Lovely morning at Poaches Turned Gamekeepers with former publishers E C Nevin & David Reynolds and former bookseller @richardstrachan.bsky.social talking about their debut crime novels @bloodyscotland.bsky.social @muswellpress.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

A day of two halves. Fabulous feel good event with @jennycolgan.bsky.social concluding with the incredibly moving comment from a teacher who had found herself unable to read but resumed thanks to Jenny’s books. Hurrah! @hodderfiction.bsky.social @edbookfest.bsky.social #MeetMeAtTheSeasideCottages

Eloquent & intelligent observations from @frediotto.bsky.social @edbookfest.bsky.social regarding #ClimateInjustice @greystonebooks.bsky.social - Use what agency you have. We can vote, ask our MPs to do better and have conversations with our barbers & the board of governors at schools. Great event.

Mad dash around the bookshops of Edinburgh & Glasgow with the v charming Dugald Bruce-Lockhart, signing copies of #SecondSkin published by @muswellpress.bsky.social. Next stop Linlithgow, Dollar & St Andrews

As I was saying. After the headline being all about @liammcilvanney.bsky.social The McIlvanney Prize @bloodyscotland.bsky.social BookBrunch focus is on @ianrankin1.bsky.social @damedenisemina.bsky.social @dougskelton.bsky.social Congratulations one and all

Ambrose Parry still on the road. A lovely drive over to see them at Toppings, St Andrews to congratulate them on pub date & @brookmyre.bsky.social on being shortlisted for another major crime fiction prize #Theakstons #TheCrackedMirror #TheDeathofShame

Glasgow launch done with thanks to Waterstones & Drygate Brewery. Ambrose Parry aka @brookmyre.bsky.social & Marisa Haetzman head to The Bookhouse in
Broughty Ferry tonight #TheDeathofShame @canongate.co.uk

And we’re off! Happy publication week to Ambrose Parry aka @brookmyre.bsky.social & Marisa Haetzman. Glasgow tonight then Broughty Ferry & St Andrews on pub date. It’s going to be a busy few weeks…

Superb review for #BestFriends in The Times. ‘Best Friends is about pleasant surprises. The biggest surprise of all is that Andrew Meehan isn’t better known. This gentle, off-kilter book, perfectly pitched to be a word-of-mouth summer hit, should change all that.’ Proof that indie publishers rock!

Apparently we were 4th in the @publishingscotland.bsky.social quiz @ffmaddingcrowd.bsky.social in spite of getting zero points in the final round. Or studying the Scottish curriculum @forumbooks.bsky.social (80s Athena poster for excellent makeup)

Day 1 of the Publishing Scotland BA conference done. We have so many indie publishers in Scotland (& Corrbridge!) Fantastic to meet them all. Looking forward to Day 2

A friend filled launch for #BestFriends by Andrew Meehan. Glasgow’s literati were out in force & guest appearances by London literary agents, publishers & rock stars…

Absolutely love this. When I heard people enthusing about the Taylor Swift essay in the Nat 5 English paper yesterday I had no idea it was by one of my authors @joellawriting.bsky.social @muswellpress.bsky.social V proud!

This month celebrating publication of #BestFriends by Andrew Meehan with a double page spread in The Sunday Post & a fabulous interview on BBC Radio Scotland plus a Times review still to come. Launch party this Thursday in Glasgow as Muswell Press head over the border. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

V proud to be working with @greystonebooks.bsky.social & @frediotto.bsky.social using book PR to spread a hugely important message #ClimateInjustice Thanks to @dauntbooks.bsky.social Holland Park for hosting

Lovely intimate book launch for @heidiamsinckwriter.bsky.social @muswellpress.bsky.social at the gorgeous #RiversideBookshop in London Bridge #OutoftheDark

This has been a pretty spectacular Easter weekend with this great review in @thetimes.com to add to @heidiamsinckwriter.bsky.social review coverage for #OutoftheDark published by @muswellpress.bsky.social this Thursday