📚Book mail quandary 📚 When book mail arrives so beautifully wrapped you almost can't bear to ruin it but you also know it's the new @franhill123.bsky.social so you also want to rip it open 😄 Huge thanks to Olivia @legendpress.bsky.social for sending Home Bird is out now

Shared my review for the utterly brilliant The Show Woman by @emmacowing.bsky.social over on IG today I honestly enjoyed this one so much, and I devoured it in just a couple of sittings Out May 1st. Link to buy and full review in bio

If you feel a very real need for a big gay Scottish love story about art and class and and obsession, then please sign up for my newsletter where I'll be giving away a handsome proof of my new novel, The Two Roberts (not out till September). www.damianbarr.com/subscribe #booksky

‘The Death Watcher’ by Chris Carter is coming soon in paperback with striking new colourways. Out 8th May. www.instagram.com/p/DIt8wb9M_z...

Fabulous day exploring the bookshops of Leith - Edinburgh Community Bookshop, @argonautbooks.bsky.social @typewronger.bsky.social McNaughtons &Topping Couldn't resist picking up some of the Penguin Archive editions 😍

What's that you say? It's the sound of the fourth episode of our podcast dropping! This week @craig-robertson.bsky.social and @dawnsgeddes.bsky.social have a chinwag with @callytaylor.bsky.social and debut author Tom Spencer bloodyscotland.podbean.com

Posted my review for The incredible Our Last Wild Days over on my IG "Though the locations & situations are often bleak, the writing is luminous From the title to the last page, this book had me in its thrall." Out April 24th Full review www.instagram.com/p/DIizuU8Ce5...

Thrilled to say that if you would like to pre-order River of Stars this weekend with @waterstones.bsky.social it is 25% off! Just go to Waterstones.com or use the app & enter code PREORDER25. If you could share this I would be so grateful as pre-orders are the Holy Grail for authors 🙏✨✨✨

Absolutely delighted to be part of the cover reveal for River of Stars by @georginamoore1.bsky.social Look at this absolutely stunning cover! It sounds just as good as it looks too It's out July 3rd and there's a preorder link in my bio ✨️

Loving David Tennants Scottish entrance at #Baftas 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👏

Huge thanks to Eye books for this fabulous bookmail Words Fail Me by Frances McKendrick sounds like a fantastic read and Val McDermid & Ian Rankin agree 👍 Out on Kindle on 19th March and in paperback on April 10th #booksky

#TheWeekenders is landing 27th February, have you pre-ordered yet? Ebook - geni.us/Ir9dR9s Print - geni.us/WVluqX

Gorgeous train scenery on our way to Aviemore 🤩 #scotland

Highlighting this fabulous giveaway👇 I'm ridiculously excited for this one!

Sharing my review of Human, Animal by @sethinsua.bsky.social over on IG A beautifully written and compelling story of a family in crisis www.instagram.com/p/DFp8fUJiIN...

Very excited for the first event at this year’s @hburghbookfest.bsky.social at a very special location 😍

Such a gorgeous story Highly recommend!

I'm ready for #BurnsNight with my haggis, whisky and stack of Scottish books 😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Hands up if you've never tried haggis 😋

FIVE whole years of #TheSkelfs! Happy bookiversary, @dougjohnstone.bsky.social 🥳 If you haven't started your #Skelfaholic journey yet, this is your sign to start the #Series now!

Yesterday we revealed this gem. 💜📚 Out May 22 2025 it is the story of people finding each other and in doing so, finding themselves. Filled with beautiful characters. It's her best yet and we are bursting with pride and happiness to bring you Ruth Jones' new novel #ByYourSide

I've reviewed Blob by Maggie Su over on IG today A story about a woman who finds a blob outside a nightclub and moulds him into the perfect man Unexpectedly, I really enjoyed this one! Out Feb 6th from @sceptrebooks.bsky.social www.instagram.com/p/DFHupYwCG2...

I'm so thrilled to receive a copy of The Show Woman by @emmacowing.bsky.social I've been impatient for this one since I first heard about it. A tale of a group of showwomen performing across Edwardian Scotland - yes please! It's out May 1st and there's a link to pre-order in my bio #booksky

Already very excited for this one! 🙌🏻

Had a fantastic trip to Munich Such a gorgeous city! Today was a mini tour of some bookshops in the snow 🥰 #Germany #munich #books

Tick Tock Review O’Clock Over on the Gram. www.instagram.com/share/BAi5nd...

