If anyone needs me, I'll be in the attic.

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Recent Reading in the Bookshop!

Luckenbooth by Jenni Fagan
Fleshmarket by Nicola Morgan
Haunted by E. Jay Gilbert
Paranormal America by Bader, Baker & Mencken
A Monstrous Commotion by Gareth Williams

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Serious book critic wishes you may live long, prosper, and read his reviews. I'm making the most of this because there aren't many bits of writing I have matching sweaters for.

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#startrek #bookreview

I recently had the privilege of interviewing Edinburgh novelist Alice Thompson about her surreal, haunting fiction. We met at Portobello Library for a conversation about artificial intelligence, Edinburgh and the influence of Sylvia Plath.

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New book review on my Substack (free!): The Last Decade of Cinema by Scott Ryan.

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Iconic Edinburgh poet Robert Fergusson is the subject of today's podcast, as I look at his breakthrough poem, 'The Daft Days':

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My review of Mortal Leap by Macdonald Harris reissued by Boiler House Press:

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