Out on the Thames this afternoon. Glorious autumn day…

US paperbacks of Midnight and Blue have arrived in Edinburgh - looking good…

Yup, still in Pau…

Just finished Ian Rankin's Rebus-redeeming (again) Standing In Another Man's Grave. Might be my favourite Rebus and not just because of the Jackie Leven title. It drips, drips, drips... **** @ianrankin1.bsky.social

I’m in Pau for the next few days.

Spending the day with Gaudi in Barcelona…

Barcelona today…

Palma (Mallorca) this afternoon…

Soller (Mallorca) this morning…

First sighting of the US edition (for me)!

Valletta, Malta, this rainy day…

The beautiful Split, Croatia…

I’m in Croatia today, hiking in Paklenica National Park…

My final evening in Trieste. What a great, manageable city. And so much literary history, so many amazing bookshops. Plus vistas…

Trieste today.

Trieste this morning…

Trieste waterfront this evening.

Goodbye, Venice; hello, Trieste…

Venice early this morning. Serene…

Meanwhile in Stirling central library, a doppelganger lurks.

View of the Grand Canal from my hotel. Braw.

Found the perfect spot for my miniature Midnight and Blue, gifted to me at Bloody Scotland by @alessandraranelli.bsky.social

The Andy Goldsworthy exhibition at Edinburgh’s Royal Scottish Academy is great fun.

On Stirling Bridge this morning…

Typical night out in Stirling… (Opening procession of Bloody Scotland crime fiction festival.)

Amazing to be inside when the light from outside hits the cathedral floor. Like being inside a kaleidoscope…

I’m in Glasgow today. River Clyde from Pacific Quay.

Painting by Guy Kinder. In Edinburgh’s Portrait Gallery cafe…

Edinburgh tonight. Looking from Brown’s Place towards the Castle.

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Announcing our McIlvanney Prize finalists: @tariqashkanani.bsky.social - The Midnight King @liammcilvanney.bsky.social - The Good Father @callummcsorley.bsky.social - Paperboy @damedenisemina.bsky.social - The Good Liar @ianrankin1.bsky.social - Midnight and Blue Winner revealed next Friday! 👏👏👏

@tracymearns.bsky.social Spotted in every Irish bookshop I visited!

Marisa and I spoke to the Off The Shelf podcast about the Death of Shame being on the McIlvanney Prize longlist, as well as generally bigging up @bloodyscotland.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/6axW...

Off the Shelf podcast is interviewing all 13 authors longlisted for this year's McIlvanney Prize (Phoebe's talk with @damedenisemina.bsky.social is ace), listen to them here: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/... My interview goes live next week @bloodyscotland.bsky.social @panmacmillan.bsky.social

On a wall in Kilkenny. Dame Alice was done for witchcraft but did a runner so her poor maid Petronella was burned at the stake…

Waterford today.

Clonakilty and Kinsale today…

Spent the day on Bere Island, County Cork.

The walled garden at Kylemore Abbey, Connemara, today.

Donegal, Ireland.

Liverpool today.

Enjoying a day in Liverpool…

Mr Paul Arthurs. Absolute gentleman and the still centre of an Oasis-mad Edinburgh…

An afternoon at the cinema - Weapons is a fresh take on the horror movie with a clever structure. Got silly towards the end, prompting laughs from those around me. A fine film though.

Castle from St Cuthbert’s Kirkyard, 4.30pm.

40 years of John Constantine! Come raise a glass with me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk. With @jamiedelano.bsky.social @damedenisemina.bsky.social @ianrankin1.bsky.social www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/70761/the-most-important-british-character-in-us-comics-john-constantine-hellblazer-alan-moore

Saint Patrick’s Catholic Cathedral, Armagh.

I’m in Armagh today…

The Meadows this evening, 8.50pm.

Oxford Bar this afternoon…