Emma Grae
@emmagraeauthor.bsky.social
Author • Scots Book of the Year 2022 • Books with Luath Press and Unbound • Stories in Liars’ League, the Honest Ulsterman and more • Journalist • Views my own
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Emma Grae
@emmagraeauthor.bsky.social
· Sep 2
🐈⬛ Cover reveal fur ‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’! 🐈⬛
The story o a feart moggie who teaches a wee lassie hoo tae be brave. The purrfect Scots story fur bairns spooky season. Available this month fae @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikstores!
Preorders: amzn.eu/d/2Q1gwF3
The story o a feart moggie who teaches a wee lassie hoo tae be brave. The purrfect Scots story fur bairns spooky season. Available this month fae @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikstores!
Preorders: amzn.eu/d/2Q1gwF3
Swipe to see Anuk in her illustrated form! Read aw aboot hur ghaistly fictionalisation in ‘The Hoolet Thit Couldnae Fly’.
Available fae @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikshoaps.
Illustratit by the braw Bob Dewar and scrived by me!
#ScotsLanguage #Illustrations #ChildrensBook
Available fae @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikshoaps.
Illustratit by the braw Bob Dewar and scrived by me!
#ScotsLanguage #Illustrations #ChildrensBook
November 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Swipe to see Anuk in her illustrated form! Read aw aboot hur ghaistly fictionalisation in ‘The Hoolet Thit Couldnae Fly’.
Available fae @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikshoaps.
Illustratit by the braw Bob Dewar and scrived by me!
#ScotsLanguage #Illustrations #ChildrensBook
Available fae @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikshoaps.
Illustratit by the braw Bob Dewar and scrived by me!
#ScotsLanguage #Illustrations #ChildrensBook
Cannae beat the brain goblins richt noo. Doot ah will wi the state o the wurld sae here’s a wee puddock while ah try tae at least nail ma fifth buik. Wee Cathy O’Kelly’s crownin glory.
A story aboot a puddock is oan the horizon an aw.
A story aboot a puddock is oan the horizon an aw.
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Cannae beat the brain goblins richt noo. Doot ah will wi the state o the wurld sae here’s a wee puddock while ah try tae at least nail ma fifth buik. Wee Cathy O’Kelly’s crownin glory.
A story aboot a puddock is oan the horizon an aw.
A story aboot a puddock is oan the horizon an aw.
Only 5,900 followers to go. Help me build my audience, Scots leid fans!
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November 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Only 5,900 followers to go. Help me build my audience, Scots leid fans!
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Scots language enthusiasts! I need your help. My books are braw and I’m determined to help them reach a wider audience.
If you see this post, please consider grabbing a copy of one of my books, or giving me a follow as I share a lot for free too!
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If you see this post, please consider grabbing a copy of one of my books, or giving me a follow as I share a lot for free too!
amzn.eu/d/gxQ4mjR
The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much - 'A braw tale of friendship and loss.' GLASGOW EVENING TIMES on The Hoolet Thit Couldnae Fly: Amazon.co.uk: Grae, Emma, Dewar, Bob: 9781804252031: Books
Buy The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much - 'A braw tale of friendship and loss.' GLASGOW EVENING TIMES on The Hoolet Thit Couldnae Fly by Grae, Emma, Dewar, Bob (ISBN: 9781804252031) from Amazon's Book Sto...
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November 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Scots language enthusiasts! I need your help. My books are braw and I’m determined to help them reach a wider audience.
If you see this post, please consider grabbing a copy of one of my books, or giving me a follow as I share a lot for free too!
amzn.eu/d/gxQ4mjR
If you see this post, please consider grabbing a copy of one of my books, or giving me a follow as I share a lot for free too!
amzn.eu/d/gxQ4mjR
Slowly but surely getting there with editing book five and my dreaded scrivin admin!
Super cheap rosé from Monaco and a homemade charcuterie board is my reward once I tick another item off my to-do list.
Super cheap rosé from Monaco and a homemade charcuterie board is my reward once I tick another item off my to-do list.
November 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Slowly but surely getting there with editing book five and my dreaded scrivin admin!
Super cheap rosé from Monaco and a homemade charcuterie board is my reward once I tick another item off my to-do list.
Super cheap rosé from Monaco and a homemade charcuterie board is my reward once I tick another item off my to-do list.
Woke up because of an awful nightmare and it was partially fuelled by what I’m writing about right now. I’m calling it an exorcism. And this means it’s likely bloody good writing.
On the plus side, it meant I got to see this gorgeous sunrise in the Portuguese countryside!
On the plus side, it meant I got to see this gorgeous sunrise in the Portuguese countryside!
November 8, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Woke up because of an awful nightmare and it was partially fuelled by what I’m writing about right now. I’m calling it an exorcism. And this means it’s likely bloody good writing.
On the plus side, it meant I got to see this gorgeous sunrise in the Portuguese countryside!
On the plus side, it meant I got to see this gorgeous sunrise in the Portuguese countryside!
