Old Haunts

Allan Radcliffe is a multi award winning and shortlisted author from Scotland. His writing has won the Allen Wright Award and the Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award and his debut novel The Old Haunts was shortlisted for both Scotland's National Book Awards and the McKitterick Prize in 2024. 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. With an MA from the University of Glasgow, Allan Radcliffe works as an arts journalist and editor, and is currently a freelance theatre critic and feature writer. He was born in Perth, Scotland, and now lives near Edinburgh.

'Equally heart-warming and sorrowful. Each and every sentence has been so elegantly penned' -The Scots Magazine'Written with an honesty and understanding that is rare, it's a novel full of love, kindness, and compassion' -Skinny Magazine'A rippling, multifaceted jewel of a novel - Poignant and compelling, it is resonant with vivid images' -Kevin MacNeil, author of The Brilliant & Forever'Allan Radcliffe's debut touched my heart. Both insightful and observant, warm and infinitely relatable' -Henry Fry, author of First Time for Everything'This poignant Bildungsroman is at once a tender tale of queer awakening in the Edinburgh of the 80s and 90s and a heartbreaking love letter' -Mary Paulson-Ellis, bestselling author of The Other Mrs Walker, The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing and Emily Noble's Disgrace'I fell in love with Allan Radcliffe's The Old Haunts... So gentle, so warm, so human' -Rick O'Shea'There is much to admire in this debut novel, from the elegance and economy of the writing to the understanding of the emotional difficulties faced by its young protagonist' —The Scotsman