on 8th November 2018
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on 21st August 2018
Colin has written a piece here for the Scottish Book Trust about writing his first book for children, The Humdrum Drum. In it he talks about one of his favourite children’s books, ‘Fungus The Bogeyman’, by Raymond Briggs. He has just launched The Humdrum Drum at Edinburgh International Book Festival — read all about the […]
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on 19th July 2018
Colin has been chatting with Grant Stott on the BBC Radio Scotland Afternoon Show. A great interview about his Children’s Book ‘The Humdrum Drum‘, and also a live reading from his new ‘Hometown Tales‘ memoir: ‘HOMETOWN TALES’ & ‘THE HUMDRUM DRUM’ ON BBC RADIO SCOTLAND ‘AFTERNOON SHOW’
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on 29th June 2018
DRUM ROLL… MY PICTURE BOOK FOR CHILDREN ‘THE HUMDRUM DRUM’ IS OUT NOW! PUBLISHED BY THE WONDERFUL LITTLE DOOR BOOKS IT COMES WITH A FREE CD OF AUDIOBOOK AND SPECIALLY WRITTEN SONGS FROM ME! Meet ‘Drum’, the orchestra drum who is feeling very humdrum. This is a wonderfully colourful musical tale about teamwork and togetherness, featuring a cast of […]
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on 25th June 2018
I’ve been discussing Alex Hurricane Higgins, David Byrne, and other tales in my new memoir ‘Hometown Tales: The Boy in the Bubble’ READ HERE PRE-ORDER ‘HOMETOWN TALES: THE BOY IN THE BUBBLE’ Hometown Tales: The Boy in the Bubble, available now at W&N Books, they say: it is a bright, intensely funny and deeply felt memoir about […]
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on 20th June 2018
Colin MacIntyre & Catherine Thomann: The Humdrum Drum Edinburgh International Book Festival Thu 16 Aug 14:00 – 15:00 Baillie Gifford Corner Theatre £5.00 Prepare to get lively and loud with musical maestro Colin MacIntyre (most notable for Mull Historical Society and his Edinburgh First Book Award-winning debut novel, The Letters of Ivor Punch)) and illustrator Catherine Thomann […]
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on 14th June 2018
PRE-ORDER NEW BOOKS / MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY AUTUMN TOUR / NEW ALBUM Hello all, I’m delighted to share news of the publication of two new books this month from me — a Memoir and a Children’s Picture Book (with songs) — and launch events at Border Book Festival & Edinburgh Book Festival. Both are now available to pre-order. Mull Historical […]
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PRE-ORDER ‘THE HUMDRUM DRUM AT WATERSTONES PRE-ORDER ‘THE HUMDRUM DRUM AT LITTLE DOOR BOOKS PRE-ORDER ‘THE HUMDRUM DRUM‘ at AMAZON Delighted to announce my first children’s book! ‘The Humdrum Drum‘ – and its launch at 3pm, Saturday June 16th at Borders Book Festival in Melrose, Scotland – The book comes with an accompanying CD of […]
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NEW MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY ALBUM TO BE PRODUCED BY BERNARD BUTLER: I’m excited to share news that my new MHS album will be produced by the Brit Award-winning Producer, and Mercury Award-winning songwriter and musician, Bernard Butler (ex-Suede, McAlmont & Butler). Bernard is someone I’ve admired for a long time and he has produced many great artists as well […]
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‘The Humdrum Drum’ — Hello all, I’m hard at work on my next novel but I wanted to share a little news… that I’m delighted to announce my first children’s picture book will be out in 2018, published by the fantastic Little Door Books! It is about an orchestra drum and is being beautifully illustrated as we speak […]
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