Reposted by Emma Grae
Bloody brilliantly said, Emma!
A "Scots AI", like any sort of Generative AI application, is NEVER about making life easier for anyone: it's about lining grifters' pockets under the false pretence of "inclusion"
Scots speakers are "left behind"? Fine! Get tae fuck! We dinnae want tae come onywey! 🖕
A "Scots AI", like any sort of Generative AI application, is NEVER about making life easier for anyone: it's about lining grifters' pockets under the false pretence of "inclusion"
Scots speakers are "left behind"? Fine! Get tae fuck! We dinnae want tae come onywey! 🖕
November 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Bloody brilliantly said, Emma!
A "Scots AI", like any sort of Generative AI application, is NEVER about making life easier for anyone: it's about lining grifters' pockets under the false pretence of "inclusion"
Scots speakers are "left behind"? Fine! Get tae fuck! We dinnae want tae come onywey! 🖕
A "Scots AI", like any sort of Generative AI application, is NEVER about making life easier for anyone: it's about lining grifters' pockets under the false pretence of "inclusion"
Scots speakers are "left behind"? Fine! Get tae fuck! We dinnae want tae come onywey! 🖕
I wasn’t going to post this outside of TikTok, but given the impact AI has had on me and ither scrivers, naw.
Ah fink it’s fair tae explain why it’s a bad fing in nae uncertain terms. And ah’m no even thit coherent in this video.
Ah fink it’s fair tae explain why it’s a bad fing in nae uncertain terms. And ah’m no even thit coherent in this video.
November 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I wasn’t going to post this outside of TikTok, but given the impact AI has had on me and ither scrivers, naw.
Ah fink it’s fair tae explain why it’s a bad fing in nae uncertain terms. And ah’m no even thit coherent in this video.
Ah fink it’s fair tae explain why it’s a bad fing in nae uncertain terms. And ah’m no even thit coherent in this video.
I would honestly be able to write *so much* if my brain decided to stop trolling me 20% less of the time.
But hey-ho, maybe the brain goblins are the reason I’m half good at writing in the first place.
But hey-ho, maybe the brain goblins are the reason I’m half good at writing in the first place.
November 7, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I would honestly be able to write *so much* if my brain decided to stop trolling me 20% less of the time.
But hey-ho, maybe the brain goblins are the reason I’m half good at writing in the first place.
But hey-ho, maybe the brain goblins are the reason I’m half good at writing in the first place.
Anither 1,000 wurds in the bag!
I’m so glad I didn’t finish ‘Cathy, get yer Dancin Shoes Oan’ until 2025.
Sometimes stories decide when they are ready on their own – and it’s the author’s job to just show up so they can happen.
Also, whit a view fae ma windae!
I’m so glad I didn’t finish ‘Cathy, get yer Dancin Shoes Oan’ until 2025.
Sometimes stories decide when they are ready on their own – and it’s the author’s job to just show up so they can happen.
Also, whit a view fae ma windae!
November 5, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Anither 1,000 wurds in the bag!
I’m so glad I didn’t finish ‘Cathy, get yer Dancin Shoes Oan’ until 2025.
Sometimes stories decide when they are ready on their own – and it’s the author’s job to just show up so they can happen.
Also, whit a view fae ma windae!
I’m so glad I didn’t finish ‘Cathy, get yer Dancin Shoes Oan’ until 2025.
Sometimes stories decide when they are ready on their own – and it’s the author’s job to just show up so they can happen.
Also, whit a view fae ma windae!
‘Always go a little further out into the water than you think you’re capable of going; that’s when you’re on the verge of doing something interesting.’ – David Bowie on creativity.
I just had to stop writing as the climax of book five is SO DRAMATIC. But this is a good thing!
I just had to stop writing as the climax of book five is SO DRAMATIC. But this is a good thing!
November 3, 2025 at 11:26 PM
‘Always go a little further out into the water than you think you’re capable of going; that’s when you’re on the verge of doing something interesting.’ – David Bowie on creativity.
I just had to stop writing as the climax of book five is SO DRAMATIC. But this is a good thing!
I just had to stop writing as the climax of book five is SO DRAMATIC. But this is a good thing!
I’m starting my dreaded writing admin today AND attempting to write a bonus chapter of book five.
Espresso at the ready, but luckily the sun is shining for me!
Espresso at the ready, but luckily the sun is shining for me!
November 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I’m starting my dreaded writing admin today AND attempting to write a bonus chapter of book five.
Espresso at the ready, but luckily the sun is shining for me!
Espresso at the ready, but luckily the sun is shining for me!
‘I wrote down what I got in a fortune cookie. This is something I’d have otherwise forgotten by now, but I haven’t because I wrote it down!’
November 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
‘I wrote down what I got in a fortune cookie. This is something I’d have otherwise forgotten by now, but I haven’t because I wrote it down!’
Just hit 70,000 words and nearly 300 pages on my third novel, ‘Cathy, get yer Dancin Shoes Oan’!
