One of the most exciting things to happen this summer (for me, anyway!) was being offered the opportunity to appear at Bloody Scotland as part of its Crime In The Spotlight programme. If you haven’t heard of it, Bloody Scotland is Scotland’s international crime…

I always come away from an evening at the Edinburgh Writers’ Forum, held at The Edinburgh Bookshop, feeling good about life. Speaking to such a diverse group of writers, and hearing of their many and varied achievements, is quite simply life-affirming. As a…