Statues actually come to Glasgow for the free headgear

Gutted to hear about the death of Paul Auster, I devoured all of his books with great enthusiasm and awe theguardian.com/books/2024/may…

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I’m back on top of the world mama

Let’s go The Portobello Bookshop

Taylor Swift release day is a good time to remind you that Ticketmaster/Live Nation is a monopolistic monstrosity that screws over fans and tacks on ticketing fees as high as 75% of the ticket price.

'Time's Echo is a book with huge ambitions. In this profound study, Jeremy Eichler shows how music retains the memory not only of its creative context, but the intent of its composer.'

It's why our books editor ✨Jane Graham✨ named it best book of 2023 👇
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The most fun I ever had and it changed my life forever.

Released 36 years ago today ❤️

#moonstruck #cherchristmas

There’s a great selection of kids’ books for 0-12+ in the December edition of #BigIssue with insightful reviews ✨Jane Graham✨

Sunak is an emotional black hole. After hearing about a little boy who asked Santa for a home & his old toys out of storage, he ignored the examplecompletely & angrily lectured Labour on house building. I’m not sure he computed the human story, he simply went into hectoring mode

Budding book reviewers! Please tweet me your review of your favourite book of 2023 & it could be published in the @bigissue bumper Christmas special. Last year one tweeted review was so good I employed the writer! So give it your all.

Sunak says, with pride, he will deny the rights of people in terrible peril & block their human rights & magically declare Rwanda safe & if Labour don’t back him they’re shameful. This is a new low for an unspeakably cruel, amoral govt who celebrate ‘shutting down’ human beings

This is not true but it’s also abhorrent: most voters with concerns about immigration still think the UK should help legitimate refugees.

Awful news. Legendary poet, intellectual, freedom fighter Benjamin Zephaniah passed away this morning.

I got to know him over past years. One of most beautiful + tender souls.

I always said it was amazing the system never got him. 'They never will!', he replied.

A free man💔

A disgusting, petulant, dishonest and racist speech from Rishi Sunak.

Pretending asylum seekers are not like his parents, who are honest and hardworking.

What a new low.

Quite terrifying for an ailing NHS. We want the best care workers the world has - but we want them to leave behind their entire family for the privilege of working in a flailing UK. We don’t have enough British care workers. But we plan to punish potential life savers from abroad

The haircut is a war-crime and the Free State gobshite actually meditates...
...but the books are good, all the same.

Twitter, I'm making a list! If you're a Scottish author (born here, or live here) or have written a book based in Scotland, and it's being published next year, I'd love to hear about it! Please let me know below, or email [email protected] 📚 #plsrt #bookjourno

I have been receiving a lot of requests for signed copies of #ProphetSong . Do not fear. I shall be at the mighty Chapters Bookstore Dublin in Dublin this Friday at 5pm armed with a pen. Might see you there.