On the high seas, everyone’s hiding something – & no one can escape what they've done… It’s e-book publication day for BELOW THE DECK by @nikkiallenauthor.bsky.social! This pulse-pounding destination thriller is perfect for fans of Ruth Ware & Lucy Clarke. Out now from @panmacmillan.bsky.social!

NEWS: @deonmeyer.bsky.social's SKORPIO longlisted for SA Book Awards' Favourite Bestselling Adult Fiction prize 🏆🌠🏆 Out now in Afrikaans from Human & Rousseau – English editions to follow from @panmacmillan.bsky.social and @groveatlantic.bsky.social Read more: blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/deon-me...

We’re delighted that Amazon Original Stories will publish a brand-new story from no.1 Sunday Times bestselling writer @peterjamesauthor.bsky.social in August! 🥳 JOHN GREBBLE IS GONE follows a man who wakes up to discover that he’s been declared dead… More here: blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/john-gr...

‘Armstrong’s passion for the subculture is infectious, even to the uninitiated. Beyond the glow sticks and the beats lies the compelling and universal question of what it means to be fully alive’ The Guardian on #Raveheart Nice wan! 🎶🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🕶️ www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

Applications for the 2026 Carole Blake Open Doors Project are now open! 🎉📚 On offer are two separate opportunities – a 6-month long mentorship and a 5 day in-person, online or hybrid internship. blakefriedmann.co.uk/carole-blake...

Back to Edinburgh Int Book Fest this year with #Raveheart and hosted by one of my favourite Scottish writers Ali Millar 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙 Wed 19 Aug 2026 17:30 - 18:30 Courtyard Theatre www.edbookfest.co.uk/events/graem...

Out on THURSDAY! I'm excited! Look for it in Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, Waitrose and Morrison's, in bookshops, online or in libraries. Preorder #SecretsOfTheItalianGuesthouse here: geni.us/ItalianGuest... #Paperback #ebook #audio

They halted by the vehicle’s front-offside corner. In the weak glow of the interior light, the figure in the front passenger seat was covered by a sheet. That sheet was dingy and blotched with crimson. Nehwa pulled the sheet away. "God almighty," Lucy breathed ... www.amazon.co.uk/Strangers-un...

We’re delighted that SMITTEN by Tom Bellamy has been selected as one of Spotify’s Best Nonfiction Book of the Year So Far – congratulations Tom!🎧🥳🎉

QUEERPHORIA, an anthology featuring writing by James Cahill, is published by Verve Books today!📚 Through prose, poetry, essays and more, thirty-one writers bring their visions of euphoria to life. These pages celebrate, subvert, expand and reimagine what joy can look like, even in uncertain times.

Thanks a mill to Erskine Arts, sensational host @lenniesaurus.bsky.social , and Ginger Cat Books for a cracking event last night 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #Raveheart

Sun, storms and secrets ... #SecretsOfTheItalianGuesthouse will be published NEXT WEEK, 2nd of July! Preorder it here: geni.us/ItalianGuest... Or look for it in supermarkets, bookshops or online in paperback, ebook and audio.

Need a last-minute #FatherDay gift? May I humbly suggest some canine cosy crime? My debut novel #thedogwalkersdetectiveagency makes the paw-fect present. Still time for next-day delivery. There are even dad jokes in it!🐶🔍🚨🐾📕 www.penguin.co.uk/books/469431...

Join Len Pennie and me as we chat #Raveheart - tunes, politics, and writing in Scots 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 This Monday @ 7pm! Erskine Arts Centre www.thegingercatbookshop.co.uk/shop/p/raveh...

Dundee Book Fest & St Andrews today on the #Raveheart tour 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The public were simply glad the madman had been dealt with, even if it had been done with a police bullet. Especially after the Dogman had called out the cops in his letters, challenging them to change sides and help ‘scour the vermin from the streets’ ... www.amazon.co.uk/Island-Paul-...

