News & Events 2023
My third children’s novel, Haarville, was published in the UK by Kelpies on 23rd February (6th June US/AUS/NZ)
To celebrate, I held a launch event in Edinburgh on publication day itself, hosted by the incredible team at The Edinburgh Bookshop!
The launch was live-streamed, so EVERYONE could be there!
Click here for the YouTube video!
Book signings & readings:
I will be signing books on the following dates:
Saturday March 4th, 12pm, Kingdom Bookshop, Leven, Fife.
Saturday March 4th, 2.30pm, Waterstones, St Andrews, Fife.
Saturday March 11th, 12pm, Waterstones, Glasgow – The Fort.
Book Festivals:
I’ll be appearing at the Big DoG children’s book festival in Dumfries on Saturday April 1st.
Click here for event & booking info.
News & Events 2022
BIG NEWS!
I have a new book coming out in February next year!
Haarville is a darkly comic mystery adventure for middle grade readers (9-12) and will be published by Kelpies (Floris Books) on 23rd February 2023 in the UK, and on June 6th in the USA. I can’t wait for you to be able to read it!
With in-person events finally returning, I’m happy to be appearing at book festivals again!
So far this year I’ve appeared at…
April
30th: Wee Write Family Day, Mitchell Library, Glasgow.
June
18th: Borders Book Festival, Melrose. The Great Borders Book Festival Scribble & Scrawl Challenge.
July
28th: Scribble & Scrawl Crawl at Callendar House, Falkirk, with illustrator Jill Calder.
News & Events 2021
I’m a winner!
Look! My debut children’s book, Help! I Smell a Monster is one of the Lancashire School Library Service Fantastic Book Awards winners for 2021. This award is voted for by school children, which makes it all the more special.
NEWS & EVENTS in 2020
January
28th: Whoa! I Spy a Werewolf book launch. Waterstones, Edinburgh West End. 6pm
30th: Reading and Meet-the-Author. Waterstones, Edinburgh Ocean Terminal. 12pm
February
8th: Fife-in-a-Day Book Tour. Waterstones, Dunfermline 11.30am; Waterstones Kirkcaldy 1.30pm; Waterstones St Andrews 4pm.
13th: Reading and Meet-the-Author. Waterstones, Glasgow Silverburn 4pm.
15th: Reading and Meet-the-Author. Waterstones, Glasgow The Fort 1pm
22nd: Granite Noir Book Festival, Aberdeen.
March
4th: Wee Write Book Festival, Glasgow.
5th: World Book Day, events around Fife with Fife Cultural Trust
6th: Smallprint Festival, Stirling & Dunblane Libraries.
NEWS FROM EVENTS in 2019
Help! I Smell a Monster was published on May 30th and I launched it the same day at Blackwell’s, Edinburgh:
I’ve also begun going into schools to talk to the children about writing and generally being silly. Here’s a fab photo of me in action:
I took Help! I Smell a Monster to some fabulous book festivals this summer!
In June my monsters visited the fabulous Borders Book Festival in Melrose. This was my first ever book festival appearance and I had a great time.
In August I appeared at the Edinburgh International Book Festival as part of their Schools Programme; I also joined with illustrator Jill Calder to take a group of budding writers and illustrators on the EIBF’s first ever Scribble & Scrawl Crawl; and I had the pleasure of chairing a couple of events during the festival.
I also joined Fife Libraries for a day of events around Fife, including events at the Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline & Lochgelly Centre.
In September I headed back down to the Borders for the Borders Book Festival School’s Gala Day in Galashiels; then I appeared at Waterstones Dunfermline as part of the 2019 Outwith Festival.
I was part of the brilliant Portobello Book Festival in Edinburgh in October, with a school visit to Brunstane Primary and took part in the Craigmillar Book Festival in November with an appearance at Castle View Primary School in Edinburgh.
Justin Davies 