Finished this book last night. What an absolute belter! Can’t wait to chat with @tariqashkanani.bsky.social about this smasher! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Arranging a #NoirattheBar in South Shields on Fri, 25 Sept. Please get in touch if you’d like to be considered for the line-up. 😊

Patron’s Pick at #baytales27 is @louisewelsh00.bsky.social @anncleeves.bsky.social is keen to introduce you to Louise & her work on Sat 27 Feb ‘27 & we know Ann’s endorsement means a lot to the authors she supports as well as readers who trust her judgement. Book tickets now! baytales.com/shop-2/

We promised ourselves that once we hit 200 tickets sold for #baytales27 we’d reveal our first guest so here she is! We are absolutely over the moon that Australian crime writing legend Jane Harper will be joining us on Sat 27 Feb ‘27. 🤩 Get your tickets now! baytales.com/shop-2/

It’s a week since #baytales26 and we already have a guest confirmed and they’re a CORKER. Any guesses who it could be? #baytales27 #whitleybay #readersofìnstagram #specialguest

Seeing these appear is the spring equivalent of the Coca Cola truck appearing at Christmas.

I don’t post pics of my kids online - and never have - but please know that if you get a @baytales.bsky.social tote and it has some Play Doh in it, I had a little helper (AKA the real boss) when preparing this year.

It could be this…or it could be a diversionary tactic to avoid releasing the Epstein files

Maybe we should just crowdfund a lottery jackpot-sized reward for whoever leaks the entire Epstein files. There's got to be someone still at the FBI or DOJ who would put it out there for a billion dollars.

Fancy having your pitch reviewed by Stephanie Glencross & Maddalena Cavacuiti of David Higham Associates? Buy a ticket for #BayTales26 and register for Making Waves, our fab free fringe event! Email your pitch to [email protected] before 20 Feb. Info here: baytales.com/event/making...

4 fab fringe events as part of #baytales26 - free & exclusive to ticketholders. Book your space via our website! baytales.com/fringe-events/

PSA: twitter, X, is doing new terms of service that basically make it so that any comtent you share on there including DMs and photos is theirs and they can use it for "any purpose" including commercial use. So, if you have a page you’ve left up and don’t want them there’s time to act 1/

Son’s reading book from school. It’s meant to be fiction…

We are delighted to be part of the #goallin campaign with The Literacy Trust & are excited to be welcoming them for a very special #take10 at #baytales26 #amreading #nationalyearofreading

This offer is now live! Buy a ticket for #baytales26 and get a free book! baytales.com/shop-2/

Looking for a really original gift for the bookworm in your life? A ticket to #baytales26 could be just what you’re looking for! We’ll even throw in a free book with every ticket purchased between 1 & 14 Dec. Visit our website to grab your tickets now! #amreading #whitleybay #giftideas #shoplocal

"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all." My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away. Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Grab your tickets now to avoid disappointment! baytales.com/shop-2/

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...