Our next McIlvanney long-listing sees a welcome return for @gavin-bell.bsky.social with this excellent serial killer novel. He'll be appearing on the 'Across the Pond' panel with @edelcoffey.bsky.social and @tariqashkanani.bsky.social on Sat 19th Sept: bloodyscotland.com/event/across...

138 Main (Street) is out now in the UK and on June 2 in the USA! ‘Nail-biting and compulsive, this is thriller storytelling at its most tense’ The Sun ‘Thrilling’ Scotsman ‘Superbly executed’ Library Journal www.simonandschuster.com/books/138-Ma...

#BookReview 138 Main Street by @gavin-bell.bsky.social 'a cast-iron certainty for one of my books of the year!' hairpastafreckle72.blogspot.com/2026/05/138-... @annerandomthings.bsky.social @simonschusteruk.bsky.social #bookblogger #booksky 💙📚

Upcoming: 138 MAIN STREET by @gavin-bell.bsky.social... civilianreader.com/2026/05/07/u... Only learned about this today, but really looking forward to reading it! Out June 2nd, via Gallery/Scout in North America; published today in the UK, by Simon & Schuster.

Loved this chat about the new book with the fabulous Nadine!

I'm excited to be taking part in the #CoverReveal of #138MainStreet from @gavin-bell.bsky.social, @simonschusteruk.bsky.social and @tracyfenton.bsky.social Published 3/5/26, this cat-and-mouse thriller sounds amazing. More details on my blog. Reading For Leisure Blog: tinyurl.com/2955y4ua

As one of the judges on this panel, I think we did a pretty good job! Six brilliant books.

Announcing the longlist for the 2025 Twisted Dagger! Congratulations, authors, and good luck in the next round! #CWA_Daggers #Daggers_2025

CWA TWISTED DAGGER LONGLIST

It's podcast day! Our third episode featuring two great chats with @damedenisemina.bsky.social and @drjennymorris.bsky.social has dropped now. You can listen (and catch-up with the first two episodes) here - bloodyscotland.podbean.com

This is cool: to mark the 100th anniversary of the publication of THE GREAT GATSBY (which I'd argue is a crime novel), the Library of Congress is hosting a marathon live reading of the book, starting at 10:00 a.m.: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ums...

Trying out the famous Star Bar £4 3 course lunch at last

The Winter Gardens at the Peoples' Palace on Glasgow Green. Built in 1898, it was extensively renovated for its 100th anniversary in 1998, including reglazing it. Cont./ #glasgow #glasgowgreen #wintergardens #peoplespalace #architecture #architecturephotography

Looking forward to seeing the ‘Fossil Free Books’ crew withdraw their books from Waterstones (which is owned by Elliott).

Odd-numbered Star Trek ranked: 1) Generations 2) Search for Spock 3) Motion Picture 4) Insurrection 5) Final Frontier

Publishers testing the waters with AI narration for audiobooks need to think very carefully about what they're doing. It's going to play out like the sugar tax - you're going to completely fuck the product with zero financial benefit to show for it.

[post credits Samuel L Jackson] “a complete unknown.” Did you really think you were the only one traveling? I’m here to talk to you about the Wilbury Initiative.

I picked up this novelisation of Seven (I'm not doing the SeSevenEn thing) in a charity shop a few years ago. Interesting reading it after seeing the rereleased movie

being on bluesky

One of my kids just pointed out I've loved more of my life in the 21st century than in the 20th, and I feel quite futuristic

"Sober aside from LSD"

Shawlands looking sparkly

Excellent festive book post - Little Red Death by @alexandrakbenedict.bsky.social

Shout out to @thenewsagents.com for not taking the piss with their ads. I always skip the first 3 mins of Rest is Politics/Entertainment and live with losing a few seconds of actual content. With News Agents the ads are brief enough that I just let them run.

Reading Frank Miller's most underrated work for the first time in ages. JRJR has never been better...

Ayr bound...

Beloved murderer canceled after old tweets surface

Interesting peek behind the scenes of reimagining Day of the Jackal - have been enjoying the show too www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Everything checks out apart from a Jonas Brothers song I've never heard at 2? Wonder if it's good?

Glasgow City Chambers looking seasonal this evening

Morning park walk

Watching the early 21st century Russell Crowe historical epic that actually should have had a sequel

Looking forward to this - the chosen movie is Elf.

I used to think the ultimate author bio was 'She divides her time between London and [insert fancy second home location here]' but this raises the bar

Comics at the bottom, books in between, albums at the top #shelfie

Verdict on Gladiator II (technically GladIIator going by the onscreen title) - a decent cover version very much in the shadow of a classic original.

Nice, just discovered there's a Chrome plugin to kill those awful Google AI results chromewebstore.google.com/detail/hide-...

Anyone know what period this wallpaper might be? I'm thinking 40s

I don't care how big your show is, when you take two years off it's not episode 9 of season 5, it's episode 1 of season 6.

Morning walk in Rouken Glen Park

Definitely this - I avoided exploring BS for a while because of this perception. Appreciating it more for the fact it's currently light on bots, ads and irritating people I've already blocked.

I'm definitely Team Osman on organising books by size (and otherwise fairly randomly because I'll have a gut instinct as to where things are) @richardosman1.bsky.social

Hello from Harrogate International Festivals! Obligatory first post on Bluesky – please RT to let people know that we are here. Looking forward to finding friends and building networks!

For new followers trying to work out who the hell I am, I've written six thrillers as Mason Cross, two as Alex Knight, and my next one (coming 2026) will be under my own name. Hence me taking the opportunity to be myself on this new platform. My personal motto is 'apologies for the confusion'.

Great substack from @juliansimpson.bsky.social on dealing with the world. Particularly found myself nodding along with this part about the folly of voting for charlatans of various stripes in the hope of 'breaking the system' developmenthell.substack.com/p/oh-sht-wha...

Quick trip to the far east

There needs to be a social media platform where people can post stuff like "What's happening on Pine Avenue?" and immediately get a full timeline, casualty figures and quotes from the specific police officers on scene, rather than coyly saying "Hope everyone is ok 😔" in the hope of getting details.

Introduce yourself with: One book: Bonfire of the Vanities One film: The Empire Strikes Back One album: The Colour and the Shape One TV show: Quantum Leap

I was going to think up something witty and clever for my first bluesky tweet, but... well, I'm extremely busy right now, so this is it.