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Today's most adorable post 😁😍

Waterstones is entirely correct. Do read it and find out why ... #BookSky 📚💙

Only a few days until the third Edinburgh Women’s Fiction Festival! @EdWomensFicFest The third Edinburgh Women's Fiction Festival will be taking place this coming Friday and Saturday, 26th-27th September and I'm delighted to be part of the blogging team once again. If you don't already have your…

Any journalist that signs isn't a journalist, they're a stenographer. Also, first amendment??

Need a thriller with a difference? Brains over brawn. Look no further. Jaq Silver is blowing things up to keep people safe, once again! fionaerskine.com/news-item/at...

A new extract on the blog today as part of the tour for Michael J Malone's latest novel, The Howling (pub'd @orendabooks.bsky.social thx @annerandomthings.bsky.social) - "This little cub was indeed a fighter..." #BookSky

This will be fascinating, I'm sure of it, and perhaps make people remember there's rather more to being head of the supreme court other than wearing fabulous brooches... #BookSky 📚💙 www.theguardian.com/law/2025/sep...

I feel seen... 😂 #BookSky 📚💙

7 impressive crime novels from #Finland 🇫🇮 #Iceland 🇮🇸 #Norway 🇳🇴 & #Sweden 🇸🇪 are shortlisted for #PetronaAward2025 for the Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year. Congratulations to the authors, translators & publishers @corylusbooks.bsky.social @orendabooks.bsky.social 🎉 nordiclighthouse.blog

I am in the throws of a stonking head cold. I have a reasonably comfy sofa and many books. My seesaw is, therefore, fairly well balanced...

It's here! The Petrona Award 2025- Best Scandinavian Crime Novel Of The Year- The Shortlist. #PetronaAward25 ravencrimereads.wordpress.com/2025/09/18/p...

I'm not sure we shouldn't have gone for proven/not proven, since really that's what is decided in court. But losing it should make things clearer. @jmccrone.bsky.social your book is now a historical artefact 😁 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If CGPT is writing your news story, it's not news - it can only regurgitate what it can find somewhere else, not create something brand new (and let's not forget the hallucinations). If we have that instead of reporters we'll never know wtf is going on in. Human brains are essential in journalism.

The Two Roberts by Damian Barr @Damian_Barr @Canongate.co.uk Source: Review copyPublication: 4 September 2025 from CanongatePP: 320ISBN-13: 978-1805301547 My thanks to Canongate for an advance copy for review ‘He will stay like this forever, Robert's arm draped round him. They will be forever…

The Howling by Michael J Malone #TheHowling #MichaelJMalone @orendabooks.bsky.social #AnnieJacksonMysteries #BookReview randomthingsthroughmyletterbox.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...

Books for the panel I chaired now signed; new Sarah Sultoon from @orendabooks.bsky.social, a snaffled copy of @davegoodman.bsky.social and one by Philippe Sands I bought after his riveting panel. My bags returning from @bloodyscotland.bsky.social were heavy! Thx to all the team for a great weekend!

Somewhat bleary this morning but still awake stupidly early for me, so another fuzzy Stirling sunrise pic for you on the last day of @bloodyscotland.bsky.social ... #BookSky 📚💙

Tickets for this year’s festival are now available from Portobello Library @portylibrary If you have been having a look through the programme for this year’s Portobello Book Festival and noting down the events you would like to see, then NOW is the time to get yourself down to the library! Tickets…

Hello again Stirling and @bloodyscotland.bsky.social ! #BookSky 📚💙

I wrote a few words* for The Scotsman about @bloodyscotland.bsky.social and it made the front page! Do buy a paper if you can but if you can't it's online too: www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul... See you in Stirling! *1200 words, actually, it's made a lovely spread 😁 #BookSky 📚💙

If you're avoiding the news, try this piece of thoughtfulness

Happy publication day, Michael!

Aye right...

@scotlandchris1.bsky.social @portybelle.bsky.social squeaked onto the accuracy board! First time in a while... And a cheeky perfect accuracy on the express too 😊 I played squaredle.com 09/10: 49/49 words (+6 bonus words) 🎯 In the top 34% by accuracy 🔥 Solve streak: 38

Ship of Thieves (Company of Rogues #5) by Douglas Skelton @DouglasSkelton1 @canelo_co Source: Review and purchased copyPublication: 21 August 2025 from Canelo AdventurePP: 325ISBN-13: 978-1804367391 My thanks to Canelo Adventure for a review copy Jonas Flynt’s stepmother, Mercy, has been abducted…

Ahead of his @bloodyscotland.bsky.social panel, I've a wee interview with @allangaw.bsky.social on the blog - click through for more... #BookSky 📚💙

I do hope it was/is stolen by a tech bro

My recent homework has been a pleasure - as I marshal my thoughts and turn them into questions for these three fine authors, you can be buying a ticket to see them chat on Friday afternoon in Stirling at @bloodyscotland.bsky.social ! #BookSky 📚💙

Please do join me at the National Museum of Scotland on Sunday September 28. I’ll be in conversation with Dr Fraser Hunter about Upon A White Horse and objects in the museum collection. Tickets available at the link: www.nms.ac.uk/events/in-co...

