Peter Ross
@peteralanross.bsky.social
New book, Upon A White Horse: Journeys In Ancient Britain & Ireland, will be published by Headline on September 11, 2025. Available for pre-order here: https://linktr.ee/UponAWhiteHorse
“Ross is not just writing about a specific place or feature, but the people associated with it. It’s a gallimaufry of encounters.”
I’m delighted that Upon A White Horse has been included in @scotsman.com’s Books of 2025.
I’m delighted that Upon A White Horse has been included in @scotsman.com’s Books of 2025.
November 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
“Ross is not just writing about a specific place or feature, but the people associated with it. It’s a gallimaufry of encounters.”
I’m delighted that Upon A White Horse has been included in @scotsman.com’s Books of 2025.
I’m delighted that Upon A White Horse has been included in @scotsman.com’s Books of 2025.
Delighted that Upon A White Horse has made it into the Financial Times’s Books of 2025. The full list is in this weekend’s paper. Many thanks to Tom Robbins for choosing my book.
November 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Delighted that Upon A White Horse has made it into the Financial Times’s Books of 2025. The full list is in this weekend’s paper. Many thanks to Tom Robbins for choosing my book.
Had a bag of chips in a graveyard.
November 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Had a bag of chips in a graveyard.
I had the great good fortune to meet Budge, the @norwichcathedral.bsky.social cat, during my visit today. A fine fellow, is he not?
October 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I had the great good fortune to meet Budge, the @norwichcathedral.bsky.social cat, during my visit today. A fine fellow, is he not?
I have arrived at last in …
October 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I have arrived at last in …
The English leg of my book tour begins on Saturday with a sold-out event in Sheffield. Tickets remain for the other dates: Guildford, Dorchester, Bath, Norwich & Whitby. I'm also doing a special London event in the evening of October 20, as part of @stoneclub.bsky.social. Please do come, if you can.
October 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The English leg of my book tour begins on Saturday with a sold-out event in Sheffield. Tickets remain for the other dates: Guildford, Dorchester, Bath, Norwich & Whitby. I'm also doing a special London event in the evening of October 20, as part of @stoneclub.bsky.social. Please do come, if you can.
Popped into Govan Old. The Pictish sarcophagus is looking great. I signed my books in their excellent gift shop. Perhaps pick up a Christmas present while helping @govanstones.bsky.social fundraising?
October 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Popped into Govan Old. The Pictish sarcophagus is looking great. I signed my books in their excellent gift shop. Perhaps pick up a Christmas present while helping @govanstones.bsky.social fundraising?
So, I'm watching Sally Wainwright's excellent Riot Women – and, astonishingly, Joanna Scanlan's character has a copy of my book Daunderlust. I'd LOVE to know how the heck that has come about.
October 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
So, I'm watching Sally Wainwright's excellent Riot Women – and, astonishingly, Joanna Scanlan's character has a copy of my book Daunderlust. I'd LOVE to know how the heck that has come about.
Lovely to see Upon A White Horse in the autumnal window of Waterstones on Sauchiehall Street. There should still be signed copies inside, I think.
October 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Lovely to see Upon A White Horse in the autumnal window of Waterstones on Sauchiehall Street. There should still be signed copies inside, I think.
It hardly seems possible, given that Capacity exists in the world, but I’m beginning to think that this is the best Big Thief album.
September 29, 2025 at 9:37 AM
It hardly seems possible, given that Capacity exists in the world, but I’m beginning to think that this is the best Big Thief album.
“A beautifully written book of traces and absences.” Many thanks to Stuart Kelly and Scotland on Sunday for this thoughtful review of Upon A White Horse. Great to share the pages with @megaheid.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 9:58 AM
“A beautifully written book of traces and absences.” Many thanks to Stuart Kelly and Scotland on Sunday for this thoughtful review of Upon A White Horse. Great to share the pages with @megaheid.bsky.social
Great to pick up a copy of @megaheid.bsky.social’s An Inconvenience Of Penguins at the book’s Glasgow launch. I think we can all agree that is an all-time great author photo.
