Tickets for my final event of this here year. Sharing the stage @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social in London with the lovely @michaelpedersen.bsky.social Join us this wknd! www.ticketsource.co.uk/standrewsboo...

Tickets for my final event of the year. Sharing the stage with the lovely @michaelpedersen.bsky.social @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social www.ticketsource.co.uk/standrewsboo...

Five days until the St Andrew’s Book Festival kicks off in Knightsbridge, London. Come and hear @valmcdermid.bsky.social @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social @irvinewelsh.bsky.social and many more. Bar, Bookshop and Scottish scran available. www.standrewsbookfestival.org Reposts would be good!

We can’t wait to see you Damian!

We promise you, nothing will be finer than a Saturday afternoon spent in the company of two of Scotland’s favourite sons @michaelpedersen.bsky.social and @damianbarr.bsky.social. But you have to be in London, so get booking!

The crime writing stars will soon be arriving in London. Don’t miss it!

We’re delighted to have @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social at this year’s St Andrew’s Book Festival London, in not one but TWO events! Nicola will be chatting with Ayesha Hazarika at 6:30pm, then will be speaking to @Valmcdermid.bsky.social from 8:30pm, on Thursday 27 Nov. www.standrewsbookfestival.org

🎼The boys are back in town!🎶 It doesn’t get better than this folks. Join us with luscious Michael and divine Damian for a splendid hour on Saturday 29 Nov, here in London. Info at www.standrewsbookfestival.org

We were delighted to speak to Baroness Ayesha Hazarika MBE this week here in London! @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social will be interviewing @NicolaSturgeon.bsky.social on her candid and compelling autobiography Frankly. 📍 St Columba’s Church, London 📅 6:30pm, 27 Nov 🎟️ standrewsbookfestival.org/events

Val is coming to London! Bestselling crime writer @valmcdermid.bsky.social will be joined by @NicolaSturgeon.bsky.social to discuss Silent Bones, the gripping new thriller in her much-loved Karen Pirie series (as seen on ITV). 📅Thursday 27th November 2025 🎟️ standrewsbookfestival.org/events

The Box Office is now ...🥁... OPEN! Don’t miss the St Andrew's Book Festival in London 26-30 November The best of Scottish writing and themes for a London audience. Buy your tickets now www.standrewsbookfestival.org/events

Irvine Welsh is coming to London! The legendary author of Trainspotting will be joined by John Niven and Nicola Meighan for a live recording of Kick Up the Arts: 📍 Irvine Welsh and John Niven: 📅 8:00pm, Sat 29 Nov 2025 in SW1. 🎟️ For tickets and more information: www.standrewsbookfestival.org

Can libraries *and* librarians save the world? Can art save your life? I'll be tackling these questions with some fine minds: Amina Shah, Scotland's National Librarian, and writer Michael Pedersen. All @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social in London. Tix: www.damianbarr.com/events

ONE MONTH TO GO Got your tickets yet? I‘m appearing at this year’s St Andrew’s Book Festival. Don’t forget to book your tickets and join me for this celebration of Scotland in the heart of London. 📅 26th-30th Nov 2025 🎟️ Tickets on sale now @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social @birlinn.bsky.social

@jeremyhuntmp.bsky.social, author of Can We Be Great Again, will be taking part in this year’s St. Andrew’s Book Festival, 26-30th November 2025. Get your tickets here: bit.ly/4hxaTFO @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social

Irvine Welsh is coming to London! The legendary author of Trainspotting will be joined by John Niven and Nicola Meighan for a live recording of Kick Up the Arts: 📍 Irvine Welsh and John Niven: 📅 8:00pm, Sat 29 Nov 2025 in SW1. 🎟️ For tickets and more information: www.standrewsbookfestival.org

What are you up to today❓Why not book for the St Andrew’s Book Festival, London Nov 27–30! Hear from @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social @valmcdermid.bsky.social @irvinewelsh.bsky.social Justin Currie of @delamitri.bsky.social Sally Magnusson. 🌟 🎟️ Get tickets now: standrewsbookfestival.org/events

