It's going to be such a treat to launch Disappearing Acts: the Real Mackay's Granddaughter in the iconic Woodstock Bookshop, just a few miles from where I grew up, where I developed a passion for reading and where I started writing stories.

6.30pm. £5 on the night, booking essential either by phone,...

I'm delighted to be in conversation with award-winning local author Susan Elsley for this event, and to have my wonderful folk and roots community choir, Castle Chorus, singing songs from Disappearing Acts.

6pm for 6.30 at St Vincent's Chapel.

Tickets either £6 (which can be redeemed when buying a...

I'm really looking forward to going back to Kingussie, where I lived for many years, to talk to local broadcaster and podcaster Sarah Wylie about Disappearing Acts in the lovely community bookshop, Caberfeidh Horizons.

6pm. Free entry - just turn up on the night and we'll be sure to squeeze you in!...

This is going to be a first for me - being interviewed about my novel by my wonderful daughter, the well-known photographer and writer Anna Deacon. I have almost been introduced at book events as Anna's Deacon's mum several times, and so many people I meet have bought her books. This should be a fun...

What a great event! Hosted by the wonderfully cosy Edinburgh bookshop this Edinburgh Writers' Forum event was something of a celebration as it was the 50th event they'd held since starting back in 2019. We wondered if numbers would be affected by the driech weather and flurries of snow, but it was a...