My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Taken this day, 2024, Kate Foster in conversation with Kristin Pedroja at the @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social www.flickr.com/photos/woola... #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #photography #photographie #books #livres

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

This week may feel like the height of summer here in Scotland, but the event of the season is still to come! @sequential-scot.bsky.social comes to Glasgow on Saturday 8th August. I'll be there, along with a bunch of awesome creators. Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sequential...

Join us at Balfron book Festival for a double whammy of authors with Doug Johnstone and Michael J. Malone. Enjoy some chat with this versatile duo who not only are established authors but poets and musicians. ⌚1-2pm 🗓️ Sunday 6th September 🎟️ £5 🔗 www.balfronbookfestival.com

Stillness grips the house, just me and the old dog as I re-read 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘺 in the living room… —Lynn Valentine, “Midnight, Midsummer, Croft na Creich” published in DON’T. EVEN. ASK, TOO. HOT: New Writing Scotland 42 (ASL, 2024) #poem #poetry asls.org.uk/publications...

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

We're always delighted to have Chloe Savage visiting us! In addition to her gorgeous books, like In Search of Our Cosmic Neighbours, you can also see Chloe's artwork gracing our bookshop in the form of her granny character. #books #livres #Edinburgh #Edimbourg

As our friends at the @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social prepare libations to the Cinema Gods, ahead of the Christopher Nolan film adaptation, it's a good time to remind everyone of Emily Wilson's superb, much-acclaimed translations of The Iliad & Odyssey. Very much recommend. #books #livres #film

#WhatWereReading : Joe found The Quest For El Dorado by David Gibbins (pub @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social ) absolutely fascinating, taking Walter Ralegh, but linking his explorations to later expeditions like Von Humboldt. An engrossing slice of interconnected #history #books #livres #histoire

✂️ Join us next Thursday at @calton.view in Edinburgh for June's Zine Club, where we will be celebrating Pride Month by making queer zines together! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Book your spot now www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/zine-club-...

We're loving our #PrideMonth window art by our own Jack, adding some colour & love to #Bruntsfield . #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #books #livres #Pride

The Strange Horizons Annual Fund Drive to keep us publishing in 2027 is finally here! You can find the fund drive at the link ⬇️ www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s... Some changes have arrived this time around though. Read the thread to learn more.

We're always delighted to see a new book from our chum @stevebrusatte.bsky.social ! The Story of Birds, the "dinosaurs that live among us" is out now from @picadorbooks.bsky.social . #books #livres #NaturalHistory #evolution #birds #oiseaux

James Hutton (1726–1797), father of modern #Geology, was born #OTD, 14 June (NS/3 June OS). One of the first Western proponents of “deep time”, his memorable phrase “we find no vestige of a beginning,—no prospect of an end” has been called one of the most lyrical sentences in all #science #C18th 1/3

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Pick up a Penguin at Central Library! zurl.co/L6AZZ

We're delighted to see two fabulous authors on the King's birthday honours list: congratulations to Dame Julia Donaldson & Dame Malorie Blackman! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #books #livres

It's a Bothwell double bill in Stirling on September 19, with me representing the genteel southern end of the village, and @radiomukhers.bsky.social the less refined north. bloodyscotland.com/event/in-con...

Stirling’s map offers 6 literary routes tracing the steps of Scotland’s great writers & the sites that inspired them, from the Golden Lion Hotel, where Robert Burns etched his “Stirling Lines” on a window, to the Trossachs of Walter Scott’s “The Lady of the Lake” www.stirling.gov.uk/news/step-in...

Writing Science Fiction from Scotland – Ken MacLeod 19 June, Glasgow – free Award-winning author Ken MacLeod’s work ranges from near-future dystopia to far-flung space opera. He discusses his career & how he became a major figure in #sciencefiction 💙📚 www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/writ...

#WhatWereReading : Joe very much enjoyed revisiting The Odyssey, translated superbly by @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social , ahead of the upcoming film, & is now happily lost in her absolutely fascinating insights into translation, Crossing the Wine Dark Sea from @profilebooks.bsky.social #books #livres

UK publishing generated £7.4 billion in revenue last year. Compare that to: Premier League football: £6.6 billion Home entertainment: £5.6 billion UK film industry: 2.8 billion Now tell me again why authors don't deserve fair contracts and better pay.

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

So sad to year that the Journalistic giant that is John Snow is fading slowly with Alzheimer’s disease. He came to the shop in 2017 and was as charming and charismatic as you would hope. Thank you John, for all astounding journalism .

Well this is just lovely - @alasdairstuart.com has the first part of a deep dive into the entire Mega Robo Bros series, over at Sci-Fi Bulletin: scifibulletin.com/comics/mega-... (thanks so much, Alasdair!)

