Poem of the Day for 6th Jan 2026 - feat. Iris Murdoch, Brigid Brophy, macaws and a goldfinch. youtu.be/M9EclvBOt1c?... #poetry

ERT's Poem of the Day #32: Sandpiper by Elizabeth Bishop! youtu.be/BvVQTrdI1OY?... #poetry #edinburgh

Happy RLS day! youtu.be/Qjw8hUVuGXo #literature #poetry

Poem of the Day 9th November: Sylvia's Death by Anne Sexton youtu.be/twfwESafHR4 #poetrycommunity

If anyone needs me, I'll be in the attic. @irismurdoch.bsky.social

If it’s not called And Another Thing don’t bother

Quick botanical themed video on E. F. Benson and The Invisible Man: youtu.be/Xjm21kTRlfk #booktube

Thank you! @earreadthis.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=7llU...

youtu.be/V5XpU9UWvIM #literature

Continuing my reading series on Wind in the Willows, this time its Chapter 2: The Open Road, on which we encounter Rat poetry, unchanging metamorphs and complaining horses. youtu.be/44yy7PyWLk8 #booktube #windinthewillows

Today I'm starting a new series sharing a handful of highlights, observations and curiosities from each chapter of The Wind in the Willows. We start in the gloom of Mole End, with a pot of whitewash... youtu.be/Al04rTGLEQk

Went to see The Smashing Machine tonight; still can’t stop myself mentally adding “Gromit” to the end of the title

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...