@scotlandchris1.bsky.social @portybelle.bsky.social no boards but pleasingly speedy - and a pleasingly speedy perfect accuracy on the express. If only I could keep this up later in the week 😂 I played squaredle.com 09/08: 29/29 words (+2 bonus words) 🎯 In the top 17% by accuracy 🔥 Solve streak: 36

Brilliant news for @philipmiller.bsky.social congratulations! You can see him at @bloodyscotland.bsky.social on Friday afternoon, and I've just made a note to ask him about this 😁 #BookSky 💙📚 www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...

"A captivating journey through Britain and Ireland's ancient sites ... lyrical and charming ..." Many thanks to @waterstones.bsky.social for naming Upon A White Horse as one of September's best books. www.waterstones.com/book/upon-a-...

Y'all can bask in my enthusiastic ramblings in Stirling next weekend 😁 I also need you to regale me with your glorious opinions on books (and bookish gossip!). If you can't get passionate about crime fiction at @bloodyscotland.bsky.social then really, check your pulse 😂 #BookSky 📚💙

@scotlandchris1.bsky.social @portybelle.bsky.social A fun one today! I played squaredle.com 09/06: 34/34 words (+1 bonus word) 🎯 In the top 14% by accuracy 🔥 Solve streak: 34

Larry for PM!

Edinburgh and Edinburgh-adjacent book people, take note 👇👇 #BookSky 📚💙

Fab shortlist! Congratulations and good luck to all 🍀 #BookSky 📚💙

The programme for this year’s Aye Write Glasgow's Book Festival is launched today. Delighted to announce that I’ll be appearing with the inimitable Ambrose Parry (Christopher Brookmyre & Marisa Haetzman) on Friday 7th Nov at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall chatting about our historic mysteries.

Oh, so very this. I love spending time with my friends, and my book tribe at festivals, and I have a wonderful time, and I need to do this. But oh for a week off afterwards when I can be alone with my books and not converse with anyone...

Hmmm... So @brookmyre.bsky.social does Attack Of The Unsinkable Rubber Ducks have a French language edition? I think these people need help...

@scotlandchris1.bsky.social @portybelle.bsky.social a cheeky accuracy board! Amazed to get perfect accuracy - it's been aaaaages since I managed that 😂 (PA on the express too - all downhill from here!) I played squaredle.com 09/01: 24/24 words (+5 bonus words) 🎯 Perfect accuracy 🔥 Solve streak: 29

Bloody Scotland 2025 @BloodyScotland @Brownlee_Donald It's less than 2 weeks before my all-time favourite crime book festival. Bloody Scotland takes place from 12th to 14th September, in Stirling. Who will win the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Novel of the Year? Which lucky debut author will…

Off the Shelf podcast is interviewing all 13 authors longlisted for this year's McIlvanney Prize (Phoebe's talk with @damedenisemina.bsky.social is ace), listen to them here: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/... My interview goes live next week @bloodyscotland.bsky.social @panmacmillan.bsky.social

I could go a novel with military pteranodons, could be cool... #BookSky 📚💙

😱 PROOF DROP AT CASA ORENDA 📖 The edge-of-your-seat, high-concept #Thriller of winter 2025, #Blackwater, from CNN International executive Sarah Sultoon, has landed, and LOOK AT IT! What if #Y2K wasn’t a hoax, but a warning? 🎆 bit.ly/3VlCwYe #BookSky #Newbooks

A terrific shortlist for the Ngaio Marsh Awards this year if I do say so myself (yes, I was a judge 😁). A great selection of titles if you're looking to get into NZ fiction aka Yeah Noir. #BookSky 📚💙

Pre-ordered. Arrived. Inhaled. Out. Stand. Ing. Bravo to @valmcdermid.bsky.social for finding the perfect team of people to bring KP to the screen - I really hope there's going to be series 3, 4, 5...! #BookSky 📚💙

I was in the audience for this and can confirm the chat was civilised indeed 😁

In all seriousness, it helps to include the damned link: tickets.wigtownbookfestival.com/sales?_gl=1*...