Category: novel

• ALL WE CANNOT LEAVE BEHIND – 112 DAYS UNTIL PUBLICATION

  16 weeks to go until the official publication date of my new novel ‘All We Cannot Leave Behind‘ on the 28th February 2024. Work on the front cover is ongoing at my publisher, but in the meantime, the book listing has started to appear on several online stores, including Waterstones, Amazon, WH Smith and Bookshop.org.…

  Iain Kelly

  08/11/2023

  Books, creative writing, Fiction, Literature, novel, Publishing, Writing

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• THE BARRA BOY – EBOOK PRICE DROP

  

  As part of an upcoming Bookbub promo, my novel ‘The Barra Boy’ is available for a limited time for only 99p in the UK, 99¢ in Canada and Australia, and $1.25 in the US. Available on Amazon Kindle, Google Play Books, Apple Books and Kobo. Snap a copy up now! Amazon UKAmazon USAmazon AUAmazon CA…

  Iain Kelly

  12/05/2023

  Books, creative writing, Fiction, novel, Publishing, the barra boy

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• LADY LEWIS’ LIBRARY – THE BARRA BOY REVIEW

  A huge thank you to blogger Lady Lewis’ Library, who has chosen to feature ‘The Barra Boy’ as her book review for the month of April. A glowing review and one that helps to make it all worthwhile! You can read her full review by clicking on the link above, and also browse around her…

  Iain Kelly

  28/04/2023

  book review, Books, creative writing, Literature, novel, Review, the barra boy

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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

  24/04/2023

  Books, Literature, Non-fiction, novel, Publishing, Review, the barra boy

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• THE BARRA BOY BOOK TOUR

  Last weekend, I hit the road with my new novel, ‘The Barra Boy’. Two book events and signings were organised, one at Waterstones Oban and one on the island of Barra itself, at the Buth Bharraigh, the local community shop. Thanks to another rail strike, it was a drive up to Oban, taking in Loch…

  Iain Kelly

  26/08/2022

  book review, Books, creative writing, Fiction, Literature, novel, Publishing, the barra boy

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