What’s Past is Prologue
21 and 25 October 2019, Washington, DC & Oklahoma City, OK I’ll be doing events at two bookstores in the USA in October. Please come if you’re in town! Monday, 21 October 2019, 7.00 p.m. Politics & Prose in Washington, DC –…
I’ll be running one of the workshops for Hooked at The Stove, 100 High Street, Dumfries DG1 2BN, from 1-2.30 p.m. on Saturday, 30 March 2019. Hooked is a day-festival for young people aged 14-25 who are passionate about literature and the arts, encouraging…
Join me on 17 October 2018 at the Huddersfield Library of the Kirklees Library Services, for a chat about Firebird and all things literary for teen readers! The event is free, but the Kirklees Council would like tickets booked ahead of time.…
Saturday 18 August 2018, 12.15 – 13.15: Freedom to Read, Freedom to Write. This panel, held at the Spark Theatre on George Street at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, will be in conjunction with Lari Don and Candy Gourlay and…
On Wednesday 9 May 2018 I’ll be speaking at the Innerpeffray Library as part of their 2018 lecture series. The Library was featured in fictional form in my 2017 novel The Pearl Thief, which turned out to be the beginning of a…
Code Name Verity has been chosen as the Portage CommuniTEEN Read, in collaboration between Portage, Michigan’s two high schools, the Portage District Library, and Bookbug Bookstore – which means I’m going to Portage, Michigan, to talk about the book with all the…
I’m excited to announce the publication of my most recent novel, Cobalt Squadron, which is set in the Star Wars universe and features new characters from The Last Jedi! The book came out on the same day as the film. It was a pleasure to write,…
Saturday 9 September 2017, 2.00 p.m.: Again, as part of Perth & Kinross’s Doors Open Day festival, I’ll be reading and signing at the Pitlochry Dam Visitor Centre. Come along to find out more about the River Tay and its pearls as…
Here are a few things I’ve got scheduled for this summer! Thursday 22 June 2017, 10 am – 3 pm: I’ll be participating in Timehop: Wordpool’s Young Adult Fiction Festival. Blackpool, England. Friday 28 – Sunday 30 July 2017: I’m a guest…
Bloomsbury, Waterstones, and the Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust are collaborating in a Scotland-based launch of The Pearl Thief with an event at the Perth Museum on Thursday 18 May 2017. Together with Jess Smith, storyteller and outstanding advocate for the Traveller community in…