Still in the Iron Age

Added on 09 September 2017

The dig at Clachtoll broch is still going on and I'm writing regular dig diaries on the broch website. It's getting really exciting, with daily finds from the layers that have been undisturbed for more than two thousand years. So far the parts of my forthcoming novels that are set at the bro...

Alphabet

Added on 11 August 2017

I'm delighted to have a long poem, called 'Alphabet', published in this year's gathering of New Writing Scotland (called She Said, He Said, I Said). There will be two launch parties for the book, but I can't be at either of them, so instead I've put a reading of the poem (com...

Blogging elsewhere

Added on 10 August 2017

In case you're wondering why I've gone quiet, it's because I have been writing blog posts on other sites, and I seem to have a finite capacity to do this, hence none getting written here. At the moment I'm writing the dig diary for an archaeology project at Clachtoll Broch, just up t...