Doug Johnstone

Writer & musician. 19th novel The Transcendent Tide out now. Tombstoning, The Ossians and Ghost Notes all out in 2026. Album Crow Hill out now.

[Doug Johnstone @doug_johnstone]

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[Karen Sullivan 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇧 @OrendaBooks]

2026 proofs are landing!

Next Feb marks 20 YEARS of @doug_johnstone's darkly funny #Debut #Tombstoning & we'll be celebrating with a special new edition featuring an intro from @cbrookmyre

A sharp Scottish #Thriller we can’t wait for you to read. Hands up if you're excited!

[Doug Johnstone @doug_johnstone]

Tombstoning looking pretty good for 20 years old! Love these new proofs going out into the world. Published 12th Feb by @OrendaBooks. Preorder here: https://t.co/LCYqdQ0Yzi

[Karen Sullivan 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇧 @OrendaBooks]

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25/02 @Doug_Johnstone will be in convo with @CBrookmyre at @portybooks to celebrate his reissued, ICONIC #Debut #Tombstoning.

In-person & online tickets: https://t.co/DLkqhQYM8K

Inc an intro from Chris Brookmyre
SIGNED & DEDICATED edition: https://t.co/mKqagRzZ1w

[Karen Sullivan 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇧 @OrendaBooks]

Here is your sign to catch up with #TheSkelfs!

Books 1-6 in @Doug_Johnstone's BRILLIANT & ADDICTIVE #Skelfs #Series is ONLY £2.99 on @Kobo for a LIMITED time only!

Book 7 #GhostNotes is out 08/26

⚰️ https://t.co/2Mk2ytBYhu

#BookTwitter #Skelfaholics #CrimeFiction

[Doug Johnstone @doug_johnstone]

@EastHullPete @OrendaBooks Thanks, Peter!

[Peter Fleming @EastHullPete]

It's #CoverReveal time. This one is a twentieth reissue for #TheOssians by @doug_johnstone and published by @OrendaBooks. Coming 9April 2026 but can be preordered here https://t.co/CFJtZXhCw0

[Doug Johnstone @doug_johnstone]

I am THRILLED that my second novel, THE OSSIANS, is getting a shiny new reissue in April next year by
@OrendaBooks, with a lovely introduction by none other than Val McDermid! It's a wild ride of a book, for sure. You can pre-order it here: https://t.co/7FckbcPnjM

[Reading For Leisure @Debbie_Hart_UK]

I'm delighted to be taking part in the #CoverReveal for the soon-to-be reissued #TheOssians from @doug_johnstone and @OrendaBooks.

"Darkly funny" makes this a sure-fire read for me. More details available on my blog.

Reading For Leisure Blog: https://t.co/sgRIL4XwKe

[Doug Johnstone @doug_johnstone]

@GMGillMaxwell @OrendaBooks Thanks, Gillian!

[Gillian Maxwell @GMGillMaxwell]

https://t.co/6sS8paxqMa
Raw, darkly funny, wild with energy, The Ossians is a gloriously anarchic story of rock'n'roll obsession, national identity & self-destruction & what it means to belong – in a band, in a country, in a life unravelling at speed
@Doug_Johnstone @OrendaBooks

[Karen Sullivan 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇧 @OrendaBooks]

COVER REVEAL

We are thrilled to be republishing @Doug_Johnstone’s raw, darkly funny novel #TheOssians 9/04 with a STUNNING new cover & an intro from @ValMcDermid

A Scottish band’s last-chance winter road trip spirals into rock’n’roll chaos.

🎸 https://t.co/XZEceclae3

#BookX

[Kerry Parsons @chataboutbooks1]

I'm thrilled to be joining in with today's cover reveal for Doug Johnstone's raw, darkly funny novel The Ossians – a newly reissued 20th anniversary edition, with a brand-new introduction from Val McDermid!

https://t.co/0qyeBBnbkm

9TH APRIL 2026

@OrendaBooks @doug_johnstone

[Doug Johnstone @doug_johnstone]

Just a cheeky wee reminder about this event TONIGHT in Motherwell Library as part of Book Week Scotland. Come and ask awkward questions, I dare you. Free, but book a place here: https://t.co/1fbuQtE1Mo

[Doug Johnstone @doug_johnstone]

All six Skelfs together in a bumper ebook boxset! https://t.co/X1O6Beoe9A

[Doug Johnstone @doug_johnstone]

OOFT.

[Karen Sullivan 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇧 @OrendaBooks]

It's #PublicationDay for the #Skelfs' boxset!

Now you can own the FIRST SIX books in @Doug_Johnstone's addictive, darkly funny and unmissable the Skelfs series in one GREAT-VALUE #Boxset NOW!

Pick up your eBook box set today: https://t.co/amcZV19sYS

#BookTwitter #Scotland

[Doug Johnstone @doug_johnstone]

Seems legit. @OrendaBooks
https://t.co/rTwiFMnVXG

[Doug Johnstone @doug_johnstone]

Hey folks, just a heads up that I'm doing an interview with @ukcrimebookclub tonight at 7.30pm. It'll be over on their FB page: https://t.co/aTWS7KzhK2...

[Doug Johnstone @doug_johnstone]

It was an absolute honour to chat with Elif Shafak for the Royal Literary Fund podcast. Full of insight and fun, I hope!
@A_B_Morgan @OrendaBooks
https://t.co/SNJAyxjZgq

[North Lanarkshire Libraries @LibrariesNL]

We're excited to have Scottish author @doug_johnstone be part of our #BookWeekScotland celebrations when he visits #MotherwellLib on Monday 17 November, 7pm to chat about his latest book - The Transcendent Tide.

Book a free place here: https://t.co/izPpHBItMJ