There’s an infographic doing the rounds. I won’t share the offending item or name the party who produced it but I will say this: ALWAYS INDEPENDENTLY CHECK THE “FACTS”.

Look at the writers confirmed for #baytales26 🤩 Sat 28 Feb, get tickets now! baytales.com/shop-2/ @markedwardsauthor.bsky.social @leodora.bsky.social @sarahgovett.bsky.social @alexandrakbenedict.bsky.social @drjennymorris.bsky.social @ruthwarewriter.bsky.social @transworldbooks.bsky.social

🥁🥁🥁Author Announcement!🥁🥁🥁 We are delighted to present a panel of debut authors at #baytales26 on Sat 28 Feb Woohoo for Rebecca Philipson, Tanya Sweeney & @Frances Crawford! Tickets available now: baytales.com/shop-2/

If you’re sad to be missing Bloody Scotland - use the hashtag #notatStirling to be entered into a comp to win some #baytales goodies. UK only. Closes at 8pm on Sunday, 14 Sept 2025. #bookstagram #amreading #readersofinstagram

Just over a week to go! Tickets to #noiratthebar at The Word are free but booking is essential. theworduk.org/whats-on/noi...

Delighted to welcome @alexandrakbenedict.bsky.social @drjennymorris.bsky.social Kate Bradley & @ruthwarewriter.bsky.social to #whitleybay on Sat 29 Feb 2026 for #baytales26 Get your tickets now! baytales.com/shop-2/

Booking now open for this fantastic event on Sat 20 Sept featuring @emmaflint.bsky.social @johnsutherland.bsky.social @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social @stephmcgovern.bsky.social @fionacumminsauthor.bsky.social @mjarlidge.bsky.social & @chrisewan.bsky.social 🤩 tinyurl.com/The-word-is-...

Some tickets still remaining.

If you’re going to be in Harrogate on Thurs, 17 July and would like to read at #NoirattheBar send us a DM. Expressions of interest close on 19 June & line-up will be confirmed in the following week.

Fancy seeing Lisa Jewell chat about her new book - Don’t Let Him In - at The Exchange 1856 in North Shields in July? Get your tickets now! www.theexchange1856.com/event-detail...

If you’d like to be considered to read at #NoirattheBar in #Harrogate on Thurs 17 June from 4pm, please DM me. Expressions of interest close 19 June.

A lovely venue, a lovely audience and a fantastic festival. @radiomukhers.bsky.social was canny too.

This week has to have been my best work week since #baytales25 - fab meeting this AM plotting for #baytales26 Interviewing @radiomukhers.bsky.social on Sun at Hexham Book Fest then Stephanie Butland @waterstones NCL next Wed PLUS an announcement scheduled for Fri…!

Lovely #bookpost pick-me-up today from @jocallaghankat.bsky.social - not only has she sent me a copy of #HumanRemains but she put a GORGEOUS note inside that made me smile on a difficult day. I absolutely adore this series and can’t wait to see what Kat and AIDE Lock get up to.

Not usually much of a joiner but I’ll make an exception for this… where and when is the communal Mother’s Day scream?

💛!! Her Sister’s Killer is out TODAY! Huge congratulations @mariwriter.bsky.social on another cracking crime thriller 🥂 thanks to Mari @vpeanuts.bsky.social & all who came last night … signed copies from us if you missed 🙌 😉 @orionbooks.bsky.social ✍️ www.forumbooksshop.com/product/her-...

A week since the beginning of @baytales.bsky.social 2025 and I am still smiling. Friendly, kind, funny - #baytales25 was like the best of mates in book festival form. Cannot wait until #baytales26 - the only way to celebrate the arrival of spring ❤️ @anncleeves.bsky.social @vpeanuts.bsky.social

Psst!!

