Louise Fairbairn
@scarletrix.bsky.social
...sometimes you wake up. sometimes the fall kills you. and sometimes when you fall you fly...
www.crimebookgirl.com
www.crimebookgirl.com
I loved AR since Truly Madly Deeply, the artistic world is lesser without him. Such wonderful memories and tributes here, you might need a hanky...
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
‘I fell in love with him on the spot’: Alan Rickman remembered, 10 years after his death
On the anniversary of his death aged 69, stars from Sigourney Weaver to Sharleen Spiteri, Tom Felton to Harriet Walter, remember the wit, charm and endless generosity of one of Britain’s best-loved ac...
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:53 AM
I loved AR since Truly Madly Deeply, the artistic world is lesser without him. Such wonderful memories and tributes here, you might need a hanky...
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
YO, LONDON! THERE'S A LOT OF NORTH THAT'S NORTH OF YORK THAT COULD DO WITH DECENT PUBLIC TRANSPORT
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government sets out plans for north of England rail investment
The scheme will be delivered in phases, starting with upgrades to lines between Leeds, York, Bradford and Sheffield.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 12:06 AM
YO, LONDON! THERE'S A LOT OF NORTH THAT'S NORTH OF YORK THAT COULD DO WITH DECENT PUBLIC TRANSPORT
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Knowing there is more to come from a writer whose work you enjoy is a delightful piece of delayed gratification for a reader 😊
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Delayed gratification and writing is the topic for this week’s free author newsletter: open.substack.com/pub/dvbishop...
Delayed gratification
One day you will read this
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Knowing there is more to come from a writer whose work you enjoy is a delightful piece of delayed gratification for a reader 😊
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I guess a point for honesty, but it's pretty breathtaking - whatever happened to just "it's not for us right now" neutral politeness?
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I can’t stop thinking about a rejection letter a friend had from a publisher for his manuscript which said, “I think I’d have really liked this, if you were more famous.”
An actual person, who is paid to read books, said that.
An actual person, who is paid to read books, said that.
January 12, 2026 at 3:35 PM
I guess a point for honesty, but it's pretty breathtaking - whatever happened to just "it's not for us right now" neutral politeness?
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Oh, @dougjohnstone.bsky.social you'll have to write another SF novel now 😁
Bees may hold the secret to communication with aliens, scientists find
Bees may hold the secret to communication with aliens, scientists find
Bees may hold the secret to communication with aliens, scientists find
www.independent.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Oh, @dougjohnstone.bsky.social you'll have to write another SF novel now 😁
Reposted by Louise Fairbairn
EVENT ALERT!
Our NEW edition of @dougjohnstone.bsky.social's funny, anarchic novel #TheOssians is out in April, with a BRILLIANT intro by @valmcdermid.bsky.social
Val will be chatting to Doug @portybooks.bsky.social on Tues 21st April!
#Scotland #Edinburgh #BookEvent
Book NOW! 🎸 t.co/HvNmWZ21e9
Our NEW edition of @dougjohnstone.bsky.social's funny, anarchic novel #TheOssians is out in April, with a BRILLIANT intro by @valmcdermid.bsky.social
Val will be chatting to Doug @portybooks.bsky.social on Tues 21st April!
#Scotland #Edinburgh #BookEvent
Book NOW! 🎸 t.co/HvNmWZ21e9
January 12, 2026 at 11:39 AM
EVENT ALERT!
Our NEW edition of @dougjohnstone.bsky.social's funny, anarchic novel #TheOssians is out in April, with a BRILLIANT intro by @valmcdermid.bsky.social
Val will be chatting to Doug @portybooks.bsky.social on Tues 21st April!
#Scotland #Edinburgh #BookEvent
Book NOW! 🎸 t.co/HvNmWZ21e9
Our NEW edition of @dougjohnstone.bsky.social's funny, anarchic novel #TheOssians is out in April, with a BRILLIANT intro by @valmcdermid.bsky.social
Val will be chatting to Doug @portybooks.bsky.social on Tues 21st April!
#Scotland #Edinburgh #BookEvent
Book NOW! 🎸 t.co/HvNmWZ21e9
Reposted by Louise Fairbairn
Preorder SIGNED & dedicated copies of @dougjohnstone.bsky.social's anarchic story of rock'n'roll obsession, national identity and self-destruction #TheOssians ANNIVERSARY EDITION – with intro by @valmcdermid.bsky.social
VIA
@portybooks.bsky.social
theportobellobookshop.com/978191776420...
