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I think I’m getting old. Well, actually I know I’m getting old, having celebrated my 45th birthday last month, and I hate to tell you…

Elmore Leonard famously published his ’10 Rules of Writing’, and they are wise words indeed. I can’t say that I follow them all, but there…

I have nothing against Pippa Middleton. Apparently, if the newspapers are to be believed, she has a nice arse and I have no reason to…

A new initiative launched by the Scottish Book Trust will see every child in primary one at Scottish schools receive a free book. The book,…

SHOULD books be classified along gender lines? Are there such things as ‘women’s’ books and ‘men’s’ books? I’m not convinced that there are, or that…

There's a brilliant new website about football memories to help raise awareness about dementia. You should take part. This is my favourite moment of my…

The Haunted launch night at Waterstone's If anyone has notice that this week’s blog is being published later than normal, then the only excuse I…

'Those who, at first, burn books, will, in the end, burn men.' Heinrich Heine   This past seven days has seen Banned Books Week in…

So I’m sitting in a hotel room in Strathpeffer in the Scottish Highlands, listening to Matt Monro singing about ‘Days Like These’ as I scribble…

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