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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The Burning Grounds by Abir Mukherjee (Wyndham & Banerjee #6) @radiomukhers @VintageBooks @HarvillSecker
Source: Review copy:Publication: 13 November 2025 from Harvill & SeckerPP: 384ISBN-13:978-1787302785 My thanks to Harvill Secker for a review copy In the Burning Ghats of Calcutta, where the…
Source: Review copy:Publication: 13 November 2025 from Harvill & SeckerPP: 384ISBN-13:978-1787302785 My thanks to Harvill Secker for a review copy In the Burning Ghats of Calcutta, where the…
The Burning Grounds by Abir Mukherjee (Wyndham & Banerjee #6) @radiomukhers @VintageBooks @HarvillSecker
Source: Review copy:Publication: 13 November 2025 from Harvill & SeckerPP: 384ISBN-13:978-1787302785 My thanks to Harvill Secker for a review copy In the Burning Ghats of Calcutta, where the dead are laid to rest, a man is found murdered, his throat cut from ear to ear. The body is that of a popular patron of the arts, a man who was, by all accounts, beloved by all: so what was the motive for his murder?
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November 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The Burning Grounds by Abir Mukherjee (Wyndham & Banerjee #6) @radiomukhers @VintageBooks @HarvillSecker
Source: Review copy:Publication: 13 November 2025 from Harvill & SeckerPP: 384ISBN-13:978-1787302785 My thanks to Harvill Secker for a review copy In the Burning Ghats of Calcutta, where the…
Source: Review copy:Publication: 13 November 2025 from Harvill & SeckerPP: 384ISBN-13:978-1787302785 My thanks to Harvill Secker for a review copy In the Burning Ghats of Calcutta, where the…
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Just a cheeky wee reminder about this event TONIGHT in Motherwell Library as part of Book Week Scotland. Come and ask awkward questions, I dare you. Free, but book a place here: librariesnl.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Just a cheeky wee reminder about this event TONIGHT in Motherwell Library as part of Book Week Scotland. Come and ask awkward questions, I dare you. Free, but book a place here: librariesnl.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...
@orendabooks.bsky.social
@orendabooks.bsky.social
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The Diary of Lies is, according to @nytimes.com one of the best thrillers to read right now…
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November 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The Diary of Lies is, according to @nytimes.com one of the best thrillers to read right now…
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👋 FB longpost this morning about the reincarnation of On Starlit Seas .... www.facebook.com/sheridanwrit...
Sara Sheridan Writer
Sara Sheridan Writer, Edinburgh. 202 likes · 32 talking about this. Posts about the writing life of author Sara Sheridan including historical research, publication adventures and lots of reading....
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November 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
👋 FB longpost this morning about the reincarnation of On Starlit Seas .... www.facebook.com/sheridanwrit...
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Many thanks to Alistair Braidwood for inviting me to discuss Upon A White Horse on his "Scots Whay Hae!" podcast. There are so few opportunities to talk about arts and culture in Scotland now. I think Ali does a real service to the country. www.scotswhayhae.com/post/drawing...
Drawing From The Past: The Scots Whay Hae! Podcast Talks To Peter Ross...
For the latest Scots Whay Hae! podcast we welcome back writer Peter Ross to talk to Ali about his latest book Upon A White Horse: Journeys in Ancient Britain and Ireland - published by Headline - and ...
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November 16, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Many thanks to Alistair Braidwood for inviting me to discuss Upon A White Horse on his "Scots Whay Hae!" podcast. There are so few opportunities to talk about arts and culture in Scotland now. I think Ali does a real service to the country. www.scotswhayhae.com/post/drawing...
But if you're not angry, you're not paying attention...
November 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
But if you're not angry, you're not paying attention...
@scotlandchris1.bsky.social @portybelle.bsky.social not often I finish first! Not bad, tho I had a four and a five as my last two and took really far too long to untangle them 😂
I played squaredle.com 11/15:
52/52 words (+8 bonus words)
🎯 In the top 21% by accuracy
🔥 Solve streak: 36
I played squaredle.com 11/15:
52/52 words (+8 bonus words)
🎯 In the top 21% by accuracy
🔥 Solve streak: 36
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!
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November 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
@scotlandchris1.bsky.social @portybelle.bsky.social not often I finish first! Not bad, tho I had a four and a five as my last two and took really far too long to untangle them 😂
I played squaredle.com 11/15:
52/52 words (+8 bonus words)
🎯 In the top 21% by accuracy
🔥 Solve streak: 36
I played squaredle.com 11/15:
52/52 words (+8 bonus words)
🎯 In the top 21% by accuracy
🔥 Solve streak: 36
That's how it's done. Not letting them run riot despite copyright laws, as the UK government is currently doing.
