Allan Radcliffe

Paperback Published: 13/11/2025 ISBN: 9781914148804 Length: 176 Price: £10.99 ‘I mean, it’s nothing really. An old face from the past.’ Two men meet on a dating app. It’s supposed to be a casual encounter between strangers. Jordan is only back in Edinburgh to visit his complicated family, and Davie is reeling from a painful breakup. Yet Davie recognises Jordan as someone he knew long ago, when they were both closeted teenagers at the same school.

Main information Date: Saturday 5 October 2024 Time: 1:30 pm Location: Blairgowrie Community Campus PH10 6UZ Price: £10 Author: Allan Radcliffe Author: Zoë Strachan With: Louise Welsh Allan and Zoë are going to treat us all to a ‘creative conversation’. They are both writers of fiction and their work has mutual interests in themes of family, the past and changing landscapes.

Allan Radcliffe discusses his new book, The Old Haunts, a wistful coming-of-age story, which paints a tender portrait of grief in all its complexities. The beauty of his understated prose invokes empathy and he writes with a rare honesty and understanding. The Old Haunts is a novel full of love, kindness, and compassion, but also regret and contrition. Allan has won the Allen Wright Award and the Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award.