September 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Great to pick up a copy of @megaheid.bsky.social’s An Inconvenience Of Penguins at the book’s Glasgow launch. I think we can all agree that is an all-time great author photo.
Happy publication day to @megaheid.bsky.social, whose book An Inconvenience of Penguins is newly hatched. Great title, great concept – travelling the world to see all eighteen species of penguin – and a great story. I hope the book, unlike its daft wee earthbound subjects, takes flight.
September 25, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Happy publication day to @megaheid.bsky.social, whose book An Inconvenience of Penguins is newly hatched. Great title, great concept – travelling the world to see all eighteen species of penguin – and a great story. I hope the book, unlike its daft wee earthbound subjects, takes flight.
If anyone in Glasgow or Edinburgh would like a signed copy of Upon A White Horse, there are copies in Waterstones on Sauchiehall Street, Argyle Street, Princes Street and at the Braehead shopping centre. Blackwell’s on South Bridge and Topping on Blenheim Place also have a few.
September 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
If anyone in Glasgow or Edinburgh would like a signed copy of Upon A White Horse, there are copies in Waterstones on Sauchiehall Street, Argyle Street, Princes Street and at the Braehead shopping centre. Blackwell’s on South Bridge and Topping on Blenheim Place also have a few.
Thank you to everyone for their good wishes on the publication of Upon A White Horse. It was heartening to hear from so many of you. I hope that you will enjoy the book.
September 12, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Thank you to everyone for their good wishes on the publication of Upon A White Horse. It was heartening to hear from so many of you. I hope that you will enjoy the book.
At Glasgow’s only stone circle…
September 11, 2025 at 8:57 AM
At Glasgow’s only stone circle…
“There is something about ancient places that fills a hollow in our souls…”
September 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM
“There is something about ancient places that fills a hollow in our souls…”
Please do join me at the National Museum of Scotland on Sunday September 28. I’ll be in conversation with Dr Fraser Hunter about Upon A White Horse and objects in the museum collection. Tickets available at the link: www.nms.ac.uk/events/in-co...
September 8, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Please do join me at the National Museum of Scotland on Sunday September 28. I’ll be in conversation with Dr Fraser Hunter about Upon A White Horse and objects in the museum collection. Tickets available at the link: www.nms.ac.uk/events/in-co...
Some thoughts on the Dorset Ooser.
September 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Some thoughts on the Dorset Ooser.
On the Cerne Abbas Giant …
September 4, 2025 at 7:52 AM
On the Cerne Abbas Giant …
Book tour news. Here are the appearances that I am making for Upon A White Horse. Look out for more, including one in London. Please do come along, if you can. And if anyone would like to discuss an event at their book shop or festival then do feel free to get in touch.
September 3, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Book tour news. Here are the appearances that I am making for Upon A White Horse. Look out for more, including one in London. Please do come along, if you can. And if anyone would like to discuss an event at their book shop or festival then do feel free to get in touch.
On the run-up to publication of Upon A White Horse on September 11, I’m posting short clips of passages from the book. The second chapter, Ring, opens with a bus journey to Stonehenge for the winter solstice.
September 1, 2025 at 8:04 AM
On the run-up to publication of Upon A White Horse on September 11, I’m posting short clips of passages from the book. The second chapter, Ring, opens with a bus journey to Stonehenge for the winter solstice.
Many thanks to those good people at The Wee Book Shop in Dollar for this very cool window display. My event there is on September 17 at 7.30pm. Tickets available at the link. www.weebookshop.co.uk/events/upon-...
August 27, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Many thanks to those good people at The Wee Book Shop in Dollar for this very cool window display. My event there is on September 17 at 7.30pm. Tickets available at the link. www.weebookshop.co.uk/events/upon-...