Category: photography

• 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…

  Iain Kelly

  22/03/2024

  Books, creative writing, Fiction, Literature, Non-fiction, novel, photography, Writing

  all we cannot leave behind, creative writing, edinburgh, Fiction, historical, history, inspiration, Liberton, literature, location, research, scotland, thriller, travel, Writing

• ALL WE CANNOT LEAVE BEHIND – EDINBURGH LOCATIONS

  

  ‘All We Cannot Leave Behind’, my new novel set around Edinburgh in the first two decades of the 20th century, features many buildings and locations that can still be seen around the city today. Below is a gallery of images of some of the present day locations that feature in and inspired the novel. Click…

  Iain Kelly

  11/03/2024

  Books, creative writing, Fiction, History, Image, novel, photography, Writing

  all we cannot leave behind, car, creative writing, edinburgh, Fiction, history, holyrood, insipration, jenners, literature, location, monument, novel, royal mile, scott, waverley, Writing

• THE BARRA BOY INSPIRATIONS & LOCATIONS

  One week to go until the official publication day of ‘The Barra Boy’. I’ve been thinking back to the visit to Barra, almost 7 years ago now, that inspired the book. Although the characters and story are fictional, many of the locations are based on my memories of that visit. So, I’ve had a dig…

  Iain Kelly

  21/06/2022

  Books, creative writing, Literature, novel, photography, the barra boy, Writing

  barra, castlebay, creative writing, ferry, Fiction, inspiration, literature, locations, netgalley, photographs, the barra boy, vatersay, Writing

• Weekly Photo Challenge: Silhouette

  Silhouettes, Dover Castle, a photo by iainthekid on Flickr.

  Iain Kelly

  21/10/2012

  Documentary, Image, Media, photography

  image, photography, postaday, silhouette, weekly photo challenge

• Weekly Photo Challenge: Big

  The scale of the modern windmills up close demonstrated by the person at the foot of this one, taken at the Whitelee Windmill Farm in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

  Iain Kelly

  16/10/2012

  Documentary, Image, Media, photography

  big, image, perspective, photography, postaday, sky, whitelee, windmill, windmill farm