Absolutely delighted for Team Charco Press! They seem to be making a habit of this! 🎺🎺🎺

Head over to BfS for an extract of Phil Miller's excellent new thriller, The Hollow Tree.

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Once Upon A Time In The Amazon…

“And now, continuing our rundown of the Top 30, it’s a surprising new entry from the forgotten man of ‘Pop’, David F Ross, with There’s Only One Danny Garvey...hot on the heels of veterans, Jonathan Coe and Joseph Heller....”
#TOTP

She is no lady: she is the first queen of Scotland, married to a king called Macbeth.

Val McDermid was in the office today signing lots of copies of her novel Queen Macbeth, publishing on 2nd May!

Pre-order your signed copy here:
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📢 We'll be publishing the sequel to We Were Always Here early next year! Submit your pieces to the Queer Words Project below to be considered for publication in Fierce Salvage. Any questions or queries, check the submissions page or go to Ryan & Michael as the coordinators!

⌛️Don't forget writers, you've still time to get your applications in!

You've until 5pm today to apply for the Writer's Room programme! ✍️
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Ahead of Hope Never Knew Horizon being published later this month, Douglas Bruton has been chatting with Shawn the Book Maniac.

A brilliant conversation here, beginning one minute in, in which Douglas covers not only Hope but his other work too 👇

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Chuffed to bits that Cast a Cold Eye (Pan Macmillan), my 2nd 1930s Glasgow crime thriller, shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize, is Waterstones Scottish Book of the Month for April.

Pick me! Pick me! #InternationalChildrensBookDay

Do you live in #edinburgh and enjoy a bit of court intrigue? Toppings Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh presents Jean Findlay’s The Queen’s Lender on Monday 13th May at 7.30pm. Reserve your place here: toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinbur… #royal #indiepublishing #jacobean #spare #scottish #event #whatson

✍️ Michael Pedersen shares his thoughts on DWAMS 💖
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What splendiferous #bookpost to come back to after the Easter holidays! Thank you Corsair Books! Thank you Abacus Books! Thank you Vintage Books!

This is really disappointing news. A major city without a flagship book festival is not something to be proud of. All those cancelled events which had already been programmed? A huge loss for writers, their publishers and the audiences.

Applications are invited from Scottish writers for 'Island to Island', a residency exchange between Moniack Mhor Writing Centre & Verb Wellington in New Zealand! Details⬇️
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Creative Scotland Scottish Book Trust Books from Scotland Book Week Scotland ScottishWriters

This looks like a beautiful book!

‘This then is a book about recovery, about regaining self-confidence and rediscovering joy.’

In david robinson's latest review over on BfS, he delves deep into Esther Rutter's brave memoir All Before Me.

Read the review in full right here: booksfromscotland.com/2024/03/david-…

We’re so excited to be launching The Portobello Bookshop Masterclasses, a new series of workshops and classes this year as part of our events programme. Join us and a host of exciting artists and authors who’ll be visiting to teach Masterclasses at the bookshop.

Oh my, look at this beaut! You will fall in love with Dr Lorraine Wilson' lyrical, beautiful writing as you adventure into a truly unique apocalyptic landscape. Just remember to take your valerian and keep an eye out for the ghosts of the internet...

A brilliant night. three top books. And the fourth being written. Plus great coffee and cake from The Auld Brig, Princes Street, Perth.