Category: Non-fiction
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January Reads
January Reads – a mix of true crime, crime fiction, literary giants, Booker prize winners and nostalgia with Back to the Future. A strong start to 2026! Zodiac – Robert Graysmith *****My Mother’s Murder – Gina McGavin ****Marble Hall Murders – Anthony Horowitz *****Son of a Witch – Gregory Maguire ****If On a Winter’s Night…
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December Reads
An uneven month of reading to round out the year: a couple of high hopes that fell flat, but also a couple of little gems that were a delight, and some dark, Scottish fiction perfect for the long winter nights. Benbecula – Graeme Macrae Burnett ****Crow Moon – Suzy Aspley *****Quantum of Menace – Vaseem…
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November Reading Round Up
Another busy month filled with great books, featuring a mix of spies, crime, dystopia, World War II – and sometimes a mix of all! A number of the books this month were bought from local bookshops (I always lose money at author events as I buy more than I sell) – please shop local where…
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ALL WE CANNOT LEAVE BEHIND – LIBERTON LOCATIONS
Liberton, a suburb to the south of Edinburgh’s Old Town, is the main location for my new novel, ‘All We Cannot Leave Behind’, a historical thriller set in the years before and after the First World War – three children are missing, abducted from the poorhouse in the city. When a body is found near…
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9th SELF-PUBLISHING CONFERENCE
On Saturday (22nd April), I attended my first writing conference – the annual Self-Publishing Conference in Leicester, hosted by Troubador Publishing, publishers of The Barra Boy through their hybrid imprint The Book Guild. I had been invited to give a presentation on ‘Selling From the Author’s Perspective’, giving the aspiring writers attending an insight into…
Iain Kelly 