Catch them in Waterstones Nottingham this Thursday and St Andrew’s Festival in St Columba’s Church in Knightsbridge, London on Saturday.

Lovely morning at Poaches Turned Gamekeepers with former publishers E C Nevin & David Reynolds and former bookseller @richardstrachan.bsky.social talking about their debut crime novels @bloodyscotland.bsky.social @muswellpress.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

Starting a Buddy read for the book that’s going to be on everyone’s lips from now until its release next April. ‘The Ending Writes Itself’ by Evelyn Clarke. Out 7th April 2026 from @hqstories.bsky.social www.instagram.com/p/DMzaE9IIO4...

I hear that Evelyn Clarke is a pen name for two famous writers. Are you one of them? P.S. Just preordered it.

The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke review About The Book Book: The Ending Writes Itself Author: Evelyn Clarke = ? & ?Standalone or Series: Standalone Publisher: HQPublication Date (UK): 7th April 2026 My Review During the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, myself and five other…

Word on the street is that #TheEndingWritesItself by Evelyn Clarke is set to be the big book of 2026 👀 Can't quite believe I'm reading a book that's only out in April next year but I love a locked room mystery and the intrigue has got me hooked 🕵🏻‍♀️ 💙📚

WHO IS EVELYN CLARKE? www.instagram.com/reel/DMdowjk... @hqstories.bsky.social

THE ENDING WRITES ITSELF, by Evelyn Clarke: Clearly in the running for the best mystery novel of 2026 (it bows in April). A trove of tropes that mystery-lovers will love, right down to the dark and stormy night in its climax. Funny and scary. It will remind you of AND THEN THERE WERE NONE.

Another day. Another preview. Love this one: Bloody Scotland 2025 Blog Tour - Festival Preview jenmedsbookreviews.com/2025/08/22/b...

Congratulations to Newcastle Greens on a) their brilliant by-election victory, b) proving Labour and the LibDems wrong and c) this excellent video!

New feature! I'm tempting you with my recommendations for panels to see at @bloodyscotland.bsky.social (@fionabrownlee.bsky.social) - "I am a huge fan of Bloody Scotland because it offers something for everyone no matter what your preference in crime fiction" #BookSky

A day of two halves. Fabulous feel good event with @jennycolgan.bsky.social concluding with the incredibly moving comment from a teacher who had found herself unable to read but resumed thanks to Jenny’s books. Hurrah! @hodderfiction.bsky.social @edbookfest.bsky.social #MeetMeAtTheSeasideCottages

Eloquent & intelligent observations from @frediotto.bsky.social @edbookfest.bsky.social regarding #ClimateInjustice @greystonebooks.bsky.social - Use what agency you have. We can vote, ask our MPs to do better and have conversations with our barbers & the board of governors at schools. Great event.

Mad dash around the bookshops of Edinburgh & Glasgow with the v charming Dugald Bruce-Lockhart, signing copies of #SecondSkin published by @muswellpress.bsky.social. Next stop Linlithgow, Dollar & St Andrews

Without our continued burning of fossil fuels, the current heat in London & most of the UK would not have been a heatwave: www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan... Heatwaves are dangerous. Drink water, lots of it, stay cool, even if you feel invincible, you're probably not.

As I was saying. After the headline being all about @liammcilvanney.bsky.social The McIlvanney Prize @bloodyscotland.bsky.social BookBrunch focus is on @ianrankin1.bsky.social @damedenisemina.bsky.social @dougskelton.bsky.social Congratulations one and all

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... I love how every reporter highlights different authors when they mention the McIlvanney Prize longlist @bloodyscotland.bsky.social

Hiyah! I have a new book out THIS WEEK and it's about home, family, puppies, love, the seaside, fax machines and Sharpe & Numan's underrated 1986 chart hit 'Change Your Mind', and you can find it HERE! www.hachette.co.uk/titles/jenny...

I’m impressed Marisa hasn’t murdered him by now. Go along to the event and find out how.

A fantastic launch for the 2025 programme which has now been let loose on the world! Tickets at bloodyscotland.com/whats-on

Always excited to have an author at the Book Festival but particularly excited to welcome @frediotto.bsky.social @greystonebooks.bsky.social to Edinburgh www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...

Given that "The Death of Shame Tour" already sounded quite metal, our publicist @fionabrownlee.bsky.social got us some actual tour-date t shirts. Zoom in to see where you can catch @ambroseparry.bsky.social.

New review! The Death Of Shame by #AmbroseParry (thx to @canongate.co.uk @fionabrownlee.bsky.social) - "Sarah finds she is not willing to be controlled by men wielding shame, and I cheered at the spark that was lit in her" #books #CrimeFiction #Edinburgh #BookSky

I'm doing a fancy talk at the Linnean Society in London on 17th of July: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-in...

Tomorrow, 7p.m., I'll be in Oxford talking Climate(In)Justice under the eyes of the Dodo @morethanadodo.bsky.social oumnh.ox.ac.uk/event/climat...

