SOCIETY MINUTES: MHS/COLIN ON STV TONIGHT / BBC ‘OFF THE BALL’ SAT / BLOODY SCOTLAND SUN / ABERDEEN WEDS (FREE) MEMBER NOTES BELOW > TONIGHT – FRI 15th 7pm > Catch a feature on Colin and his new MHS album on Scottish Television’s ‘What’s On Scotland‘ ! > Colin will be a guest on BBC Radio Scotland’s ‘Off […]

Looking forward to my first forays into Crime (writing it…) >CALL THE POLIS! w/ @MarionETodd @jdkirkbooks @colinmacIntyre Mull Historical Society >> Rebus/Laidlaw/Taggart continue to inspire > So I bring you Sgt Ivor Punch, Isle of Mull Division. Join us this Sunday 17th 1pm at Bloody Scotland Book FestivalStirling > TICKETS Coming soon on Black & […]

Looking forward to returning home to The Tobermory Book Festival to read from my forthcoming novel ‘When The Needle Drops‘ – the first in a new Mull Mysteries Series, as well as read from my other books and perform tracks from my new MHS album ‘IN MY MIND THERE’S A ROOM’ which is in collaboration […]

A shout-out to the amazing musicians who shared their talents – and rooms – on my new Mull Historical Society album, ‘IN MY MIND THERE’S A ROOM’ > a collaboration with some leading authors. It’s been a special one for me and all the more so for having these guys in the room! >> Gordon […]

Looking forward to returning to Scotland’s book town @WigtownBookFest performing tracks from my new MHS album ‘IN MY MIND THERE’S A ROOM’ in collaboration with leading authors > discussing the creative process & reading from my books Sat Sept 30 6pm >  TICKETS 

Some visuals of the MHS album author’s rooms: Featuring a young Ian Rankin ‘My Bedroom Was My Rocket’ /  @valmcdermid ‘Room of Masks’ /  @nickhornby ‘‘Panicked Feathers’ /  @TheBookerPrizes nominee/winner Sebastian Barry ‘Kelshabeg’ / @stephen_kelman ‘The Red Flame Diner NYC  / and  my ‘room’ then & now > Out Now!

A handful of ‘Rooms’ > all the MHS album authors & the finished work. Heavy lifting! Incl. Booker Prize nominee/winner Sebastian Barry. MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY FULL BAND SHOW w/ STRINGS EDINBURGH SUMMERHALL – FRIDAY 4th AUGUST – TICKETS A HANDFUL OF ‘ROOMS’ — ALL THE MHS ALBUM AUTHORS Including Sebastian Barry just announced on the Booker […]

Were you there? Soundcheck and then the show 27987d9d982a4f6ba964583080bf3637 Edinburgh this Friday 4th August — full band show with strings — TICKETS New ‘ROOM’ album out now

  WATCH ALBUM TRAILER  “At once melodious and spiky” – The Sunday Times Culture “Both epic and intimate” – The Scotsman   “A remarkable, utterly fascinating album”– Far Out Magazine BUY NOW on DL / CD and pink Double-vinyl HERE LIVE THIS WEEK: BELLADRUM & EDINBURGH SUMMERHALL FRI 4 AUGUST THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED… ‘IN MY MIND THERE’S A ROOM’ on DL […]

“Outside… my bedroom there was a flat roof // The garage roof where cats came through // My bedroom sat at the top // And sometimes they’d bring birds dead or dying // And sometimes they would drag them in // Over my teenage face // But who knows with cats, with cats? // And […]