I'm not a party person. I just want a fairer, kinder, greener world. I'm delighted to see how well the Greens are doing. But we also need a strong and sincere Labour Party, and it is an absolute tragedy to see how Keir Starmer and his moral bypass of a government have ruined it.

since it's February I suppose I should say that I'm appearing at #GraniteNoir this month with the excellent @elspethwrites.bsky.social and Natalie Jayne Clark! the event will be livestreamed on the 22nd February and you can find the link here: www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/gra...

One of the most dangerous things I see come from self help and spirituality books. They state, that the world isn’t the problem. Your thoughts of it are YOUR problem. I find these books atrocious.

People are harshing on some “diverse reading challenge” thing that’s going around, and I get it, but looking at what you read and asking yourself “what isn’t represented here?” is imo a good and healthy practice

"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—" Reviews. Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.) Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!

These Mortal Bodies is getting a new look for paperback and has some gorgeous new quotes to go along with it! Thank you to @mkhardywrites.com, @pollyrowena.bsky.social (by way of the Bookseller) and Heather Darwent for capturing the murky yet glitzy vibe of my book so perfectly #BookSky

Still looking for a Christmas present for the Scottish folklore enthusiast in your life? Dark Crescent has you covered - "a terrific collection of Scottish folktales with a modern twist" (according to Joanne Harris!) ✨️ Available in the usual places/via @lunapress.bsky.social! linktr.ee/lyndseycroal

Happy International Day of People with Disabilities to all who celebrate by buying a book by a disabled author for everyone on their Christmas list.

Need you all to understand how utterly exhausting it is for disabled people (especially those of us with any public profile) to exist online rn.

I'm looking to speak to anyone who has worked in hospitality in Oxford or Cambridge, particularly studenty bars/clubs/restaurants for a potential piece for a national magazine! #journorequest

London #BookSky people I'm doing an event with two other great authors for Disability History Month and it would be amazing to see some of you there! It's at the Common Press and tickets are from free - I think this is such an important conversation. www.commonpress.co.uk/event-detail...

My debut novel has gone to number 1 in the rather cryptic 'other practices' category thanks to being part of Kindle's daily deal 😂. And no 7 in coming of age! Last few hours to buy something I poured my heart and soul into for 99p xx #BookSky www.amazon.co.uk/These-Mortal...

If you're looking for an autumn read with crackling fires, mossy woods, soaring spires and a creeping gothic atmosphere then my debut novel These Mortal Bodies is a Kindle daily deal for today only 💚🎓🖤!! 99p for many hours of (and many more of my life 😂😅)

The ebook version of @elspethwrites.bsky.social's These Mortal Bodies is only £1 today! Been wanting to read it since meeting her at the Someone Like Me launch a few weeks ago. Here's an interview with her about it: open.substack.com/pub/portobel...

Reading this now and really enjoying!

LAST CHANCE! Waterstones is running a pre-order offer on select titles - and the Who Wants Normal? paperback is included!  Be quick - it ends today - and you’ll get 25% off and be one of the first to receive the book next year: www.waterstones.com/book/who-wan...

There's just one more day to get 25% off a preorder of the paperback of my debut novel, These Mortal Bodies from Waterstones! If nature as character, explorations of gender and femininity, obsession and friendship are your kind of thing 💚🎓

Scotland at Frankfurt in full swing! @buchmesse.de #scottishpublishing #newbookscotland #FBM35

A round-up of my favourite neurodivergent fiction from the last couple of years, featuring @lucyrosecreates.bsky.social @elspethwrites.bsky.social @nualaoconnor.bsky.social @riverssolomon.bsky.social & @naoisedolan.bsky.social ! open.substack.com/pub/autcasts...

She's getting a new look! Absolutely delighted to reveal the paperback cover of my debut novel, These Mortal Bodies, which I am absolutely *obsessed* with 💚🖤! It captures the murkiness of sisterhood, the watery vibes and gothic atmosphere absolutely perfectly. Term commences 26/2/26 🎓 #booksky

Yayyyy!!! I’m beyond excited to win #Hashtag2025! Im looking forward to introducing a whole new type of genie into the world.🧞‍♂️😍🥰🎉🎉🎉🎉. Thanks to Helen and Abiola @hashtag_press for this fantastic opportunity. #writing #mgwriter #mgbookstagram #booksforchildren

Great to chat to @talking-books.bsky.social about These Mortal Bodies, its audiobook and some of the audiobooks that have shaped me as a reader and writer! #BookSky

Here's the latest Read On with @elspethwright.bsky.social on her atmospheric and dark debut 'These Mortal Bodies' @rnibradio.bsky.social @rnib.bsky.social audioboom.com/posts/878176...

If this is how Israel treat international activists, imagine the conditions for Palestinians, held illegally, intimidated, tortured - psychological terrorism and war crime after war crime. Most mainstream media barely touching it, shameful and providing impunity www.thenational.scot/news/2552542...

Hey authors! If your first novel came out in the onslaught that was 2020, please share it here. Tell us the title and at least one cool thing about it, plus give us a link to learn more and buy it.

Check out this piece on #darkacademia for @thenerdaily by #TheseDreamingSpires contributor @elspethwrites.bsky.social - link below: thenerddaily.com/elspeth-wils...

