@Jude_Maclaverty bernard maclaverty Loved this film, and Cal too. Your dad is such a beautiful writer. Thanks for giving us the chance to watch it again & reminding me I also have this on my bookshelf!

Today marks the start of the Mòd Mòd Nàiseanta Rìoghail ¦ Royal National Mòd in Paisley. This is the premier Gaelic festival and to mark it we wanted to share this great portrait Alasdair made of his good friend and Gaelic poet Aonghas MacNeacail in 1984. Highly recommend reading his work…

bernard maclaverty Reading last night thi wurd was a Tour de Force !

@WordsOConnor thi wurd Elysia Welch Stevie Jackson bernard maclaverty it was great to hear you read!

@ChrisKelso5 elle nash thi wurd @WordsOConnor bernard maclaverty Fantastic lit event

A shot of the great bernard maclaverty reading at our event on 14th Oct during a brilliant, intense & timely reading of his classic short story ‘Walking the Dog’ #thiwurd

Wonderful to hear bernard maclaverty read again at thi wurd.

Wow! amazing to be on a shelf with all these amazing Faber Academy alumni. Thanks Charles Spicer for reposting! Maddy Fletcher Kate Maxwell @SyTheAuthor Kara Gnodde Helen Sedgwick bernard maclaverty Magnus McGrandle Robert Muchamore Liz Webb Mimi Deb Charlotte Duckworth / Rixon | Author Alison Stockham Sarah Clarke #TheNightSheDies

Thinking back to the Oct 2023 thi wurd event when final performer bernard maclaverty read the title story from his magnificent collection ‘Walking the Dog’, before finishing with one-pager ‘On the Art of the Short Story’ from the same collection. A stunning & fitting reading #Stories

@MairiD bernard maclaverty Me too Mairi, I felt like I was trapped in that car with the character. Intense.

Travelled from Bristol for this thi wurd event. Worth it to hear bernard maclaverty read. About 150 folks in venue and you could've heard a pin drop. Very special literary and musical event. Well done to everyone who put it on. Will be back to Glasgow for next one #thiwurd

@neilcambers bernard maclaverty It was a particularly intense reading to close our night.

Literary Magazines & Indie Publishers thi wurd bernard maclaverty I had to leave before the end, and I was so sad to miss him, one of my favourite writers. And readers. He can show us all a thing or two about writing AND reading aloud.

Did you know that Alasdair Gray was an ethical employer? He paid his assistants the same rate of pay as himself, £15 per hour, with often excess funds in his account from awards/commissions being donated to charity. For #LivingWageWeek Living Wage Scotland

Bernard MacLaverty’s Lamb (1980) begins in a Home for boys run by christian brothers. One of the youngest brothers, Michael Lamb, is horrified by the place & when he inherits some money, he leaves, taking with him 12-year-old Owen Kane. Thanks to Fintan O'Toole for the info.

I’m off to Northern Ireland tomorrow! Stopping by WaterstonesBallymena and Waterstones Coleraine! Also taking a trip to Belfast to visit @NOALIBISBOOKS - my first ever visit. Some of my favourite authors wax lyrical about this shop, and it’s an INDIE, so I’m very excited about it!!

Anyone got any exit poll data for Northern Ireland (other than - Other: 18…)?

Rach Hey Rachelle, you are thinking of ‘On the Roundabout’ by bernard maclaverty. It’s one of my favourite short stories. The collection it’s from ‘Matters of Life & Death’ is a must-read. The family in the story witness an attempted murder, while driving.

Friday 8 November 5pm the brilliant Don Paterson will talk about his memoir Toy Fights,his poetry & play his guitar then announce the winner of our poetry competition - what a great start to this year’s Hoolie. Tickets: a-write-highland-hoolie.com Scottish Book Trust Scottish Poetry Library