Doug Johnstone

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I would recommend reading the comments to cheer yourself up.

NEWS! I'm thrilled to have been awarded this year's Loch Long Crime Writing Residency at @covepark.bsky.social! I'll be spending two weeks there in January, working on the early stages of a new novel. Can't wait. @orendabooks.bsky.social

#GhostNotes from @dougjohnstone.bsky.social and @orendabooks.bsky.social sees the welcome return of the Skelfs, including an extremely timely investigation into the use of AI #BookSky Reading For Leisure review: tinyurl.com/3e74hryy

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Absolutely incredible work. 🙌

This is fascinating and the details are honestly pretty baffling. blog.historicenvironment.scot/2026/10/the-...

Happy New Album from The Avalanches Day for all who celebrate! It's another belter.

Sex and drugs and rock 'n' roll, going cheap! Get it here: geni.us/HL0X @orendabooks.bsky.social

And I'm thrilled to be appearing at the Birnam Book Festival for the first time next Friday 23rd October, 7.30pm kick off. Quality book chat and music guaranteed. Perthshire peeps, come along! birnamarts.com/event-Cultur... @orendabooks.bsky.social

I'm excited to be firing along to The Stewartry Literary Society next Tuesday 20th October for an afternoon of book banter and tunes in a fancy house. Come and find me, people of Kirkcudbright and surrounding area! stewartryliterarysociety.org.uk @orendabooks.bsky.social

Want to visit a cave full of 40,000 skulls (plus hundreds of thousands more skeletons buried 10 metres underfoot)? Naples has you covered!

Capri is beautiful once you get away from the crowds.

Went to Pompeii today and took hundreds of pics but it was all a bit overwhelming and taking time to process tbh. Here’s a pic of some columns and Vesuvius.

Watched Napoli FC cruise to a 3-0 win over Frosinone, McTominay and Gilmour on from the bench. Great atmosphere, and chaotic travel to and from the stadium in yet more downpours.

More Naples madness. Started the day with torrential rain, ended with a beautiful sunset.

Naples absolute chaos so far - apocalyptic lightning storms, crazy streets, big churches and underground caverns. And pizza.

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The Skelf women are BACK…💛 Funeral directors. Private investigators. And now, a deadly world of grief bots, blackmail and murder🪦 #GhostNotes by @dougjohnstone.bsky.social is OUT NOW! Print: 🔗https://geni.us/EAB4ov Ebook: 🔗https://geni.us/1H3aI9

I’m an author, apparently. Taken by the super talented Paul Reich at @bloodyscotland.bsky.social.

I've been playing a lot of my music at book events recently, so I thought it was worth reminding you that you can stream or download everything from my Bandcamp site. What's more, Bandcamp regularly waive their commission on Fridays, including today! dougjohnstone.bandcamp.com/album/crow-h...

#THEOSSIANS ARE HERE!🎸 The anniversary edition of #TheOssians by @dougjohnstone.bsky.social IS OUT NOW! A gritty, darkly funny cult novel about a Scottish indie band on a last-chance winter tour that spirals into glorious chaos. 👇ORDER NOW👇 🔗https://geni.us/49IJe

Music. Murder. Grief. Ghosts. The stakes have never been higher for the Skelf women…🪦💛 #GhostNotes by @dougjohnstone.bsky.social — Book 7 in the award-winning #TheSkelfs series — is OUT NOW! Print: 🔗https://geni.us/EAB4ov Ebook: 🔗https://geni.us/1H3aI9

Hullo! I'm appearing at my local @portybookfest.bsky.social this Saturday Oct 3rd at 7pm. I'll be chatting to old pal Mary Paulson-Ellis about all things Skelfs, then playing a few songs with my son Aidan. Tickets are FREE but going fast: portobellobookfestival.com/2026-2/ @orendabooks.bsky.social

Wigtown, baby!

Impeccable vibes and banter from @callummcsorley.bsky.social and Martin Stewart at the Byres Road Book Festival.

