It's now just under a month until The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver sets sail, and I'll be all over Scotland in November to celebrate. Event tickets and pre-order link in bio! I'd love to see you at some, or all!

Very sad to hear that Manchán Magan is gone to soon. www.irishtimes.com/video/video/...

Very pleasantly surprised to have a sneaky wee cameo in @thebookseller.com this week.

Beyond delighted to share the cover for The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver. Kerby Rosanes is a wizard. If you think the cover is beautiful, just wait until you meet the wild, heartbreaking adventure inside. The good folk @gollancz.bsky.social await your preorders. Link in bio, as they say.

Hello pals, The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver is currently in Waterstones' summer pre-order sale. Spend a little now, and give yourself a winter of wild magic. bit.ly/shipshroudsummer

After the rain.

A machine, honestly.

Amazingly, this is massive progress. Woof.

Nocturnal copyedits are the best copyedits.

Hey, we're looking for UK poetry and fiction writers for our submissions open period which closes at the end of the month! We pay royalties on books, stock with indie bookshops, and work with u extensively on your manuscript. Could you please share this to help get the word out?

If you like what @eliaseells.bsky.social likes, then you'll like Ship and Shroud ⛵️💀🧵

I HANDMADE ANOTHER 70 BOOKS THIS WEEKEND. PLEASE GIVE THEM ATTENTION. I'm giving up being subtle. They're great books. I'm very tired.

Afternoon stroll.

Summer!

Please to report I've found the most ethnically appropriate summer t-shirt, so you can all stand down. 🍷🍋🐟🌞

Nobody did it like Shames.

Sick as a dog today so give me your best book/podcast/poem/game recs. Anything that can be enjoyed while horizontally wheezing. Gracias!

Delighted to say that I'll be reading from The Shipwright and The Shroudweaver for the first time EVER at @cymerafestival.co.uk this weekend. Come say hey! Be the first person to set sail with my wild, strange crew. www.cymerafestival.co.uk/brave-new-wo...

Another birthday rolls around. This past year has been a strange one: wild triumph and delight, cut with some spicy health scares and a touch of heartbreak. This weekend has been a lovely reminder that I'm constantly backed up by a few brave souls who are dedicated to keeping my ship sailing.

A sneak preview of Sunday's workshop with Mearns Writers. A shiny penny to anyone who can guess the poet that may feature.

Get it here! 📉🎲🔥 bookshop.org/p/books/club...

Speaking of Connie and Sticky core, I've prepped and froze meatballs, roast pepper and tomato sauce, and jiaozi for next week. Call it guilt from all the takeout lunches this week then =P ANYWAY. I am not my characters. Pls read CLUB CONTANGO.

Pleased to know I project a godless energy.

All things bright and beautiful!

Office/:/colleagues

What's your writing process? My pal, my friend, my sweet bingobango, I drink two (2) glasses of Rioja and listen to Niteworks until I forget I have legs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVGd...

Split the night down to blue.

Hey pals, I just don't think my new coffee cups could be any cuter.

the moon set over the hill like a lamp to watch us

This month for @forestsecrets.bsky.social, a crisis of faith. Strange blessings from the riverfolk.The sweet sleep of agrimony, known in some places as holy rope.

I hate the past tense. Also grammar. All of it. That is all.

Posting proof-of-life between hospital appointments, because I feel like sometimes it's nothing but glossy promo after glossy promo on bookish social media, and it ain't like that. 90% of the people I know are up against it and soldiering on, making beautiful things anyway. Solidarity to you all ♡

Stunning detail in the artwork of Joseph Noel Paton on show at Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Galleries.

Finally found my YA protagonist name.

Beyond delighted to have edited this collection of work from my wonderful workshop attendees, with the able support of Dundee Libraries and Open Book. Look at that blackbird's egg blue-green cover. Wee stunner. Launching February 22nd, come and celebrate this talented bunch.

Post a gif of what anime you’re currently watching!

No, I love editing, really.

❄️ a very fine mix of winter poems here to download for free - many thanks to the splendid @longbarrowpress.bsky.social ❄️ [ ps. do then take a look at their website and all their lovely books longbarrowpress.com ]

BREAKING NEWS: your favourite local author gets haircut, still extremely tired.

More exhibits from Nature's winter gallery.

On New Year's Day? Madness.

Once again chuffed to be on such a stellar list, and in such excellent company. Mel knows what's up 💫⛵💀

Happy Hogmanay compadres, we got each other through another one. Love to you all!

Utterly delighted and pretty humbled to be in such wildly accomplished company on Sia's list. Ship and Shroud are coming for your hearts next year ⛵️💀🧵

Merry Christmas from the little house by the hills.

the luminous drop of the moon, the rumpled slate of the sky

Dear friends and family,

Polite shop / giveaway notice: I will be doing a final(ish) post run tomorrow or Tuesday. So if you want anything from my shop before Christmas order it now(ish). I will also send out a selection of random stuff to one person who kindly reposts this before 9am tomorrow sarahcoomershop.etsy.com

Opening polypocket toys that just add more pockets to garments you already own.

Hi friends, particularly Dundee pals, one of the libraries I work with is facing closure - it's an absolutely essential community centre and hub, so if you could take a mo to sign the petition, I'd appreciate it. www.change.org/p/save-dougl...