"Holly golly," as Johnny Hawke would say! I think The Cracked Mirror is my finest work, so I am elated that it has been shortlisted for the #theakstonsawards, and honoured to see it in such esteemed company.

Strong showing from the Bothwell contingent in this year's #theakstonsawards. @radiomukhers.bsky.social representing the unfashionable north of the village, myself the beautiful south.

Ambrose Parry still on the road. A lovely drive over to see them at Toppings, St Andrews to congratulate them on pub date & @brookmyre.bsky.social on being shortlisted for another major crime fiction prize #Theakstons #TheCrackedMirror #TheDeathofShame

and finally big love to the most popular man in publishing @davidreynolds1.bsky.social whose debut crime novel #TheLadyinthePark is launched in London this evening. I’m so sorry to be missing it @muswellpress.bsky.social

Good luck too to @frediotto.bsky.social as she heads to Cheltenham Science Festival to talk #AngryWeather & #ClimateInjustice

Glasgow launch done with thanks to Waterstones & Drygate Brewery. Ambrose Parry aka @brookmyre.bsky.social & Marisa Haetzman head to The Bookhouse in Broughty Ferry tonight #TheDeathofShame @canongate.co.uk

And we’re off! Happy publication week to Ambrose Parry aka @brookmyre.bsky.social & Marisa Haetzman. Glasgow tonight then Broughty Ferry & St Andrews on pub date. It’s going to be a busy few weeks…

First time @brookmyre.bsky.social has been to our new bookshop! Signed paperback editions of The Cracked Mirror now available. #books #livres #CrimeFiction #RomanPolicier @littlebrown.bsky.social

This is so great to see. Some anxious logistics moments getting there but lovely to see the inspirational @frediotto.bsky.social @hayfestival.bsky.social #ClimateInjustice #AngryWeather @greystonebooks.bsky.social

This is so outrageous. I didn’t believe it when a friend mentioned it on social media. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

McIlvanney Award winning book 2024 now out in paperback…

The new @ambroseparry.bsky.social novel, The Death of Shame, is published early next month. Marisa and I have a packed tour schedule to promote it, so come along and hear us bicker live onstage. All dates and venues at the link: buythebook.online/ambrose-parry

Marisa and I will be on tour next month to promote the new @ambroseparry.bsky.social novel. Tickets and pre-orders at the link: buythebook.online/ambrose-parry

Marisa and I are launching the new @ambroseparry.bsky.social novel at Drygate Brewery on June 3rd at 6:30. Come along for quality beer and bickering. Tickets: www.waterstones.com/events/ambro...

Paraphrasing but loved the comment from Debbie Hicks @readingagency.bsky.social “giving a book to a non reader is like giving chicken to a vegetarian”. I do that a lot! #pubscotconf

Superb review for #BestFriends in The Times. ‘Best Friends is about pleasant surprises. The biggest surprise of all is that Andrew Meehan isn’t better known. This gentle, off-kilter book, perfectly pitched to be a word-of-mouth summer hit, should change all that.’ Proof that indie publishers rock!

Apparently we were 4th in the @publishingscotland.bsky.social quiz @ffmaddingcrowd.bsky.social in spite of getting zero points in the final round. Or studying the Scottish curriculum @forumbooks.bsky.social (80s Athena poster for excellent makeup)

I was so moved reading this @carosanderson.bsky.social & cannot wait to read. I am all too aware that ‘deaf identity, like so much else, exists on a broad spectrum’ & am intrigued about his becoming a father to a hearing child. I hope he’s doing some events in Edinburgh @wnbooks.bsky.social

Day 1 of the Publishing Scotland BA conference done. We have so many indie publishers in Scotland (& Corrbridge!) Fantastic to meet them all. Looking forward to Day 2

On the eve of the @publishingscotland.bsky.social book trade conference it seems entirely appropriate that books by two fantastic Scottish authors won at @thebookseller.com #BritishBookAwards Big congratulations to @lenniesaurus.bsky.social & @radiomukhers.bsky.social We’re all v proud!

I'm so overwhelmed, I cannae believe this. My heart is so full. Thank you to everyone who believed in me, especially when I didn't believe in myself. 💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

A friend filled launch for #BestFriends by Andrew Meehan. Glasgow’s literati were out in force & guest appearances by London literary agents, publishers & rock stars…

Absolutely love this. When I heard people enthusing about the Taylor Swift essay in the Nat 5 English paper yesterday I had no idea it was by one of my authors @joellawriting.bsky.social @muswellpress.bsky.social V proud!

This month celebrating publication of #BestFriends by Andrew Meehan with a double page spread in The Sunday Post & a fabulous interview on BBC Radio Scotland plus a Times review still to come. Launch party this Thursday in Glasgow as Muswell Press head over the border. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Another weekend, another great review. This time for @greystonebooks ‘The Secret Life of a Cemetery is no maudlin reflection on death and remembrance…With its fox cubs and anecdotes, (it) allows us a privileged glimpse of Gallot’s world, full of wonder and life. observer.co.uk/culture/book...