I enjoyed two fantastic events at #ByresRoadBookFestival this weekend: @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social and @dougjohnstone.bsky.social talking about their books and careers. #glasgowwestend #writers

Finished another excellent Skelfs book last night and now have tickets to see @dougjohnstone.bsky.social in Kinross in November @orendabooks.bsky.social

The past is never really gone. Sometimes, it sends a message…💛 Dive into #GhostNotes by @dougjohnstone.bsky.social: a warm, tense, twisty new mystery full of murder, music and digital ghosts 🪦 OUT NOW! 🔗https://geni.us/EAB4ov

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Looking for your next heartfelt, addictive crime read? 👀 #GhostNotes by @dougjohnstone.bsky.social is packed with family secrets, grief tech, danger and murder — and it’s OUT NOW!💛🪦 ORDER TODAY! 🔗https://geni.us/EAB4ov

Then on Monday afternoon at 3pm, I'm at the Wigtown Book Festival talking to Brian Taylor about whatever takes our fancy. I'll also be playing a few tunes if there's time. Come find us! www.wigtownbookfestival.com

Got a couple more lovely festival events coming up in the next few days. First up, I'm at the Byres Road Book Festival at 3.30pm on Saturday afternoon, talking to Sarah Smith about twenty years of literary nonsense. www.visitwestend.com/brbf

God I love this insane city. I’ve written a novel about it, coming next year, that hopefully matches its energy. @orendabooks.bsky.social

What if the dead could speak to you again? Dorothy Skelf is drawn into the disturbing world of grief tech… but some ghosts are far more dangerous than others 💛 #GhostNotes by @dougjohnstone.bsky.social is OUT NOW!🪦 ORDER NOW! 🔗https://geni.us/EAB4ov

Another awesome #BloodyScotland panel from @dougjohnstone.bsky.social, Carys Green and Ajay Chowdhury. Fascinating thoughts about what the algorithm could do to us if we let it, also hilariously salty language from Doug. F capitalism! (I'm too scared to swear)

I am gobsmacked and beyond excited at being picked for this @edincityoflit.bsky.social residency. Two weeks in Scotland with two Japanese writers, Eight Tenkawa and Heisuke Kitazawa, then myself and Morag Hood are off to Okayama for two weeks in March. Amazing. cityofliterature.com/two-authors-...

Why do BBC headlines always seem to be "What Reform says about what's happening", not "What is actually happening"?!

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I’m not a huge fan of hardbacks tbh, but I love all four of these writers, so couldn’t wait. Picked up, as usual, at my local indie @portybooks.bsky.social. @alycia.bsky.social @jdcrawf.bsky.social

I’m waiting on SIX bits of news for various writing projects at the moment. I’m normally pretty chill about this stuff, but have to admit this is getting to me a little. #writinglife

In two weeks, I'm appearing at the Byres Road Book Festival for the first time - can't wait! Info and tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/doug-johns... @orendabooks.bsky.social

Super excited to be appearing at @bloodyscotland.bsky.social next weekend for this great event. More info and tickets here: bloodyscotland.com/event/the-al... @orendabooks.bsky.social

This was a LOT of fun chatting to Tariq and Marco. 😂

I’m rocking up at Nairn Book & Arts festival TOMORROW 4pm as part of their afternoon of Wine & Crime, alongside events by Marion Todd and Daniel Aubrey. First time at this festival, exciting! www.ticketsource.com/nairn-book-a... @orendabooks.bsky.social

#THEOSSIANS ARE HERE!🎸 The anniversary edition of #TheOssians by @dougjohnstone.bsky.social IS OUT NOW! A gritty, darkly funny cult novel about a Scottish indie band on a last-chance winter tour that spirals into glorious chaos. 👇ORDER NOW👇 🔗https://geni.us/49IJe

Patreon backers now have early access to our fun and interesting chat with @dougjohnstone.bsky.social - talking about his long writing career, his process, his new book Ghost Notes - plus lots of fun anecdotes! Join Patreon to watch now: patreon.com/ukpageone

The anniversary edition of #TheOssians by @dougjohnstone.bsky.social is OUT NOW!😍 Connor is brilliant, broken and out of control — and his band’s final shot at glory is about to go very wrong… ⬇️ORDER NOW⬇️ 🔗https://geni.us/49IJe

Music. Murder. Grief. Ghosts. The stakes have never been higher for the Skelf women…🪦💛 #GhostNotes by @dougjohnstone.bsky.social — Book 7 in the award-winning #TheSkelfs series — is OUT NOW! Print: 🔗https://geni.us/EAB4ov Ebook: 🔗https://geni.us/1H3aI9