Dangerous Donald’s new harbour tales land on Amazon

Dangerous Donald has released The Harbourmaster, Dougie and His Dug, a Scots-language collection inspired by life in a small East Coast fishing town. The book is now available on Amazon in Kindle, paperback and hardcover, with a small share of sales going to the Anstruther Lobster Hatchery.

Why it matters: - The collection turns working harbour life, Scots dialect and coastal history into a comic memoir-style book that may appeal to readers of Scottish humour, maritime writing, regional history and animal stories. - The book also ties sales to a marine charity, with a small percentage going to the Anstruther Lobster Hatchery. - The release adds a literary tribute to fishing communities, harbour workers, dogs and families shaped by Scotland’s East Coast maritime culture.

What happened: - Dangerous Donald released The Harbourmaster, Dougie and His Dug, a warm and witty collection inspired by daily life in a small fishing “toon” on the East Coast of Scotland. - The book is now available on Amazon in Kindle, paperback and hardcover editions. - The book carries ISBN 978-1-917846-64-6. - A small percentage of book sales will go to the Anstruther Lobster Hatchery. - The author name Dangerous Donald is the public name of Randolph Donald Mackay Low.

The details: - The stories are narrated by the Harbourmaster, Dougie and the Dug, a faithful Border Collie. - The collection mixes humour, hardship, personalities and odd incidents around a working harbour, including fishing boats, oil slicks, changing weather, wandering tourists, swimming dogs, stubborn fishermen, demanding gulls, council instructions and delayed cups of tea. - The book uses a blended dialect drawn from Edinburgh, Methil, Kirkcaldy, Arbroath and St Andrews, with words such as “doon,” “toon” and “dug.” - The dialect is part of the book’s rhythm and identity, and meanings are often explained through context or parenthetical notes. - Donald’s professional experience gives the harbour scenes an authentic base in fishing vessels, harbour operations, catches, tides, safety and weather. - The Harbourmaster’s work includes checking boats in and out, watching how they sit in the water, studying sea conditions, monitoring catches and dealing with crews. - Ordinary harbour routines can turn into episodes involving bilge water, ropes, public conveniences, official emails, radios, hats, visitors and seaweed used as an unofficial forecasting system. - The collection also includes references to witches, swimming dogs, boats, local women, pheasant soup, Rangers football, Farmer Brown’s sheep, a sweetie shop’s dog, a dog in a pub, bombs and bones, strong winds, Valentine’s Day, Murray’s Chippy, a new Harbourmaster’s hat and Harbourmaster’s recipes. - The stories are set against the East Neuk of Fife, with references to Pittenweem, St Andrews, Leven, the River Forth, old harbour buildings, fishing markets, coastal weather and community traditions.

Between the lines: - The book uses humour to preserve working knowledge that might otherwise be lost outside harbour communities. - Dougie’s interruptions repeatedly challenge the Harbourmaster’s version of events, which gives the collection a conversational, back-and-forth energy. - The Dug functions as more than a pet and acts as a central character, adding loyalty, mischief and comic timing. - The free-moving structure mirrors oral storytelling, where personality and delivery matter as much as plot. - The book frames fishing as physically demanding and sometimes dangerous work, but also as a source of pride, identity and camaraderie. - Donald’s background at sea and in harbour service gives the collection a memoir-like credibility without turning it into a formal manual.

What's next: - Readers can buy the book now on Amazon. - British Publishers is handling media inquiries, interview requests and review-copy requests. - The publication extends Donald’s work of preserving the humour and character of the harbour world he knows.