: The Scottish Radical Rising of 1820 will be launched tomorrow. This will be a virtual launch and everyone’s invited. Wednesday 1st April at 3 o’clock on Twitter. There will also be a link on Facebook (Birlinn Books)...
I’m delighted to be part of the launch event of the inaugural Paisley Book Festival. I’ll be speaking at the Paisley Arts Centre in the Abbey Close, Paisley on Thursday 20th February between 7 and 9 pm. The theme of the festival is Radical Voices and Rebel Stories, so I’ll be talking about my...
On Thursday 30th May from 2-3 pm, I’ll be at Port Glasgow Library, event title ‘A Chat with Maggie Craig.’ Port Glasgow Library, Fore Street, Port Glasgow. PA14 5EQ For further information phone 01475 712330....
On Saturday 25th May from 2.15-3.15 I’ll be speaking about my books at Airyhall Library, Springfield Road, Aberdeen. AB15 7RF. For more information, phone the library on 01224 310536 or email them at [email protected]...
Along with many of my fellow wordsmiths, I was criss-crossing Scotland last week (19th to 25th November) to celebrate Book Week Scotland 2018, run by the Scottish Book Trust. The theme this year was ‘Rebel’. My first event was at the Brander Library in Huntly in Aberdeenshire, a lovely wood-panelled Victorian building, where the librarians had...