Even the ugliest duckling of a carpet has its moment of glory… April Fun Plank day 23, 2 mins, running total 36 mins. One more week to go! Fundraising link in the comments

Books I read or listened to in February - so many good ones here!

A non-slushy valentine story - wonderful writer open.substack.com/pub/jeanette...

The books I finished in January - some are brilliant (top new author find: Mary Lawson), some good-enough, some meh

"How, then, can we not think of the tents in Gaza, exposed for weeks to rain, wind and cold" theorkneynews.scot/2025/12/27/h...

My latest blog post: miriamlandor.scot/2025/12/15/q...

Two book launches. Ten years apart. Note to self: write faster! Kennedy, H., Landor, M., & Todd, L. (2015). Video enhanced reflective practice: professional development through attuned interactions. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Miriam Landor ‘Stumbling Stones: the Holocaust, my family and me’ 2025

Today’s the day! Support local authors and get ahead with your Christmas shopping! 12-4, Peedie Kirk Hall, Kirkwall, Orkney.

Can you beat my score? I just scored 95 in a Second Guessing monthly challenge! #SecondGuessing www.secondguessing.net/shared/chall...

Writers: this is a fruitful exercise open.substack.com/pub/jennyale...

Thursday 20th November at 6.30pm: Join us in the bookshop to hear Miriam Landor in conversation about Stumbling Stones. Sign up here: goldenharebooks.com/products/stu... @orkml.bsky.social

If you live nearby, or have friends or family members who do, my London book event for ‘Stumbling Stones:the Holocaust, my family and me’ takes place at the Quaker Bookshop on Tuesday 18 November. All welcome! It will be lovely to see some friendly faces! bookshop.quaker.org.uk/november-18-...

Friends who are in or around Edinburgh on Thursday 20 November - you’re cordially invited to join me at the wonderful Golden Hare bookshop, St Stephen’s Street in Stockbridge. goldenharebooks.com/cdn/shop/fil...

I just scored 93 in a Second Guessing monthly challenge! #SecondGuessing www.secondguessing.net/shared/chall...

#fantasy #authors #IndieAuthor #nospicebooks #SelfPublishing

So exhausting..

The Testaments, Margaret Atwood: “‘Life is not about hair,” I said then, only half jocularly. Which is true, but it is also true that hair is about life. It is the flame of the body’s candle, and as it dwindles the body shrinks and melts away.’ What a brilliant writer!

@drnaomifisher.bsky.social I was so disappointed when reading your otherwise excellent book ‘Changing our minds’ that you keep calling England’s testing system ‘UK’. I live, work and brought up our children in Scotland - we have a different education system.

Cumberland Council has set the wheels in motion for divestment from companies that either supply arms to Israel or support settlements in the Palestinian Territories | LDRS Press release northwestbylines.co.uk/news/world/c...

Edinburgh event:

In London and you need a copy of ‘Stumbling Stones: the Holocaust, my family and me’? Head for The Quaker Bookshop at The Quaker Centre Cafe, Euston Road. Treat yourself to a coffee and a browse through the shelves…

For the last time this trip I passed the 'Anna Frank Huis'. Walked the streets inset with Stumbling Stones in remembrance of the Jewish population of #Amsterdam murdered in the #Holocaust We globally said #NeverAgain but morbidly I wonder, what will the future memorial to #Palestinians look like?

this Caroline Crampton essay about how tradpub forcing authors to do social media is less to sell books and more to shift the burden of a book's success onto the author... I'm not traditionally published but it feels right to me www.carolinecrampton.com/im-done-with...

Isn’t this great??????? 😍

#justsaying Definition of ‘memoir’ is this: … any nonfiction narrative writing based on an author’s personal memories. The assertions made in the the work are thus understood to be factual

I just scored 95 in Second Guessing level 12! #SecondGuessing www.secondguessing.net/shared/play/...

Another great review on the Waterstones website! Please, friends who’ve read my book, leave your own reviews somewhere? - Goodreads, Waterstones, Amazon etc. It really helps! It’s been encouraging to have so many positive responses to me in person; could you possibly make them public too?

Was it a good idea to attempt to make carrot cakes for 50 family-and-friends coming to my book celebration party? (If you’re one of them and there is No Cake to be seen do *not* say anything if we’re to remain on speaking terms.) Some of life’s stumbling stones are self-imposed… #book #writer

Another great review - thank you Stephanie open.substack.com/pub/butland/...

My recent blog post: miriamlandor.scot/2025/05/12/a...

I’m trying really hard not to buy more books, honest - but I *had* to get this one. It has an important section on attachment by @suzannezeedyk.bsky.social and it features Third Culture Kids, which I also discuss in my memoir ‘Stumbling Stones: the Holocaust, my family and me’

What a wonderful review for ‘Stumbling Stones: the Holocaust, my family and me’. I feel seen, and understood

#StopArmingIsrael #GazaGenocide #Gaza #FreePalestine

Declaration of Arbroath #OnThisDay On 6th April 1320 the barons and freeholders of the Kingdom of Scotland wrote a letter to Pope John XXII. The letter asked the pope to recognise Scotland's independence and acknowledge Robert the Bruce as the country's lawful king. Written in Latin, it was sealed…

Important info, if you ever used 23andMe

We are disappointed but not surprised that Meta has used millions of pirated books to develop its AI systems. As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting. But what can authors do? Read here: societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...

SoA members in Scotland wanting to pitch your books to agents 📢 On 28 March 9am-9pm take part in Scotland’s BlueSky Writers’ Pitch for a chance to pitch works of unpublished original trade & commercial work. AI content is ineligible. 👇 www.publishingscotland.org/event/bluesk... #scotwriterpitch2025

My father’s family’s Stolpersteine, in Landshut. Now lovely and shiny! A young guy walking past thanked me for doing it and said it was important, especially ‘in these times’…

Following the recommendation of the Society of Authors, I have just sent a letter demanding AI companies remove my works from their training data. Use the Authors Guild's letter template to send your own: actionnetwork.org/letters/auth...

When love gets rusty…

Link for Wordpress blog: miriamlandor.scot/2025/03/21/t...

@findindiebooks.com In this moving memoir, Miriam Landor shares her family’s harrowing experiences of the Holocaust and the lasting impact this dark chapter of history had on the generations that followed.

Today I am in Landshut to give a speech at the closing event for the Museum’s ‘Landshut in Nationalsozialismus’ exhibition. There are strong links with my memoir ‘Stumbling Stones: the Holocaust, my family and me’.

Cover reveal! Hardback, paperback, ebook following soon.