Recent Reading in the Bookshop! Luckenbooth by Jenni Fagan Fleshmarket by Nicola Morgan Haunted by E. Jay Gilbert Paranormal America by Bader, Baker & Mencken A Monstrous Commotion by Gareth Williams youtu.be/cvImG_ppAYo

Today's video looks at two pieces from the collection Poems for Palestine: youtu.be/b3NtA3yMXWA #booktube #freepalestine

Serious book critic wishes you may live long, prosper, and read his reviews. I'm making the most of this because there aren't many bits of writing I have matching sweaters for. open.substack.com/pub/ashcaton... #startrek #bookreview

Looking forward to seeing this in print next month: a new collection of poems in tribute to Robert Fergusson including one of my own in Scots! Available to pre order now from Taproot's website: taprootpressuk.co.uk/product/oer-... #edinburgh #literature #scotland #poet @rfergussonpoet.bsky.social

You may recall that I was caught up in the collapse of publishers Unbound. I now have the rights to my book Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear? And I have a lot of them to get rid of. So if you felt like buying one I might see my office floor again before 2027. levparikian.com/index.php/pr...

Discussing some recent reading in the bookshop: Idle Grounds by Krystelle Bamford Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams Original Sin by Tapper and Thompson Manic Power by Jeffrey Meyers Daemonologie by James VI youtu.be/FseeAkXfHZM

I recently interviewed author and storyteller Donald Smith as we walked around Edinburgh's Old Town. Here's a video showing the many authors and snippets of literary history we discussed: youtu.be/exs8EyYJcEw?...

Reading round up from the bookshop! Books discussed: Open a Channel by Nana Visitor The Starling by Stephen Moss Edinburgh: Our Storied Town by Donald Smith Rommel? Gunner Who? by Spike Milligan The Best of Dorothy Parker youtu.be/tBPa_u9kt-w?...

The latest podcast on Iris Murdoch's A Year of Birds with Miles Lesson can now be watched on YouTube! @irismurdoch.bsky.social youtu.be/3Zwt2wc7IdA?...

New episode of the podcast, looking at the poems of Iris Murdoch! @irismurdoch.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/6vSu...

A quick reading roundup from the bookshop! youtu.be/iPBK-LV_Zdk

Thought this was awful, but enjoyed writing about it: open.substack.com/pub/ashcaton...

Quick video on connections between Sylvia Plath and The Simpsons: youtu.be/Q8dG84swihU

New episode of the podcast out today on the poems Robert Burns wrote in tribute to his 'elder brother in the Muse', Robert Fergusson: youtu.be/QH3hupdiHyo?...

ICYMI, my interview with Edinburgh novelist Alice Thompson, recorded in Portobello Library is now on YouTube! We talked about AI, Sylvia Plath, Edinburgh and much more... youtu.be/SzQ1cEiBiGU?...

I recently had the privilege of interviewing Edinburgh novelist Alice Thompson about her surreal, haunting fiction. We met at Portobello Library for a conversation about artificial intelligence, Edinburgh and the influence of Sylvia Plath. youtu.be/SzQ1cEiBiGU?...

New book review on my Substack (free!): The Last Decade of Cinema by Scott Ryan. open.substack.com/pub/ashcaton...

Iconic Edinburgh poet Robert Fergusson is the subject of today's podcast, as I look at his breakthrough poem, 'The Daft Days': earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-daft-d...

Iconic Edinburgh poet Robert Fergusson is the subject of today's podcast, as I look at his breakthrough poem, 'The Daft Days': earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-daft-d...

My review of Mortal Leap by Macdonald Harris reissued by Boiler House Press: open.substack.com/pub/ashcaton...