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Allan Radcliffe
@allanradcliffe.bsky.social
Writer & critic 🏳️‍🌈 He/Him. Novel The Old Haunts shortlisted for McKitterick Prize & Shortlisted for Saltire First Book Award 2024
allanradcliffe.co.uk https://linktr.ee/allanradcliffe
I had such a great time at the Book Nook, Stirling last night, chatting about Blurred Faces in the company of Kevin MacNeil and a lovely crowd of readers and writers. Thanks so much to Rhona Taylor for the pic! 😍 @fairlightbooks.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I'm excited to be starting my book tour for Blurred Faces at the beautiful @wedale-bookshop.bsky.social in Stow on Thursday 6 December at 7pm! Tickets are limited so please email the shop to book your spot: hello@wedalebooks.scot
wedalebooks.scot/events 😍 @fairlightbooks.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Thanks to Vikky Reilly for her lovely words about Blurred Faces in Scotland on Sunday. "Radcliffe offers readers another emotionally resonant tale of family dynamics and the complex, fragile intimacies that come from childhood shame and secrets."
Preorders available now @fairlightbooks.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Thank you so much to @markffisher.bsky.social for including #BlurredFaces in his arts round-up for The Journalist, our @nujofficial.bsky.social magazine. Only three weeks to go until publication and pre-orders are available now! @fairlightbooks.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM
No serene unboxing video for me. I tore open the packet with my teeth! So excited to finally have copies of Blurred Faces in my hands. Available to preorder now, it’s dedicated to my beloved Ryan, Sean and Bill. ❤️ @fairlightbooks.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 8:33 AM
🚨Cover reveal!🚨 I’m delighted to show off the cover for my novel, Blurred Faces, designed by Hayley Warnham. The novel - published by @fairlightbooks.bsky.social in Nov - follows two men who meet for an internet date and realise they’ve known each other all their lives. Avail for pre-order now!
July 4, 2025 at 8:49 AM
I’m delighted to have written a chapter on the National Theatre of Scotland @ntsonline.bsky.social for this mighty tome, The Oxford Handbook of Scottish Theatre 🎭. It’s been years in the making so huge congratulations to the editors, Randall Stevenson and Greg Walker!
March 12, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Thank you so much to everyone who has bought, read, reviewed and recommended The Old Haunts in 2024, and to the bookshops, festivals and events that invited me to read. Thanks to everyone at Fairlight Books and especially the friends and family who celebrated this eventful year along with me 💝🎅🎄⛄️🥰🕺🏼❄️
December 23, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Thank you so much to @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social for inviting me to read as part of the Saltire First Book Awards showcase. As you can see from this photo, I had a good laugh with fellow shortlistees Elle Machray and Nuala Watt. 😊
Pic credit: Roger Green
November 28, 2024 at 2:00 PM
🎉 Tonight! Looking forward to being part of the Saltire First Book Awards showcase @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social alongside Elle Machray and Nuala Watt with chair David Robinson. Come along to the FREE event (with refreshments!) at Scotland House, London. More: www.ticketsource.co.uk/standrewsboo...
November 26, 2024 at 9:29 AM
My current view. You can almost make out the castle hill through the snow ❄️
November 23, 2024 at 9:28 AM