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March reads 🌷
reread the Hunchback. read — and wept over — The Book of Disappearance and One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. necessary, profound, painful reading
listened to Fundamentally — darkly funny and wickedly sharp
(thanks to @canongate.co.uk for the One Day ARC)
reread the Hunchback. read — and wept over — The Book of Disappearance and One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. necessary, profound, painful reading
listened to Fundamentally — darkly funny and wickedly sharp
(thanks to @canongate.co.uk for the One Day ARC)
April 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
March reads 🌷
reread the Hunchback. read — and wept over — The Book of Disappearance and One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. necessary, profound, painful reading
listened to Fundamentally — darkly funny and wickedly sharp
(thanks to @canongate.co.uk for the One Day ARC)
reread the Hunchback. read — and wept over — The Book of Disappearance and One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. necessary, profound, painful reading
listened to Fundamentally — darkly funny and wickedly sharp
(thanks to @canongate.co.uk for the One Day ARC)
starting a log of my monthly reads (ignore the fact that it’s March!)
two reads following the International Booker, two weird girl reads, a queer Irish audiobook, and an upcoming @sceptrebooks.bsky.social by @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social — BRILLIANT
two reads following the International Booker, two weird girl reads, a queer Irish audiobook, and an upcoming @sceptrebooks.bsky.social by @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social — BRILLIANT
March 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
starting a log of my monthly reads (ignore the fact that it’s March!)
two reads following the International Booker, two weird girl reads, a queer Irish audiobook, and an upcoming @sceptrebooks.bsky.social by @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social — BRILLIANT
two reads following the International Booker, two weird girl reads, a queer Irish audiobook, and an upcoming @sceptrebooks.bsky.social by @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social — BRILLIANT
thrilled to be joining the 2025 committee of Hachette’s Pride network as secretary and Edinburgh office rep 🌈
February 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
thrilled to be joining the 2025 committee of Hachette’s Pride network as secretary and Edinburgh office rep 🌈
pics from Sceptre Salon!
we heard from the wildly talented authors on their 2025 list, including superstars below:
@wednesdayerskin.bsky.social, @jennymustard.bsky.social, @gabrielflynn.bsky.social, @arifa.bsky.social, @elfodongo.bsky.social & @jennashworth.bsky.social
@sceptrebooks.bsky.social
we heard from the wildly talented authors on their 2025 list, including superstars below:
@wednesdayerskin.bsky.social, @jennymustard.bsky.social, @gabrielflynn.bsky.social, @arifa.bsky.social, @elfodongo.bsky.social & @jennashworth.bsky.social
@sceptrebooks.bsky.social
February 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
pics from Sceptre Salon!
we heard from the wildly talented authors on their 2025 list, including superstars below:
@wednesdayerskin.bsky.social, @jennymustard.bsky.social, @gabrielflynn.bsky.social, @arifa.bsky.social, @elfodongo.bsky.social & @jennashworth.bsky.social
@sceptrebooks.bsky.social
we heard from the wildly talented authors on their 2025 list, including superstars below:
@wednesdayerskin.bsky.social, @jennymustard.bsky.social, @gabrielflynn.bsky.social, @arifa.bsky.social, @elfodongo.bsky.social & @jennashworth.bsky.social
@sceptrebooks.bsky.social
storm Éowyn caused a power cut in the East Neuk of Fife — there’s worse ways to spend a friday evening, i guess 💙📚
January 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
storm Éowyn caused a power cut in the East Neuk of Fife — there’s worse ways to spend a friday evening, i guess 💙📚
mega exciting book post from @faberbooks.bsky.social 📙
Tara Selter has slipped out of time — with nobody believing her, she is approaching her 365th morning of waking up on the 18th of November
Barbara J. Haveland translates the first in the septology from Danish
can’t wait to dive in !
Tara Selter has slipped out of time — with nobody believing her, she is approaching her 365th morning of waking up on the 18th of November
Barbara J. Haveland translates the first in the septology from Danish
can’t wait to dive in !
January 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
mega exciting book post from @faberbooks.bsky.social 📙
Tara Selter has slipped out of time — with nobody believing her, she is approaching her 365th morning of waking up on the 18th of November
Barbara J. Haveland translates the first in the septology from Danish
can’t wait to dive in !
Tara Selter has slipped out of time — with nobody believing her, she is approaching her 365th morning of waking up on the 18th of November
Barbara J. Haveland translates the first in the septology from Danish
can’t wait to dive in !
this *excellent* book published yesterday
horror/thriller about a crime scene cleaner — whose sister was murdered by a man calling her a ‘bat eater’ — uncovering a serial killer targeting East Asian women. oh, and it’s got hungry ghosts!
femgore at its finest!
horror/thriller about a crime scene cleaner — whose sister was murdered by a man calling her a ‘bat eater’ — uncovering a serial killer targeting East Asian women. oh, and it’s got hungry ghosts!
femgore at its finest!
January 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
this *excellent* book published yesterday
horror/thriller about a crime scene cleaner — whose sister was murdered by a man calling her a ‘bat eater’ — uncovering a serial killer targeting East Asian women. oh, and it’s got hungry ghosts!
femgore at its finest!
horror/thriller about a crime scene cleaner — whose sister was murdered by a man calling her a ‘bat eater’ — uncovering a serial killer targeting East Asian women. oh, and it’s got hungry ghosts!
femgore at its finest!
this was insanely good. motherhood, friendship, modern womanhood — and the pain that accompanies them
in the first half i was cackling aloud but by halfway through i was holding back tears and racing through it
i don’t think i can accurately do this book justice… READ IT, READ IT!!!!
in the first half i was cackling aloud but by halfway through i was holding back tears and racing through it
i don’t think i can accurately do this book justice… READ IT, READ IT!!!!