Only two weeks until publication of #SecretsOfTheItalianGuesthouse! It's summery, it's dramatic, it's touching and it's SO romantic. Book your escape to Como, Italy, and preorder it here: geni.us/ItalianGuest... Out in paperback, ebook and audio on 2nd July 2026.

Brighton is celebrating. A killer is waiting. And Roy Grace is the target… We’re thrilled to share the cover for DEAD IN THREE TWO ONE, the latest in @peterjamesauthor.bsky.social’s #RoyGrace series which will be published by @panmacmillan.bsky.social on 22 October: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/dead...

‘A storm of a novel’ – Lucy Rose WHO WILL REMAIN by Kasim Ali is a powerful novel following a young man as he weighs up the life of safety that his parents want for him and another path on the streets outside his door. Now out in paperback from @4thestatebooks.bsky.social!📚

Still in the charts surrounded by men 😂 as always thank you so much for the continued support for SBF 📚

I'm taking this as subliminal recommendation for #thedogwalkersdetectiveagency (from the mighty @dempster2000.bsky.social's Guardian review of Harlan Coben's I Will Find You). On sale now from @michaeljbooks.bsky.social!

Phenomenal event in Foyles with top man Lucas Oakeley 👏🏻 thanks to everyone who came along to chat music, politics, and the writing life! ✍️ #Raveheart #GraemeArmstrong

Available today! Roger Boylan’s KILLOYLE! “A virtuoso performance” (Publishers Weekly) and comic romp in the great tradition of Joyce, O’Brien, and Beckett. Order it here: dalkeyarchive.store/products/kil...

Very seldom do creators get to see their work genuinely come alive. We had a mad idea of putting on a rave with DJs from the book… and we pulled it off 😍🎶 Thank you to 4thEstate, SWG3, the artists, crew, and ravers of Scotland for making it an unforgettable night! 🕶️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #Raveheart #GraemeArmstrong

Congratulations to @peterjamesauthor.bsky.social who has been awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in His Majesty The King’s 2026 Birthday Honours List, in recognition of his services to literature and to charity! 🎉 blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/peter-j...

‘This often resulted in the conviction of innocent men. He’d taken down some of the worst of the worst, but he had also taken great pains to jail the innocent, purely for money, the real killers left to roam the Earth with impunity...’ www.amazon.co.uk/Island-Paul-...

Past blogposts that might still be of interest: VIDEO CHATS ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF MY CHIEF CHARACTER, HECK. paulfinch-writer.blogspot.com/2013/03/wher...

Excellent for relaxing on the beach, listen to Isobel’s Wedding narrated by the great Aoife McMahon on audible for less than a fiver! 🏖️

Really looking forward to chatting #Raveheart at Foyles with dapper gent Lucas Oakeley … whose brilliant ‘Books for Boys’ series addresses the problem of literature often not reaching our young men! Let’s change that! 🤝 www.foyles.co.uk/events/raveh... #LucasOakeley #GraemeArmstrong #Foyles

QUEERPHORIA, an anthology featuring writing by James Cahill, is published in e-book by @verve_books today!📚🌟 Through prose, poetry & more, thirty-one writers bring their visions of euphoria to life. These pages celebrate, subvert, expand & reimagine what joy can look like, even in uncertain times.

Sign up for my newsletter to read an excerpt from #SecretsOfTheItalianGuesthouse, out 2nd July! Click here: www.quercusbooks.co.uk/landing-page...

NEWS: Edward Wilson-Lee’s ‘suis generis’ Renaissance genius biography THE GRAMMAR OF ANGELS to be published in North America by @pegasus-books.bsky.social ☀️📜🪶☀️ Read more: blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/edward-... Out now in the UK from @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social

Five things that shaped you? The book 📚 ‘Trainspotting’ @bbcradioscot played a blinder… Shocked and humbled when the big chief Irvine Welsh jumped on to chat #Raveheart and young people reclaiming power through literature 💪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #IrvineWelsh #GrantStott #BBCRadioScotland #GraemeArmstrong

On air on BBC Radio Scotland soon with the big man Grant Stott and a special guest 🚂👀 Tune in now!!!! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #Raveheart

Drum roll please… we’re excited to reveal that the next title in @peterjamesauthor.bsky.social’s #RoyGrace series is DEAD IN THREE TWO ONE!🚨🚨🚨 Brighton is celebrating. A killer is waiting. And Roy Grace is the target.. @panmacmillan.bsky.social will publish on 22 October 2026 – pre-order now!