What are you up to today❓Why not book for the St Andrew’s Book Festival, London Nov 27–30! Hear from @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social @valmcdermid.bsky.social @irvinewelsh.bsky.social Justin Currie of @delamitri.bsky.social Sally Magnusson. 🌟 🎟️ Get tickets now: standrewsbookfestival.org/events

The Box Office is now ...🥁... OPEN! Don’t miss the St Andrew's Book Festival in London 26-30 November The best of Scottish writing and themes for a London audience. Buy your tickets now www.standrewsbookfestival.org/events

Val is coming to London! Bestselling crime writer @valmcdermid.bsky.social will be joined by @NicolaSturgeon.bsky.social to discuss Silent Bones, the gripping new thriller in her much-loved Karen Pirie series (as seen on ITV). 📅Thursday 27th November 2025 🎟️ standrewsbookfestival.org/events

We were delighted to speak to Baroness Ayesha Hazarika MBE this week here in London! @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social will be interviewing @NicolaSturgeon.bsky.social on her candid and compelling autobiography Frankly. 📍 St Columba’s Church, London 📅 6:30pm, 27 Nov 🎟️ standrewsbookfestival.org/events

TWO MONTHS TO GO 🎉 From household names to debut authors and spoken word artists we look forward to welcoming you to this celebration of Scotland’s writers in the heart of London. 📅 26th-30th November 2025 📖 See you there! 🎟️ Tickets: standrewsbookfestival.org/events

Delighted to be included in this illustrious list of the leading Literary Festivals across London and the UK to suit every bibliophile theglossarymagazine.com/arts-culture...

We are delighted to announce the return of St Andrew’s Book Festival to London this November 27 - 30th! 📚 Tickets are now available for our first events of 2025 here: standrewsbookfestival.org/events Featuring Nicola Sturgeon, Val McDermid, Sally Magnusson, Irvine Welsh and more! ⭐

Tickets for the St Andrew’s Book Festival go on sale very soon! The biggest names in Scottish writing are heading to London! Don’t miss out. Subscribe for all the news here www.standrewsbookfestival.org

Tickets for the St Andrew’s Book Festival go on sale very soon! The biggest names in Scottish writing are heading to London! Don’t miss out. Subscribe for all the news here www.standrewsbookfestival.org

Free panel discussion event for #VE80 Tuesday 6 May 6:30pm VE Day: Then and Now London Scottish House, SW10 2DX Chaired by BBC’s James Landale with Sir Malcolm Rifkind, historian Prof Lucy Noakes and Prof David Fergusson. Book your FREE tickets: tinyurl.com/2fk8rhn9 #ScotsInLondon

It’s an honour to be exhibiting at @Scotsman.com Investment Conference 2025 today, at the beautiful Kimpton Charlotte Square in Edinburgh. Sandy Begbie, CE of Scottish Financial Enterprise is the opening speaker for the day. Come and chat if you are attending. #ScotInvestConf25

To celebrate #WorldBookDay2025 here is amazing Rob Biddulph giving a sell-out drawing lesson at our bookfest in 2024. Great for after school today. Rob is on at 9.06 minutes. youtu.be/aEtfF_oAK9w

🚨Major announcement! We are thrilled to welcome the legendary crime writer @valmcdermid.bsky.social to the St Andrew’s Book Festival in central London (27 - 30 November)! This is a huge moment for the festival! Don’t miss it! 🔍 #WorldBookDay2025 #ValMcDermid #CrimeFiction #BookLovers Photo KT Bruce

🚨We have a big announcement coming tomorrow!🚨Huge! We can’t wait to tell you who our first guest will be in November. Can you guess? St Andrew’s Book Festival in London 27 - 30 November #worldbookday2025 #Bookfest #scottishwriters #scottishwriting #scottishthemes #Fiction #crimenovels #debutauthors

Save the Date! The St Andrew’s Book Festival returns to central London from 27 to 30 November 2025! Expect a warm welcome, literary stars, debut authors, schools events & lots for all who love books. Stay tuned for lineup updates! Oh and please share! 😄#BookFestival 📚#StAndrewsBookFest #SaveTheDate

@londonkirk.bsky.social Our Burns Supper this weekend is sold out. Looking forward to a great evening.

