I agree that the BBC should apologise to Trump for being misleading. Right after Trump apologises for the 30,573 false or misleading claims he made during his first presidency, or for each of his current daily average of 21 new lies per. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_o...

Revealed! How I wrote the first Cesare Aldo historical thriller CITY OF VENGEANCE, in my free author newsletter this week: dvbishop.substack.com/p/writing-ve... @panmacmillan.bsky.social @jennybrownagency.bsky.social

Enormous thanks to @panmacmillan.bsky.social for sending me an advance reading copy via @netgalley.bsky.social of the new novel from @chrisewan.bsky.social - Eye Spy will be out in March and up for pre-order now!

Wallpaper listening all day to commercial radio... Me at 16 sneered at anything that wasn't on tape or vinyl, other than the chart show and John Peel.

I must shout about this @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social goody bag proof, The Drowning Place by @sarahhilary.bsky.social It's gripping, eerie, full of emotional depth &has a supernatural thread = SUPERB. Out next spring. My only problem is I now have a long wait til book2! 😂 #BookSky 📚💙

It was an absolute honour to chat with Elif Shafak for the @royalliteraryfund.bsky.social podcast. Full of insight and fun, I hope! @annmorgan.bsky.social @orendabooks.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/3a98...

Just because it's lovely (with amazing acoustics). And because it reminds me of the years I spent in choirs, and the magic of being in the middle of voices (tho I never heard fully the sound we made, that's a magic only the audience gets - I wish someone had recorded us!).

This is a very nifty idea 👇

So very this. Don't spread your germs around!

It me and @louisewelsh00.bsky.social namesake 😍

Publishers, publicity peeps, take note, I'm back in the saddle for Wigtown Book Festival 2026. Please send catalogues, AI sheets, proofs. Using [email protected] email again (after a year off). Writers, please have publishers get in touch! www.wigtownbookfestival.com/blog/welcome...

This will be a stoater - if you're in London, get along and enjoy! #BookSky 📚💙

If you've not read this piece of scabrous joy, fill yer boots #BookSky 📚💙

Thanks to Crime Fiction Review for this review… ‘The outline of the plot may sound like a political conspiracy thriller, but in Miller’s hands it’s something quite different. He weaves in acutely drawn characters who are as memorable and original as Dickens’ crimefictionreview.com/the-diary-of...

A great wee interview with Russel, click through for the full piece 👇 #BookSky 📚💙

Books AND merch is obviously the answer 😁

Hello Glasgow ! AyeWrite is back! I'll be appearing on Sat 15th Nov with @lesleymcdowell.bsky.social & chaired by Zoe Venditozzi. I heard tickets are selling well & we'd love you to join us to chat all things Glasgow women's history. Details below 👇 www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/love...

Interesting stuff - the US electoral system is way past time for a revamp. It may have been fair in the founding fathers' day but it ain't now. The UK reshuffles constituencies regularly to ensure each MP represents a similar amount of people, cmon America, you know it makes sense...

I'm on chairing duties this year during Aye Write. Crime, both fiction and true, and six terrific authors. Book your tickets here: t.co/6sNsXNiXy9

Raven's October Reads Another fulsome month of reading and some surprising new discoveries... ravencrimereads.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/r...

Oh, nice... If I didn't have about a million books needing my attention I'd be signing up! #BookSky 📚💙

If federal workers aren't getting paid during the shutdown, I don't see why their representatives should get paid. It might focus their minds on finding a way to reopen the govt if their pay is stopped and back pay not guaranteed, as is the case for thousands of others.

We all need a little fluff in our lives... #BookSky 📚💙

Just over 3 weeks to go. If you’re in London, do come along on 29 November at 3.30pm and say hello. Denise Mina will be interviewing me and Ambrose Parry about our historical crime novels. Tickets available now.

Two events recommended by Mary that couldn't be more different but I agree they will be fascinating! #AyeWrite2025 #BookSky 📚💙

Really wishing Portobello beach was in a fireworks control zone, we've had an hour of the feckin things tonight already. Tbh, just ban all sales and organise some good community events (with quiet fireworks only) people can go to. All at the same time on the same night, get it over with.

