Got my Christmas tree up!

Edinburgh at midnight yesterday…

It wouldn't be the festive season in #Bruntsfield without a visit from @ianrankin1.bsky.social ! He walked here, he said it's good for his elf (yes, we went there, let the festive puns flow). Signed books & Rebus jigsaws await you! #books #livres #Edinburgh #Edimbourg

Edinburgh Castle this afternoon, taken from Saint Cuthbert’s Kirkyard…

South Gray’s Close, Edinburgh, tonight.

Dunbar’s Close Garden - a haven off the Canongate. Worth a detour…

Any authors on here had an e mail regarding the Anthropic lawsuit? I’m trying to decide if it’s authentic…

William McIlvanney’s pitch-black noirs, featuring DI Laidlaw’s disturbing adventures in the Glasgow underworld, made Scotland into a world capital of #crimefiction @ianrankin1.bsky.social remembers the man who created Tartan Noir – via @crimereads.bsky.social 💙📚 5/9 crimereads.com/mcilvanney-a...

Took a walk this afternoon. Hard to escape the Castle in central Edinburgh…

A Rebus (and Nazareth) fan sent me this via the Oxford Bar. Reissue of Exercises by the Fife rock band. Thank you, Lori! And yes, Big Ger Cafferty owes a lot to Dan McCafferty’s growl!

The welcoming lights of the Railway Inn, Lower Largo, early Sunday evening.

The Venice Noir award. Created by Amy Thai with Barovier and Toso Arte on Murano. Shortly to be in the possession of @ianrankin1.bsky.social (one does not just put an award like this in hand baggage!)

Sunday morning in Venice.

Enjoyed discussing Old Hamlet’s Ear with some fantastic authors - @annamazz.bsky.social @ianrankin1.bsky.social and @tombenjamin.bsky.social - it was great fun, with some excellent questions from the audience. #VeniceNoir

This is also Venice - a park in the Sant’Elena neighbourhood, and Via Garibaldi.

Venice this morning…

National Gallery of Scotland from Waverley Bridge tonight, lit up in red for Remembrance Day.

Excited to be heading to Venice later this week for #VeniceNoir. Looking forward to talking about causes of death in crime novels and to meeting some of my favourite authors. @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social @davidhewson.com @annamazz.bsky.social @ianrankin1.bsky.social @tombenjamin.bsky.social

Back home from Berlin. What a welcome!

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Berlin last night.

@mwcraven.bsky.social Representing bigly in Berlin - you’re in the window too!

Berlin today. At the East Side Gallery and elsewhere…

Visited Checkpoint Charlie on a rainy Saturday night…

Arrived in Berlin for a few days of culture..

Looking towards the Gaelic Chapel from Ladies Walk, Cromarty. Weather report: a tad nippy…

Good morning from Cromarty!

We're down to a handful of seats left for my informal chat with Ian Rankin in the great Ca' Pisani bar on our opening evening of November 14. So if you'd like to come please book now - €30 including a superb cocktail and cicchetti. Email [email protected] for info and bookings

On a day trip to Glasgow. Including the fabulous Laurieston Bar.

Saint Cuthbert’s Kirkyard this afternoon.

Bank of Scotland HQ, Edinburgh, 7pm Friday night.

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…