Colonel James Gardiner was a Scotsman and a career soldier in the British Army. By a twist of fate, the man who travelled extensively during his military career was struck down at Prestonpans in a battle that exploded no distance from his own front door. Gardiner was quite a character. In his youth he...
I’ll be talking about my passion for Jacobites at Waterstones in Glasgow’s Byres Road on Wednesday 13th April at 7.30 pm. For more information, call them on 0141 337 4759....
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 didn’t write this. He who did is more used to writing technical reports but I think he’s made a great job of this wee story which might raise a smile, especially in the writers among us. I’m delighted to realize that he doesn’t always tune me out when I’m giving it laldy about people...
Edinburgh, 1822: Richard is a wealthy young medical student who lives in the opulent New Town. Kate works in a dingy oyster cellar below the South Bridge in Edinburgh’s Old Town, her only joy her young brother Andrew. In this extract from One Sweet Moment, she is reluctantly showing Richard around the gloomy vaults....
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...
Neil Munro was a Scottish writer who lived from 1863 to 1930. A busy journalist, newspaper editor, loving father and husband, he wrote a clutch of highly-enjoyable and highly-regarded historical novels, which include The New Road, John Splendid and Doom Castle. He’s remembered by many Scots for his humorous Para Handy stories where the...
The Jacobite Rising of 1715 had its formal start on 6th September 1715 when the Earl of Mar raised the standard at Braemar. Prior to the rising of 1745, this was the most significant attempt to win the British throne back from the House of Hanover and restore the House of Stuart. Three hundred...
It’s always a thrill to see my books on the shelves, especially when I’m in such good company as I am here at the National Trust for Scotland visitor Scotland at Culloden. I was there last week to sign copies of my Jacobite romantic suspense novel, Gathering Storm. The gift shop at Culloden has...
Fair chuffed that the cover for Dance to the Storm, my next novel, has reached the finals of a cover competition. http://indtale.com/polls/creme-de-la-cover-contest If you’d like to add your vote, feel free! Dance to the Storm is the sequel to Gathering Storm and follows the further adventures of Scottish Redcoat officer Captain Robert Catto and...