@robinscottelliot.bsky.social
Author, journalist. Scotland. Latest books... Finding Treasure Island (Cranachan) Sweet Skies (Everything With Words)
Autumn circle
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Autumn mornings ❤
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President Trump is conducting “the most punishing government crackdown against major American media institutions in modern times, using what seems like every tool at his disposal to eradicate reporting and commentary with which he disagrees,” our reporter writes in an analysis.
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September Dorothy Lawrenson This far north, the harvest happens late. Rooks go clattering over the sycamores whose shadows yawn after them, down to the river. Uncut wheat staggers under its own weight. Summer is leaving too, exchanging its gold for brass and copper. It is not so strange to feel nostalgia for the present; already this September evening is as old as a photograph of itself. The light, the shadows on the field, are sepia, as if this were some other evening in September, some other harvest that went ungathered years ago.
This far north, the harvest happens late.
Rooks go clattering over the sycamores
whose shadows yawn after them, down to the river.
Uncut wheat staggers under its own weight…
—Dorothy Lawrenson, “September”
in Painted, spoken 22 (2011)
#poem #poetry
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/septemb...
Rolling back the years... delighted to see my first book on show @waterstoneskids.bsky.social Oban @everywithwords.bsky.social
"Thrilling & moving" Claire Balding
"A classic in the making" AM Howell
"Brilliantly suspenseful" Daily Telegraph Book of the Week
Rolling back the years... delighted to see my first book on show @waterstoneskids.bsky.social Oban @everywithwords.bsky.social
"Thrilling & moving" Claire Balding
"A classic in the making" AM Howell
"Brilliantly suspenseful" Daily Telegraph Book of the Week
My new favourite station
18.08.2025 11:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Bridge of Orchy
18.08.2025 11:33 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Do I know anyone with experience of book cover design who might be willing to be interviewed online by one of our Stirling students for her dissertation, please? It would take about an hour, and I can share further details...
(Please share.)
Stack of freshly-signed Finding Treasure Island at the fabulous Tackle & Books, Tobermory - perfect for those (occasional) Mull rainy days
24.07.2025 17:13 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Stack of freshly-signed Finding Treasure Island at the fabulous Tackle & Books, Tobermory - perfect for those (occasional) Mull rainy days
24.07.2025 17:13 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
On BBC Sounds: Harriett Gilbert speaks with Graeme Macrae Burnet about his novel HIS BLOODY PROJECT: about #C19th views of “the criminal class”; who, or what, was responsible for the murder at the heart of the novel; & why we continue to be fascinated by murder…
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www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
2026 book festival planning
Here we go again! Who would you like to see in 2026?
Authors, get in touch if you’re interested in joining us at next year’s festival!
Helensburghers! Neil Broadfoot and I will be chatting all things crime fiction at the Community Hub on the 4th of July. Sure, what else would you be doing…?😉📚
14.05.2025 21:29 — 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 3 📌 0We’re very excited to be hosting a book event with crime writers @liammcilvanney.bsky.social and @nlbro.bsky.social at Helensburgh Community Hub on Friday 4th July.
Liam will be telling us all about his latest novel The Good Father. Get your tickets here www.skiddle.com/whats-on/eve...
Book event
There are still some tickets available for our Liam McIlvanney & Neil Broadfoot event on 4th July - only £6 and they’re selling fast!
Liam will be discussing his new novel, The Good Father, and you’ll be able to buy copies on the night. www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Gla...
Event poster
🚨Pop-up event announcement!
We’re delighted to announce that crime writers @liammcilvanney.bsky.social and @nlbro.bsky.social will be joining us at Helensburgh Community Hub on 4th July to discuss Liam’s new novel The Good Father
Tickets are available to buy here: www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Gla...
It's the anniversary of Operation Overlord: D-Day begins as the 156,000-strong Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France, during WW2. Here is a reminder of last year's video resource, put together by @robinscottelliot.bsky.social ! @historyed.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3o6...
Love this dedication
31.05.2025 16:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Teachers, here is a fab resource to celebrate #NatonalShareaStoryMonth.
Treasure Island? Map making?
We're in! Thank you, @robinscottelliot.bsky.social !
timetunnellers.com/2025/04/24/f...
2024/25 SCOTTISH CUP WINNERS 🏆
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He survived the war via France, Tunisia, Sicily, Italy, finishing in Trieste on this day in 1945
08.05.2025 10:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
For #VEDay ... the telegram my grandad sent from Edinburgh Castle to all army units in Scotland on 3 September 1939...
08.05.2025 10:36 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Mackerel sky this morning
08.05.2025 10:26 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Waiting for a new home... signed copies on Waterstones Sauchiehall St's excellent children's floor @waterstoneskids.bsky.social
01.05.2025 18:14 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
On location!
29.04.2025 08:26 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Looking good in @waterstoneskids.bsky.social Sauchiehall Street @scattyscribbler.bsky.social
24.04.2025 18:16 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Beautiful book
20.04.2025 11:24 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
You can now watch our What’s Hot in 2025 panel for free! Make yourself a coffee and catch up with @robinscottelliot.bsky.social @susiesbookreviews.bsky.social Denise from Waterstones in Glasgow and local librarian Fiona.
Which books do you like the sound of?
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Box ticked
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