'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'

Proofs of my book are at YALC this weekend!! Alas I am in Glasgow, but thinking fondly of my book living it up in London. Maybe it will go see Hadestown.

Sorry for the delay. We had to wait on timezones. Because HOME SICK just had its cover reveal in People Magazine. @solarisbooks.bsky.social

Roland Barthes knows what you’re up to:

Completely forgot about Hidden Books game yesterday but I don’t think my jet-lagged self could have handled it anyway 🥲

Incredibly excited to share the US cover of my debut fantasy novel, out with Del Rey 07/26! This cover of my *dreams* is illustrated by the incredible Chay Ruby, who captures the characters better than I envision them in my own head tbh. Available to pre-order! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-inn-at...

@thecgf I love you ❤️ The Commonwealth Games Federation is standing with trans athletes, confirming there will be no blanket ban on trans participation in the games in Glasgow next year.

My cozy fantasy novel inspired by my love (and fear…) of Scotland’s mountains, misadventures in academia, and time spent adventuring in Dungeons and Dragons, will be out next July!!

I spent over a year of my life writing this collaborative craft book with eleven other (fantastic! talented! good-looking!) writers. "Sometimes a story emerges fully formed in your mind, and sometimes it’s an onion, requiring several ‘peels’ to get to the real, eye-watering heart of the matter."

NYPL is an alright place for a bit of drafting I guess

My cozy fantasy novel inspired by my love (and fear…) of Scotland’s mountains, misadventures in academia, and time spent adventuring in Dungeons and Dragons, will be out next July!!

Can everyone tell me what book you're reading right now? I need inspo for an 8-hour flight, thank youuu

If you have a writer in your life and you'd like them to know that you care about their ambitions, may I suggest ordering a copy of my collaborative craft anthology, An Honour And A Privilege, as a Christmas present? (trust me, you'll get the MOST brownie points)

I am heading home from a fabulous @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social and it is OFFICIALLY PUBLICATION WEEK 🥳🥳🥳 If you're in the area, please do come see me on Thurs in St Andrews & make me sign things??

A new special issue of English Studies I'm really keen to put together! Please consider submitting and circulate widely! @drchrislouttit.bsky.social bookshoplit.com/cfp-booksell...

‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’ is the purrfect spooky buik fur bairns this Halloween. Huv a wee read o whit its aw aboot in @scotnational.bsky.social and grab a copy fae @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikshoaps! #ScotsLanguage #TheMoggieThitMeowedTooMuch

Happy Halloween!! Throw back to my fav couples costume I did with my partner a few years ago; Temu Helen of Troy and Trojan horse

Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻 Enter if you dare...🚪

The arts and humanities funding landscape in the UK

Sharing seasonal Dark Crescent excerpts this week in the lead up to Halloween! This one from a fairytale-esque story about Daughter Death, and her journeys in the world below...✨💀🖤 @lunapress.bsky.social linktr.ee/lyndseycroal

hwfg

Holiday rental/air bnb bookshelves always fascinate me. Were these left behind??? Curated? Read by the owner who decided they wouldn’t read again?? This was an eclectic mix

Glaswegians, did you know the library has a decent app (better than the website) where you can request books from any city library be sent to your local one for pickup? There's also a barcode scanner which lets you check in the bookshop if they have the book in the libraries. Really useful!

Thinking about these beaut Allen & Unwin LOTR volumes I saw yesterday. Perfect covers.

Snippets from the kitchen today🍽️ 🐟🍄‍🟫

The British Library has long relied on the good will of its fabulous staff, whom it treats shockingly, pays derisorily and ignores as much as it can. Faced with a contemptible 2.6% pay offer, the staff has, unsurprisingly, had enough.

People who aren’t writers think writer’s block is at least as big and real a problem as I thought quicksand would be, as a child.

Critical Role C4 is phenomenal so far. I can't remember the last time I felt this excited about a fantasy series, and I'm going feral waiting for a new episode each week !!!

As Cymera Festival continues to mature, we are seeking enthusiastic and committed individuals to bring new ideas and knowledge to our board. Experience in running or programming a book festival is not needed: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/join-the-board

I adore Frank Cottrill-Boyce

Glasgow friends: I have a couple of book events coming up at Waterstones Argyle Street in a couple weeks' time! On Tuesday 4th November I'll be taking part in "A Celebration of Ursula K. Le Guin" with @suchmayer.bsky.social, @philcrockettthomas.bsky.social, & @mjrsangster.bsky.social.

Today is pub day for my third book: Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century. It is a handbook on how to read. It argues for the foundational importance of *caring* to thought. It offers an anatomy of close reading's five steps so we can hone the skills to perform them. It argues for why to read

I visited Leakey’s in Inverness for the first time last week and I think mentally I’m still there

“It was one of the last autumn days when the leaves were falling in little gusts. They fell on the children who were thankful for this excuse to wriggle and for the allowable movements in brushing the leaves from their hair and laps.” —Muriel Spark, THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE #BookWormSat 💙📚

Sharp mountain air laced with hints of heather and a smidgeon of woodsmoke.

Not bad for a day’s work

The latest round of weekend eats is a weekend feast to celebrate 30 years of @drlindsaymiddleton.bsky.social ♥️🎉🍾

📚 🧡 MY BIGGEST DREAM COME TRUE 📚 🧡 My debut novel, MY DARLING CLEMENTINE, will be out in 2027!

Simply incapable of working after 3pm without a sweet treat

I've seen a few AI images on publisher websites, writing competition websites, social media, etc — and not to mention the occasional book cover. It feels hypocritical for the industry to object to AI books while supporting AI art...?

I'm doing a talk in Bath! Come and join me at Komedia on the 4th November 2025 for a whistlestop tour of women in the Gothic across four delirious centuries! It will be fast, furious, and hair raising! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gothic-fic...

No, Adobe Acrobat, I do not want your AI tool to summarise my own novel. Yes, I know it 'appears' to be a long document. I promise I can handle it. Go back to the depths from which you came.

We need this in Scotland. It’s not even wishful or fanciful thinking: it’s financially astute. Our creative industries are absolutely vital

Now published in the International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing: our research on YA Book covers, showing that book covers may be as powerful a driver of sales as author fame www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I’m sure this is just me, but cat trees look like printing presses?

New week new haircut 🙏

We expect to hit 55k signatures in support of our open letter this week, perhaps even today. Thank you to everyone who has signed or shared. Let’s keep this going: notinourname.org.uk

For the evening crowd 👇

It's October, which I think is officially the best month to start reading Dark Crescent...omens, superstitions, hauntings, monsters, all from Scottish folklore - here's a wee sneak peak at what you'll find...👀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🖤✨ linktr.ee/lyndseycroal @lunapress.bsky.social

Tha i mar bharaille de sgadan saillte: chan eil agad ach do chròg a stobadh ann, agus dòrlach a thoirt a-mach, reamhar is tiugh leis a’ bhuntàta… —Aonghas Phàdraig Caimbeul, “Bàrdachd” #NationalPoetryDay #poem #poetry #Gaelic www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/bardachd/