Jane Harris to speak at Strathclyde Author Event

Doug Johnstone, novelist and Keith Wright Fellow at the University of Strathclyde, has organised another event in February for all word lovers; this one is free, too! Please come. Don't be put off by the unrepentant ugliness of the building. Jane Harris wil be speaking about her latest novel, 'Gillespie and I,' among other things.

5pm, Monday 13th February 2012
Room LT509, Livingstone Tower
26 Richmond Street, Glasgow
Free entry, refreshments provided


Jane Harris is a British writer of fiction and screenplays. Her latest
novel, Gillespie and I, was published to critical acclaim in the UK by
Faber and Faber on the 5th of May 2011. Her first novel The
Observations was shortlisted for The Orange Prize for Fiction 2007 and
has been published in over 20 territories worldwide. In France, The
Observations was shortlisted for the Prix du Premier Roman Etranger in
2009. In the USA, The Observations won the Book of the Month Club’s
First Fiction Prize in 2007.

Waterstone’s chose Jane as one of its 25 Authors for the Future and in
2007 she was also nominated for the British Book Awards Newcomer of
the Year and for the Southbank Show/Times Breakthrough Award. In 2011,
Richard and Judy chose The Observations as one of their 100 Books of
the Decade.




** You can follow her on Twitter; perhaps you will even work up the nerve to ask her why she calls herself @blablafishcakes, and why she spells 'blah' without the 'h'.

Author Event at the University of Strathclyde

Doug Johnstone,  novelist and Keith Wright fellow at the University of Strathclyde, has organised more author events over the next few months. These are free, well cool, and open the public. Coming up next:


Allan Guthrie

5pm, Monday 30th January 2012
Room LT509, Livingstone Tower
26 Richmond Street, Glasgow
Free entry, refreshments provided


Allan Guthrie is a crime novelist based in Edinburgh. He won the
Theakston’s Crime Novel of the Year in 2007 for his debut, Two-Way
Split, and has been nominated for several awards, including an Edgar
in the US. He has published five novels and three novellas. In the
last year, he’s also sold over 50,000 copies of his self-published
ebooks.

Since October 2005, Allan has been a literary agent with Jenny Brown
Associates, where he has his own client list. In November 2011, he
launched his own publishing company, Blasted Heath, which is the first
digital-only publisher in Scotland, with plans to release around 30
new titles per year. At this event, Allan will be discussing his
various experiences within the publishing world, as well as reading
from his own work.