Many of you will know about my collection of 'spooky stories to read aloud', As They Grow Older. It's so titled because I wrote the stories for my first three children as they grew up... so the stories had to grow older too. You can find more about the stories by following the links under Writing over to the right.
   I self-published this collection in two different forms over the years, and sold quite a few back in the day by reading out stories at South Ayrshire primary schools. Well, I am delighted to report that Sparsile Books has decided to publish As They Grow Older later this year, near Halloween. There will be a book launch, probably in Ayr. All will be welcome and no doubt I shall be making follow-up reports about this development as time goes by.

I have to report that my wife (who is Chinese) and I are not the same. This has been confirmed over the years by a number of remarkable additions to the English language she has made. Some are not repeatable,
  But just to confirm that we are different, she has said that we are like cheese and chalk.
   Yes, I think that confirms it.

We went to a book launch the other day, up in Glasgow's Hillhead Library, where my own book was launched. This time it was the turn of Barrie Condon and Demons, a sort of murder mystery with a hint of the paranormal and lots of humour thrown in.
   As it happens I proofread this book so I know what I'm talking about for a change. Demons, published by Sparsile Books, is an enjoyable read and is, of course, remarkably free of typos. If you fancy reading a book that will make you smile and simultaneously make you wonder who (or what) dunnit, you won't do much better than Barrie's book.