Christopher Brookmyre

Scottish Top Authors share their favourite reads…

Mairiuna, I just stumbled upon an article in the Scotsman online magazine that compiles a list of top Scottish authors’ favourite books for the year 2012.

In all, 44 authors contributed to this project. Wow… Ain’t it exciting to find out what our best authors reads are?

So happy to find on the list […]

Scotiana’s Top Choices in 2009 Wigtown Book Festival

A good festival should be an encounter: with ideas, people, cultures and the landscape. It should look outwards but rejoice at the best of what’s local.

Adrian Turpin . Festival Director

For those who, like us, cannot attend the Wigtown Book Festival this year, […]

Do You Believe In Ghosts?

Stone's inscription : "Ecoutez le fantôme qui pleure" (Listen to the weeping ghost) Massif Central, France

Don’t ask me to answer that question though I have more reasons to say YES than NO !

A black crow is cawing on the top of a pine-tree in front of my window as […]

The Sherlock Award for Best Comic Detective

Christopher Brookmyre at Sherlock Award Ceremony

The Sherlock Award for Best Comic Detective? Sure Mairiuna, it is with great pleasure that I will talk more about it, especially that information on this very unique literary award is not easily gathered online. Furthermore, it is rather confusing as they are several categories.

I first […]