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I am available to bookstores, writers’ and reading groups, book festivals and so on, including through the Scottish Book Trust‘s Live Literature Fund. Topics for talks, presentations or workshops could include my mullet-hunting journeys, travel writing or travel and adventure generally. If you are interested in having me along, please get in touch. Distance is not necessarily an object!

Events can include a variety of multimedia dimensions to bring my topic alive, and the mullet mission particularly lends itself to a quirky presentation involving the use of photos and videos.

Any fixed dates will appear below, and past events are further down the page.

Past events include speaking in the daunting Pecha Kucha format at a charity fundraiser “A Night of Adventure” (see second video on the right) in 2011, where I presented to to an audience of nearly 500 and shared a billing with renowned adventurers including Alistair Humphreys and Mark Beaumont.

I’ve also spoken and presented at the Inverness Book Festival in 2011, Solas Festival in 2012, and a number of readings at the time of the launch of my first book “Up The Creek Without a Mullet” in 2010.

The first video on the right shows you part of my reading at the launch event on 1 February 2010 in Inverness, recorded by a friend.  Apologies for the poor sound – I’ll hopefully be getting a more professional video made at a future event.

Forthcoming events