🚨Amazing bookpost alert!🚨 A millions Thank yous to @panmacmillan.bsky.social for sending a copy of The Mourning Necklace by Kate Foster I loved The Maiden and The King's Witches, so I'm really looking forward to picking this up It's out on 29 May. Preorder link in my bio #booksky

And they're right! It's brilliant 🙌🏻

Happy publication day to this gorgeous book that I finished this morning & it's now on my favourites list! City of Night Birds by Juhea Kim is a close examination of art, human relationships & how they come together and create something extraordinary Thank you @oneworldbooks.bsky.social #BookSky

Special NY gift for those that are keen - it's up on NETGALLEY for a limited time only and wishes will be granted! www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book... - #speaktomeofhome

Day 1 of #adesignaday and we’ve added totes, hoodies and tees in every colour of the rainbow, and our ever popular denim jackets! fairyheaven.co.uk/collections/... #booksky #bibliophile #bookmerch

Absolutely cracking #bookpost today: Sara Lodge’s groundbreaking history of women detectives in the Victorian era. Can’t wait to get started on this. Thanks a million, @victoriandetective.bsky.social!

Not all books hit the same so here’s an honest review of something you might well like. www.instagram.com/share/BAGYFu...

Just started my current Netgalley read about 10 minutes ago and it's already so bloody good! Cursing the fact I need to go back to work this afternoon 😭 Ordinary Saints by @niamhsquared.bsky.social is out in April from @bonnierbooks.bsky.social #booksky

Gorgeous People Who Love Books: Join Elif Shafak, Jackie Kay, @nikeshshukla.bsky.social @naomialderman.bsky.social @hugorifkind.bsky.social @rfkuang.bsky.social and many other brilliant writers on my books chat show. Yer welcome! Happy reading! #BigScottishBookClub www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

My first review of 2025 is an excellent historical fiction novel publishing on 30th Jan. Link below to pre-order The Blackbirds of St Giles by Lila Cain (@kateagriffin.bsky.social & Marcia Cross) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Let me know if you’re adding it to your TBR! Gifted by @simonschusteruk.bsky.social 💙📚

I love it when my postie brings me bookish things 🤩 I've been reading Stephen King since I was 12 so I couldn't resist this t-shirt Arrived with the rest of my Christmas book buying spree. Are there any here you've read? #booksky

Ooooh👀 Great giveaway 🙌🏻

SPOTLIGHT READ BROKEN RIVER Chris Hammer www.thebooktrail.com/book-trail-o... @headlinebooks.bsky.social @Bookywookydooda #BookTrailoftheMonth #BookoftheMonth

Eurgh! Back to work for me 😭 On the bright side, I do get to work from the couch today, and I get to start my gorgeous new journal 🤩 Anyone else have an addiction to pretty notebooks they can hardly bear to write in? 😄

Happy new year 🥳🥂and more importantly Happy Steak Pie day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😋 Final reading stats for 2024 are in! Not sure what the targets will be this year yet, but definitely planning on using Storygraph more Do you have any reading targets set? #booksky

✨️Top 12 of 2024✨️ I've read 162 books this year and finally whittled it down to 12 favourites Every one of these books is a fantastic read, and I can't recommend them highly enough Do we have any favourites in common? #booksky

I've been saving this one, but I can wait no longer! This Bright Life by @writerkcampbell.bsky.social is out March 27th More info & preorder uk.bookshop.org/a/10984/9781...

Arrived at the folks Merry Christmas everyone!

Finally! Works done! It's been a long, busy old year but now it's time to relax and have fun with family and friends 🥳🥂

Reading nook all freshened up for the holidays. Planning on spending plenty of time here over the next couple of weeks 😊 #booksky #library #bookshelves

One of my oldest friends had had the absolute toughest of years These gorgeous flowers have just arrived from her to say thanks for my support I'm in pieces 😭😭

I've been doing some Christmas themed book posts over on IG this week Fun, but I have fresh respect for the properly creative bookstagrammers. How do they do it? It takes so much effort! 😆 📚💙 #booksky

Look at these beauties, just in! 📚 🎉Am having an office sort out (clean up?!) before the holidays - so any UK booksellers & book bloggers like to get your hands on this taut, twisty read for the holidays... Follow & RT by 12 noon 19/12/24 so I can pop in the post #Giveaway

I've just finished one cracking read from @sceptrebooks.bsky.social and another one has arrived! So grateful to have received a copy of Rapture by Emily Maguire, a historical fiction tale inspired by the life of St Joan Look at that clever cover 🤩 Out March 27th uk.bookshop.org/a/10984/9781...