Yearly Archives: 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!

In which the author publishes another book (again)

 

My new book, Haunted St Andrews, is published today (29 June). The list of contents should give you an idea what to expect:

 

Chapter 1  – The White Lady and The Haunted Tower

 

Chapter 2 – A Haunted Cluster – the Ghosts of The Pends, St Leonard’s School and Queen Mary’s House

 

Chapter 3 – Ghosts of Castle and Cloister

 

Chapter 4 – Ghosts of Town and Gown

 

Chapter 5 – Pitmilly House – Poltergeist Manor!

 

Chapter 6 – A Pair of Poltergeists

 

Chapter 7 – Death Warnings, Dead Air and Ghost Villages

 

I will be doing a book signing at the esteemed bookshop of J & G Innes, St Andrews on Saturday 21 July. Meanwhile, there will be articles on Haunted St Andrews in the Scottish Daily Mail (Saturday 30th June) and the Glasgow Herald (Sunday 8 July). There was going to be a televised interview on BBC’s Reporting Scotland, but they cancelled at the last minute (and there was me having ironed a clean shirt and shaved my manly stubble – honestly, the sacrifices I make for my public…)

 

Haunted St Andrews is published by The History Press at £9.99, and is available from your local high street bookshop or from Amazon.

 
 
 

In which the author appears on the wireless again…

 

On Wednesday 20 June I was interviewed on Dundee radio station Wave 102FM about Haunted St Andrews, which will be published on 29 June. The White Lady and the mummies of the Haunted Tower got an airing, which is nice, along with several other posh ghosts.

 

More events (book signings and talks) and media appearances (newspaper features) are on their way soon regarding Haunted St Andrews, so keep a weather eye out.