When you find you’ve still got your 20 year old son’s first pair of shoes

England, 1901. Each person, each child, has lived their life and had their own story to tell. Perhaps we pass their ancestors on the street today. So many wonderful personalities looking at us from the other side of the lens, it’s worth watching twice.

Couldn’t be a more fitting tribute to the educators who helped transform my life from gang member to author and PhD student on World Teachers Day. Thank you for everything… been a privilege to follow in their big footsteps in schools this last year. #TeachersDay #StreetGangs

Managed to get through security without my glasses on despite at first thinking this was a) a raw chicken and then b) a brain.

Fife…I’m coming your way! Book Week Scotland fun and games today onfife.com/2023/11/10/boo…

What a great welcome, brilliant participation and loads of questions to keep me on my toes! Book Week Scotland DiscoverKelpies

Once upon a time, there was a writer in Scotland who entered the #KelpiesPrize... Does this sound like the beginning of YOUR story? You have until 5pm on 29th February to submit your idea for a children's book - what are you waiting for? SCBWI Scotland The Scottish BPOC Writers Network

A gravity-defying thief, a blackmail letter, a prized space exhibit... Sounds like a case for the Museum Mystery Squad! Bring your amateur sleuths and space-experts along to Mike Nicholson pun-packed, fact-filled event at Big DoG this Saturday bit.ly/3IPWxjv Big DoG 🐾🐾

Saw Gareth P Jones also available in Bluesky in action today Always entertaining. Doubly so when I could snigger in the back row with Alan Windram

Great fun event with a lovely crowd in Dumfries Big DoG 🐾🐾 The Museum Mystery Squad back in action and the top invention of the day goes to the Radio Controlled Musical Pancakes. DiscoverKelpies

Happy International Museum Day! Explore exhibitions and crack the case with the Museum Mystery Squad series by Mike Nicholson! Mike Nicholson bit.ly/3WLPBMl #InternationalMuseumDay #MuseumMysterySquad #DiscoverKelpies

What an amazing night at the #KelpiesPrize award ceremony on Friday - congratulations to 2024 winner Callum Beesley! We were joined by Mike Nicholson and Gill Arbuthnott for the all-important announcement! Hear an extract read by janis mackay here: youtu.be/K8ucFsrjb1k

In 2005 I was bowled over to win the first ever Kelpies Prize. In 2024 I had the fun and honour of springing that surprise on Callum Beesley Thanks so much to DiscoverKelpies for inviting me back - and for all you’ve done for me and for so many other authors over 20 years.

I saw the excellent play Wish You Were Here Edinburgh Festival Fringe the same day national drugs death figures were announced and I watched Darren McGarvey Class Wars. Still processing /joining those dots but this play needs a tour and be used to help people talk instagram.com/without_compro…

Gorgeous start to a Saturday looking over Lamlash Bay and Holy Isle #Arran

I’ll soon be bringing some mystery here… #museummysterysquad DiscoverKelpies

What a lovely welcome from the team last night - I wouldn’t normally say “I’m really looking forward to November!” but this year it’s different :)

The #KelpiesPrize 2025 is now open! We're looking for ✍️ writers and 🎨illustrators living here in #Scotland who want to start a career in #ChildrensBooks. To enter, send us a selection of writing or illustration samples using our online form. Info here➡️discoverkelpies.co.uk/kelpies-prizes/

#WorldBookDay 2025 was a blast. 3 fun events in Wigtown and 250+ classes logging in from Dumfries & Galloway and beyond. The first outing for book number 13, introducing Granny with her eccentric line in gifts… DiscoverKelpies WigtownBookFestival

Ok folks - I’m off out of the Twitter world - I’m done with it - you’ll find me for the next while on Bluesky (still as writerblighter) or on LinkedIn.