Rob McInroy's news
I will be giving a short presentation on writing craft at a Writers' workshop in Hillhead Library, Glasgow, on 28th January.
If you're around, come along and hear me and three other fine novelists. I will be discussing the importance of keeping your readers engaged in the drama on your pages.
The Courier did a terrific feature on the Perth Noir event, with details of each participating author's books and work. Some interesting stuff on Cuddies Strip.
I am delighted to be speaking at the Perth Noir event in the Subud Centre, St Leonard's Place, Perth on Saturday afternoon, 3pm to 6pm.
Tickets are £7.50 and can be purchased from the link below.
Despite horrendous weather, our Writing Historical Fiction event, featuring Flora Johnston, LA Kristiansen and Carol Margaret Davison in Typewronger Books, Edinburgh was a fantastic success, with standing room only.
I'm delighted to be part of a panel discussing Writing Historical Fiction in Edinburgh on November 13th as part of Book Week Scotland.
I shall be speaking with Flora Johnson, author of the brilliant What You Call Free, LA Kristiansen, whose Raise Dragon, set in 14th Century Scotland, was one of my favourite novels of 2021, and Carol Margaret Davison, whose Bodysnatcher takes us into the ghoulish world of Burke and Hare.
Join us at Typewronger on November 13th. It's going to be ace.
The first draft of the fourth Bob Kelty Book, Barvick Falls, is complete, at 80,000 words. Lots to do still but it should be finished by mid to late summer, around the time of the publication of book three, Moot.
The third in the Bob Kelty series will be published by Ringwood Publishing in late summer 2023.
Moot follows the adventures of Bob and Annie at the Third International Rover Scout Moot which took place at Monzie Castle, outside Crieff, in July 1939, just weeks before the outbreak of the Second World War.
When a dead body is found in a tent just outside the Moot campsite Bob is immediately suspicious but he finds that the authorities appear to have no interest in the incident and refuse to investigate. Curious, Bob begins his own investigation, and uncovers a hidden world of intrigue...
Rob was delighted recently to be invited by the editors of Perthshire Magazine to do an interview and feature on his writing. The interview can be seen in the December 2022 edition of the magazine here:
The article also featured a rave review of Barossa Street. It is a "fast-paced crime drama" with a "compelling" central character in Bob Kelty. It has been "thoroughly researched and brings a bygone Perthshire back to life".
Bestselling Cuddies Strip
In June 2022, Cuddies Strip was the 6,000th bestselling book on the whole of Amazon, while the Kindle version was in the top 3,000.
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Download these free Reading Group Readers' Guides for Cuddies Strip and Barossa Street. Full of key questions to help your Reading Group get the most out of the books.
Reading Groups can obtain a 20% on both books from the publishers, Ringwood Publishing, by contacting mail@ringwoodpublishing.com
Rob's second novel, Barossa Street was launched on Zoom on 11th May 2022.
Attended by dozens of people on both Zoom and Facebook, the launch was a celebration of the second Bob Kelty novel.
Expertly chaired by Ellie Goodenough, the event featured Rob doing three readings from the novel and taking questions from Ellie and the audience.
Those attending discovered (kind of) why Rob chose Barossa Street as the venue for his crime story, and learned the errant swan that features in the novel really did wander across the town bridge in 1936.
A recording of the event is available on Rob's YouTube channel:
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