BLOODY SCOTLAND FESTIVAL The Whisky Knight: Sir Ian Rankin With Colin MacIntyre/Mull Historical Society & James Yorkston, Natalie Jayne Clark Friday 12th September 2025 – 22:00 Golden Lion Hotel – Stirling  Tickets: £10.00 – £11.00 – BUY TICKETS Join us for a late-night dram with a blend of lively banter and songs – or some […]

‘LOSS’, ‘US’ & ‘THIS IS HOPE’ RE-ENTER OFFICIAL SCOTTISH ALBUMS CHART IN SAME WEEK! Delighted to share my first 3 Mull Historical Society albums ‘Loss’, ‘Us’ & ‘This Is Hope’ are this week in the Official UK Charts Scottish Top 40/20 again!! These are the double-vinyl albums reissues & CD Boxset  – with exclusive extras […]

COLIN SIGNS NEW RECORD DEAL! “Hello all, just lifting my head up from writing new music & books… to share I’m very excited to announce I’ve signed to Last Night From Glasgow — there’s a freshness to the groundbreaking work Ian Smith and the team do at the label and I’ve admired their ethos for some […]

EVENTS IN SCOTLAND THIS BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND! > SAT 3rd May: MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY 8pm – Cromarty Crime Weekend BUY TICKETS > SUN 4th May: IAN RANKIN & COLIN MACINTYRE …In Conversation 10am – Cromarty Crime Weekend BUY TICKETS ** Check out MHS in collaboration with Ian Rankin ‘My Bedroom Was My Rocket‘ ** Taken from the ‘In […]

Mull Historical Society Buy Tickets When: Saturday, May 3rd 2025, Start Time: 20:00, End Time: 21:30 Where: Victoria Hall High Street, Cromarty IV11 8YR Part of: Crime & Thrillers Weekend Mull Historical Society / Colin MacIntyre — In My Mind There’s A Room Featuring MHS back catalogue and the new MHS album! Bringing his worlds of […]

Mull Historical Society Buy Tickets When: Saturday, May 3rd 2025, Start Time: 20:00, End Time: 21:30 Where: Victoria Hall High Street, Cromarty IV11 8YR Part of: Crime & Thrillers Weekend Mull Historical Society / Colin MacIntyre — In My Mind There’s A Room Featuring MHS back catalogue and the new MHS album! Bringing his worlds of […]

Ian Rankin & Colin MacIntyre BUY TICKETS When: Sunday, May 4th 2025, Start Time: 10:00, End Time: 11:30 Where: Victoria Hall High Street, Cromarty IV11 8YR Part of: Crime & Thrillers Weekend Ian Rankin and Colin MacIntyre in conversation Ian Rankin, the icon of Scottish crime fiction icon returns to Cromarty to discuss the enduring […]

ALSO VIEWABLE HERE. Colin & Ian Rankin at St Andrew’s Book Fest, London, 30-11-24 Season’s Greetings All, For me it’s been another year of the creative juggle, afew 2024 highlights below feat. new books, tunes, tours, shows & lots of promo spots. Ended with ‘The Final Arrears‘ (plus ‘Auld Lang Syne‘!) in the stunning St Columba’s, London, with […]

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I’ve been chatting on BBC Radio Scotland with Pauline McLean about the rooms of Ian Rankin, Val McDermid, Nick Hornby, Liz Lochhead and many more… as featured on my new MHS album. Special to me particularly to hear my poet grandfather’s voice back on BBC Scotland. Also in the piece I’m talking about my new […]

YOU CAN GRAB ‘WHEN THE NEEDLE DROPS HERE, CURRENTLY IN THE SCOTTISH BOOKS CHARTS TOP 20! TICKETS FOR THE EDINBURGH BOOK FESTIVAL ARE HERE