"Weird things like the standing stones give the city its soul." There's an extract from Upon A White Horse in today's @heraldscotland.bsky.social. It's about Glasgow's only stone circle. I'll be talking about the book at the Aye Write book festival on Nov 15. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2558912...

A movie you've seen more than seven times, with a gif... 😁🐰

The State Of The Nation - the latest from us. open.substack.com/pub/fahrenhe...

The alt text is perfection... 😂🖤

I can't wait to see Chris Brookmyre's introduction to this anniversary edition - I might have to reread my original pb of Tombstoning in the meantime 😁 #BookSky 📚💙

Lots of smashing events at #AyeWrite2025 but here's the two I have chosen to highlight for #CrimeFiction lovers (thx @fionabrownlee.bsky.social for inviting me to join the blog tour!) #BookSky 📚💙

#BookReview #SilentBones by Val McDermid The return of cold case detective, Karen Pirie (Book 8) An extremely compelling, and intelligent police procedural. A stellar novel, with a very controlled, yet complex, plot www.swirlandthread.com/silent-bones... #booksky

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

Oh, if you've not read this trilogy you really should grab the chance, it's <absolutely terrific>! #BookSky 📚💙

This is happening next weekend - all sorts of SF, crime and thriller blether from me & Adam & Ann. Come find us at Aye Write! @orendabooks.bsky.social

Well, that's a whole lot of pizza, crisps and chocolate not being bought by newspaper overnight teams... And apart from missing the camaraderie of that, journos will be as under pressure to hit deadlines while knowing some results may not arrive til Monday. www.bbc.com/news/article...

This Wednesday, @lesleymcdowell.bsky.social returns to Linlithgow to talk about her new book Love and Other Poisons! It's a gripping and scandalous tale of a socialite from 1857 Glasgow who disappears after she is accused of murdering her lover... Tickets: tinyurl.com/FFTMCLoveAndOtherPoisons

Silent Bones (Karen Pirie #8) by Val McDermid @valmcdermid @laurasherlock21 @BooksSphere Source: Review copyPublication: 23 October 2025 from SpherePP: 448ISBN-13: 978-1408734025 My thanks to Laura Sherlock and Sphere for a review copy The truth is buried just beneath the surface . . . When…

So many reasons why I think this guy is totally, utterly and completely wrong, starting with the idea that readers are only looking for books by big name authors 🤬🤬🤬 #BookSky 📚💙 www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Gah, that pesky @scotlandchris1.bsky.social adding more books to my TBR! This sounds like a gem. #BookSky 📚💙

So very much this!! How hard is it to reflect the contents of the book on its cover??? #BookSky 📚💙

I finished this by Chris Hammer last night - slow burn but compelling, elegiac yet packed with incident. A clear-eyed picture of journalists and journalism, and a trip to small town Australia that doesn't involve a plane ticket and jet lag. Recommended! #BookSky

I have this on the TBR mountain, handily Mary has provided an excellent review for you all 👇

Joining a party that has no name, policies or positions on anything. Well done, cllrs, slow clap...

I have read a few books from the TBR mountain recently, so rewarded myself... By buying more books of course! Buying books and reading books are two separate hobbies, remember 😁 #BookSky 📚💙

It’s a huge honour and a privilege to be one of the #PetronaAward judges. It’s also a wonderful enriching and fun experience to read all the Scandinavian crime fiction novels submitted for our consideration 🇩🇰🇫🇮🇸🇪🇳🇴🇮🇸🇫🇴 @eurocrime.bsky.social @westwords.bsky.social @ravencrime.bsky.social

Crime fiction and science fiction don't go together, right? WRONG. Find out how to mush the best two genres together with me and Adam Oyebanji at this event. Even if you think I'm an arsehole, Adam is funny and charming and interesting and you will fall in love with him, probably.

It's here! The winner of the Petrona Award 2025- Best Scandinavian Crime Novel Of The Year- The Winner #PetronaAward25 ravencrimereads.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/p... #BookSky 💙📚