At Dobbies Garden Centre in Aberdeen and look who's there too! Heather Critchlow

What a brilliantly empathetic piece on conspiracy and why it's so attractive in this time of uncertainty.

theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

Paul Auster, American author of The New York Trilogy, dies aged 77 theguardian.com/books/2024/may…

The launch of Genevieve Jagger's debut novel Fragile Amimals the other night was great, and the book looks awesome! Gatefold cover, contents page, love it. Can't wait to read!

🇵🇸Incredibly eerie and powerful silent march happening in Glasgow right now to mark over 200 days of genocide in Palestine by the apartheid state of israel

Somerset Capital Management founded by Jacob Rees-Mogg owns £105m of Infosys shares. Infosys is owned by Rishi Sunak's wife.

Infosys has been given more than £2bn in contracts by Rishi Sunak.

The corruption is unlimited and everyone is in on it.

Aberdeen Airport! Love the idea of someone picking up a copy for the plane. Come fly with me!

Stoked to have my short story SECRET INGREDIENTS republished on SF Caledonia, a new home for Scottish scifi. I've described this story as Kitchen Confidential x Monsters, Inc. It was also inspired by my time as a KP.
sfcaledonia.scot/secret-ingredi…

Next #creativeconversations is with our own
Meagan Jennett
speaking about her novel YOU KNOW HER - join in person or online on Monday 29 April at 1pm
@uofgla
chapel book here eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-con…

ONLY IN THE GRB! - We're super-grateful to James Taylor and #caledonianroad author Andrew O'Hagan for this fabulous interview Faber Books - it's a great read packed with fascinating insights into Andrew's process and ideas. Read it in full right here - wp.me/p3nrhP-7ud

Once you've handed in all your book projects to your editor, the next logical step is to learn to RocknRoll and Front Shuv. A lot of writers ignore this and it causes them many problems.

For #EarthDay2024 , it would be a great time to pick up a copy of Shoreline of Infinity 🏖∞'s special Climate Change Issue - featuring 11 stories and flash fiction, poetry, essays, reviews, a special Q&A with Kim Stanley Robinson, and more! Check it out! 🌐✨🌱💚
shorelineofinfinity.com/product/shorel…

Gaza death toll now over 34,000 - mostly children and women. theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

His wife's already setting up a company to bid on the sick note assessments contact, you can just feel it.

Absolutely desperate to scrape some votes from the bottom of the barrel before the GE by stirring up any hate and division they can.
theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Huge congrats to Kate Foster and SG Maclean for their CWA noms! So happy to see Pushkin Vertigo (@PushkinPress) up for best crime publisher!! 🎊