NEW FOR 2025 Merchandise Part Three. Just £5 for a notebook and £2 per pen. Available from our merch stall on the day (while stocks last). *glasses not included. Tickets for the event available from @playhouse_whitleybay #crimefiction #merch #baytales25 #bookstagram #whitleybay

NEW FOR 2025 Merchandise Part Two. A programme! An actual physical programme that you can hold in your hands and take home with you! Just £2 from our merch stall on the day! Tickets available from @playhouse_whitleybay #crimefiction #merch #baytales25 #bookstagram #whitleybay

Check out our New for 2025 Merchandise Part One. Can’t believe no one guessed cocktails! 🤣 Treat yourself to a Woo Dunnit and/or a Lime & Punishment this wknd. Priced at just £6 each, they’re a lush bargain. * knife & lime not included. 😉 #baytales25 #cocktails #merch #whitleybay

We’ve got new merch for 2025… guess what it could be and you might win a prize! UK only, closes 8pm GMT on Sat 22 Feb. #competition #baytales25 #whitleybay #merch

It's publication day in the US & Canada for my #CrimeFiction debut, #TheDeadlySpark! 🇺🇸🇨🇦Described by Clare Mackintosh as "perfect holiday reading" & Jane Casey as "gripping", it's already averaging 4.5 stars in the UK. Available from your fave indie, plus @barnesandnoble.com, Target & Amazon.

📢 Diary Date 📢 Super excited for the Viper panel on 1 March at 11am 😱 @guymorpuss.bsky.social @tariqashkanani.bsky.social @oskarjensen.bsky.social and I are in the firm hands of @emmaflint.bsky.social 🕵️ It's gonna be a BIG @baytales.bsky.social BLAST! Details below 👇 baytales.com/product/tick...

My little girl (15m tomorrow) did a wonderful rendition of “haaaa—eeee ooo ooo!” to me today. The girl’s got skills! 🥳

JUST FOUR WEEKS TO GO!!

Tell me I’m not insane… every parent has a favourite and least favourite muslin, yes?

Happy publication day to NOTES ON A DROWNING by Anna Sharpe aka @annamazz.bsky.social!

We all need to be more like Mariann Edgar Budde.

On March 1st, as part of Bay Tales 2025, we will be running a charity raffle in aid of The Bay Foodbank. Last year, prize donations were made by authors, publishers and independent businesses (vouchers, character names, gift baskets and book bundles). If you’d like to donate something, pls DM us.

Thanks to Evening Chronicle for featuring our friendly festival. www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

My 5yo changed my Disney+ profile pic to Anxiety from #insideout2 so turns out it’s fairly obvious…

Boiler has been fixed, huzzah! I’m now ill, boo!

Daughter (1) has a chest infection. Son (5) has an ear infection. Boiler has broken down. FML.

Plotting for #baytales25 going full throttle. Here’s what we’re currently looking for… Publishers: if you’d like books & PR items included in our insanely popular tote bags, DM / email us! Similarly, if you’d like an ad in our #newfor25 program, get in touch! www.baytales.com

I know I've only got five members at the £1 and two at the £3.50 tier but it is still really pleasing and it pays for part of the hosting costs each month ko-fi.com/bigbeardedbo...

Linda #traitorsuk #traitors #thetraitors #thetraitorsuk

Tonight sees the FINAL EVER ep of #Vera - What will you miss most about Vera & her team? We’ll miss the buzz around #WhitleyBay during filming. If you want to visit #Veracountry & meet author @anncleeves.bsky.social - tickets for #baytales25 are available! baytales.com/shop-2/

I want feathers McGraw in his traitor cloak!

“I’ve been a diplomat for ten years, I’ve dealt with peace negotiations.” “Shall we flip a coin?” #thetraitors

Imagine you’re in the tower, about to find out who else is a fellow traitor and this fella emerges from beneath the hood. #thetraitors

My husband and I always try to come up with daft songs for slow, dramatic cover versions for The Traitors. So far tonight he’s come up with The Flintstones theme and I’ve come up with the Mr Blobby theme.

Publishing: is it time for a return to colouring books? Feels like it's been a while and we're due a batch? #KidLitUK

Great recs here.

#booksky #bookmas show me what you got…

So apparently Zayn Malik loves carrot and swede mash, Michelle Obama is a big fan of carrots and Harry Styles always eats his roast potatoes but acknowledges he has to do extra time in the gym to make up for it.

Xmas Dinner as mum to a 5yo is making him believe that his fave people eat the veg he doesn’t like…

How many bananas does Apartheid Clyde need, and now he wants to sack our Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid to become the first trillionaire in the world. We have to fight back against this monster. DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE. #Resist

On Day 24 of Christmas, Bay Tales Live gave to me Another lovely place for coffee! Links Art Cafe is a lovely place for authentic Italian snacks and coffee! Also, in the past, they’ve kindly offered a prize for our charity raffle. #shoplocal #coffee #whitleybay #lovewhereyoulive #baytales25