Trees and Woods

This piece by Sara Maitland just caught my eye. Reminds me of something John Fowles said in his book The Tree about entering woods being like entering another element, like water. Time to go for a swim, then...

The Gnostics - Available in Spanish

The Gnostics: The First Christian Heretics is now available in Spanish. In fact, it was first published in Spanish in 2007, and I have only just found out. The reason I didn't find out was that Amazon kept listing the book as unavailable, and I assumed that it didn't exist. It was only when I found someone actually selling a copy on Amazon.com that I realised the book did indeed exist and was not just an error in Amazon's database.

You can buy a copy of the book from Amazon.com. (It's cheaper than Amazon UK.)

Time Gets Away from Us

I've not updated this blog in far too long. I'm currently finishing a new book, and have also been on my travels. I'll post something more substantial when the book is done. Right now, it's time for coffee and In Our Time...

Edinburgh International Book Festival - Reading Today

I'll be reading at the Story Shop strand of the Edinburgh International Book Festival at 4pm today in the  famed Spiegeltent. (So called because of the mirrors.) It's a free daily dose of stories featuring emerging writers from Edinburgh, and so far has been very good. So come along if you are in the area.  I'll be reading from 'Dreaming at Baikonur', from Rocket Science. More info here.

Story Shop @ Edinburgh Book Festival

Details of this year's Story Shop at the Edinburgh International Book Festival have now gone up. More info here. I'm reading on Thursday 23rd August at 4pm. See you there!

Edinburgh Book Festival Reading

I will be appearing at this year's Edinburgh Book Festival, as part of the Story Shop strand. I'll be on on Thursday 23 August at 4pm in the Spiegeltent. The event is free, so please feel free to pop along and catch me reading from "Dreaming at Baikonur" from Rocket Science. A tad more info here.

David Lindsay & Scottish Literature

Good, if short, article on David Lindsay's Devil's Tor here. It is indeed time to wake up to the man's vision and genius.