Introducing Signal Violet - a book 12 millennia in the making
In 2017 I decided to abandon my life in Glasgow, Scotland, and move onto a narrowboat on the canals of England and Wales. It took me two years to escape the shackles of a media career and city life. Those years were followed by a long period of building a new relationship with the world around me.
This anthology of poems and short stories – several of which have already appeared on the Boozer Cruiser YouTube channel – were written during that period, and reflect the flashpast ideas, recurring suspicions and offset observations that led to the creation of The Boozer Cruiser, my current art project. The title Signal Violet is inspired by my narrowboat home.
I'm the Scottish author of 17 previous books, three of which are in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Permanent Collection. I'm a former newspaper journalist, TV and radio presenter, band manager and musician, and I still dabble with those roles in a semi-retired manner. My current location is unknown, but probably a pub.
Signal Violet is available via a number of online outlets, but when you buy from the links below receive a larger cut of the price you pay:
Book contents
Where Footsteps Slow
Signal Violet
The Dead Winters I: The Winter of Oak
Call Centre Killing Machine
The Ghost of Terror Bay – watch video
The Govan Elvis Begins
The Dead Winters II: The Winter of Birch
Ever On & On – watch video
No Liars Were Harmed – watch video
Can’t Get Back In - watch video
The Dead Winters III: The Winter of Flint
Last Night on Earth
Shop Girl
Evening Snow in Mercia
A Witch at Dusk – read story
Echo Echo – watch video
The Dead Winters IV: The Winter of Dust
Vellum
The Withy – watch video
Ravens in a Churchyard at Dusk – watch video
Common Time
The Govan Elvis Ends - read story
Waves of Nightingales – watch live performance
Just the Dust
Notes (Should you be interested)