VIA
@portybooks.bsky.social
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January 12, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Preorder SIGNED & dedicated copies of @dougjohnstone.bsky.social's anarchic story of rock'n'roll obsession, national identity and self-destruction #TheOssians ANNIVERSARY EDITION – with intro by @valmcdermid.bsky.social
VIA
@portybooks.bsky.social
theportobellobookshop.com/978191776420...
VIA
@portybooks.bsky.social
theportobellobookshop.com/978191776420...
Reposted by Louise Fairbairn
Over on FB today about this beauty. Hello wee proof copy. Here's the tea: facebook.com/sheridanwrit...
No FB? Aww. Feel free to pre-order: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
amazon.co.uk/Jewel-Keeper...
Gaun. It makes such a difference ❤️
@jennybrownagency.bsky.social @hodderfiction.bsky.social
No FB? Aww. Feel free to pre-order: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
amazon.co.uk/Jewel-Keeper...
Gaun. It makes such a difference ❤️
@jennybrownagency.bsky.social @hodderfiction.bsky.social
January 11, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Over on FB today about this beauty. Hello wee proof copy. Here's the tea: facebook.com/sheridanwrit...
No FB? Aww. Feel free to pre-order: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
amazon.co.uk/Jewel-Keeper...
Gaun. It makes such a difference ❤️
@jennybrownagency.bsky.social @hodderfiction.bsky.social
No FB? Aww. Feel free to pre-order: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
amazon.co.uk/Jewel-Keeper...
Gaun. It makes such a difference ❤️
@jennybrownagency.bsky.social @hodderfiction.bsky.social
Reposted by Louise Fairbairn
I do love the Tony McLean series by @sirbenfro.bsky.social - the slice of supernatural, the many great women around McLean, the cats, Madame Rose & McLean's Edinburgh are all comfortingly familiar yet deployed in different ways every time. (Some revs: crimebookgirl.com?s=James+Oswa...)
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January 10, 2026 at 12:51 PM
I do love the Tony McLean series by @sirbenfro.bsky.social - the slice of supernatural, the many great women around McLean, the cats, Madame Rose & McLean's Edinburgh are all comfortingly familiar yet deployed in different ways every time. (Some revs: crimebookgirl.com?s=James+Oswa...)
#BookSky 📚💙
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Always have 10p to phone home
And at home: when you talk on the phone you're stuck wherever the phone is
And at home: when you talk on the phone you're stuck wherever the phone is
Without revealing your actual age,what's something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand?
January 9, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Always have 10p to phone home
And at home: when you talk on the phone you're stuck wherever the phone is
And at home: when you talk on the phone you're stuck wherever the phone is
Reposted by Louise Fairbairn
I'm going to be at Prestwick Library next Wednesday for a wee chat with whoever turns up. Come find me. @orendabooks.bsky.social
destinationsouthayrshire.co.uk/whats-on/pre...
destinationsouthayrshire.co.uk/whats-on/pre...
January 9, 2026 at 1:40 PM
I'm going to be at Prestwick Library next Wednesday for a wee chat with whoever turns up. Come find me. @orendabooks.bsky.social
destinationsouthayrshire.co.uk/whats-on/pre...
destinationsouthayrshire.co.uk/whats-on/pre...
Lovely coo pix, and some interesting thoughts about editors - if you are an author with an editor who isn't in tune with what you're doing, that can be tricky. But editors are there to make the book better and it's always worth considering what they're telling you...
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Well look at that. A newsletter! Heaven be praised! mailchi.mp/fcb5fb4a8fc9...
🐂 News From The Farm - January 2026
mailchi.mp
January 9, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Lovely coo pix, and some interesting thoughts about editors - if you are an author with an editor who isn't in tune with what you're doing, that can be tricky. But editors are there to make the book better and it's always worth considering what they're telling you...
#BookSky 📚💙
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First #BookPost of 2026! This is another excellent read from @robparkerauthor.bsky.social and is published next week by @bloomsburyraven.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Minneapolis, you will get through 💕💕
(Also: it's about time politicians at every level across the world started being this blunt about the US govt)
(Also: it's about time politicians at every level across the world started being this blunt about the US govt)
January 8, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Minneapolis, you will get through 💕💕
(Also: it's about time politicians at every level across the world started being this blunt about the US govt)
(Also: it's about time politicians at every level across the world started being this blunt about the US govt)
We have to hope. Here's a bit 👇
Four years ago the Red Cross placed a refugee with us for emergency housing. He was a young Vietnamese man with nowhere to go, no shelter and no English.