‘Ah leg it up Sauchiehall Street wi a curler in ma hair. Everyfin and nought hus changed at the same time.’
‘Ah leg it up Sauchiehall Street wi a curler in ma hair. Everyfin and nought hus changed at the same time.’
November 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Just hit 70,000 words and nearly 300 pages on my third novel, ‘Cathy, get yer Dancin Shoes Oan’!
‘Ah leg it up Sauchiehall Street wi a curler in ma hair. Everyfin and nought hus changed at the same time.’
‘Ah leg it up Sauchiehall Street wi a curler in ma hair. Everyfin and nought hus changed at the same time.’
Fun fact: The witch in ‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’ is based on Stevie Nicks!
#ScotsLanguage @luathpress.bsky.social
#ScotsLanguage @luathpress.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Fun fact: The witch in ‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’ is based on Stevie Nicks!
#ScotsLanguage @luathpress.bsky.social
#ScotsLanguage @luathpress.bsky.social
Since it’s Halloween, here’s a wee peek o the witch in ‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’.
But like aw the baddies in ma buiks, she’s no quite whit she seems tae be!
But like aw the baddies in ma buiks, she’s no quite whit she seems tae be!
October 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Since it’s Halloween, here’s a wee peek o the witch in ‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’.
But like aw the baddies in ma buiks, she’s no quite whit she seems tae be!
But like aw the baddies in ma buiks, she’s no quite whit she seems tae be!
‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’ is the purrfect spooky buik fur bairns this Halloween.
Huv a wee read o whit its aw aboot in @scotnational.bsky.social and grab a copy fae @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikshoaps!
#ScotsLanguage #TheMoggieThitMeowedTooMuch
Huv a wee read o whit its aw aboot in @scotnational.bsky.social and grab a copy fae @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikshoaps!
#ScotsLanguage #TheMoggieThitMeowedTooMuch
October 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’ is the purrfect spooky buik fur bairns this Halloween.
Huv a wee read o whit its aw aboot in @scotnational.bsky.social and grab a copy fae @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikshoaps!
#ScotsLanguage #TheMoggieThitMeowedTooMuch
Huv a wee read o whit its aw aboot in @scotnational.bsky.social and grab a copy fae @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikshoaps!
#ScotsLanguage #TheMoggieThitMeowedTooMuch
Happy publication day tae ‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’. Available fae @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikshoaps!
A huge thank ye tae the braw and best Scots leid expert @drmdempster.bsky.social fur aw his help an aw! A total unsung hero o the language.
#ScotsLanguage
A huge thank ye tae the braw and best Scots leid expert @drmdempster.bsky.social fur aw his help an aw! A total unsung hero o the language.
#ScotsLanguage
October 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Happy publication day tae ‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’. Available fae @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikshoaps!
A huge thank ye tae the braw and best Scots leid expert @drmdempster.bsky.social fur aw his help an aw! A total unsung hero o the language.
#ScotsLanguage
A huge thank ye tae the braw and best Scots leid expert @drmdempster.bsky.social fur aw his help an aw! A total unsung hero o the language.
#ScotsLanguage
My fourth book is out tomorrow.
I’m not famous and I don’t have a massive following.
And I know this is never going to pay the bills.
But if you like the Scots language and poignant stories about life, please do consider checking it out and sharing:
amzn.eu/d/6dK61cK
I’m not famous and I don’t have a massive following.
And I know this is never going to pay the bills.
But if you like the Scots language and poignant stories about life, please do consider checking it out and sharing:
amzn.eu/d/6dK61cK
Amazon.co.uk
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October 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
My fourth book is out tomorrow.
I’m not famous and I don’t have a massive following.
And I know this is never going to pay the bills.
But if you like the Scots language and poignant stories about life, please do consider checking it out and sharing:
amzn.eu/d/6dK61cK
I’m not famous and I don’t have a massive following.
And I know this is never going to pay the bills.
But if you like the Scots language and poignant stories about life, please do consider checking it out and sharing:
amzn.eu/d/6dK61cK
A braw 1,200 wurds in the bag the day. ‘Cathy, get yer Dancin Shoes Oan’ hus tae smash ma novel game oot the pairk.
October 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A braw 1,200 wurds in the bag the day. ‘Cathy, get yer Dancin Shoes Oan’ hus tae smash ma novel game oot the pairk.
Thank you so much to @luathpress.bsky.social for their endless support and this wonderful review of ‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’.
luath.co.uk/blogs/bookba...
luath.co.uk/blogs/bookba...
A Wee Cat with a Big Heart A Review of The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much
This review is part of our ongoing series of in-house reviews, showcasing how passionate we are about the books we publish.
Emma Grae’s The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much, illustrated by Bob Dewar and pu
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October 27, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Thank you so much to @luathpress.bsky.social for their endless support and this wonderful review of ‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’.
luath.co.uk/blogs/bookba...
luath.co.uk/blogs/bookba...