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This is one of the most exciting days of the year, not just because it ushers in the New Year with all that hope for the twelve months to come, but because today the team behind Kirkcudbright’s annual book festival has announced the programme for the 2026 event. And what a programme it is –
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Nearly there! The team behind the annual Kirkcudbright Book Festival will announce the eagerly-waited 2026 programme on New Year’s Day, with the event itself to run between Thursday March 5-Sunday March 8, including, on the Thursday, World Book Day with its emphasis on young readers and writers. You can discover the details at www.kbtbookfestival.org
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No publishing format is growing more rapidly worldwide than audiobooks at the moment, and it is possible to enjoy eight of John Dean’s crime novels being brought to life by the excellent Nicholas Camm (pictured here). They include four each in the DCI John Blizzard and DCI Jack Harris series of books, published in other
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The venues have been announced for the Kirkcudbright Book Festival, which will take place between March 5-8, 2026. You can check them out ahead of the announcement of the programme on New Year’s Day, by going to the festival’s Facebook page – search for Kirkcudbright Book Festival. The website is https://kbtbookfestival.org
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I am fortunate in that my books attract mostly good reviews on the likes of Amazon and Goodreads, and every so often a phrase will stand out. The latest example was from ‘Bootsy’, on Amazon in the United States (I have a growing number of readers in America and very welcome they are, too), who
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Writing is often about real-time reminders of some of the most basic of truths about the craft we know and love. One of those truths is that characters provide the heartbeat of stories and sometimes the best thing is to give them their head and see where they take you. I mention this because I
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The countdown is gathering pace as the team behind Kirkcudbright Book Festival prepares to launch the programme for the 2026 event on New Year’s Day. There will be more than twenty literary-themed events staged between March 5-8 in the Dumfries and Galloway town and details of the eagerly-waited programme will be available on the website
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The book review site Goodreads has announced its most popular books of 2025, based on vote from its members. Among the winners in the seventeenth annual Goodreads Choice awards are Holly Jackson, with Not Quite Dead Yet, which won the Mystery and Thriller category, and Rebecca Yarros with Onyx Storm, topping the Romantasy section. More
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Another reminder of one of my older crime novels that you may have forgotten. Strange Little Girl She is the one who DCI John Blizzard remembers with a stab of guilt. Still missing after a murderous attack on her family, she was an awkward child, difficult to know, difficult to like, everyone said, the one
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The team behind the 2026 Kirkcudbright Book Festival has been announced and the seven-strong committee, led by chair Naomi Johnson, pictured here, brings an impressive range of skills and experience to the task. Supporting them is a team of experienced and enthusiastic volunteers, who will play a key role in delivering the work that needs
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