Graeme Armstrong

Massive thanks to Places for People for organising a run of Edinburgh #StreetBelonging anti-violence events!

Brilliant effort from the youngsters in Craigroyston and Portobello today 👏🏻

Our exciting event for Check It Oot! with @graemearmstrong.bsky.social at #CoatbridgeLib is officially SOLD OUT.

There's still spaces at our other #CheckItOot! events though if you want to get involved.

Discover more: culturenl.co.uk/Oot

Supported by Hands Up For Trad.

Sold out ⚠️ Looking forwards to getting into the big issues…

Catch yees in the bold Airdrie!

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Back on home turf in Airdrie Library for their centenary celebration with a #StreetBelonging event for adults, exploring historical/current gangs & territorial violence through my lived experience and work.

25 Sep 2025 - 17:30 on.
Tix l free but spaces limited!
(Over 16s only!)

Cheers @irvinewelsh.bsky.social!

We need more Scottish working class youngsters given the opportunity to write and be heard.

🗞️ Edinburgh Evening News

This is sold out - but Airdrie Library event in Sept announcing soon!

Back on home turf for this yin… chatting about THE YOUNG TEAM, RAVEHEART and the journey so far…

Very limited spaces!

Coatbridge Library
Tues 21st Oct
6-7pm

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Buzzin! Local youngsters get involved!

#TheYoungTeam

Good luck to the youngsters receiving SQA exam results tomorrow! (Esp the Higher / Nat 5 English & Mods classes I worked with this year in Drumchapel, Elgin, Clydebank and Alloa!)🤞

Always humbling to see you guys studying the #TheYoungTeam!

#NoWrongPath

Clear messages from the SVRU and Medics Against Violence echoed by many organisations who care in the recent youth violence summit to Scotland’s young people 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Protect yourselves, your future, your families and communities by never carrying a blade

Definitely worth your time, this series. Eye-opening.

⚠️All three eps of #StreetGangs on BBC Scotland channel from 10pm back-to-back! ⚠️ Back on iPlayer afterwards!

4th Estate pre-empts 'love letter to rave' from Graeme Armstrong in 'hotly contested race' 4th Estate has pre-empted a "love letter to rave" from one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists Graeme Armstrong in a "hotly contested race".

I’m hard to cheer up at the moment, but this definitely has. Most exciting book news of my year #graemearmstrong #raveheart
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Recent youth violence in Scotland shows a need remains to have challenging conversations, reinforcing positive choices as alternatives to gangs & carrying weapons.

Kicking off a busy week of #StreetBelonging events in Cleveden Secondary👏🏻

📸 Boxfresh Glasgow

#NoKnivesBetterLives

Absolutely gutted to hear of another young Scottish life lost due to knife violence.

Never carry a blade, troops 🚫 they’re no toys, fashion accessories or self defence tools!

All thoughts to this young man’s family and friends

#ViolencePrevention
#NoKnivesBetterLives

Massive thanks to Caldervale High in Airdrie and StLukes High in Barrhead today for having me to deliver #StreetBelonging staff inputs!

#TheYoungTeam
#ViolencePrevention

What a great text to study in High School!

A heartfelt thank you to the young people of @LesmahagowHigh who wrote to me after a #StreetBelonging event…

I read every letter and many powerful reflections about their community and lives.

Wishing you all the brightest futures ahead!

#TheYoungTeam
#ViolencePrevention

Huge thank you to @graemearmstrong.bsky.social for delivering another fantastic presentation to our S3 cohort! Such an important and inspiring message 👏🏼 @lesmahagowhigh.bsky.social

To anyone struggling to make their art:

THEY WANT YOU TO STOP WRITING/PAINTING/MAKING.

They fear our rich inner lives, beyond even their reach. They fear our revolutionary fantasies, our ungovernable and unprofitable thoughts.

Yes, the obstacles are greater than ever.

So is the need.

Thank you for your thought provoking presentation Graeme. Inspiring 👏🏼

Thanks to @falkirkhighschool.bsky.social staff for having me today deliver the keynote for their inset.

Brilliant discussions and training sessions throughout the day!

#StreetBelonging
#ViolencePrevention

At Blake Friedmann we’re appalled that authors’ works have been used without permission or remuneration to train Meta’s AI model. We’re calling on Meta to #DoTheWriteThing and compensate authors for the work they took, as well as seeking their consent for all future uses.

This is brilliant news! Really looking forward to RAVEHEART - & also really excited to think of how Warp Films will work with your writing to adapt it for screen! Congratulations.

Always humbling to see pupils studying #TheYoungTeam
👏🏻 Drumchapel High were one of the first to teach it and been working together since!

Some seriously talented young people over there ⚠️

Top class day at SPFL Trust
#Cashback celebration with Spartans, Kilmarnock & Morton young people at Topgolf👏🏻

(Years since I swung a club n was chronic right enough⛳️😮‍💨)

10/10 speakers…

2nd Chance Project
Alex Rae
DJ Scooby Cocharane
ZanderMurray
Show Racism the Red Card

One of our own PhD researchers, @graemearmstrong.bsky.social, bestselling author of #TheYoungTeam is set to have his novel adapted into a TV drama. 🎬

Coming soon to your BBC screens - stay tuned! 📺

Tremendous book and essential reading around the care experience from one of Scotland’s best

See also #ThePanopticon

#Ootlin

We are disappointed but not surprised that Meta has used millions of pirated books to develop its AI systems.

As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting.

But what can authors do? Read here:
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