on 15th January 2019
APRIL 29 — MAY 11: ‘THE ORIGINS OF IVOR PUNCH’ COLIN MACINTYRE’S STAGE PLAY WHICH HE HAS ADAPTED FROM HIS EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL AWARD-WINNING DEBUT NOVEL ‘THE LETTERS OF IVOR PUNCH’ WILL BE APPEARING AT ‘A PLAY, A PIE AND A PINT‘ AT… ORAN MOR GLASGOW, OPENING MONDAY 29 APRIL 2019 TO SATURDAY 4TH […]
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on 19th July 2018
Hello all, Very pleased to share my new Mull Historical Society album ‘Wakelines’ is now available to PRE-ORDER on LP/CD/DL (landing 21st Sept) on Xtra Mile Recordings. Produced by – and featuring – Mercury & Brit Award-winner Bernard Butler. MHS UK Autumn Tour announced below! And two new books – my ‘Hometown Tales’ memoir, and ‘The Humdrum Drum‘, my children’s book with accompanying music CD – are now in the shops/online (more info […]
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on 19th July 2018
An extract follows below from my new memoir: ‘The Boy in the Bubble’. From the W&N Books series HOMETOWN TALES: HIGHLANDS AND HEBRIDES. I have loved writing it, telling the stories behind my songs, first guitars, first bands, and documenting some of my childhood tales and inspirations. It is about home, family, local characters and islands, […]
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on 25th May 2018
Hello all — I’m delighted to share this news of the publication of my new book. It’s been a lot of fun to write and I hope you might enjoy it! All you need to know is below – Colin PRE-ORDER ‘HOMETOWN TALES: THE BOY IN THE BUBBLE’ Hometown Tales: The Boy in the Bubble, […]
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on 17th December 2017
NEW MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY ALBUM TO BE PRODUCED BY BERNARD BUTLER: I’m excited to share news that my new MHS album will be produced by the Brit Award-winning Producer, and Mercury Award-winning songwriter and musician, Bernard Butler (ex-Suede, McAlmont & Butler). Bernard is someone I’ve admired for a long time and he has produced many great artists as well […]
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on 24th August 2017
I am delighted to announce I will be writing a memoir for the W&N Books series of books ‘HOMETOWN TALES’ celebrating regional voices. Also featuring the comedian and writer Stewart Lee, Gemma Cairney, Kirsty Logan and many others. Meantime, I am also working on my second novel (and new MHS album!!) You can read more below from […]
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Hello Society! It’s that time of the year again: a bit of Mull’ed (er, sorry) especially for you: MHS ‘Christmas Is Here Again’ My new MHS album is now finished at Abbey Road Studios and really feels like my best yet: coming out April 8th 2016 on Xtra Mile Recordings / BMG (on my birthday no less…) More […]
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Read the fascinating piece from Colin in today’s Irish Times in which he talks about the links between his music and his writing, his literary heritage in the Hebrides and the emergence of his debut novel ‘The Letters of Ivor Punch‘ out now on W&N Books. VOTE for Ivor for the Edinburgh Book Festival ‘First Book Award’ […]
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OUT NOW: the new Xtra Mile Recordings Xtra Mile High Club compilation album ‘Summer in the City’, featuring the live recording of the new Mull Historical Society track based on Colin’s debut novel: ‘The Ballad of Ivor Punch‘ Grab it here on iTunes http://smarturl.it/XMHCV6-XMR http://smarturl.it/SummerInTheCity-iT
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