Looking forward to seeing you there!

📣 NEXT FRIDAY, we're delighted to welcome bestselling author @anncleeves.bsky.social and @nicolameighan.bsky.social to EDINBURGH CASTLE to celebrate the paperback launch of Ann's latest novel, The Killing Stones. ⭐ Tickets and more info are available here: www.tickettailor.com/events/theed...

Had a fantastic time at #BayTales26. The panels were varied, interesting and hugely entertaining. Many thanks to @vpeanuts.bsky.social, @anncleeves.bsky.social, @baytales.bsky.social and all the volunteers

This week on the podcast we speak to the woman behind 'Shetland' 'Vera' and 'The Long Call', @anncleeves.bsky.social and TV screenwriter turned debut novelist, Matt Baker. Listen here: bloodyscotland.podbean.com

I’ll be in the Accidental Bookshop Alnwick this evening. Signing and chatting and celebrating this brilliant shop. Hope to see you there!

As the author @anncleeves.bsky.social says (whose latest Vera book is set in a children's home with offshore private equity owners) - imagine how many lives could be changed, if we just changed our approach and belief in what's possible.

Mark Steel last night and 'Shetland' tonight. We love it when the media revolves around us and we are looking forward to stepping into the village of Lunniswick. @anncleeves.bsky.social really started something when she launched 'Raven Black' here almost 20 years ago. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Mes amis bruxellois ! Dépêchez-vous et allez chez Waterstones ! La reine du polar britannique y sera pour parler de ses livres. C'est une personne charmante et très sympathique ! Dites-lui bonjour de ma part ! @anncleeves.bsky.social Waterstones Boulevard Adolphe Maxlaan - 4.30 #booksky #livres

I had the happiest time chatting to @anncleeves.bsky.social on the podcast today as part of the food & fiction series. You can listen to our discussion here: podfollow.com/quick-book-r...

*NEW BLOG POST* The Killing Stones by Ann Cleeves Jimmy Perez is back! lotuswritingtherapy.com/2025/10/14/t... #thekillingstones @anncleeves.bsky.social #jimmyperez #crimefiction #scottishfiction #booksky

Via Principal de los Libros : In Spain it's Women Writers Day @anncleeves.bsky.social #SarahVPearse @alicefeeney.com "A celebration of women who write not just to understand the world but to reinvent it. We believe in authors who excite and thrill us and who leave their mark"

Some pics from @waterstones.bsky.social Sauchiehall tonight -- with the amazing @anncleeves.bsky.social interviewed by @louisewelsh00.bsky.social and special musical interludes from a Shetland musician (Chris Stout)

An absolutely wonderful event today for @anncleeves.bsky.social 's new book, The Killing Stones! We now have many signed indie bookshop copies of the new book if you didn't manage to pick one up at the event! #anncleeves #thekillingstones #authorevent #indiebookshop

This is a midwinter book and would make a fabbie Christmas gift. Buy early from your local indie bookshop!

Arrived today! The Killing Stones by @anncleeves.bsky.social . It's published on Tuesday and I've got these beautiful Special Edition copies with gorgeous sprayed edges. SIGNED TOO! If you'd like one you can order it HERE. www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...

🎧 The Killing Stones by Ann Cleeves @anncleeves.bsky.social @kennyblyth.bsky.social @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #LoveAudiobooks @AnnCleeves

‼️Breaking news‼️ I am now officially unavailable for social events. Blame Jimmy Perez and The Killing Stones 😁 and @anncleeves.bsky.social

"I don’t plan my work in advance at all...the writing was an escape, fun, and there’d be no joy in it if I knew how it would develop." @loriraderday.bsky.social's interview with @anncleeves.bsky.social on “The Killing Stones” (St Martin’s) is out now. chireviewofbooks.com/2025/10/01/t...

I’ll be with Orcadian Stewart Bain, reader, book blogger and entertainer.

Happy publication day to me in Aus, NZ and the US. Jimmy Perez is back in The Killing Stones. I might go out for coffee and cake this morning. Next week for the UK.

Celebrating the publication of 'The Killing Stones' by @anncleeves.bsky.social later this week with Forum Books in North Shields, very exciting. Think a few tickets are still left so don't miss out! (Can't believe it's nearly October I thought there was still a few weeks to go!)

#WeeklyNewBooks: Sept. 29th - Oct. 5th Featuring: 🔖 The Portrait by #DanielleSteel 🔖 The Killing Stones by @anncleeves.bsky.social 🔖 Forgotten Letters by #DianneHarman 🔖 Deputies Under Fire by @deloresfossen.bsky.social 🔖 Outlaw Lake by #MaiseyYates #newbooks #booksky tinyurl.com/56mnbmv4

Very much looking forward to chatting to my hero.