December 14, 2024 at 12:36 PM
this was insanely good. motherhood, friendship, modern womanhood — and the pain that accompanies them
in the first half i was cackling aloud but by halfway through i was holding back tears and racing through it
i don’t think i can accurately do this book justice… READ IT, READ IT!!!!
in the first half i was cackling aloud but by halfway through i was holding back tears and racing through it
i don’t think i can accurately do this book justice… READ IT, READ IT!!!!
sped through the first third of this on the train from Edinburgh to London… Holly Bourne’s latest novel is FIIIIRE*
*not a spoiler if it happens on the first page!
*not a spoiler if it happens on the first page!
December 9, 2024 at 11:47 PM
sped through the first third of this on the train from Edinburgh to London… Holly Bourne’s latest novel is FIIIIRE*
*not a spoiler if it happens on the first page!
*not a spoiler if it happens on the first page!
i’m going home for *checks notes* three days… clearly have a GoodReads goal i’m trying to hit with my slimmest books 💙📚
(75 pages left of The Outrun and i don’t want it to end)
(75 pages left of The Outrun and i don’t want it to end)
December 5, 2024 at 6:57 PM
i’m going home for *checks notes* three days… clearly have a GoodReads goal i’m trying to hit with my slimmest books 💙📚
(75 pages left of The Outrun and i don’t want it to end)
(75 pages left of The Outrun and i don’t want it to end)
some more @404ink.bsky.social greatness to add to the collection ! love a wonky book™ sale 💙📚
November 28, 2024 at 6:29 PM
some more @404ink.bsky.social greatness to add to the collection ! love a wonky book™ sale 💙📚
cosplayed as a publicist last night! helped superstar @readeatretreat.bsky.social hosting Scottish booksellers meeting Callie Hart, author of Quicksilver
just look at those endpapers!!
just look at those endpapers!!
November 28, 2024 at 11:01 AM
cosplayed as a publicist last night! helped superstar @readeatretreat.bsky.social hosting Scottish booksellers meeting Callie Hart, author of Quicksilver
just look at those endpapers!!
just look at those endpapers!!
the Hachette Edinburgh office had our Christmas party last night! 🎀🎄 i’ll not be moonlighting as a candle decorator any time soon, but it was a load of fun
November 27, 2024 at 9:44 AM
the Hachette Edinburgh office had our Christmas party last night! 🎀🎄 i’ll not be moonlighting as a candle decorator any time soon, but it was a load of fun
at the @lighthousebks.bsky.social Radical BookFair listening to Leah Cowan and Gracie Mae Bradley speaking with Nish Doshi about resisting state violence
thinking about abolition as abundance; how the state disciplines imagination; giving power to those at the sharpest edge of state violence
thinking about abolition as abundance; how the state disciplines imagination; giving power to those at the sharpest edge of state violence
November 24, 2024 at 5:58 PM
at the @lighthousebks.bsky.social Radical BookFair listening to Leah Cowan and Gracie Mae Bradley speaking with Nish Doshi about resisting state violence
thinking about abolition as abundance; how the state disciplines imagination; giving power to those at the sharpest edge of state violence
thinking about abolition as abundance; how the state disciplines imagination; giving power to those at the sharpest edge of state violence
it’s #BookWeekScotland! 💙📚🏴
here are some of my favourite Scottish novels, arranged from cool to warm colours 💙🧡💛
also, here’s a mini #bookstack from my favourite Scottish publisher, @404ink.bsky.social
here are some of my favourite Scottish novels, arranged from cool to warm colours 💙🧡💛
also, here’s a mini #bookstack from my favourite Scottish publisher, @404ink.bsky.social
November 19, 2024 at 5:04 PM
it’s #BookWeekScotland! 💙📚🏴
here are some of my favourite Scottish novels, arranged from cool to warm colours 💙🧡💛
also, here’s a mini #bookstack from my favourite Scottish publisher, @404ink.bsky.social
here are some of my favourite Scottish novels, arranged from cool to warm colours 💙🧡💛
also, here’s a mini #bookstack from my favourite Scottish publisher, @404ink.bsky.social
for anyone deep in this excellent thread by @canongate.co.uk on (among other things) social media platforms’ intended uses, actual uses, and the influence and control the owners can/do exert over the users, i recommend this book if you’d like to learn more (@jillian.bsky.social)
November 18, 2024 at 4:11 PM
for anyone deep in this excellent thread by @canongate.co.uk on (among other things) social media platforms’ intended uses, actual uses, and the influence and control the owners can/do exert over the users, i recommend this book if you’d like to learn more (@jillian.bsky.social)
ending a peaceful weekend at home in Fife with an hour of dipping in the water — with a few trips to the shore-side sauna
November 17, 2024 at 6:13 PM
ending a peaceful weekend at home in Fife with an hour of dipping in the water — with a few trips to the shore-side sauna
spending the weekend at home means trying to defeat the reading slump. keep getting distracted by that cat-shaped lump in the background, though… 💙📚
November 17, 2024 at 10:48 AM
spending the weekend at home means trying to defeat the reading slump. keep getting distracted by that cat-shaped lump in the background, though… 💙📚
my new flat meant i could put an end to floor books 📚💙
November 16, 2024 at 3:51 PM
my new flat meant i could put an end to floor books 📚💙