Thanks to Crime Fiction Review for this review… ‘The outline of the plot may sound like a political conspiracy thriller, but in Miller’s hands it’s something quite different. He weaves in acutely drawn characters who are as memorable and original as Dickens’ crimefictionreview.com/the-diary-of...

How lovely to have a review in the Philippines. Thanks to the Manila Bulletin… mb.com.ph/2025/11/01/t...

Ten years since my first novel was published… A story about a painting and the people it destroys.

#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

Thanks to @heraldscotland.bsky.social for including The Diary of Lies in this list of books to read in Autumn… www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

Very much enjoying Andrew Miller’s The Land in Winter. But I still am very moved and think a lot about Now We Will Be Entirely Free. The closing chapters are extraordinary, the tone and temper.

‘Love Song’ from Blame Yourself.

‘If "political paranoia" is getting to you, racing against it with Shona Sandison may bring a sense of relief and capability, as well as the satisfaction of a soundly constructed and resonant crime novel.’ kingdombks.blogspot.com/2025/08/scot...

Thanks to Tom Nolan @wsj.com for this review. ‘Symbolism aside, what makes "The Diary of Lies" so engrossing is the author's accomplished prose, which evokes a dark and dangerous world.’ www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

Grendel.

Look at this talented (and photogenic) bunch! Presenting our 2025 authors, expertly photographed by @paulandrewreich.bsky.social once more.

‘If "political paranoia" is getting to you, racing against it with Shona Sandison may bring a sense of relief and capability, as well as the satisfaction of a soundly constructed and resonant crime novel.’ kingdombks.blogspot.com/2025/08/scot...

Banhus by Smote (the colossal live version) is my writing music at the moment. Also enjoying brilliant Blood Orange, Chartreuse, Wolf Alice, These New Puritans, Rival Consoles, Burial’s beautiful new one, 1973 Black Sabbath. And hoping Butch Kassidy release another song.

Thank you to @bloodyscotland.bsky.social for having me along. What a great festival it is.

Thanks to Tom Nolan @wsj.com for this review. ‘Symbolism aside, what makes "The Diary of Lies" so engrossing is the author's accomplished prose, which evokes a dark and dangerous world.’ www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

On my way to @bloodyscotland.bsky.social which starts today…

‘Philip Miller has a lot on his mind. Over the course of three books, he’s built a view of post-Brexit, post-coronavirus Great Britain …that’s gotten darker and more apocalyptic each time. They’ve all been prescient, but his latest is the most full-throated warning yet.’ airmail.news/issues/2025-...

Australia, also, being the only place my second book All The Galaxies is currently published. In it, Shona is a junior reporter in Glasgow and meets a mystic who will change her life…

Thanks to @heraldscotland.bsky.social for this review. ‘It captures the sense of fatigue and powerlessness that pervades the country and underlines how much we need the decency and tenacity of the Shona Sandisons, who can still triumph against all the odds.’ www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

Thank you to Thrilling Detective for this roundup on Shona Sandison… thrillingdetective.com/2025/05/06/s...

Happy to have two poems published in the new @ausauthora.bsky.social www.authora.net/issue9

Looking forward to @bloodyscotland.bsky.social next week…

A CHAOS OF LIGHT New Writing Scotland 43 Ed. Kirstin Innes, Chris Powici & Niall O’Gallagher “writing that unsettles and challenges, that questions assumptions…A rich, boisterous, tender, charming, angry, sorrowful, gleeful mix” Available now from all good bookshops! 💙📚 asls.org.uk/publications...

Lovely to get a copy of this fine book from @asls.org.uk. Pleased to have a poem included…

‘Philip Miller has a lot on his mind. Over the course of three books, he’s built a view of post-Brexit, post-coronavirus Great Britain …that’s gotten darker and more apocalyptic each time. They’ve all been prescient, but his latest is the most full-throated warning yet.’ airmail.news/issues/2025-...

The Diary of Lies in @nytimes.com book review section.

The Diary of Lies reviewed in @nytimes.com today… ‘This is the third installment in Miller’s excellent series featuring Shona Sandison, an investigative journalist whose specialty is uncovering perfidy in high places.’ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/b...

‘The outline of the plot may sound like many a political conspiracy thriller, but in Miller’s hands it’s something quite different. He weaves in acutely drawn characters who are as memorable and original as Dickens….A beautifully written, thrilling novel.’ crimefictionreview.com/the-diary-of...

#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

Wolf Alice are just brilliant. Their new album will be very good…

‘"Far from being one of those cozy British crime stories, this novel offers a lament….[Shona's] sheer doggedness is why, despite all its premonitions of tyranny, The Diary of Lies isn't a bummer. She still has faith that the truth will make a difference."

🙏🧡 No lie, this is a cracking read/listen. Fabulous writing

Philip Miller's sinister thriller is set in a Great Britain that's lost its bearings. But even when she's terrified, fictional journalist Shona Sandison will always risk everything to get the story.

‘"Far from being one of those cozy British crime stories, this novel offers a lament….[Shona's] sheer doggedness is why, despite all its premonitions of tyranny, The Diary of Lies isn't a bummer. She still has faith that the truth will make a difference."

Well, thanks to @npr.org for this long review of The Diary of Lies. www.npr.org/2025/08/13/n...

Edinburgh pals - tonight is the launch of @philipmiller.bsky.social new book #TheDiaryofLies at @goldenharebooks.bsky.social at 6.30pm - tickets here or just rock up goldenharebooks.com/collections/...

Robin’s reading of The Diary of Lies is superb. Audiobooks are so important and he reads it beautifully.

It’s lovely to have a poem in this excellent collection from @asls.org.uk

We still have a few tickets available (via link in bio) for this event with @philipmiller.bsky.social tomorrow evening. Join us!

Published in the US today….

A tremendous poem by Michael Dumanis for today’s Poem of the Day. poets.org/poem/sehnsuc...

Thanks to @lovereadinguk.bsky.social for this review. ‘The Diary of Lies is a gripping page-turner where the reader never stops rooting for Sandison to expose the evil she finds…’ www.lovereading.co.uk/book/9781846...

‘Philip Miller’s The Diary of Lies is deeply scary and all too believable’ www.bookpage.com/books/the-di...

Thank you to Allan Massie in @scotsman.com for this review of The Diary of Lies… ‘This is a novel that holds the attention, offers much rich entertainment and has splendidly atmospheric and even comic scenes.’ www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...

Also, the new records by Burial and Caroline are very beautiful and fabulous, and I recommend. Both sound often on the verge of collapse before revealing their grace.

Happy publication day @philipmiller.bsky.social and The Diary of Lies! Join us in the bookshop next Weds (13th Aug) evening to hear all about Philip's third Shona Sandison mystery. Tickets and books available online and in the bookshop.

My fifth book, The Diary of Lies, is published in the UK today. birlinn.co.uk/product/the-...

I’ve taken up cricket again this summer after many decades away. While the sweetness of hitting a shot just right is just so sweet (so good you can’t even feel it) the feeling of desolation on being bowled, or the umpires finger going up, is entire. A hard, addictive, beautiful game isn’t it.

Our next week in the UK….

The Diary of Lies is published next month. ‘Find Grendel’, Shona Sandison is told…