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Taken this day, 2021, walking through the snow in the old boneyard www.flickr.com/photos/woola...

Saint Cuthbert's in winter

#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #Snow #Neige #photography #photographie #architecture
Vid - Winter in the Old Boneyard 02
A couple of brief video clips as I walked through the snow in the lovely old boneyard of Saint Cuthbert's, right below Castle Rock. Hard to imagine, but all of this tranquil old space is only a few st...
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February 13, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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Taken this day, 2016, Mussel and Steak www.flickr.com/photos/woola...

Restaurant at night, #Grassmarket #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #EdinburghByNight #NightPhotography #photography #photographie
Mussel & Steak
One of the restaurants in the Grassmarket, the old cobbled square which lies below the southern flank of the Castle, Quick handheld night shot walking home from work recently.
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February 13, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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Taken this day, 2014, Bruce Munro's Field of Light installation in Saint Andrew Square at night
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#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #EdinburghByNight #NightPhotography #photography #photographie #Art
Field of Light 06
Field of Light, an art installation by Bruce Munro - www.brucemunro.co.uk/installations/field-of-light/ - currently in Saint Andrew Square in Edinburgh's elegant Georgian era New Town, brightening up ...
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February 13, 2026 at 10:28 PM
lordwoolamaloo.bsky.social
Wonderful evening taking chums to Casablanca at @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social

Booked before the awful medical news, so turned into a bit of a much-needed morale booster too.

Also a movie with a strong f**k the fascists theme, always welcome.

#film
February 13, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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Waiting on the evening bus...

#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #EdinburghByNight #NightPhotography #photography #photographie
A row of stainless steel stands with illuminated signs advertising upcoming shows and events
February 13, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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edinburghbookshop.bsky.social
Just in time for "Love Weekend" 💖 - this rather lovely collection of The Romantic Poets from Word Cloud Press.

#Valentines #books #livres #poetry
Purple cover with metallic red roses Side on view of the book showing colourful flowers on the spredges (sprayed edges)
February 13, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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edinburghbookshop.bsky.social
"Something for the weekend?"

Plenty of interesting new titles await your browsing pleasure this weekend. We're open 9.30-6 on Saturday & 11-5 on Sunday, #Edinburgh

#Edimbourg #books #livres #Bruntsfield
February 13, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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Here's this week's link to the new titles at Transreal Fiction: transreal.wordpress.com/2026/02/13/t...
February 13, 2026 at 1:47 PM
lordwoolamaloo.bsky.social
Not sure about the new, enhanced effects for classic Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion 🦖

#DoctorWho #books #livres #dinosaurs
February 13, 2026 at 11:11 AM
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julietemckenna.bsky.social Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · Dec 11
The awards eligibility post. My 2025 publications.
Novel. The Green Man’s Holiday, Wizard’s Tower Press
Nonfiction. 'What can Tolkien’s creative process teach a writer today?' in Writing the Magic, Dead Ink Books
Short story in the following post. Memo to self - use shorter titles!
Text reads: Juliet E McKenna Publications in 2025 The Green Man’s Holiday Novel – Wizard’s Tower Press What can Tolkien’s creative process teach a writer today? Contribution to Writing the Magic – Essays on Crafting Fantasy Fiction Dead Ink Books The Boggart Had Seen It Before Short story – Lincolnshire Folktales Reimagined Five Leaves Publications To the left, the cover of Writing the Magic lists the editors and contributors and has the letters for the word 'magic' in black outlined with gold, and floating on a background which shades from green to purple. The cover of Lincolnshire Folk Tales Reimagined has the title in black with ‘reimagined’ in red above a sketch of a rural landscape with trees in the foreground and fields behind reaching to the horizon. The cream background has a texture like woven cloth and the sketch looks as if the artist used charcoal. To the right, The Green Man's Holiday cover art by Ben Baldwin shows a creature crouching in a low tunnel entrance lined with grey stones and partly hidden by green undergrowth and white flowers. The creature has pale skin covered in sparse black hair and it looks a bit like an ape, a bit like a bear, and completely unlike either of those.
February 12, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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February 12, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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@shonamaclean.bsky.social, author of The Bookseller of Inverness, has written a new historical thriller - The Cromarty Library Circle. She'll soon be here in Linlithgow to tell us all about it! Scottish history fans will definitely not want to miss out on this one: tinyurl.com/FFTMCSGMaclean
February 12, 2026 at 10:31 AM
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‘Advice’ by Don Paterson (after Antonio Machado)
Advice My advice? To watch, and wait for the tide to turn - wait as the beached boat waits, without a thought for either its own waiting, or departure. As I put it so well myself: "The patient triumph since life is long, and art merely a toy.’ Well - okay - supposing life is short, and the sea never touches your little boat - just wait, and watch, and wait, for art is long; whatever. To be quite honest with you, none of this is terribly important.
February 12, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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The fate of the 2,787 people arrested for terrorism offences for peacefully holding signs saying “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action” in silent vigils will be decided this Friday.

