Monthly Archives: July 2012

In which the Author gives a last-minute talk on Cryptozoology…

 

“Cryptozoology 101 – Monster hunting in the 21st Century” – that’s the title of a talk that was due to be given at the Aberdour Festival by Fortean-about-town Gordon Rutter. But an indisposition has laid Gordon in his bed, so I’m the last-minute replacement (Gordon has just as much beard as I have, but I’m taller – will the audience spot the substitution?).

 

I’ll be at The Institute on Shore Road, Aberdour, Fife, at 6pm on Tuesday 24th July, discussing Scottish Big Cats, loch monsters, sea serpents and other denizens of the cryptozoological twilight. As usual, there’ll be books for sale and signing by the author’s very own hand.

 

Tickets are £3 on the door and include a glass of wine or a soft drink. Further details of the Aberdour Festival (“10 days of possibly the best small festival in the world”) can be found here.

In which the Author does a book signing for Haunted St Andrews…

 

 

On Saturday 21st July I’ll be at the independent bookshop J & G Innes to sign copies of Haunted St Andrews. Also known as the ‘Citizen’ shop because of its association with the St Andrews Citizen, the half-timbered building on South Street is something of an institution in the town. I’ll be there from 11am until mid-afternoon.

 

If you can’t come along on the day, call the shop on 01334 472174 to reserve a copy, and I’ll sign it for a later pick-up. I’ll also have some strictly limited-edition Haunted St Andrews bookmarks to give away. See http://www.jg-innes.co.uk/ for details on the shop.

 
 
 

In which the Author is interviewed in the Daily Mail…


 

Following on from last weekend’s piece in the Sunday Herald, it’s the turn of the Daily Mail to do a piece on Haunted St Andrews. The two-page article appeared on Saturday 14 July and can be read here, courtesy of the Daily Mail and the journalist, Jim McBeth. I’ll be doing a book signing at J & G Innes in St Andrews on Saturday 21 July.

In which the Author talks about mummies and ghosts in the Sunday Herald…

 

Glasgow’s Sunday Herald did a full-page feature on Haunted St Andrews in their 8th July edition. I tried to look windswept and interesting for the photo shoot in the Cathedral ruins, and gabbled on in my usual windbag fashion. The full piece can be read here, courtesy of the Sunday Herald and journalist Cate Devine. I’ll be doing a book signing at J & G Innes on Market Street in St Andrews on Saturday 21st July.

Read the full article by clicking here, or the image to the left!