Thank you to everyone in our community and all our new followers for a smashing first year of our Book Festival. Best wishes for the Christmas or holiday period and 2025.

Carols at our beautiful main bookfest venue - This Sunday at St Columba’s, Pont Street, London, SW1 at 5pm. Pont Street Carols. Free. All welcome. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pont-stree...

Currently on BBC Sounds: TAKE FOUR BOOKS A.L. Kennedy talks about her new novel, ALIVE IN THE MERCIFUL COUNTRY, & its connections to 3 other literary works: MOBY-DICK by Herman Melville (1851); PETERSBURG by Andrei Bely (1913); & THE LORD OF THE RINGS by JRR Tolkien www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Yeah! If you were lucky enough to see amazing @robbiddulph.bsky.social at @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social then you’ll spot all our families right at the end of this fab video! Thanks Rob x

I’m hosting a new books program on BBC Radio 4, on Sundays at 4pm, and also on BBC Sounds! It’s called TAKE FOUR BOOKS, and here it is! 👇📻🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

Next year’s London launch for Muckle Flugga with @holliemcnish.bsky.social was sold out, but (voila) they’ve just released a final batch of tickets. ‘Mon join our spring fling in the truly glorious Bush Hall. Books by Phlox. 🎫: www.seetickets.com/event/hollie...

Did you join us for the St. Andrew’s Book Festival in London? One week later, we’re thrilled to share a delightful 3-minute video capturing the highlights of this year’s bookfest. If you couldn’t make it, let this inspire you to come next year—you won’t want to miss it! youtu.be/gW-Kb4Li4EU

We have terrific photos of last week’s St Andrew’s Book Festival in London. Thanks Roger Green. Enjoy! @ianrankin1.bsky.social @anncleeves.bsky.social @damianbarr.bsky.social @gavinesler.bsky.social @jenstout.bsky.social @judymurray.bsky.social @georginagodwin.bsky.social @mccallsmith.bsky.social

Robert Louis Stevenson died #OTD, 3 December, in 1894, aged 44. He is buried on Mt Vaea, on the island of Upolu in Samoa 🇼🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 📷 Thomas Andrew (1855–1939): Burial of Robert Louis Stevenson, 1894 / Le maliu o Tusitala i le tausaga 1894 🧵 1/5 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bu...

At St Columba’s Knightsbridge, Caledonophile bibliophiles at the @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social‬ close are led in Auld Lang Syne by (l-r) Colin MacIntyre (Mull Historical Society) #MidnightAndBlue author @ianrankin1.bsky.social and broadcaster @georginagodwin.bsky.social #standrewsday

Taking the sleeper north overnight from my event in London after the @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social felt enticing exotic. I’ve done it before, but not since Covid etc. I was almost expecting Poirot to knock at my cabin door! 😂

We love you @robbiddulph.bsky.social 💖. 250 children and parents had the best time, thanks to you. Happy Christmas 🎄 🎅🏼🎄🎅🏼

Lovely welcome @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social yesterday. Thanks to the organisers, volunteers and specially to @theothersambaker.bsky.social for a brilliant interview.

What a great new festival this is - thank you @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social for a hugely interesting, engaging informative day

Fantastic talk today from Alistair Moffat @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social. His books are love letters to Scotland, and he likes Runrig!

Amazing to be part of the very first @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social talking about Homelands and my dear friend Henry Wuga with his daughter and my father in the room. Special.