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
That's how it's done. Not letting them run riot despite copyright laws, as the UK government is currently doing.
The arts in Scotland have never been more needed while being so feebly supported by govt. Pitlochry as a destination and a community resource is the right approach, imho, and I hope it is successful and that new talent is nurtured. (I'd travel to watch Simon Russell Beale, that's for sure!)
‘I’m not just putting on nice plays’: I spoke to Hollywood star Alan Cumming about his plan to reignite theatre in the Scottish Highlands
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‘I’m not just putting on nice plays’: Hollywood star Alan Cumming’s plan to reignite theatre in the Scottish Highlands
What is the effervescent new boss at Pitlochry theatre planning for his first season? Huge names, undersung stars – and a King Lear played by ‘the woman who changed my life’
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November 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The arts in Scotland have never been more needed while being so feebly supported by govt. Pitlochry as a destination and a community resource is the right approach, imho, and I hope it is successful and that new talent is nurtured. (I'd travel to watch Simon Russell Beale, that's for sure!)
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OOFT.
The WHOLE #Skelf #Series (so far) in ONE PLACE?!
Yes please!
Get the FIRST SIX books in @dougjohnstone.bsky.social's addictive, darkly funny and unmissable the Skelfs series in one GREAT-VALUE #Boxset NOW!
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Yes please!
Get the FIRST SIX books in @dougjohnstone.bsky.social's addictive, darkly funny and unmissable the Skelfs series in one GREAT-VALUE #Boxset NOW!
Pick up your eBook box set today: bit.ly/4hUV3VM
#BookSky #PublicationDay
November 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
OOFT.
Another beautiful, haunting, thoughtful piece from Peter. If you're not following him, and reading his books, you really should be.
#BookSky 📚💙
#BookSky 📚💙
I wrote about a relic of George Orwell that has been a lucky charm during the writing of my books.
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Small Finds #9
Slate
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November 14, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Another beautiful, haunting, thoughtful piece from Peter. If you're not following him, and reading his books, you really should be.
#BookSky 📚💙
#BookSky 📚💙
If you can support with a few quid, this is a terrific organisation doing very good work quietly. If you're skint, an RT costs nothing 💕
#BookSky📚💙
#BookSky📚💙
Every child deserves the magic of books. ✨📚 But for too many families this winter, books will feel like a luxury they can't afford.
Donate to our Christmas Appeal today to give the magic of books to children and families accessing food banks this festive season. 🎄
Donate to our Christmas Appeal today to give the magic of books to children and families accessing food banks this festive season. 🎄
Scottish Book Trust
We are a national charity bringing the benefits of reading and writing to everyone in Scotland.
www.scottishbooktrust.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
If you can support with a few quid, this is a terrific organisation doing very good work quietly. If you're skint, an RT costs nothing 💕
#BookSky📚💙
#BookSky📚💙
This articulates exactly the problem I have with some ensemble characters. Take the time to make em people, not plot points.
#BookSky 📚💙
#BookSky 📚💙
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 422:
How to tell whether a secondary character stands as a person, rather than a just token. Ask:
Do they have friends apart from your MC?
Do they have hobbies, ambitions, a relationship, a job?
Do they have a life away from your MC?
If not, why are they there?
How to tell whether a secondary character stands as a person, rather than a just token. Ask:
Do they have friends apart from your MC?
Do they have hobbies, ambitions, a relationship, a job?
Do they have a life away from your MC?
If not, why are they there?
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
This articulates exactly the problem I have with some ensemble characters. Take the time to make em people, not plot points.
#BookSky 📚💙
#BookSky 📚💙
There's a West Wing episode for that...
The US Mint has ended production of the penny after 230 years.
November 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
There's a West Wing episode for that...
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I agree that the BBC should apologise to Trump for being misleading.
Right after Trump apologises for the 30,573 false or misleading claims he made during his first presidency, or for each of his current daily average of 21 new lies per.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_o...
Right after Trump apologises for the 30,573 false or misleading claims he made during his first presidency, or for each of his current daily average of 21 new lies per.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_o...
November 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I agree that the BBC should apologise to Trump for being misleading.
Right after Trump apologises for the 30,573 false or misleading claims he made during his first presidency, or for each of his current daily average of 21 new lies per.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_o...
Right after Trump apologises for the 30,573 false or misleading claims he made during his first presidency, or for each of his current daily average of 21 new lies per.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_o...
