Liam McIlvanney
@liammcilvanney.bsky.social
Crime writer in the Deep South of Aotearoa New Zealand
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Getting a bit realistic now. The Good Father out on 3 July…
He was indeed…
November 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
He was indeed…
I’m afraid that, rather heretically for someone living in NZ, I take about as much interest in competitive rugby as I do in competitive tiddlywinks, so I’ll have to take your word for it…!
October 11, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I’m afraid that, rather heretically for someone living in NZ, I take about as much interest in competitive rugby as I do in competitive tiddlywinks, so I’ll have to take your word for it…!
It’s NZ. They assume everyone is an advanced and assiduous horticulturalist…
October 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
It’s NZ. They assume everyone is an advanced and assiduous horticulturalist…
Ah, well, now I come to the shameful admission that, instead of planting and nurturing and watering my tree as a symbol of my citizenship, I left it too late and the thing kinda withered in its pot. They’ll probably deport me now…🫣
October 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Ah, well, now I come to the shameful admission that, instead of planting and nurturing and watering my tree as a symbol of my citizenship, I left it too late and the thing kinda withered in its pot. They’ll probably deport me now…🫣
Congratulations! But did they give you a tree? They give you a tree when you become an NZ citizen…🇳🇿
October 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Congratulations! But did they give you a tree? They give you a tree when you become an NZ citizen…🇳🇿
Thanks so much, Caroline! Delighted you enjoyed it!
September 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Thanks so much, Caroline! Delighted you enjoyed it!
Plenty Scottish enough! Get writing…! 😉
September 17, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Plenty Scottish enough! Get writing…! 😉
Applications are invited for the 2026 CISS Scottish Writing Fellowship at the University of Otago in Aotearoa New Zealand. Flights, accommodation & stipend for 2 months at the Caselberg House near Dunedin. Apply at the link below by 31 October. Good luck…! www.otago.ac.nz/ciss
Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies
The Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies provides an opportunity to study the literature, history, politics and culture of Ireland and Scotland – and of the Irish and Scottish diasporas – over the pa...
www.otago.ac.nz
September 17, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Applications are invited for the 2026 CISS Scottish Writing Fellowship at the University of Otago in Aotearoa New Zealand. Flights, accommodation & stipend for 2 months at the Caselberg House near Dunedin. Apply at the link below by 31 October. Good luck…! www.otago.ac.nz/ciss
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Announcing our McIlvanney Prize finalists:
@tariqashkanani.bsky.social - The Midnight King
@liammcilvanney.bsky.social - The Good Father
@callummcsorley.bsky.social - Paperboy
@damedenisemina.bsky.social - The Good Liar
@ianrankin1.bsky.social - Midnight and Blue
Winner revealed next Friday!
👏👏👏
@tariqashkanani.bsky.social - The Midnight King
@liammcilvanney.bsky.social - The Good Father
@callummcsorley.bsky.social - Paperboy
@damedenisemina.bsky.social - The Good Liar
@ianrankin1.bsky.social - Midnight and Blue
Winner revealed next Friday!
👏👏👏
September 5, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Announcing our McIlvanney Prize finalists:
@tariqashkanani.bsky.social - The Midnight King
@liammcilvanney.bsky.social - The Good Father
@callummcsorley.bsky.social - Paperboy
@damedenisemina.bsky.social - The Good Liar
@ianrankin1.bsky.social - Midnight and Blue
Winner revealed next Friday!
👏👏👏
@tariqashkanani.bsky.social - The Midnight King
@liammcilvanney.bsky.social - The Good Father
@callummcsorley.bsky.social - Paperboy
@damedenisemina.bsky.social - The Good Liar
@ianrankin1.bsky.social - Midnight and Blue
Winner revealed next Friday!
👏👏👏
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I so enjoyed chatting with the wonderful Nicole Flattery on Write Spot. Thanks to the great team at OAR and Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature!
oar.org.nz/shows/write-...
oar.org.nz/shows/write-...
Write Spot with Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature - Otago Access Radio
Write Spot takes a look at how our city is embracing its City of Literature status with Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature director Nicky Page and Special Guests.
oar.org.nz
August 28, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I so enjoyed chatting with the wonderful Nicole Flattery on Write Spot. Thanks to the great team at OAR and Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature!
oar.org.nz/shows/write-...
oar.org.nz/shows/write-...
Reposted by Liam McIlvanney
So wonderful to be in conversation with our 2025 Writing Fellow at the Centre of Irish and Scottish Studies. Nicole Flattery shared excellent insights into her works and we got an advance peak into her forthcoming novel! Thanks as always to Dunedin City Library and UNESCO Dunedin City of Literature
September 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
So wonderful to be in conversation with our 2025 Writing Fellow at the Centre of Irish and Scottish Studies. Nicole Flattery shared excellent insights into her works and we got an advance peak into her forthcoming novel! Thanks as always to Dunedin City Library and UNESCO Dunedin City of Literature
Not surprised, Maebh. Tremendous event altogether👏
August 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Not surprised, Maebh. Tremendous event altogether👏
PaperPlus in the Golden Centre mall. People of taste…
August 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
PaperPlus in the Golden Centre mall. People of taste…
Big in Dunedin…😉
August 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Big in Dunedin…😉
Fantastically broad, deep and illuminating conversation between Prof @maebhlong.bsky.social and the 2025 CISS Irish Writing Fellow Nicole Flattery in Dunedin tonight. Can’t wait to get cracking on these books…
August 28, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Fantastically broad, deep and illuminating conversation between Prof @maebhlong.bsky.social and the 2025 CISS Irish Writing Fellow Nicole Flattery in Dunedin tonight. Can’t wait to get cracking on these books…
Great recognition for a wonderful book!
August 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Great recognition for a wonderful book!
Fantastic to see my stellar Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies compadre, Prof @maebhlong.bsky.social, shortlisted for the Literary Encyclopedia Prize for her outstanding co-written monograph on The Rise of Pacific Literature. Comhghairdeas, Maebh! 👏👏👏
Book on the rise of Pacific literature shortlisted for Literary Encyclopedia Prize
A book co-authored by Professor Maebh Long, Otago’s Eamon Cleary Chair in Irish Studies, has been shortlisted for a Literary Encyclopedia Book Prize.
www.otago.ac.nz
August 27, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Fantastic to see my stellar Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies compadre, Prof @maebhlong.bsky.social, shortlisted for the Literary Encyclopedia Prize for her outstanding co-written monograph on The Rise of Pacific Literature. Comhghairdeas, Maebh! 👏👏👏
Ha! There must be a smirr in the offing. Hang in there…!😂
August 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Ha! There must be a smirr in the offing. Hang in there…!😂