I've really enjoyed working with emerging writers over the last few years and I am now pleased to be launching my fiction writing mentoring service. Feel free to get in touch if you feel this is something you can benefit from 😄 #writingcommunity

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Writers - looking to have your first work published? Completed a story with great potential, which might need a little help? We offer new writers the chance to develop work for publication in Product. All welcome. Please RT #Writersmentors #writerslift
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📻💕 This week's Alistair Braidwood Show CamGlen Radio 107.9FM has an interview with Broxden Knocks, featured album is
wojtek the bear 'shaking hands with the NME' + books, TV, podcasts & gigs.

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📻 This week's Alistair Braidwood Show CamGlen Radio 107.9FM has an interview with Jeshua, the featured album is kathryn williams+Withered Hand 'Willson Williams' + books, TV, podcasts & gigs.

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ICYMI: Sue Palmer on The Anxious Generation
'If you know anything about evolutionary biology or child development, it’s clear the change from a play based to a phone based childhood has implications for kids' long-term physical and mental health' #parenting #anxiousgeneration

Sue Palmer on Jonathan Haidt 's Anxious Generation which deftly highlights the explosion in mental health problems among the young, BigTech techniques to turn kids into phone addicts, + the neurological consequences of early addiction to social networking:
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YES! there's nothing quite like a physical book. You can order a copy of First Love here:

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Returned home and found this in the post. Props to Product magazine for making it into a physical thing. Looks great. Been enjoying all the pieces, particularly the final one by the peter burnett - genius!

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📻 This week's Alistair Braidwood Show CamGlen Radio 107.9FM has an interview with I See Islands, the featured album is aerial 'Activities of Daily Living' + books, TV, podcasts & gigs.

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#NewMusicFriday thread of joy 🧵🎶✨ this Sunday it's Afternoon Delight down LEITH DEPOT 3-6 🫶 #Brenda (get their album LastNightFromGlasgow) #TheCords (brand new brilliant band) & our pals Sons Of The Descent & an exclusive listen to my brand new single Home out next weekend! 🥳

First Love Anthology Product magazine
£7.99

10 short stories from Scotland and beyond.

eBook available in PDF, ePub and Mobi file types

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🎭💕 The latest Alistair Braidwood podcast is an interview with dance-theatre artist & director Charlotte Mclean, writer Nelly Kelly & composer Malin Lewis to learn all about 'Futuristic Folktales'.

Full details, including all the ways to listen, are here
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Congratulations to our literary editor Luca Serra and best of luck to all shortlisted writers! 👏

In the 2011 census, 1.5 million people in Scotland identified as Scots speakers, which makes Scots the UK’s most widely spoken minority language.

Read our article exploring the status of Scots as a language and the power of multilingualism 👇

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📚💕 This week's reading includes the new historical novel by Sara Sheridan, 'The Secrets of Blythswood Square' - published by Hodder & Stoughton - which is a fascinating & involving read. It's also beautifully written.

Learn more & get yourself a copy here 👉 hachette.co.uk/titles/sara-sh…

If you'd like to see a preview of the main arguments in The Anxious Generation, here it is. Thanks to The Atlantic for letting me tell the story.