The 63 years old debut author who can’t believe her luck! A BAD BAD PLACE publishes 12th February.

Thrilled that A BAD BAD PLACE is included in this wonderful list 🤩🤩 www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...

Preorder for a New Year bargain! #ABadBadPlace @sohopress.bsky.social @barnesandnoble.com

🧵 A Bad, Bad Place by @franapunk.bsky.social ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Set in late 70's Glasgow, a dark and gritty crime thriller with a difference. 🐕‍🦺 See my review on goodreads.com/loopykaz Thanks to Random House UK and @netgalley.bsky.social for the digital ARC. This title will be available on February (1/2)

I LOVE this crime debut by @franapunk.bsky.social Set in 1970s Glasgow , the narration switches between 12-yr-old Janey, who finds a body, and her grandmother. Very well-written, with strong voices & characters I care about. Themes of grief, memory, and how women cope. Great! UK 12/2/26 #books 💙📚⚡️

Thanks to @paulconnell.bsky.social for belter of a review. You are a gent Paul 🙏

Today's book choice is A Bad, Bad Place by @franapunk.bsky.social Thanks to Random House UK and @netgalley.bsky.social for the digital ARC. #AmReading 📚 #ABadBadPlace #FrancesCrawford #RandomHouseUK #Netgalley #BookSky 📚💙 #⚡📚 #Books

There's a lot of good things worth bidding for here, in the #creativesforsudan auction, please take a look and help fundraising for people escaping genocide in El-Fasher. @yassmin.bsky.social, via @sdnsolidarity.bsky.social app.galabid.com/creatives4su...

@franapunk.bsky.social Just finished my proof of ABBP in 5 or 6 sittings. It's exceptional. Best crime based fiction I've read in years and in my top 5 reads in any genre this year. You're going to have a hit on your hands. Enjoy!

A Bad, Bad Place by Frances Crawford #BookReview bethreadscrime.com/2025/11/09/a...

@edinburghbookshop.bsky.social Thank you for lovely warm welcome on such a cold day. Hope you enjoy #ABadBadPlace

BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4... 'The whole country is buzzing' - Scotland fans celebrate World Cup qualification - BBC News

There is still time for you to grab a ticket for our first #BookWeekScotland event tonight (Monday 17 November ) at #MotherwellLib with Doug Johnstone. Grab a ticket and join us at 7pm - http://culturenl.co....

Christmas on the way but I don’t get my Big Present until February #ABadBadPlace @thebookseller

Short story writers! I am running my 8-week online course again in 2026: 'What can a short story do?', exploring the possibilities of this wonderful form. We'll read 8 contemporary short stories and use them as a launchpad for our own writing. More details ⬇️

#WritingCommunity! Submissions invited to NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 44! We want poetry & prose in English, #Gaelic, & #Scots from writers who are Scottish by residence, birth, or inclination. All successful contributors are paid – deadline 31 Oct! Submit free via Submittable 👇 nws.submittable.com/submit

Waves hopefully 🙋‍♀️ Waterstones offering 25% discount on pre-orders of A Bad Bad Place until 17th Oct. Code OCTOBER25 #WPreorder

Punk rock in the olden days

My lovely daughter designed this to show the lovely reviews #ABadBadPlace has had from lovely writers. It’s too lovely and I’m all loved up

Gasp! 😱 #ABoxFullOfMurders is shortlisted in the Children’s Fiction category of the @booksaremybag.bsky.social #ReadersAwards 2025 sponsored by National Book Tokens. Thank you to every bookshop who voted 🙏 📢 Please click and vote by 26 Oct #ChooseBookshops www.nationalbooktokens.com/readers-awar...

🥁🥁🥁Author Announcement!🥁🥁🥁 We are delighted to present a panel of debut authors at #baytales26 on Sat 28 Feb Woohoo for Rebecca Philipson, Tanya Sweeney & @Frances Crawford! Tickets available now: baytales.com/shop-2/

Hanging out with the talented kids 😁

#uktreeoftheyear 2025. Well done to the Glasgow ash. A true survivor 👏

Buzzin!

