Glorious Glasgow just now. ❤️ #westendglasgow

I can finally tell the world that I will be participating in the Pitch Perfect Panel at @bloodyscotland.bsky.social Festival. They even put my ugly mug on the programme! 🫣 All bribes welcomed. 😋 There's loads going on across the whole festival. Find out more here: bloodyscotland.com/whats-on/

Hot on the heels of the Bloody Scotland launch, we're delighted to present an interview with @flamingredhead.bsky.social in collaboration with Scots Whay Hae. Filmed at the legendary Caledonia Books, a bookshop that should be on every book lover's bucket list! www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUqX...

Yesterday at the Bloody Scotland Programme Launch was the most fun!

Fun Wummin Criminals! ✊

What an array of talent! Into Books' very own @flamingredhead.bsky.social was in fine company in today's 'blink and you missed it' sunshine in the heart of Stirling! Good luck to the shortlisters.

🔥 New @intocreative.bsky.social live music review 🔥 🎼 Proud Mary 🎪 Glasgow Oran Mor ✍️ @dicksontelfer.bsky.social “In short, the gig was an hour and a quarter of proper ‘baws oot’ rock, with Greg Griffin commanding the stage like a true pro” Link below 👇⭐️🔥 www.intocreative.co.uk/into-live-mu...

Original Sins by @flamingredhead.bsky.social

🔥 New @intocreative.bsky.social live music review 🔥 🎼 Dave Formula & Noko 🎪 Glasgow Saint Luke’s ✍️ @welshjb.bsky.social “for ninety minutes or so, we were treated to a bewildering array of musicianship and tunes from Magazine’s back catalogue” Link below 👇 www.intocreative.co.uk/into-live-mu...

Did we mention that Original Sins by @flamingredhead.bsky.social has been shortlisted for Scottish Crime Debut of the Year? (Go buy it, read it, and then let us know if you agree that it is a fantastic novel).

Caledonia Screaming by @grantmcphee.bsky.social and published on Into Books, is featured in the latest issue of 'Books From Scotland'. The article also features well-chosen Youtube links to some of the main the bands of the era. (Someone's done their research 👏) booksfromscotland.com/2026/04/cale...

Beautiful words this morning on the @intocreative.bsky.social website on my poem “Does My Father Cry”. A careful and thoughtful reading of it. He writes on many other poems on the site too: www.intocreative.co.uk/nazaret-rane...

I rarely stop working for a lunch break but life is good today!

On a day for announcements, we are delight to finally be able to promote @flamingredhead.bsky.social's appearance at Bute Noir Festival. Get your tickets from Print Point (Rothesay) or call them on 01700 503389. Weekend pass £100. First Blood event £7.

Congratulations to Into Books author, @flamingredhead.bsky.social for being shortlisted in this year's Bloody Scotland Debut Novel. Thoroughly deserved and sits amongst some fantastic writers. Good luck to all the nominated women writers on the list.

Lost In Music with @gfpaterson.bsky.social 🎶📻 Kevin McDermott Patti Smith Declan Welsh @the-delgados.bsky.social @simplemindsmusic.bsky.social @chrisbrainmusic.bsky.social @goliathmusic.bsky.social @theloftuk.bsky.social @brokensocialscene.bsky.social www.intocreative.co.uk/george-pater...

🔥 new @intocreative.bsky.social article - Into Scottish Creatives interview with musician and author Colin MacIntyre aka Mull Historical Society 🔥 Check it out via the link below 👇⭐️🔥 www.intocreative.co.uk/into-scottis...

Family Man by @colinburnett.bsky.social reviewed for Into Creative by Loretta Mulholland... www.intocreative.co.uk/articles/

🔥 New @intocreative.bsky.social article - New Albums May 2026 🔥 🎼 @cultfigures.bsky.social - Reports of People 🎼 The Pillars of Creation - Be Careful What You Wish For 🎼 Robertson - Robertson @precrecs.bsky.social check em out via the link below 👇👇⭐️⭐️🔥🔥 www.intocreative.co.uk/new-music-ma...

🔥 New @intocreative.bsky.social live music review 🔥 🎼 @jamthrawn.bsky.social James Grant 🎪 Glasgow Cottiers ✍️ @weepeople1.bsky.social Grant’s songwriting has long stood comfortably alongside names like Elvis Costello — literate, melodic, emotionally precise www.intocreative.co.uk/into-live-mu...

Dive into David Robinson's interview with John Lister-Kaye as they discusses his new book, Osprey! 🪶 🔗 Click the link below! booksfromscotland.com/2026/05/davi...