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Revealed! How I wrote the first Cesare Aldo historical thriller CITY OF VENGEANCE, in my free author newsletter this week: dvbishop.substack.com/p/writing-ve... @panmacmillan.bsky.social @jennybrownagency.bsky.social
Writing Vengeance
Behind the scenes on Cesare Aldo #1
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November 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Revealed! How I wrote the first Cesare Aldo historical thriller CITY OF VENGEANCE, in my free author newsletter this week: dvbishop.substack.com/p/writing-ve... @panmacmillan.bsky.social @jennybrownagency.bsky.social
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Enormous thanks to @panmacmillan.bsky.social for sending me an advance reading copy via @netgalley.bsky.social of the new novel from
@chrisewan.bsky.social - Eye Spy will be out in March and up for pre-order now!
@chrisewan.bsky.social - Eye Spy will be out in March and up for pre-order now!
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Enormous thanks to @panmacmillan.bsky.social for sending me an advance reading copy via @netgalley.bsky.social of the new novel from
@chrisewan.bsky.social - Eye Spy will be out in March and up for pre-order now!
@chrisewan.bsky.social - Eye Spy will be out in March and up for pre-order now!
Wallpaper listening all day to commercial radio... Me at 16 sneered at anything that wasn't on tape or vinyl, other than the chart show and John Peel.
What do you like now that 16 year old you would hate you for?
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Wallpaper listening all day to commercial radio... Me at 16 sneered at anything that wasn't on tape or vinyl, other than the chart show and John Peel.
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I must shout about this @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social goody bag proof, The Drowning Place by @sarahhilary.bsky.social It's gripping, eerie, full of emotional depth &has a supernatural thread = SUPERB. Out next spring. My only problem is I now have a long wait til book2! 😂
#BookSky 📚💙
#BookSky 📚💙
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I must shout about this @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social goody bag proof, The Drowning Place by @sarahhilary.bsky.social It's gripping, eerie, full of emotional depth &has a supernatural thread = SUPERB. Out next spring. My only problem is I now have a long wait til book2! 😂
#BookSky 📚💙
#BookSky 📚💙
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It was an absolute honour to chat with Elif Shafak for the @royalliteraryfund.bsky.social podcast. Full of insight and fun, I hope! @annmorgan.bsky.social @orendabooks.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/3a98...
open.spotify.com/episode/3a98...
November 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
It was an absolute honour to chat with Elif Shafak for the @royalliteraryfund.bsky.social podcast. Full of insight and fun, I hope! @annmorgan.bsky.social @orendabooks.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/3a98...
open.spotify.com/episode/3a98...
Just because it's lovely (with amazing acoustics).
And because it reminds me of the years I spent in choirs, and the magic of being in the middle of voices (tho I never heard fully the sound we made, that's a magic only the audience gets - I wish someone had recorded us!).
And because it reminds me of the years I spent in choirs, and the magic of being in the middle of voices (tho I never heard fully the sound we made, that's a magic only the audience gets - I wish someone had recorded us!).
My dad sings in an incredible semi-professional choir in Portland and I’ve heard them sing this so many times and I cannot tell you how jealous I am that I don’t get to be one of the voices you never hear but you couldn’t live without who makes this sound possible
November 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Just because it's lovely (with amazing acoustics).
And because it reminds me of the years I spent in choirs, and the magic of being in the middle of voices (tho I never heard fully the sound we made, that's a magic only the audience gets - I wish someone had recorded us!).
And because it reminds me of the years I spent in choirs, and the magic of being in the middle of voices (tho I never heard fully the sound we made, that's a magic only the audience gets - I wish someone had recorded us!).
This is a very nifty idea 👇
📝 It’s time to Write More! Tickets at the link below.
Did you know that we do a monthly writing/admin group? Probably not as we’ve been pretty low-key in trialling it!
But it’s official, in the first week of the month you can come to Argonaut Books in the evening and get some work done.
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Did you know that we do a monthly writing/admin group? Probably not as we’ve been pretty low-key in trialling it!
But it’s official, in the first week of the month you can come to Argonaut Books in the evening and get some work done.
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Write More // Argonaut Books – Thurs. 4th December @ 6:30pm
A low-pressure, low-key writing/admin group in the bookshop! (As much tea/coffee/hot chocolate as you can drink) It’s time to Write More! Do you need time and space to get organised fo…
argonautbooks.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This is a very nifty idea 👇
So very this. Don't spread your germs around!
Lemme give you an example of why behaving like an event's covid policy magically doesn't apply to you is dogwater behaviour. Not that people who do this care about the fallout, they got what they wanted.
Regardless, let's begin.
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Regardless, let's begin.
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November 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM
So very this. Don't spread your germs around!
It me and @louisewelsh00.bsky.social namesake 😍
November 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It me and @louisewelsh00.bsky.social namesake 😍
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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.
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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...