The long-awaited Judicial Review ruling will be read out at 10am in the Royal Courts of Justice.
February 12, 2026 at 9:41 PM
lordwoolamaloo.bsky.social
The International Olympic Committee's own shop is merchandising the 1936 Games. Yes, the ones in Nazi-era Germany www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Seriously???
Olympic body criticised for selling Nazi-era Games T-shirt
The International Olympic Committee defends the T-shirt as being part of its Heritage Collection, celebrating styles from all editions of the Games.
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February 12, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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At night, ghosts walk by the water www.flickr.com/photos/woola...

Long exposure turning walkers by the Union Canal into translucent phantoms

#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #EdiburghByNight #NightPhotography #Fountainbridge #photography #photographie
At Night, Ghosts Walk By The Water
Zooming in along the Union Canal on a rainy, cold night in winter, to the final segment (Lochrin Basin), where it now ends. Despite the weather I had paused to improvise a couple of night shots on t...
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February 12, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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The @edinburghprints.bsky.social on a wet, cold, winter night www.flickr.com/photos/woola...

#Fountainbridge #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #EdinburghByNight #NightPhotography #photography #photographie #Architecture
Edinburgh Printmakers After Dark
The Edinburgh Printmakers on a wet, cold winter night, taken from the old, stone bridge over the Union Canal (coming from work, so no tripod, just sat the camera on the edge of the bridge to steady it...
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February 12, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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"She is not the first lighthouse keeper to lose her mind on the shores of Cabo Polonio. But she is determined to be the first to survive it."

Another fantastic new voice joins our list. Welcome Valentina Cano Repetto!

Loba publishes on November 10th.
A promotional panel for Loba by Valentina Cano Repetto. The cover features a lighthouse with concentric rays emanating from it. The cover is by Alice Coleman. The text reads: Cover Reveal A promotional panel. The text reads: "Loba is a love song in minor key to the rugged and violent mystical beauty of my tiny and often overlooked native home." Acquisition Announcement. A promotional panel. The text reads: Valentina Cano Repetto, Acquisition Announcement. The panel features a photo of the author. A woman with long, curly black hair and dark eyes.
February 12, 2026 at 11:59 AM
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English PEN at the Salon is returning to the London Book Fair this year on Wednesday 11 March, featuring five events exploring pressing free expression issues for the literary sector.

Discover the full programme and book tickets to #LBF26 ⤵️
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English PEN at the Salon at LBF 2026 - English PEN
English PEN’s annual programme at London Book Fair returns, with a day-long takeover of the Salon at the Fair on Wednesday 11 March 2026.
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February 12, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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Long light trail from a passing bike next to the old Leamington Lift Bridge www.flickr.com/photos/woola...

#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #EdinburghByNight #NightPhotography #LightTrails #photography #photographie
Union Canal On A Wet Winter Night 03
A longer exposure looking along the canal on this very cold, wet night, towards the old Leamington Lift Bridge. The longer exposure caught this nice, long light trail from a passing bicycle going alon...
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February 11, 2026 at 10:57 PM
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Union Canal on a wet, winter night
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#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #Fountainbridge #photography #photographie #NightPhotography
Union Canal On A Wet Winter Night 01
Improvised night shot on the walk home from work tonight, sitting the camera on the stone wall of the old bridge over the canal to steady it. This is looking east towards the end of the Union Canal, w...
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February 11, 2026 at 10:47 PM
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Finding I can't concentrate on new stuff at the moment, just too much else on my mind, so comfort viewing it is. Tonight, a revist to Porco Rosso. "I'd rather be a pig than a fascist"

#animation #film
February 11, 2026 at 10:34 PM
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Local author 🚨 klaxon 🚨

@lyndseycroal.bsky.social 's In This City Where it Rains has just arrived from @lunapress.bsky.social . We had a terrific launch last spring for Lyndsey's short story collection.

#books #livres #Edinburgh #Edimbourg
Off white cover with a large, dark brown circle, and the title In This City Where it Rains, on the table in the Edinburgh Bookshop
February 11, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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Congratulations to @starkholborn.bsky.social, whose short story “The Last Gasp“ is featured in The Best of British Science Fiction 2025 anthology from NewCon Press. First appearing in our anthology, Of Shadows, Stars, and Sabers (edited by @jendiagammon.bsky.social and @garethlpowell.bsky.social).
Bronze and gold background with the cover for the Stars and Sabers anthology, OF SHADOWS, STARS, AND SABERS Congratulations to Stark Holborn whose short story "The Last Gasp" appears in The Best of British Science Fiction 2025 from NewCon Press First appearing in our landmark anthology, Of Shadows, Stars, and Sabers
February 11, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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A delight to have the fabbity-fab illustrator Ross Collins back, creating a new window to celebrate his & Julian Gough's When Tad Kicked Vlad (pub @faberbooks.bsky.social ), which made all of us giggle.

#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #books #livres #ChildrensBooks #LivresJeunesse
February 11, 2026 at 3:49 PM