Always a pleasure doing #Bookface Sip & Swap events with the brilliant Heather Suttie @heathersuttie.bsky.social 🥂👏🏻 Thanks for having me back! 🩷 #Raveheart

By the way, you might like to know that if you come to this Harborough Culture Café event with Phillipa Ashley and me on Thursday, you can not only buy Phillipa's brand-new book but get my #SecretsOfTheItalianGuesthouse BEFORE publication! Tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/harbo...

How cosy can crime really be? Thanks to @crimereads.bsky.social for asking me to write about my love of murder-mysteries. #thedogwalkersdetectiveagency is out now in the US from @pegasus-books.bsky.social and in the UK from @michaeljbooks.bsky.social crimereads.com/michael-hoga...

Massive thanks to Waterstones Sauchiehall St for having me back 6 years later and Kirstin Innes for doubly brilliant hosting in Edinburgh & Glasgow… The new novel is available in-store and online now!!!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💚🩷 www.waterstones.com/book/ravehea... #GraemeArmstrong

‘Positively prophetic’ THE SCOTSMAN   ‘Resonant commentary on class, power, consumerism, and masculinity… an absolute riot of a read’ SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY #Raveheart is available in-store and online now!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🕶️ ⚠️Limited offer on Amazon ⚠️ www.amazon.co.uk/dp/000872937...

Back on home turf at Waterstones Glasgow Fort signing copies this week✍️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🕰️ Tues 9th, 6pm-7pm www.waterstones.com/events/book-...

Thanks to @jonathangibbs.bsky.social for handing me the mic on A Personal Anthology. Here are twelve stories that made an impression on me. Come on in.

The dying man’s eyes fixed on them eerily. ‘He says your death will come soon,’ Melinda told Thurstan. ‘And all the tongues of men will wag with joy when the Sword of Darkness dies on the blades of his own kind.’ ‘Sword of Darkness?’ Pandulf repeated, horrified. www.amazon.co.uk/Devils-Knigh...

Massive thanks to 4thEstateBooks & all the DJs, crew, and ravers who made The Launch Party top class 😍 It was a dream line up n they did not disappoint! At least 17 DJs featured in the book were in🥲 #TheLaunchParty #Raveheart

Tonight at Waterstones Sauchiehall St 7-8pm!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🕶️We go again! 🙌 For anybody who missed The Launch Party or who wants to hear Kirstin Innes and me chat rave, politics, and substance abuse… this is the place to be! Q&A 🎤 + Signing ✍️ #Raveheart #KirstinInnes #GraemeArmstrong

LIAR LIAR, the first in a new Liverpool-set crime series by @lucaveste.bsky.social, is out today from Avon Books!📚 Disgraced detective Mark Fletcher wakes up in a hotel room with no memory of the last 24 hours… and a dead body beside him. The evidence says he did it. His instincts say otherwise.

RAVEHEART is a high NRG, whip-smart look at the state of modern Britain through the eyes of a disparate band of rave rebels, from the author of the acclaimed, bestselling debut THE YOUNG TEAM, @graemearmstrong.bsky.social. Now available in hardback from @4thestatebooks.bsky.social! 📚🎶👽

Travelling the country and exploring the villages, towns and cities of our coast, Natasha Carthew meets the people fighting to keep these places alive. With fierce compassion, she shares their stories in ROUGH EDGES – out now from @sceptrebooks.bsky.social!📚🌊 uk.bookshop.org/p/books/roug...

Pick up The Honeymoon Affair for your next flight in this months kindle monthly deal! It takes you all the way to Caribbean for the honeymoon that isn’t 💔💍