Lee Randall
@leerandall.bsky.social
Thwarted Madcap Heiress. Free-range book festival programmer, editor, writer, interviewer, reviewer, prize judge. On board to programme Wigtown Book Festival 2026.
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Tomorrow night in Glasgow :)
From finding a space from which to travel to distant lands through reading books as children, to using their university libraries as undergrads, @louisewelsh00.bsky.social & @damianbarr.bsky.social will reminisce about how libraries helped shape their careers.
📅Wed, Nov 12th |📍Kelvin Hall
🎫👇
📅Wed, Nov 12th |📍Kelvin Hall
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Libraries that shaped me, in-conversation event with Professor Louise Welsh and Damian Barr | SAHA: The Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance
A joint initiative of Scottish Higher Education institutions, the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities.
saha.scot
November 11, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Tomorrow night in Glasgow :)
Reposting yesterday’s collage club output as I had to buy a whole fecking book of llama pix to execute a mad idea. Obviously this means there will be a series.
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Reposting yesterday’s collage club output as I had to buy a whole fecking book of llama pix to execute a mad idea. Obviously this means there will be a series.
There’s something a bit off and unsatisfying about this knitting show, I’m sorry to say.
November 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
There’s something a bit off and unsatisfying about this knitting show, I’m sorry to say.
Great time at Collage Club. Finished my Drama Llama (below) and began another.
November 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Great time at Collage Club. Finished my Drama Llama (below) and began another.
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Today I’m in conversation at the Mallaig Book Festival with @jennybrownagency.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Today I’m in conversation at the Mallaig Book Festival with @jennybrownagency.bsky.social
What a beautiful life I have. A hundred years old and I finally get that it doesn’t need to be perfect to be magnificent.
November 9, 2025 at 8:20 AM
What a beautiful life I have. A hundred years old and I finally get that it doesn’t need to be perfect to be magnificent.
Sometimes I have to thank Instagram’s insane algorithms. I now know these floofy geese exist. And I am besotted.
November 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Sometimes I have to thank Instagram’s insane algorithms. I now know these floofy geese exist. And I am besotted.
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Looking forward to this! Come and say hello if you're about 😊
We can't wait to welcome you and author @writerkcampbell.bsky.social to #WishawLib on Tuesday 18 November, 7pm as we continue our #BookWeekScotland activities.
Book a free place now here: culturenl.co.uk/kcBWS
Book a free place now here: culturenl.co.uk/kcBWS
November 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Looking forward to this! Come and say hello if you're about 😊
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My mum just said to me "You should be hung like a horse". When I challenged her over saying such a thing, it transpires she thought it was a punishment horses got. Turns out she's been incorrectly using the phrase since the 90s in various settings
November 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
My mum just said to me "You should be hung like a horse". When I challenged her over saying such a thing, it transpires she thought it was a punishment horses got. Turns out she's been incorrectly using the phrase since the 90s in various settings
Publishers, publicity peeps, take note, I'm back in the saddle for Wigtown Book Festival 2026. Please send catalogues, AI sheets, proofs. Using Programme@Wigtownbookfestival.com email again (after a year off). Writers, please have publishers get in touch! www.wigtownbookfestival.com/blog/welcome...
Wigtown Book Festival | Welcome Return of Festival Programmer Lee…
Lee is a well-known figure in Scottish literature and media. Her role with will involve curating the 2026 Wigtown Book Festival programme.
www.wigtownbookfestival.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Publishers, publicity peeps, take note, I'm back in the saddle for Wigtown Book Festival 2026. Please send catalogues, AI sheets, proofs. Using Programme@Wigtownbookfestival.com email again (after a year off). Writers, please have publishers get in touch! www.wigtownbookfestival.com/blog/welcome...
Cat like a parrot day here.
November 7, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Cat like a parrot day here.
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Cumberland Flowers, 1946, painting by Winifred Nicholson (1893-1981). #WomensArt
November 7, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Cumberland Flowers, 1946, painting by Winifred Nicholson (1893-1981). #WomensArt
Gosh, Pauline Collins gone.
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Gosh, Pauline Collins gone.
Her relaxation schedule is exhausting, I tell you.
November 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Her relaxation schedule is exhausting, I tell you.
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Writers. Annual deadline to register your year's work with ALCS is November 30. If you haven't already registered with them, please, please do. It is literal free money, and the necessary admin is almost certainly the best-paid hour's work you'll do all year. www.alcs.co.uk
ALCS
www.alcs.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Writers. Annual deadline to register your year's work with ALCS is November 30. If you haven't already registered with them, please, please do. It is literal free money, and the necessary admin is almost certainly the best-paid hour's work you'll do all year. www.alcs.co.uk
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Two weeks to go! We hope to see you there - there will be lots and lots of booky goodies!
Announcing the Scottish Christmas Book Fair!
* The perfect occasion for Christmas gift shopping
* All your favourite genres for adults & children
* Chat with Scotland’s indie publishers & meet their authors
See below for who'll be there!
www.publishingscotland.org/event/scotti...
* The perfect occasion for Christmas gift shopping
* All your favourite genres for adults & children
* Chat with Scotland’s indie publishers & meet their authors
See below for who'll be there!
www.publishingscotland.org/event/scotti...
November 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Two weeks to go! We hope to see you there - there will be lots and lots of booky goodies!
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Marcella Giulia Pace, Italian astrophotographer who took ten years to capture 48 colours of the moon #WomensArt (via Amazing Physics) #FullMoon
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Marcella Giulia Pace, Italian astrophotographer who took ten years to capture 48 colours of the moon #WomensArt (via Amazing Physics) #FullMoon
Reading the proof of Sally Magnuson’s next novel, The Shapeshifter’s Daughter. Doing an event with her later this month.
Two timelines and two worlds, one of which plunges readers into the intricacies of Norse mythology. Fans of that pantheon are going to love it!
Two timelines and two worlds, one of which plunges readers into the intricacies of Norse mythology. Fans of that pantheon are going to love it!
November 6, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Reading the proof of Sally Magnuson’s next novel, The Shapeshifter’s Daughter. Doing an event with her later this month.
Two timelines and two worlds, one of which plunges readers into the intricacies of Norse mythology. Fans of that pantheon are going to love it!
Two timelines and two worlds, one of which plunges readers into the intricacies of Norse mythology. Fans of that pantheon are going to love it!
Launching a thousand ships, this kid, that face.
November 6, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Launching a thousand ships, this kid, that face.
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I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
@hallierubenhold.bsky.social Loved listening to the new series. Sharing some social history that I'm particular fond of: tenementtown.com
threadinburgh.scot
threadinburgh.scot
November 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
@hallierubenhold.bsky.social Loved listening to the new series. Sharing some social history that I'm particular fond of: tenementtown.com
threadinburgh.scot
threadinburgh.scot
