Applications are invited for the 2026 CISS Scottish Writing Fellowship at the University of Otago in Aotearoa New Zealand. Flights, accommodation & stipend for 2 months at the Caselberg House near Dunedin. Apply at the link below by 31 October. Good luck…! www.otago.ac.nz/ciss

Announcing our McIlvanney Prize finalists: @tariqashkanani.bsky.social - The Midnight King @liammcilvanney.bsky.social - The Good Father @callummcsorley.bsky.social - Paperboy @damedenisemina.bsky.social - The Good Liar @ianrankin1.bsky.social - Midnight and Blue Winner revealed next Friday! 👏👏👏

I so enjoyed chatting with the wonderful Nicole Flattery on Write Spot. Thanks to the great team at OAR and Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature! oar.org.nz/shows/write-...

So wonderful to be in conversation with our 2025 Writing Fellow at the Centre of Irish and Scottish Studies. Nicole Flattery shared excellent insights into her works and we got an advance peak into her forthcoming novel! Thanks as always to Dunedin City Library and UNESCO Dunedin City of Literature

Fantastically broad, deep and illuminating conversation between Prof @maebhlong.bsky.social and the 2025 CISS Irish Writing Fellow Nicole Flattery in Dunedin tonight. Can’t wait to get cracking on these books…

Fantastic to see my stellar Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies compadre, Prof @maebhlong.bsky.social, shortlisted for the Literary Encyclopedia Prize for her outstanding co-written monograph on The Rise of Pacific Literature. Comhghairdeas, Maebh! 👏👏👏

That’s a wrap on The Good Father book tour. I may go for a wee lie down. Thanks to everyone who came along…💙📚

Great couple of days in one of my favourite spots on the planet…

Centre of the universe…

‘There is hope in honest error, none in the icy perfections of the mere stylist.’

Cracking night at my Aye Write pop-up event in Glasgow’s Mitchell Library. Also caught up with some auld pals…💙📚

‘A village pub has become the focus of literary attention…’ The Wee Paper has covered my gig in Fairlie’s Village Inn…!💙📚🍻

Cracking night at Stirling Central Library, chatting to the excellent Craig Robertson about The Good Father and much else. Great to catch up with auld friends Emma Christie and Prof Rory Watson as well as new friends like @goldishcj4.bsky.social…💙📚

‘Good things come to those who wait…The Good Father is a thoughtful, perceptive and emotionally gripping psychological thriller.’ Huge thanks to Doug Johnstone for this cracking Big Issue review of The Good Father…💙📚

I wrote a novel set in Fairlie. I did a gig in Fairlie’s Village Inn. I made it out in one piece, with no pitchforks or flaming torches in sight. Result! What a lovely crowd…! 💙📚 #TheGoodFather

Cracking night in Irvine last night, being interviewed by my stellar pal Katrina Tweedie at a Tidelines Festival event. Always a great crowd at the Harbour Arts. I’ll be back if they’ll have me…💙📚

Feeling the love for The Good Father in Waterstones Sauchiehall Street today. Thanks a million, guys…🙏💙📚

Long way from Otago to Otago Street…

No Alibis Bookstore in Belfast is one of my favourite places in the world. Top night tonight with Brian McGilloway, David Torrans and a lovely crowd to discuss The Good Father…💙📚

Steady on, even Steve likes it, @liammcilvanney.bsky.social! newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/24/b...

Great chatting to Martin Stewart for the July issue of Ayrshire Magazine… 💙📚

In which I wax lyrical about the delights of haddock…

Cracking review of The Good Father by the great Maxim Jakubowski on Crime Time…💙📚

Signed copies of The Good Father in Waterstones Belfast. Get them while they’re hot etc…💙📚

Nice wee piece in the Otago Daily Times back home…

Always a joy to chat with the excellent Emile Donovan on Radio New Zealand. Great to discuss The Good Father, and lovely to see that there’s some interest in the novel back in my ‘other’ home…💙📚

The Scottish ballads are one of the wellsprings of Tartan Noir. They loom large in my own new novel, The Good Father. I wrote about them for Shots Magazine…💙📚

Podcast: Pat chats to Liam McIlvanney about his latest book - The Good Father. Jim and Pat's West End Chat @liammcilvanney.bsky.social jimandpatwestendchat.podbean.com/e/author-lia... pic.x.com/LdQm158Ziv

‘This is a very fine novel, Liam McIlvanney’s best so far.’ I’ve always respected Allan Massie as a critic, even when (as with The Heretic) he’s had some harsh things to say about my own work, so I’m completely thrilled with this Scotsman review…

The Good Father @liammcilvanney.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/someword...

My historical novel, about a still-unsolved murder case, LOVE AND OTHER POISONS, is published today! ❤️

Wee bit of news…

If it’s Thursday, it must be Bearsden! The Good Father book tour rolls on at The Bookmonger tonight. See you at 7.30pm….! 💙📚

Just finished The Good Father. I just ate it up in huge chunks. What a rollercoaster ride! It started dark, then got darker, and darker. The ending was just perfect. A wonderful read @liammcilvanney.bsky.social Thank you! 🖤

Great night in Glasgow listening to these two fellows…

Fairlie good… #AyrshireRiviera

Busy day yesterday on The Good Father book tour. Signing at Waterstones Silverburn and then a gig at Waterstones Newton Mearns, expertly hosted by Kirsty Strang-Roy. Day off today then Bearsden’s Bookmonger tomorrow… 💙📚 #TheGoodFather #NoSleepTilDunners

If you’re wandering around Silverburn tomorrow and fancy getting a signed copy of The Good Father, I’ll be setting up my literary lemonade stall in Waterstones, 1pm to 3pm. Come and say hello…💙📚

Phenomenal event at Bookface in Glasgow today. Great atmosphere, engaged audience, magnificent setting, brilliantly hosted by Heather Suttie. Top day…💙📚

Have made it into The Wee Paper. My work here is done…!😉

Preposterously hot in that London, but what a lovely gig at Auld Hag in the excellent company of Stephen Khan and some old friends and new. And, yes, there were pies…🥧

I was going to do a lazy listen to this but something told me to turn the pages ... & it's a proper page turner with many 'why would you do that?' moments. It's also a beautiful book, poetic at times & some of the images created will stay with me for a long time. @liammcilvanney.bsky.social

Blue remembered hills. Arran from the Ayrshire coast…

If it’s Friday, it must be London! The Good Father world tour continues at the mighty Auld Hag’s Shoap, St John St, Islington, 5pm tonight…!💙📚

I’m hoping this is the exact agenda for my chat with Stephen Khan in Islington tomorrow night…!😂 #TheGoodFather

If it’s Thursday, it must be Killie! Hometown launch of The Good Father tonight in the excellent company of David F Ross. See you in the Dick Institute at 7…!💙📚 #KilmarnockEdition

New date added to The Good Father book tour! I’ll be in Fairlie, the village where the novel is set, on Monday 28 July at 7pm in the Village Inn. See you there…!💙📚

Lovely to chat to Len Pennie about The Good Father on Radio Scotland’s Arts Mix this afternoon…📚