Louise Fairbairn
@scarletrix.bsky.social
...sometimes you wake up. sometimes the fall kills you. and sometimes when you fall you fly...
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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.
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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...
Not proven was such a contentious option - tho I'd take the options being the case was proven/not proven, as that feels more accurate somehow.
(For a historical novel using a real not proven case, I recommend Love And Other Poisons by @lesleymcdowell.bsky.social )
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
(For a historical novel using a real not proven case, I recommend Love And Other Poisons by @lesleymcdowell.bsky.social )
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We fought for 33 years to abolish not proven verdict after our daughter's murder
The centuries-old verdict has been scrapped after decades of controversy about its use in Scottish criminal trials.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Not proven was such a contentious option - tho I'd take the options being the case was proven/not proven, as that feels more accurate somehow.
(For a historical novel using a real not proven case, I recommend Love And Other Poisons by @lesleymcdowell.bsky.social )
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
(For a historical novel using a real not proven case, I recommend Love And Other Poisons by @lesleymcdowell.bsky.social )
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Louise Fairbairn
NEWS! I'm sure we've got a lot of fans of 'The Traitors' on here? Our March guest, Harriet Tyce, is a contestant in the new series which starts tonight on BBC1, 8pm 😍
Harriet even gave us a clue with her author photo! All the details on the programme in the comments (no spoilers, so we're all safe)
Harriet even gave us a clue with her author photo! All the details on the programme in the comments (no spoilers, so we're all safe)
January 1, 2026 at 8:34 AM
NEWS! I'm sure we've got a lot of fans of 'The Traitors' on here? Our March guest, Harriet Tyce, is a contestant in the new series which starts tonight on BBC1, 8pm 😍
Harriet even gave us a clue with her author photo! All the details on the programme in the comments (no spoilers, so we're all safe)
Harriet even gave us a clue with her author photo! All the details on the programme in the comments (no spoilers, so we're all safe)
Just had a sixth huge fusillade of fireworks go off, there will barely be a pet in Edinburgh that isn't completely traumatised by now after six hours of noise. Can we please go back to one huge official outburst at midnight, it's getting ridiculous.
January 1, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Just had a sixth huge fusillade of fireworks go off, there will barely be a pet in Edinburgh that isn't completely traumatised by now after six hours of noise. Can we please go back to one huge official outburst at midnight, it's getting ridiculous.
Reposted by Louise Fairbairn
December 31, 2025 at 10:56 AM
One day I'll go back to Australia, til then there's always Chris Hammer's work...
I inhaled Scrublands the novel in the spring, last night I was going to have 1 ep of the TV series & promptly binged the lot. Thanks Chris Hammer for writing and letting the TV people loose on the book! Recommended in both versions for lovers of slow burn knotty stories in small towns.
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December 31, 2025 at 9:58 AM
One day I'll go back to Australia, til then there's always Chris Hammer's work...
If you want to read a kindle or a physical book, read. If you want to listen to audio books, listen. If you DNF a book, DNF it. If you read 1 book this year or 130 books this year, you're a reader. Jeez there are no rules for reading. Just read.
a woman in a blue dress is reaching for a book on a ladder
ALT: a woman in a blue dress is reaching for a book on a ladder
media.tenor.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Cop chasing a serial killer who doesn't actually mean to kill people... Bit different from the current day job, tho not sure I want it (nor the country music obsession)!
Soooo I’m an interdimensional warlock-ninja.
Or a consulting detective, if we’re counting short stories.
Or a consulting detective, if we’re counting short stories.
December 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Cop chasing a serial killer who doesn't actually mean to kill people... Bit different from the current day job, tho not sure I want it (nor the country music obsession)!
Glasgow, never change 😂
December 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Glasgow, never change 😂
@scotlandchris1.bsky.social @portybelle.bsky.social
I'd have a better accuracy score if I'd been able to spell the long words correctly first go...
I played squaredle.com 12/28:
69/69 words (+2 bonus words)
🎯 In the top 14% by accuracy
🔥 Solve streak: 14
I'd have a better accuracy score if I'd been able to spell the long words correctly first go...
I played squaredle.com 12/28:
69/69 words (+2 bonus words)
🎯 In the top 14% by accuracy
🔥 Solve streak: 14
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
December 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
@scotlandchris1.bsky.social @portybelle.bsky.social
I'd have a better accuracy score if I'd been able to spell the long words correctly first go...
I played squaredle.com 12/28:
69/69 words (+2 bonus words)
🎯 In the top 14% by accuracy
🔥 Solve streak: 14
I'd have a better accuracy score if I'd been able to spell the long words correctly first go...
I played squaredle.com 12/28:
69/69 words (+2 bonus words)
🎯 In the top 14% by accuracy
🔥 Solve streak: 14
This comes up every year, esp pre-Harrogate.
1. Remember that where you see "clique" you may be looking at "friends".
2. Just talk to people (Qs are useful!), be friendly and interested in them - you maybe have a nice five minutes, you maybe make a friend for life (I have!).
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1. Remember that where you see "clique" you may be looking at "friends".
2. Just talk to people (Qs are useful!), be friendly and interested in them - you maybe have a nice five minutes, you maybe make a friend for life (I have!).
#BookSky 📚💙
Talking to one of these types at a con who asked how I 'got in' with so many 'famous writers' who I'd been talking to and I said "we made friends before anyone knew who we were decades ago by striking up interesting conversations and enjoying each other's company" and he kept re-asking the question.
They have come to the convention hoping to "break in" and then find themselves -- shocker! -- a "nobody in the book world." Yeah no shit! We all are! I have gently told guys like this a million times that it takes most of us *years* of hard work but they do not believe that could be true for them. +
December 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This comes up every year, esp pre-Harrogate.
1. Remember that where you see "clique" you may be looking at "friends".
2. Just talk to people (Qs are useful!), be friendly and interested in them - you maybe have a nice five minutes, you maybe make a friend for life (I have!).
#BookSky 📚💙
1. Remember that where you see "clique" you may be looking at "friends".
2. Just talk to people (Qs are useful!), be friendly and interested in them - you maybe have a nice five minutes, you maybe make a friend for life (I have!).
#BookSky 📚💙
December 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Some of us are ahead of the Telegraph in our knowledge of life on Enceladus... @dougjohnstone.bsky.social @orendabooks.bsky.social #Sandy 🐙
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December 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Some of us are ahead of the Telegraph in our knowledge of life on Enceladus... @dougjohnstone.bsky.social @orendabooks.bsky.social #Sandy 🐙
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