It’s been a while, I know, since I’ve posted here — a lot of time lately has been spent on the road for THE FRIDAY GIRL and assisting Lesley (McDowell, my wife, and author of LOVE AND OTHER POISONS, which you should all be reading!) by carrying the bags on her book tour… on top of the usual workload with editorials for various people and trying to work on what I hope will be the second Elizabeth Burnet novel…
And the touring isn’t over yet! If you don’t know already, I’ll be at Bloody Scotland this year on the 13 September at 1600 — tickets available here — and Lesley will also be there on the same day but at the earlier time of 1000 — tickets here!
But September isn’t the only month where I’ll be living it up at festivals, oh-no! In October, I’ll be at Chiltern Kills, a superb one day festival down in the southernest reaches of England… in fact, further south than I have ever been in this country! Which is slightly terrifying, but it’s going to be brilliant fun as I will be protected by several other hardy Scots for the journey, as you’ll see from the promo below.
Chiltern Kills is a one day festival with ABSOLUTELY BLOODY LOADS OF THINGS happening, and it’s all in aid of a superb cause, so if you’re down that way I suggest you get your tickets now!
It won’t be the first time I’ve taken THE FRIDAY GIRL over the border, though. Earlier in August, I was down in the city of Hull to be interviewed by the incredible Nick Triplow of Hull Noir in front of a brilliantly engaged audience both on and offline (Although apologies to those online who got cut off before the event’s end due to a weird wifi gremlin in the library!)
And as if that isn’t enough, I’ve decided to get back on the group blogging circuit by rejoining Do Some Damage. I was (I think?) one of the founding members of this brilliant group crime blog about three centuries ago, but now it has returned as a substack and I have a regular monthly column where I’ll talk about…. ooo, whatever I like… So far topics have included Imposter Syndrome and the terrible pull of nostalgia, but even if you don’t fancy reading more from me check out the blog for writing from brilliant minds like Steve Weddle, Beau Johnson, Holly West, Scott Parker, Scott Adelrberg, Claire book and Kristi Belcamino.
So yeah, its been a busy few months, and its about to get even more packed. But I’m going to try and keep you all way more up to date than I have… and no doubt I’ll have some things to say about the upcoming festival appearances in due course, along with updates on the writing…
Until then…
Take care!
Russel
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