Category: 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

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• 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 STATE TRILOGY – EBOOK SALE THIS WEEK

  

  All this week, my trilogy of books – ‘THE STATE TRILOGY‘ are on sale on Amazon for ebook readers. Set in the near future, these crime thrillers follow a State detective and an assassin as they must team up to challenge the corrupt power of the State. Pick up your copies now from Amazon.co.uk. BOOK…

  Iain Kelly

  29/04/2023

  book review, Books, creative writing, Fiction, Writing

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• STEWARTON BOOK NOOK AUTHOR EVENT – THE BARRA BOY

  Saturday 8th October was Bookshop Day 2022, and to celebrate I was delighted to go along to local independent bookshop The Book Nook in Stewarton to have a chat about ‘The Barra Boy’ and sign a few copies. It was also the opening day for brand new premises for the Book Nook, moving into a…

  Iain Kelly

  09/10/2022

  creative writing, Literature, Publishing, the barra boy, Writing

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• 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

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