Thank you @bloodyscotland.bsky.social I had a fantastic day signing advance copies of #ABadBadPlace. I was so excited I misspelled many names. Sorry if it was you (especially Bill, who I named Bull 🙄)

I just love the sound of @franapunk.bsky.social A Bad, Bad Place coming from @bantambooksuk.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social in February. My huge thanks to Becky Short for a surprise copy 💙📚 www.penguin.co.uk/books/471170...

What a stoater! Cover reveal for A BAD BAD PLACE. @transworldbooks.bsky.social

My first #theakstoncrime weekend. Exciting and nerve wracking! Wore my own T-shirt because I have no shame

An amazing opportunity for 10 writers to spend up to a month for free at seaside cottage to write. All details in the link below. Please share :)

Afro-Scottish Poetry Event 2025 25 July, Glasgow. Tickets £0–£10 A multicultural evening of poetry, music, & storytelling that celebrates African & Scottish identities through powerful performances. Created & curated by Chisom Okoronkwo with U Belong Glasgow www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/afro-scott...

Iain Banks: A BBC Radio Collection New from Penguin: selected readings & full-cast dramatisations from across the literary & science fiction of Iain (& Iain M) Banks 🐝 The Wasp Factory 🚀 The State of the Art 📚 Piece 🎸 Espedair Street www.penguin.co.uk/books/470032...

The 1960s were a special time.

Crime in the Spotlight, our support slot for new and emerging writers (sponsored by ‪@ouscotland.bsky.social)is now OPEN for submissions. More details and entry form here: bloodyscotland.com/take-part/#s...

On ye go Aberdeenshire 💪📚

Dr John Cooper Clarke in conversation at Salford Lads Club in June ... Return to Beasley Street? louderthanwar.com/c/ via @louderthanwar

'Audible is set to offer "end-to-end" AI production technology - including translation and narration - for audiobooks.' Or 'Translators, editors, actors, producers, studio managers, office managers, accountants, cleaners and other human staff LOSE WORK, MONEY AND SECURITY because of AI & Amazon'

A brilliant piece of poetry from Michael Rosen, clearly directed at Starmer and the current Labour Government.

Out for a lovely lunch

We're launching The Bee magazine today because the UK publishing and writing industries have a bit of a class problem.

The cat’s out of the bag! 🐈‍⬛ LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD, my weird, slippery biography of Muriel Spark, will be out in April next year. A huge thank you to the team at @sceptrebooks.bsky.social for helping me bring it to life. Please tell your libraries and favourite bookshops!

The Mo Siewcharran Prize this year is for non fiction. The prize is to help discover unpublished non-fiction writers from Black, Asian, mixed heritage and minority ethnic backgrounds. Details in link. Please Share :) www.thefuturebookshelf.co.uk/landing-page...

Our young makars' mentoring programme for poets living in Scotland aged 16 to 25 years is open for applications. There is a £500 bursary for 3 sessions. We welcome applications from poets working in Scottish Gaelic, Scots & the Spoken Word form. www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/scotlands-ne...

Bloomsbury will publish Bread of Angels, Patti Smith’s new memoir, on 4th November 2025. 👇 #BookSky

Penguin spreading access to books. Apply if your area needs a little Book Stop www.penguin.co.uk/discover/cam...

👇 www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...

Thank you to everyone who has signed our petition, 6,000+! Authors deserve to have a livelihood and compensation from their work, if you haven't signed do so now 👇

BRILLIANT PEOPLE ON BLUESKY. A starter pack with writers, artists, politicos & all round good eggs. Pack 1 features @kitdewaal.bsky.social @regretteruane.bsky.social @bigbeardedbookseller.com @jnraeside.bsky.social @cauverymadhavan.bsky.social @drewgum.bsky.social & many more. Please follow & repost