Category: Culture
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Join Me at the Nairn Book & Arts Festival 2025
Excited to be able to announce I have been invited to appear at my first festival: the Nairn Book & Arts Festival in September. After several author events and book signings in stores around Scotland, this is the first time I’ll be appearing as part of a wider festival taking part over a week. My…
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WHAT DEFINES SUCCESS FOR AUTHORS?
The publisher of my last three novels – The Barra Boy, All We Cannot Leave Behind and Full Sun – has refreshed and relaunched their website. As part of the process The Book Guild asked me to contribute an Author Case Study article, to go under the banner of ‘Author Success Stories’ – which I…
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BOOK SALES FIGURES
One of the questions I’m often asked is how many copies of my books I have sold – and there is often a lot of secrecy around revealing sales figures within the industry. After my royalty update for 2024 came through I’m celebrating The Barra Boy reaching over 2700 copies sold (ebook and paperback combined)…
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BESTSELLER* – ALL WE CANNOT LEAVE BEHIND
What a difference a book promotion and a price drop makes! A whirlwind weekend for ‘All We Cannot Leave Behind’ as it shot up the bestseller lists after an ebook promotion with Bookbub and price drop to 99p / 99c. It peaked at #1 in Australia in the category of Historical Fiction, earning it a…
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THE BARRA BOY IN PARLIAMENT
It’s easy to be cynical about our current crop of political leaders, so it was a welcome surprise to have this letter pop through the door yesterday, from my local Member of Parliament, acknowledging ‘The Barra Boy’ and my recent event at the local library. Of all the places I thought The Barra Boy’s publication…
Iain Kelly 