Writing
The mullet adventures
Up The Creek Without A Mullet 2010 Tour |
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| Monday 1 February 6.00pm | Inverness: launch Bishop’s Palace, Eden Court Theatre IV3 5SB |
| Tuesday 16 February 7.30pm | Inverness: reading and discussion Highland Literary Salon, Glen Mhor Hotel IV2 4SG |
| Tuesday 2 March 6.30pm | Edinburgh: reading and signing Blackwell, 52-63 South Bridge EH1 1YS |
| Thursday 11 March 6.30pm | Stirling: reading and signing Waterstones, Thistle Centre FK8 2EA |
| Wednesday 17 March 6.30pm | Glasgow: reading and signing Biblocafe, 262 Woodlands Road G3 6NE |
“his genuine enthusiasm shines through, making this book a very satisfying read.” – David Hebblethwaite
Many people have said to me that the mullet-hunting journeys would make a good book. Here’s hoping they’re right – Sandstone Press have published my first book, “Up The Creek Without A Mullet”, telling the story of the origins of the mission and the first three adventures.
Pre-publication publicity included articles in the Highland News, Inverness Courier (1|2) and Daily Record, while reviews have been written by David Hebblethwaite and others (please drop me an email if you know of a review not listed here). And if you spot any typos, add them to my record of them here on my blog so they can be changed for future print runs!
You can order it on amazon.co.uk, amazon.ca, amazon.com and angusrobertson.com.au, and it is available on many other online and high street retailers. News about its availability as an ebook will appear here soon. 10% of my royalties will go to aidconvoy.net, a humanitarian organisation run by my friend Kieran which features briefly in the book.
All confirmed reading and signing dates are listed above and are of course open to all – so please do come along if you can, and tell your friends. And enemies, come to think of it.
Additional dates will hopefully be organised around Scotland and perhaps beyond in the coming weeks and months, including a rescheduled Aberdeen reading. If you represent a bookshop and are interested in organising a reading or signing, then please let me know – distance is not necessarily an obstacle!
Sandstone Press are in discussions with me about a second book, telling further tales from the mullet trail. Watch this space…
The MidgieI have penned a few articles for the independent traveller magazine for Scotland, The Midgie. They’ve been heavily edited – apparently I wasn’t cheerful enough, but they still liked me! Sadly, The Midgie is now in hibernation for an unknown period, so it seems I had far from the Midas touch… |
Blogs“Lost Horizons“: I’ve been writing a blog since 2005. I’ve enjoyed charting some of the places I’ve been, things I’ve done, seen and read, and people I’ve met. Sandstone blog: I write an occasional blog on the website of Sandstone Press, the publishers of my book, focussing mostly on experiences relating to the book itself. |
FictionI am also playing around with some fiction ideas. Some would count as science fiction, and one idea emerging in my head would be an outrageous and hopefully humourous reflection on society and media. I’ll not tell you much more than that, as these ideas are in very early days at this stage. |
Commissions?
If you are from any publication or website that would like something written (perhaps even for free), then drop a line as I am always interested in broadening what I’ve written about. You’ll get a sense from this website, particularly the blog, of what I might suit; but my main interests and strengths are travel (especially Scotland and the Highlands but also much of Europe), politics, Christianity, and anything off-beat.