Crime writer Allan Guthrie is to give a talk at the University of Strathclyde on Monday.

Guthrie won the Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year in 2007 for his debut, Two-Way Split, and has been nominated for several other awards, including an Edgar Allan Poe award in the US.

He has published five novels and three novellas and in the last year, he's sold over 50,000 copies of his self-published ebooks.

Since October 2005, Allan has been a literary agent with Jenny Brown Associates, where he has his own client list.

In November 2011, he launched his own publishing company, Blasted Heath, which is the first digital-only publisher in Scotland, with plans to release around 30 new titles each year.

Allan will be discuss his various experiences within the publishing world, as well as reading from his own work at the university on Monday.

The event is free and takes place at 5pm in room LT509 in the Livingstone Tower on Richmond Street.