Allan Radcliffe - Author Book Signing Trail

Meet the Author! Ness Book Fest is delighted to host Scottish author Allan Radcliffe at Leakey's Bookshop

Allan Radcliffe is the author of Blurred Faces and The Old Haunts, both published by Fairlight Books. The Old Haunts was shortlisted for the McKitterick Prize 2024 and for the First Book Award at Scotland’s National Book Awards 2024, and was a BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime. Blurred Faces was an Irish Independent Book of the Year in 2025.Allan was born in Perth and now lives in South Queensferry. His writing has won the Allen Wright Award and the Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award. With an MA from the University of Glasgow, he works as an arts journalist and editor, and is currently a freelance theatre critic and feature writer. His short stories have been published in anthologies including Out There, The Best Gay Short Stories and New Writing Scotland, and broadcast on BBC Radio 4. The Old Haunts was his debut novel. Blurred Faces, was published by Fairlight on 13 November 2025.

Come to Leakey's Bookshop on Church Street and say Hello.

Please note: Tickets are issued in 10 minute blocks to save you waiting for a long time. We will try to accommodate everyone so don't stress if you are running late but please do try to kind and mindful of everyone in the queue. A Ness Book Fest volunteer will be there to assist you.