We had other people stay after him but he was lovely, would not take money and looked despairing and exhausted. One week end, a multicultural 1/4
We had other people stay after him but he was lovely, would not take money and looked despairing and exhausted. One week end, a multicultural 1/4
January 7, 2026 at 8:41 PM
We have to hope. Here's a bit 👇
Maybe start by writing repeatedly to your representatives until Congress finds it's spine
Dear USA:
We are disgusted, horrified but disappointingly, not surprised.
We are disgusted, horrified but disappointingly, not surprised.
January 7, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Maybe start by writing repeatedly to your representatives until Congress finds it's spine
When someone is doing something <here> remember to ask what they don't want to see them do <there>
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:03 AM
When someone is doing something <here> remember to ask what they don't want to see them do <there>
Surely time to HI-BER-NATE ...
My niece in Stonehaven, near Aberdeen, has made a snow dalek that's featured in the Aberdeen Press and Journal. #proudaunt
January 5, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Surely time to HI-BER-NATE ...
Especially needed when the world is
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Your monthly reminder:
Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write. The world needs your stories.
Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write. The world needs your stories.
January 3, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Especially needed when the world is
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@scotlandchris1.bsky.social @portybelle.bsky.social just right today, and a perfect accuracy to prove it 😁
I played squaredle.com 01/03:
47/47 words (+3 bonus words)
🎯 Perfect accuracy
🔥 Solve streak: 20
I played squaredle.com 01/03:
47/47 words (+3 bonus words)
🎯 Perfect accuracy
🔥 Solve streak: 20
Squaredle
Squaredle is a daily word building game. Swipe letters in the grid to test your vocabulary every day and rise to the top of the leaderboards!
squaredle.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:59 AM
@scotlandchris1.bsky.social @portybelle.bsky.social just right today, and a perfect accuracy to prove it 😁
I played squaredle.com 01/03:
47/47 words (+3 bonus words)
🎯 Perfect accuracy
🔥 Solve streak: 20
I played squaredle.com 01/03:
47/47 words (+3 bonus words)
🎯 Perfect accuracy
🔥 Solve streak: 20
Karma's a bitch, huh...
Barclays bust! The brothers that is not the bank! After HSBC recovers barely £1m of a £143m loan bit.ly/44Wp81X
HSBC starts bankruptcy petitions against Barclay brothers
The bank received about £1.1 million of its £143.5 million secured loan from its administration of Howard and Aidan Barclay’s Logistics Group
bit.ly
January 3, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Karma's a bitch, huh...
Reposted by Louise Fairbairn
In today’s The Scotsman newspaper trying to look moody and interesting. And talking with David Robinson about the Dr Jack Cuthbert books.
@birlinn.bsky.social
www.pressreader.com/uk/the-scots...
@birlinn.bsky.social
www.pressreader.com/uk/the-scots...
January 3, 2026 at 8:32 AM
In today’s The Scotsman newspaper trying to look moody and interesting. And talking with David Robinson about the Dr Jack Cuthbert books.
@birlinn.bsky.social
www.pressreader.com/uk/the-scots...
@birlinn.bsky.social
www.pressreader.com/uk/the-scots...
So damn cold today - I really think I deserve snow if I have to be this cold!
January 2, 2026 at 5:03 PM
So damn cold today - I really think I deserve snow if I have to be this cold!
Books of 2025 time, plus a lot of thank-yous ...
It's Books Of 2025 time &you know that means more than a handful of highlights... But it's January and the weather is rotten, so why not have a read of my feature, and order up a few volumes to help you through the cold dark nights?
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Feature: Books Of The Year, 2025
My favourite reads from the last 12 months Another year over, blimey! I’ve read a fair bit this year, but once again had times when I’ve struggled to thanks to life frying the brain and taking over everything else, and it’s been another year where I’ve not reviewed as much as I’d hoped to, nor shared as many reviews by others.
crimebookgirl.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Books of 2025 time, plus a lot of thank-yous ...
Compare and contrast with other US politicians...
Mamdani: "While only action can change minds, I promise you this: If you are a New Yorker, I am your mayor. Regardless of whether we agree I will protect you, celebrate with you, mourn along side you, and not for a second hide from you."
January 1, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Compare and contrast with other US politicians...