Fiction and non-fiction
As a journalist turned author, I have written everything from experimental poetry to dry financial reports. I've published one novel, The Leipzig Affair, and two books about whisky, as short stories, poetry and a full-length translation from German to English.
I'm currently seeking a publisher for my second novel, Indigo, which is set in Calton, a fictionalised version of Glasgow. It tells the story of a battle for hearts and minds between a repressive religion in cahoots with a criminal gang and a group of hardcore underground activists led by a yoga teacher. My work in progress includes a non-fiction book about walks to abandoned settlements in Harris and Lewis, which will be published by Birlinn, and a third novel set in the 1970s about a gay crofter with a dark secret.
A Place Like This
During lockdown, I began exploring my local environment, starting with my home in the small settlement of Rèinigeadal on the ...
The Leipzig Affair
The year is 1985. East Germany is in the grip of communism. Magda, a brilliant but disillusioned young linguist, ...
Whisky Island
This book is a celebration of the whiskies of Islay and of the beautiful island that shaped them. With ...
Outside Verdun
“The war, an operation instigated by men, still felt to him like a storm decreed by fate, an unleashing ...