Events
I'm an award-winning 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. If you'd like to invite me to a book festival or convention, please see the Availability section.
My upcoming public events
Here's what I've got coming up:
- I'm appearing at Stockport Noir on January 31st 2026 as a panellist.
- I'll be at Capital Crime in London in June 2026.
- I'll be attending Cymera Festival in Edinburgh in June 2026.
- I'll be attending the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate in July 2026.
- I'll be at Bloody Scotland in Stirling in September in 2026.
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
If you're a festival organiser or programmer who'd like me to appear at your event, please get in touch with my publisher, Headline Books, in the first instance. My editor is Toby Jones and my publicist is Joe Thomas.
For other events (bookstore signings, book clubs, Live Literature etc) you can contact me directly.
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 appeared along with the other debuts from the Bloody Scotland shortlist at Waterstones Edinburgh West End for a debut panel, with Susie Green of the In My Good Books podcast chairing on Wednesday 26th November.
- I appeared on a panel at Ibrox Library as part of Book Week Scotland, along with Neil Broadfoot, Andrew Raymond and Natalie Jayne Clark as chair in November 2025.
- I appeared at Denny Library for their Book Blether mini-festival alongside Kate Foster and Marion Todd in November 2025.
- I appeared at the Edinburgh Writer's Club for a Q&A in early November 2025.
- I chaired a discussion with Gareth Brown about his new book THE SOCIETY OF UNKNOWABLE OBJECTS at Waterstones West End, Edinburgh, in October 2025.
- I attended Bloody Scotland 2025 in Stirling where I won the Debut Prize and appeared as a panelist.
- I appeared at the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in July 2025 as a nominee for the McDermid Debut Award, which I was lucky enough to win!
- 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.