We are delighted to announce 'The Magic of Stories: Scotland's Book Sculptures', a timed online fundraising auction in support of Scottish Book Trust @scottishbktrust taking place from 25 Jan to 01 Feb. Discover the wonderful pieces featuring in the sale: bit.ly/3GQUBV4

LAST DAY to vote! If you’ve not done it already, please vote for your top £eith Chooses projects by midnight on Monday 31st January, when voting closes. edinburgh.gov.uk/voteleithchoos…

The greatest film review ever written. You won’t regret it. Joel Coen's "The Tragedy of Macbeth", Reviewed by Ethan Coen imightbewrong.substack.com/p/joel-coens-t…

Monica Vitti (1931 – 2022)

PUBLICATION DAY! Want a sinister house with a grisly past on the English-Scottish border in 1923? Want a charming but volatile local landowner & a mysterious woman whose very presence seems to be a secret? Want a posh idiot trying to figure it all out? Then may I humbly suggest:

My brother's book's out today! Spooky ghostly goings on set in the Borders. Couldn't be more proud. Off to Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh later to buy myself a copy and see how much has changed since the draft I read :)

Friday is #Decades day and it's my pleasure to welcome Mathew West Mathew West (account inactive) to the Decades Library. Mathew has selected five new books (one per decade from five consecutive decades) which will be added to the Decades Library shelves grabthisbook.net/?p=6388

The highest honour I can think of. I've been pinching myself all day. S33e13 Boyz N The Highlands. The Simpsons... THE SIMPSONS!

This might get taken down as it's video but... THEY EVEN DID THE BACKSTORY MONTAGE EDITS! And nailed the sound effects

Robert Powell is Richard Hannay in a dashing adaptation of John Buchan’s classic novel The Thirty-Nine Steps, this Sunday morning at 11 am.

Look it's my daft face and some words I wrote about writing and books and so on. Also me banging on about #KateBush again, before it was popular.

After a couple of years in Covid/HMV collapse limbo, Far From the Apple Tree is finally physically here. Redemption DVD 11/7, BFI Player in Sept and US DVD via Kino Lorber soon And Rose and Shawn's great soundtrack is still on Glass Modern Thanks Nigel store.hmv.com/store/film-tv/…

Lost a 1930s gold Omega watch in the last half hour between Drummond Place and Laurieston Place, Edinburgh. Perhaps on Lothian Buses 27 calling at Laurieston Place 13.15ish. Initials on back. Given to me by someone long gone. Please retweet.

Mara: The Seal Wife is available to watch for free until the 14th Aug at lonelywolffilmfest.com #selkie #folklore #outerhebrides #northuist #SupportIndieFilm

Scottish horror/thriller 'Dark Highlands' now streaming via Planet On Fire - Streaming Indie Films Not funded by the Scottish tourist board. planetonfire.video/programs/dark-… #HorrorMovies #horror #Scotland #Terror

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The House of Footsteps lives in paperback! I love the inverted colours on this edition. It's out 13 October, just in time for the nights drawing in and the air turning a little chilly... Oh, and what's that lurking at the back..? 🤔

Tonight! Why, that's less than a day away! I'm really looking forward to this to launch the paperback of The House of Footsteps. And may I say WaterstonesLivingston have really gone above and beyond with the promo imagery! 😁🖤