Great programme launch for @bloodyscotland.bsky.social 2026 in Stirling today! Festival director @bobmcdevitt.bsky.social had fun trying to herd the authors. My panel is 6:45pm on Friday 18 Sept, tickets on sale now: bloodyscotland.com/event/histor...

You’re on a ghost train to the land of dreams and nightmares and there are monsters everywhere. Wilomina: The Land of Dreams and Nightmares. Out August 13th. Pre-order now. #Wilomina #graphicnovels #comics

Deeply saddened to read that we have lost writer, artist & film-maker Marjane Satrapi, and far, far too early. Her autobiographical Persepolis is a remarkable, honest, emotional graphic novel, which we've often recommended to readers. www.lemonde.fr/en/obituarie... #books #livres

Neil Munro (1863–1930) – journalist, novelist, short-story writer, & poet – was born #OTD, 3 June. Rigby’s Encyclopædia of Herring discusses Munro’s PARA HANDY stories (& their TV adaptations), as well as giving the full text of the tale “The Herring – A Gossip” 💙📚 1/5 www.herripedia.com/para-handy/

Robert Tannahill (1774–1810), “the weaver poet”, was born #OTD, 3 June – “second only to Robert Burns as a poet writing chiefly in the language of the working class of Scotland” #C18 #C19 #poetry 1/5 www.thenational.scot/culture/2436...

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com. p.s. I'm coming to Germany soon with my new book of science cartoons. Details at www.tomgauld.com/

#Edinburgh readers: that excellent chap @ianrankin1.bsky.social returns with The Heights, & will be appearing at the Assembly Rooms with the @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social this autumn www.tickettailor.com/events/theed... #books #livres #Edimbourg

The Meadows festival fair has arrived. Let’s hope the weather improves.

A cartoon about book festivals for @theguardian.com

Taking in the Elizabeth Strout event in the lovely Cameo Cinema? We're all set up in the lobby, so you can buy the books 📚 while you get your popcorn 🍿! . #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #books #film #livres

"can't get no satisfaction"? Bob Spitz's volume on one of the greatest rock & Blues acts should satisfy any Rolling Stones fan! Buy the book here, then some #vinyl from our neighbours @thornerecords.bsky.social , a perfect day out! #music #musique #books #livres #RollingStones

A recent @newscientist cartoon p.s. I will be in Madrid and Germany very soon! Details at www.tomgauld.com

The statue of Bud Neill’s post-war comic-strip creation Lobey Dosser, the sheriff of Calton Creek; his bipedal horse El Fideldo; & resident masked villain Rank Bajin is possibly the only 2-legged equestrian statue in the world #WyrdWednesday #comics www.atlasobscura.com/places/lobey...

📢 Calling all translators - we need your views and insights on our #TranslatorsOnTheCover campaign. Five years on from its launch, we’re working with Dr Pete Freeth (London Metropolitan University) to find out more about the campaign’s impact. buff.ly/uRuoZ1O

Now the sun has set, we feel confident enough to wish everyone a happy #DraculaDay We do admire a book you can really sink your teeth into... 🧛🦇 #books #livres

Happy #TowelDay to those who celebrate, and to all the rest, the secret is to bang the rocks together, guys! #DouglasAdams #books #livres

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com. Many more here: www.theguardian.com/profile/tom-gauld

So many new fiction releases! Just begging to browsed, bought, then read under the shade of a leafy tree, on a fine spring day #books #livres

Get your tickets soon! NEXT WEEK, Chris Brookmyre and Callum McSorley are going be here in Linlithgow, bringing you an evening of the finest in Scottish Crime... and yes - they're just £8! Link in bio! @brookmyre.bsky.social @callummcsorley.bsky.social @littlebrown.bsky.social @pushkinpress.com

#Edinburgh peeps, a reminder that the Auld Alliance Comics Festival is coming up at @ifecosse.bsky.social soon, in conjunction with the excellent La Belle Adventure European comics shop on Leith Walk www.ifecosse.org.uk/events-agend... #Edimbourg #books #livres #BandeDessinee #GraphicNovels

New book klaxon 🚨 Fred Mills, who presents the fascinating #architecture series The B1M on YouTube, has a new book, Mega Builds, a dive into ten enormous projects. Perfect for anyone interested in architecture & #engineering Out now from @penguinbooksuk.bsky.social #books #livres

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

I just watched this again and got emotional again. What a legend. @jamiesmart.bsky.social ✨

To Noroway, to Noroway, To Noroway o’er the faem; The king’s daughter o’ Noroway, ’Tis thou maun bring her hame… The ballad “Sir Patrick Spens” is probably based on the 1290 mission to Norway to fetch the 7-year-old princess Margaret, heir to the Scottish crown #Norway #Nasjonaldagen #poetry 🇳🇴🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