Liam McIlvanney
@liammcilvanney.bsky.social
Crime writer in the Deep South of Aotearoa New Zealand
Big in Dunedin…😉
August 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Big in Dunedin…😉
Fantastically broad, deep and illuminating conversation between Prof @maebhlong.bsky.social and the 2025 CISS Irish Writing Fellow Nicole Flattery in Dunedin tonight. Can’t wait to get cracking on these books…
August 28, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Fantastically broad, deep and illuminating conversation between Prof @maebhlong.bsky.social and the 2025 CISS Irish Writing Fellow Nicole Flattery in Dunedin tonight. Can’t wait to get cracking on these books…
That’s a wrap on The Good Father book tour. I may go for a wee lie down. Thanks to everyone who came along…💙📚
August 8, 2025 at 1:26 AM
That’s a wrap on The Good Father book tour. I may go for a wee lie down. Thanks to everyone who came along…💙📚
Great couple of days in one of my favourite spots on the planet…
August 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Great couple of days in one of my favourite spots on the planet…
Centre of the universe…
August 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Centre of the universe…
‘There is hope in honest error, none in the icy perfections of the mere stylist.’
August 1, 2025 at 7:28 AM
‘There is hope in honest error, none in the icy perfections of the mere stylist.’
Cracking night at my Aye Write pop-up event in Glasgow’s Mitchell Library. Also caught up with some auld pals…💙📚
August 1, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Cracking night at my Aye Write pop-up event in Glasgow’s Mitchell Library. Also caught up with some auld pals…💙📚
Great to finally meet, Bert, and put a face to the avatar. Hope you enjoy the book…!
August 1, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Great to finally meet, Bert, and put a face to the avatar. Hope you enjoy the book…!
Cracking night at Stirling Central Library, chatting to the excellent Craig Robertson about The Good Father and much else. Great to catch up with auld friends Emma Christie and Prof Rory Watson as well as new friends like @goldishcj4.bsky.social…💙📚
July 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Cracking night at Stirling Central Library, chatting to the excellent Craig Robertson about The Good Father and much else. Great to catch up with auld friends Emma Christie and Prof Rory Watson as well as new friends like @goldishcj4.bsky.social…💙📚
I wrote a novel set in Fairlie. I did a gig in Fairlie’s Village Inn. I made it out in one piece, with no pitchforks or flaming torches in sight. Result! What a lovely crowd…! 💙📚 #TheGoodFather
July 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I wrote a novel set in Fairlie. I did a gig in Fairlie’s Village Inn. I made it out in one piece, with no pitchforks or flaming torches in sight. Result! What a lovely crowd…! 💙📚 #TheGoodFather
Cracking night in Irvine last night, being interviewed by my stellar pal Katrina Tweedie at a Tidelines Festival event. Always a great crowd at the Harbour Arts. I’ll be back if they’ll have me…💙📚
July 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Cracking night in Irvine last night, being interviewed by my stellar pal Katrina Tweedie at a Tidelines Festival event. Always a great crowd at the Harbour Arts. I’ll be back if they’ll have me…💙📚
Feeling the love for The Good Father in Waterstones Sauchiehall Street today. Thanks a million, guys…🙏💙📚
July 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Feeling the love for The Good Father in Waterstones Sauchiehall Street today. Thanks a million, guys…🙏💙📚
Long way from Otago to Otago Street…
July 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Long way from Otago to Otago Street…
Here you go. (The Ginger Cat bookshop in Bridge of Weir has sadly closed, so that date is cancelled.)
July 24, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Here you go. (The Ginger Cat bookshop in Bridge of Weir has sadly closed, so that date is cancelled.)
No Alibis Bookstore in Belfast is one of my favourite places in the world. Top night tonight with Brian McGilloway, David Torrans and a lovely crowd to discuss The Good Father…💙📚
July 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
No Alibis Bookstore in Belfast is one of my favourite places in the world. Top night tonight with Brian McGilloway, David Torrans and a lovely crowd to discuss The Good Father…💙📚
Cracking review of The Good Father by the great Maxim Jakubowski on Crime Time…💙📚
July 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Cracking review of The Good Father by the great Maxim Jakubowski on Crime Time…💙📚
Signed copies of The Good Father in Waterstones Belfast. Get them while they’re hot etc…💙📚
July 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Signed copies of The Good Father in Waterstones Belfast. Get them while they’re hot etc…💙📚
‘This is a very fine novel, Liam McIlvanney’s best so far.’ I’ve always respected Allan Massie as a critic, even when (as with The Heretic) he’s had some harsh things to say about my own work, so I’m completely thrilled with this Scotsman review…
July 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
‘This is a very fine novel, Liam McIlvanney’s best so far.’ I’ve always respected Allan Massie as a critic, even when (as with The Heretic) he’s had some harsh things to say about my own work, so I’m completely thrilled with this Scotsman review…
Great night in Glasgow listening to these two fellows…
July 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Great night in Glasgow listening to these two fellows…
Busy day yesterday on The Good Father book tour. Signing at Waterstones Silverburn and then a gig at Waterstones Newton Mearns, expertly hosted by Kirsty Strang-Roy. Day off today then Bearsden’s Bookmonger tomorrow… 💙📚 #TheGoodFather #NoSleepTilDunners
July 16, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Busy day yesterday on The Good Father book tour. Signing at Waterstones Silverburn and then a gig at Waterstones Newton Mearns, expertly hosted by Kirsty Strang-Roy. Day off today then Bearsden’s Bookmonger tomorrow… 💙📚 #TheGoodFather #NoSleepTilDunners
If you’re wandering around Silverburn tomorrow and fancy getting a signed copy of The Good Father, I’ll be setting up my literary lemonade stall in Waterstones, 1pm to 3pm. Come and say hello…💙📚
July 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
If you’re wandering around Silverburn tomorrow and fancy getting a signed copy of The Good Father, I’ll be setting up my literary lemonade stall in Waterstones, 1pm to 3pm. Come and say hello…💙📚
Phenomenal event at Bookface in Glasgow today. Great atmosphere, engaged audience, magnificent setting, brilliantly hosted by Heather Suttie. Top day…💙📚
July 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Phenomenal event at Bookface in Glasgow today. Great atmosphere, engaged audience, magnificent setting, brilliantly hosted by Heather Suttie. Top day…💙📚
Preposterously hot in that London, but what a lovely gig at Auld Hag in the excellent company of Stephen Khan and some old friends and new. And, yes, there were pies…🥧
July 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Preposterously hot in that London, but what a lovely gig at Auld Hag in the excellent company of Stephen Khan and some old friends and new. And, yes, there were pies…🥧
Blue remembered hills. Arran from the Ayrshire coast…
July 11, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Blue remembered hills. Arran from the Ayrshire coast…