So excited and honoured that my coming-of-age novel scrieved in the Scots leid, The Big Hoose, will be published by Tippermuir Books thanks to the Scots Language Publication Grant administered by @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social! 🥳

Gey pleased ma piece - "the kingfisher" - is includit in the latest issue ae the Paperboats Zine, spikkin tae the theme ae "Edens". paperboats.org/2026/03/25/t... Thanks tae editors Laura Fyfe and Chris Powici, and the hale crew at @paperboatswriters.bsky.social! 🙏

A fluffed-up great tit. #birds

keep calling him prince andrew imo, i don't think the institution which shielded and funded him should get to cut ties so easily

Long-tailed tit hanging on in Riverside, Stirling. #birds

H is for Ho-hum. #letterboxdfriday

Had a fab time at @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social's New Writers Award Showcase, a lovely celebration of Scottish literary talent!! The performances were all fantastic, (pic shout out to writer pal @pegasusunder.bsky.social 🍊) Also so nice to see familiar faces, lucky to have such a great community!

Sealing the deal at Dalgety Bay. 🦭

Buzzard on the lookout. #birds #addbirder

The good, the bad, and the magnificent. #letterboxdfriday

Starmer says he does not think Sauron would use an Orc army or unleash the Nazgûl to seize the one ring.

Chudley throwing out shapes today. 😻 #cats

Who's that lurking in the rushes in the background? 🤔 Computer: enhance! 📸 Why it's a shy little snipe! #birds

Are ye somebody wi stories tae share? Or a teacher wirkin wi young scrievers we should ken aboot? We're luikin for oor next Scots Writer o the Year. Deadline: 8 July 2026. www.scottishbooktrust.com/writing-and-...

We're hiring! 💼 Dae ye want tae gie us a haun tae promote Scots language readin, scrievin and speakin in Scots? We are lookin for a gallus, eident Scots speaker for the role o Scots Language Ootreach Co-ordinator. Apply by 19 January! 👇 www.scottishbooktrust.com/about/vacanc...

Some birds during the daft days (robin, dunnock, great tit, tree creeper). 🪶

The destruction of the Gaza city mosque is a devastating loss to humanity as a whole. A part of our global medieval heritage destroyed in furtherance to a genocide. I despair.

Puffins galore on the Isle of May today.

A lovely, scorching hot day at RSPB Loch Lomond. 🌞

heh Casey did a tell ye a goat a couple a poems published widizthatmean widayyemean dizthatmeanyegetmoneyfurrit… —William Letford, “It’s aboot the labour” published in BEVEL, @carcanet.bsky.social 2012 #WorldPoetryDay www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/inde...

I went to Orkney and visited the grave of George Mackay Brown. I hope you enjoy reading it, as I enjoyed writing it. Please consider sharing, and perhaps even subscribing so that my work will be emailed to you whenever I post. It's free. smallfinds.substack.com/p/small-find...

I had an amazing time performing at the New Writers Awards Showcase last night at @traversetheatre.bsky.social! A special experience. Watch the recorded livestream here: www.youtube.com/live/-igZuWJ... Muckle thanks tae @shanestrachan.bsky.social fur bein sic a generous host and heezin us aw up! 🙏

Join us on YouTube for our New Writers Awards Showcase 2025! Our show kicks off at 19.30, live from the @traversetheatre.bsky.social in Edinburgh. 🖋️🎦 www.youtube.com/live/-igZuWJ...

Introducing the 12 emerging writers selected for our New Writers Award 2025. Thank you to @creativescots.bsky.social, @leughleabhar.bsky.social and the family of Callan Gordon for their invaluable support. www.scottishbooktrust.com/writing-and-...

I've had a fantastic year on the New Writers Award programme with @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social and I can't wait for the Showcase this Thursday! 🥳 You can still buy tickets for the show or watch via a livestream on the night. 👇 Hope to see you there!

The other week, my boardgame group played Reiner Knizia's latest tile-laying wonder, Rebirth, set in an optimistic post-apocalyptic Scotland. Great gameplay and lovely pieces made from recycled wood waste instead of the typical plastic. Recommended!

What are the sounds of the world's most famous sights? 🏛️🎧 Just three days left to join our open call for artists to join our first major project of 2025, Sonic Heritage, and reimagine the sounds one of more than 200 UNESCO World Heritage sites. Here's how to join: citiesandmemory.com/heritage/

Was interviewed by Silicon Republic about the use of GenAI for image creation, and its impact on artists. You can read Rebecca Graham's article at the link in their post below 👇

Thoroughly enjoyed this funny, lyrical gem of a book. All of the Darkland Tales have been great but this might be my favourite.

Mysterious creature.

A magic day for climbing up snowy/icy Dumyat! ☀️ Treacherous in places but well worth the effort.

A guid new year tae ane an aw fae us three in Sruighlea. May 2025 be kind tae yeez. ✌️❤️

For me, it doesn't feel like Christmas until I've heard "Jingle Bells (Waffle Soffin Sleigh remix)" by Aylan: youtu.be/kOU6DZbvtWg?... Instantly iconic. 🛷☃️🎅

Tae celebrate the recent release ae Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 + 2 Remastered by @aspyr.com, here's a wee extract fae ma novel manuscript "The Big Hoose". A gemme thit Ah ayewis covetit fae afaur and noo Ah'm auld enough tae play it! 😉

Heid's still birlin (in a guid wiy) efter meetin wae ma writin mentor thenicht. Three new drafts ae the buik in as mony months, and aw gaun in the richt direction wae sum muckle needit support an guidance. It's true whit they say, the SBT New Writers Award is a gemme changer fur yer writin!

A couple of my poems, one in English the other in Scots, recently published in a collection from Speculative Books (ed. Laura Bissell). 🇵🇸 Buy the collection here, all proceeds go towards Medical Aid for Palestinians and Operation Olive Branch: www.speculativebooks.net/shop/things-...