A lovely day for Belle Media Scotland at the the Scottish Book Trade Fair in #Edinburgh. So many great conversations & plenty of excitement about stories, books & what’s still to come. A lovely reminder of how special the Scottish book community really is 📖. @publishingscotland.bsky.social

📚 Really pleased to hear @valmcdermid.bsky.social keynote speech highlighting Into Creative and @gfpaterson.bsky.social’s brilliant debut novel The Girl, The Crow, The Writer And The Fighter in relation to small independent publishers in Scotland finding and promoting excellent fiction. #scotbookcnf

@flamingredhead.bsky.social gives us a taste of her tense and immersive debut, Original Sins... www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQQv...

Caledonia Screaming by @grantmcphee.bsky.social reveals the last untold chapter of punk's year zero in Scotland...

📚 Into Books writers well represented in @waterstones.bsky.social Byres Road. @smicht.bsky.social @gfpaterson.bsky.social @soulboydaveybee.bsky.social

@flamingredhead.bsky.social gives us a taste of her tense and immersive debut, Original Sins... www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQQv...

Caledonia Screaming by @grantmcphee.bsky.social reveals the last untold chapter of punk's year zero in Scotland...

📕 The May/June Westender Magazine has landed! Featuring a focus on @flamingredhead.bsky.social and her brilliant debut, Original Sins. If that wasn't enough, there's also a 10% discount on Original Sins purchases for Westender readers which can redeemed from the Waterstones Byres Rd branch! 🙌

Perfection. ❤️ Ry Cooder - I Can't Win www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATk4...

Prompt for a short story…

Katia Cardenal - Sueño de una noche de verano ❤️🇳🇮 www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkxQ...

📚 If you are nipping across to Bute this holiday weekend and like to relax with a book, the wonderful Print Point bookshop stocks a few of our titles. Please support independent bookshops and brilliant Scottish writers!

Did you see Ken Manners perform at any of these venues? Star Bar, Eglinton Toll Courtyard, Glenburn Rd, Paisley Vital Spark, Govan Glen Lusset, Main St, Old Kilpatrick Queens Bar, George Square Woodend, Hamilton Rd, Mount Vernon #DevilAndJamesGrant @heavidor.bsky.social @gfpaterson.bsky.social

🎶The Holy Grail! The only songs ever committed to vinyl by Star Bar legend, Ken Manners 🎤 Complete with his itinerary promotion card. SUN (Noon) in The Grand Ole Opry and SUN (Night) in 'JD's Star Bar' #TheDevilAndJamesGrant @heavidor.bsky.social @gfpaterson.bsky.social @jamthrawn.bsky.social

I do love a good pun! 👏

🔥 New @intocreative.bsky.social article - More New Music April 2026 🔥 🎼 Bramwell 🎼 Maze 🎼 Coup Dur @precrecs.bsky.social 🎼 Keeley 🎼 Jo Bartlett & Neil Haydock Check them out 👇👇🔥🔥⭐️⭐️ www.intocreative.co.uk/more-new-mus...

🔥 New @intocreative.bsky.social album review 🔥 🎼 The Bluebells - This Is…The Bluebells 🏷️ @lnfg.bsky.social ✍️ @welshjb.bsky.social “The Bluebells continue to flourish and this album cements their place at the heart of this dear green place and beyond.” www.intocreative.co.uk/into-music-a...

🔥 New @intocreative.bsky.social article - New Album review - The Countess of Fife 🔥 🎼 @countessoffife.bsky.social - New Phone New Car New Man 🏷️ @lnfg.bsky.social ✍️ @weepeople1.bsky.social A cracking review - check it out via the link below 👇👇⭐️⭐️🔥🔥 www.intocreative.co.uk/into-music-n...

This Is ... The Bluebells. An album, like today's weather that will bring a spring to your step. So many cracking tracks on one album! 💙 Expect a proper review very soon from the word-meister, @welshjb.bsky.social

Rabbit holes contain some spectacularly random music... Kyu Sakamoto - Sukiyaki www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPNV...

Lights out. Head between the speakers. Bliss. 💙 The Bathers - Garlands (Instrumental) www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqy2...

My neighbour’s house yesterday evening. 😊 @glasgow.ac.uk #westendglasgow

Morphine - Buena www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ethw...

The River Kelvin running very clear this evening. #westendglasgow

Does anybody know what this is? #westendglasgow

🎉We are so excited to announce that @michaelpedersen.bsky.social will be our first guest author at our Silent Reading Group! 📚 He will be joining us on Monday the 27th for a special reading and signing of his debut novel, Muckle Flugga. 🔗Get your tickets now at www.tickettailor.com/events/publi...

The sunlight illuminating the new addition to our home just now. Amidst it all, there is still beauty in this world. ❤️