If you enjoy reading and discussing what you have read but haven’t enough time to plough through a whole novel, you’ll love this group. Unlike a traditional book group, it’s writer-led and there’s no homework (except for me!). I bring photocopies of a couple of short, self-contained texts – stories,…
It all started in the summer of 2008, with our golden retriever’s belly swelling up – a phantom pregnancy, the vet said. Then there was the smell of rotting wood in our toilet – a leaking joint along the cistern pipe, my husband said. Then my blood test came back…
novel
e-book: Leamington Books 2022
pb: Word Power Books 2012
LitLong: Edinburgh app (https://www.litlong.org)
‘I absolutely loved this book’ Northwords Now
short stories
Two Ravens Press 2009
‘a truly fabulous collection’ Louise Welsh
‘an exceptionally gifted writer’ Nicholas Royle
novel
EUP/Polygon 2002
ebook: Birlinn 2013
‘hums with sexual tension’ Sunday Herald
‘a superb writer’ Lesley Glaister
short stories
SCP 1998
‘clearly one of Scotland’s most promising young writers’ Alan Jamieson and Gavin Wallace