Today’s the day!!!!

New publication date:

Thank you @waterstoneskids.bsky.social and Dundee for a brilliant afternoon!

Aberdeen, Dundee and everyone else on the east coast of Scotland - this is tomorrow! From 1pm! 2pm for adult book stuff. Do bagsie a ticket so we know you’ll be there 😅 inkandquill.co.uk/collections/...

I’ve had some good answers here, but about half of them aren’t available in my library group, so keep the dystopian recs coming please!

This is tomorrow!!!! Still some tickets available ✌️

SOON! Monday 9th February, down in England for once! www.ticketsource.co.uk/forumbooks/t... @forumbooks.bsky.social @gollancz.bsky.social

New publication date:

Polite cat

This is a really great book. Congratulations 🙌🏼

YASSSSSSSSSSSSSS GO, ELLIOT, GO! 😊

Next week! Designed for those in & around Edinburgh but ONLINE, & you don't need to be an AOI member to attend. Tickets & info here, and if you've got yours already, remember to submit Qs so I can talk more about what's most useful to you x www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/graphic-no...

Keir Starmer has shown a catastrophic failure of judgement. He says he trusted the assurances of Peter Mandelson about his relationship with paedophile and human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. A level of gullibility and incompetence that makes him unfit to hold power.

🎉 The 2026 #ReadForEmpathy collection is here! Celebrating 10 years with 65 diverse, brilliant books for ages 3–16+, curated to reflect our world and spark meaningful conversations during the National Year of Reading. 📖 Download our free guides (link in bio) 🗓️ Join our FREE webinar: 12 Feb, 4pm

Just buzzing to see KICKFLIP on the #ReadForEmpathy list for 2026, from @empathylabuk.bsky.social. Logan & I are so grateful for all the support everyone has given Elliot, and it’s a joy to see a proudly non-binary book on this list, two years after JAMIE waved their own flag from it! 💛🤍💜🖤💜🤍💛

When it’s meant to be your book birthday but it’s not

ICYMI 🥲

Jeff! Jeff! Jeff! Jeff! Jeff!

Sorry to say, there will be no SBLM paperback released tomorrow. Please read the alt text in the first image for details, and be mindful that someone has tragically lost their life in this incident. Any questions, please drop them below. 🩵

Ok I need (adult) dystopian book recs! Please assume I’ve read the classics, but tell me your faves!

The Diverse Book Awards include non-fiction categories for the 1st time this year, I'm helping longlist, so if you're involved in inclusive information books (for any age) then be sure you're nominated by your publisher! #KidLitUK #TheDBAwards #BookSky www.thediversebookawards.co.uk/enter-the-db...

A vast creature

Looking for a children’s fantasy author who was NOT mentioned in the Epstein files?

January has seen a cracking start to 2026’s reading. The month’s most read review is for brilliantly funny graphic novel The Terrible Trio: The Day the Mac ‘n’ Cheese Ran Out by Swapna Haddow & Minky Stapleton - find the link below: worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2026/01/13/t...

Neil Gaiman is crawling out of his bog two years after sexual assault allegations to play the sweet old fantasy uncle again -- complete with name-dropping that book you like & his twee "make good art" catchphrase -- all in order to (of course) sell you his upcoming book. Don't you dare fall for it.

Jumpscare on the timeline, is it

The Cymera Prize for Speculative Short Fiction is open to any writer living in Scotland or Scottish by birth or inclination, aged at least 14 years. Submissions are open from Monday 12th January 2026 until 8pm BST on Sunday 22nd March 2026. www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2026-prize

The bots are getting super fucking sneaky

It’s going to be an admin / invoice / booking form day and I’m already over it

One week to go until my event in Whitley Bay! Cannot wait to be back at The Bound ❤️

Oh, obviously.

˚₊‧꒰ა ✦ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚

One week to go! Don’t forget to grab your ticket for this event in Montrose.

The first review for The Last Spellbreaker is in!! And it’s a banger!!

Today is your FINAL day to order your signed and dedicated copy of Some Body Like Me by @ldlapinski.bsky.social ! wonderlandbookshop.co.uk/product/some...

Last day to get a signed and dedicated paperback!! Don’t miss out

Had such a great day yesterday that today I’m baking bread.

Love yerself by getting a copy you can carry around and hold to your heart as needed

Last day to get a signed and dedicated paperback!! Don’t miss out

Jumpsuit is all fun and games until you need to use the toilet on the train

Shared this the other day. I've organised for @ldlapinski.bsky.social to spend most of the week of #WorldBookDay in #Orkney 🎉🤩 they'll be visiting my school on #WBD itself as well as 3 other primary schools across the week. I am beyond thrilled to have this happening! @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social

I’ve had the best time ever doing Authors Live with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social and BBC Scotland. I will never shut up about it. If you missed the live broadcast, we will be on the iplayer in the next few days 📚🩵 Thanks to everyone at BBC and SBT for looking after me, and to St Margaret’s school!

What a day!!!!!!

Not pictured: Haruki Murakami’s wife, or indeed whoever is cooking, cleaning, paying bills, running errands, doing the laundry, answering emails, etc like yea his routine is goals, but let’s not lie to ourselves about all the invisible work others are doing to enable him to have that routine

Walked into the Miniso in Glasgow and straight out again. These shops usually have me in a chokehold but it was so badly stocked?? Where is my dopamine

#ScoEdu #ReadingSchools

Aberdeen! @vikkipatis.bsky.social and I are heading to your way @waterstones.bsky.social. Tickets here: www.waterstones.com/events/in-co...

Tomorrow! Still time to sign up.

In August last year, I received this out of a fortune cookie…

Look out, Orkney!! 📚 @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @orkneylibrary.bsky.social @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social