Events
I'm an award-nominated novelist and short story writer, writing in multiple genres. Check below for more on where you can see me participate in panels, speak and teach.
My upcoming public events
Here's what I've got coming up:
- I'll appearing at the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival 2025 in Harrogate as a shortlistee for the McDermid Debut Award.
- I'll appearing at Bloody Scotland 2025 in Stirling as a shortlistee for the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize and as a panelist.
- I'm attending the Edinburgh Writer's Club for a Q&A on Monday 13th October 2025.
- I'll be attending Stockport Noir 2026 in Stockport.
Availability
I am available for most public and private book and writing-related events, including:
- Book festival panels
- Book festival interviews
- In-store events
- In-person and virtual book club visits
- Guest lecturing and speaking
To get in touch, please get in touch using my contact form. You can also check out my profile on the Scottish Book Trust Live Literature database.
Recent events
This is a short list of what I've done recently:
- I spoke to Iain MacGregor about his book THE HIROSHIMA MEN with Night Owl Books at the Harbour Chapel in Dunbar on 2nd July 2025.
- I appeared at Capital Crime 2025 in London on Friday 13th and Saturday 14th of June, where I was on a debut panel with Remi Kone and S.M. Govett, chaired by Brian McGilloway.
- I attended the Bloody Scotland 2025 programme launch as a Debut Prize shortlistee. News story here.
- I spoke to Chris Whitaker about his novel ALL THE COLOURS OF THE DARK at Waterstones Edinburgh in April 2025.
- I gave a talk to the students at Arcadia Abroad, a study-abroad program at the University of Edinburgh. You can read the accompanying blog post and watch the talk here.
- I appeared at Waterstones Braehead in Glasgow for their 2024 Christmas Shopping Event.
- I was a 'Crime in the Spotlight' reader as part of Bloody Scotland 2024.
- I had a sold-out launch event at Blackwell's in Edinburgh for my debut novel, A RELUCTANT SPY.
- I did a school visit with the sixth year English students at Earlston High School.
- I was part of a sold-out nine-author book launch at WorldCon 2024.
- I ran a workshop with Nicholas Binge on Critique and Community at WorldCon 2024.
- I ran a workship with Nicholas Binge on Critique and Community at Cymera Festival.
- I guest-lectured at Napier University on the Creative Writing MA, talking about short fiction and critiques.