Join Sara (virtually/online) in conversation with @anncleeves.bsky.social on September 30 at 3pm ET/2pm CT/1pm MT/Noon PT! Registration is required for this special event: bnthekillingstones.eventbrite.com [EM]

We have people in power making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously disproven.

Yay! US readers, I have an interview in today’s @washingtonpost.com . Honestly, I’m not dissing Pilates though. I’d just rather be writing! @minotaurbooks.bsky.social

💙 ONE WEEK!! 💙 Still time to grab tickets for @anncleeves.bsky.social talking Orkney + Jimmy #TheKillingStones w/ Stuart Bain on Oct 1st PLUS you’ll get *exclusive* short story The Lonely Man !! Grab tickets www.theexchange1856.com/event-detail...

The Shore Lines tour set sail at The Word, South Shields last night...Big thanks to our brilliant short story authors @anncleeves.bsky.social Linda Cracknell @saraband-books.bsky.social Tony Glover & @joscottheritage.bsky.social Join us if you can at readings across #Northumberland & #Cumbria

My huge thanks to @emmaharrow.bsky.social for a surprise finished hardback of The Killing Stones by @anncleeves.bsky.social coming from @panmacmillan.bsky.social 7thOctober. Feeling very spoilt! www.panmacmillan.com/authors/ann-...

This is it! Can’t wait and hope you can join us!

I’ll be chatting to my hero Sara Paretsky about the new Jimmy Perez with @barnesandnoble.com on September 30th. My only US event! Details here: BNTheKillingStones.eventbrite.com

For lovers of Shetland, I’ll be at the Exchange North Shields on October 1st to talk about my new Jimmy Perez. First gig of the tour (obvs). Deets from the fab @forumbooks.bsky.social .

If you’d like to catch up with Jimmy Perez before following his new adventure in Orkney, Wild Fire, the last Shetland book, will be £1.99 on Kindle for the whole of September.

Well, looks as if I’ll be busy this autumn. Do come along to hear me chat about Jimmy Perez’s new life in Orkney if you can. And murder obvs.

For lovers of audio in the US, here’s a chance to pick up the first 4 Jimmy Perez books on Chirp at an amazing price!

Delighted to be part of this fine festival with 'Shore Lines' at #Wooler library on Tues 7th Oct (7pm) Ace stories by @anncleeves.bsky.social @joscottheritage.bsky.social Tony Glover & Linda Cracknell @saraband-books.bsky.social Tickets via www.berwickliteraryfestival.com @visitberwick.bsky.social

If you’re a Matthew Venn fan, the 2nd in the series The Heron’s Cry is a Kindle Deal in August. Only 99p to take you back to North Devon!

Want to know how Jimmy Perez came to be in Orkney? Find out here. Offer ends August 17th.

More murder coming your way...We'll be reading 'Mud' by Ann Cleeves as part of this autumn's 'Shore Lines' tour of 17 venues across the Borderlands @anncleeves.bsky.social #Reading #fiction #stories #culture #Literature #entertainment #Northumberland #Cumbria

Wow!! What a night launching #DEADLINE the fab debut thriller from @stephmcgovern.bsky.social 💙 thanks to Steph & @anncleeves.bsky.social for brilliant interview & all who came 🙌 Gorgeous signed indie editions available from us if you missed www.forumbooksshop.com/product/dead...

“First one’s (nearly) free”. Then they’re hooked for life. :)

Want to see where Shetland started? Raven Black is a Kindle Monthly Deal. Only 99p throughout July.

The final shot of Vera Series 12 Episode 2 'For the Grace of God' is to me exactly how i visualise Vera's first appearance in 'The Crow Trap' book. Vera's take on Raymond Chandler's "man with a gun" @anncleeves.bsky.social

My home for the next 13 hours as I head south. Goodby Shetland!

I'm so excited that one of my short stories is featuring again in this year's tour! Thank you, Stephen, and I'm hugely honoured to be there alongside such prestigious writers 😍 @anncleeves.bsky.social, Linda Bracknell & @tonyglover.bsky.social

Guess where we've been today? At the cakefest that was the official launch of Shetland Noir 2026! The first headline author was announced - it's LEE CHILD! Thanks for all the cake, @anncleeves.bsky.social 🙂 @leechild58.bsky.social - is this really you, Lee? 🙂 www.shetlandarts.org/blog/shetlan...

Am I feeling smug because I got the washing on the line and dry before the rain came? Yes I am.

It’s grim up north…

For lovers of the Shetland series and in preparation for the new Jimmy Perez book, The Killing Stones, this autumn, White Nights will be a June Kindle deal, available for only 99p! Or if you can afford it support your indie bookshop and pay full price…