“I think often the cultivation of resilience lies with connecting with others” Thanks to Elspeth Wilson coming to talk about collective resilience, body doubling, journalling, and writing a book as a way to escape. Her new book ‘These Mortal Bodies’ out now podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...

Got to chat to some of the most exciting names in the genre and write my thoughts about what makes dark academia dark academia for The Nerd Daily! Read on for discussions of institution as villain & glamour with a rotten underside w Olivie Blake and more #BookSky 🖤📚 thenerddaily.com/elspeth-wils...

Complicity everywhere, maybe this is why they wanted to make protestors "terrorists"

One of my fave bits of reader feedback so far for my debut, These Mortal Bodies, about coming of age, infatuation and the underside of girlhood - "an absolute delight, so incredibly immersive and so many characters I wanted to punch in the face" 📖🖤 #BookSky

Home again at last but here is proof of the 2 events I did @edbookfest.bsky.social this last week - 1stly with @joeharkness.bsky.social chaired by @elspethwrites.bsky.social, 2ndly with @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social @astrominx.bsky.social and James Catchpole.

So excited to be participating in this panel on female-led fantasy with the brilliant @annabelcwrites.bsky.social and @toribovalino.bsky.social in Toppings, Edinburgh on the 26th of September! Come see us chat about women with warrior hearts 💜 www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinb...

This month, Mary and Beth dive into The Mercy Step - the debut novel by Marcia Hutchinson. 🌟 Set in 1960s Bradford, the novel follows Mercy, a young girl growing up in a household marked by struggle. Tune in now to join the conversation 👉 https://writ.me/MercyStep

Our instant USA Today bestseller, RED magazine recommended anthology, #TheSecretRomanticsBookofMagic spotted in the wild today at our local bookstore 😀❤️

Hello strangers, I’ve been absent from here for far too long! I’ve been busy starting a new bookish podcast, I’d love to know what you think if you have a listen! linktr.ee/inmygoodbook...

This week on In My Good Books podcast I interviewed tv journalist and debut novelist @stephmcgovern.bsky.social Listen in here, I’d love to know what you think! linktr.ee/inmygoodbook...

I wrote a piece on for the Inklusion Guide with tips for ND debut writers on finding community, creating your own predictability, remembering you can say no and recognising you don't need to listen to conventional writing advice - I hope it's helpful! #BookSky www.inklusionguide.org/blog/tips-fo...

This is just over a week away! Come and see me and @joeharkness.bsky.social hosted by @elspethwrites.bsky.social talk about our relationships to nature and #NatureWriting through neurodivergence & disability.

More than 2-3 audience members would be great for the rest of my run, #EdFringe goers 🥹🙏 It's FREE, queer and freaky. freefringe.org.uk/shows/you-ou... #fringepromo

Very happy to have an interview in this issue from @booksfromscotland.bsky.social about my debut, These Mortal Bodies, writing about intense friendships, the interaction between poetry and prose, what drew me to dark academia and balancing writing admin with the actual writing itself! #BookSky

Keep your cool! It's Heatwave, the latest BfS issue! booksfromscotland.com/issue/heatwa... Thanks for your contributions: @florisbooks.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk @birlinn.bsky.social @edinburghup.bsky.social @luathpress.bsky.social @bwpublishing.bsky.social @saraband-books.bsky.social and more!

Ahead of release day tomorrow, another lovely endorsement for @mkhardywrites.com 's THE NEEDFIRE, this time from @elspethwrites.bsky.social, author of THESE MORTAL BODIES! "Dripping with an atmosphere so strong that it clings to you with a creeping sense of dread." geni.us/needfire

An amazing night; so excited to have The Needfire out for readers to encounter and (hopefully) enjoy!

My debut novel, These Mortal Bodies, came out last week! I'm so excited for my literary-leaning campus novel with dark academia and gothic vibes to be out in the world! Here's some of the lovely things other authors are saying about it. #BookSky

Happy book birthday! Launching tonight at Portobello Books, it's @elspethwrites.bsky.social;s new dark academia These Mortal Bodies!

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju... I love babe with my whole entire heart and I love how much earnest artistic commitment and genuine care went into making it 🐷🥹

Lovely to have a visit from @elspethwrites.bsky.social today, to celebrate the publication of her new novel, These Mortal Bodies (pub @simonandschuster.bsky.social ). Signed copies available now! #books #livres #Edinburgh #Edimbourg

Elderly people and pensioners putting themselves on the line, accepting arrest and even imprisonment for the cause of Palestine, is indicative not of the movement’s radicalisation, but of its normalisation and absorption by regular people. It is the state that is radicalising to try and suppress it.

I’m clearing the house out so have some copies of my debut poetry collection, Human Townsperson, going cheap. A BARGAIN EVERYTHING MUST GO SALE PRICE £5+P&P if you’d like one.

Needfire events now confirmed for BOTH Glasgow and Edinburgh at the end of July! We launch at Waterstones Argyle St, Glasgow on 29th July with the wonderful Heather Parry and Kirsty Logan, and then we'll be at Blackwells South Bridge, Edinburgh on 31st July. Booking links at linktr.ee/mkhardy