Lisa Ballantyne Writer

Merci @ifecosse.bsky.social 📚 for hosting myself and Elise Hugueny-Léger moderated by Magnus Linklater to discuss our writing and the Auld Alliance Wonderful afternoon 💖

25.10.2025 16:21 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

📚 Scottish author @ballantyne-writer.bsky.social and French author Elise Hugueny-Léger will be at @ifecosse.bsky.social to talk about their novels and connections to France, and to sign copies of their books ✨

25 Oct at @ifecosse.bsky.social
🎟️ www.ifecosse.org.uk/events-agend...

20.10.2025 16:09 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Talk with authors Lisa Ballantyne and Elise Hugueny-Léger - Institut français · Écosse Scottish author Lisa Ballantyne and French author Elise Hugueny-Léger will be at the Institut français d’Écosse to talk about their novels and connections to France, and to sign copies of their books....

So looking forward to my event with Elise Hugeueny-Leger talking about Scotland and France and the Auld Alliance at the wonderful @ifecosse.bsky.social ...
Books 📚 for sale too thanks to the Edinburgh Bookshop. @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social Join us!

www.ifecosse.org.uk/events-agend...

19.10.2025 19:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Meet the author Elise Hugueny-Léger - Institut français · Écosse Meet French writer Elise Hugueny-Léger for a talk on her first creative writing non-fiction, Twenty twenty: petites traversées franco-britanniques, which came out with Editions Créaphis in 2024.  A ta...

9 Oct 4pm our Dr Elise Hugueny-Léger will give a talk at @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social on her first creative writing non-fiction, Twenty twenty: petites traversées franco-britanniques, a tale of a constant in-between 2 countries, France & the UK. Book here: www.ifecosse.org.uk/events-agend...

06.10.2025 11:56 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Signing copies of #TheInnocentOne
‪@mysteriousbookshop.com‬ in New York City #NYC - does it get any better? Love this independent bookstore! #Scotland #Glasgow

13.06.2025 19:12 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Fabulous evening at the Book Nook Stewarton for the launch of @writerkcampbell.bsky.social ‘s enthralling new novel #ThisBrightLife @canongate.co.uk

31.05.2025 16:18 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Upcoming Events — The Book Nook

Join us to hear @writerkcampbell.bsky.social talking about her fabulous new novel This Bright Life The Book Nook Stewart Friday 30 May, 7pm

27.05.2025 19:32 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Delighted to have Lisa chairing, in such a wonderful warm book shop. See you Friday, Stewarton folks!

23.05.2025 07:03 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

This Bright Life by Karen Campbell — The Book Nook Gerard is twelve. He hates his name, but loves flying round the streets of Glasgow on his bike, or mucking about with his gang, the Broncos. He's a bright kid, but trouble seems to follow him. No o...

So looking forward to chairing @writerkcampbell.bsky.social at Book Nook Stewarton to talk about the wonderful This Bright Life.
Next Friday evening 📚
This Bright Life by Karen Campbell — The Book Nook #books

www.booknookstewarton.co.uk/shop/p/brigh...

22.05.2025 22:17 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

We Can Make an Impact. Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training

I just signed this petition to protect authors' livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their works for AI training. Please sign it too! Thank you @alcs.co.uk @societyofauthors.bsky.social

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03.04.2025 18:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Wonderful event last night with renowned author Mai Jia. (The book I’m holding is my own novel Chinese edition) @uofglasgow.bsky.social p

22.03.2025 14:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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:
societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...

21.03.2025 17:04 — 👍 1341    🔁 796    💬 24    📌 91

Full house tonight for discussion with Mai Jai about his new novel ‘The Colonel and the Eunuch’. Thanks to @UofGlasgow for hosting

21.03.2025 18:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

In conversation with Chinese author Mai Jia Join us for this free event with acclaimed Chinese novelist Mai Jia, with an opportunity to talk with the author and get your books signed.

I will be in conversation with acclaimed Chinese author Mai Jia at @uofglasgow.bsky.social next Friday. Can't wait!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-convers...

16.03.2025 18:56 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

We had the honor of welcoming the bestselling Scottish #author @ballantyne-writer.bsky.social at @ifecosse.bsky.social for a presentation on the themes of her #novels "The Guilty One", "Good Bad Love" and "Little Liar"!

📚 Check out our upcoming conferences and literary events: bit.ly/3QBZ1pG

26.02.2025 17:36 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

Tonight!

25.02.2025 13:13 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

The Good Books, Lisa Ballantyne: 'I am anticipating Margaret Atwood’s memoir, as I young writer I found great solace in her non-fiction' - Scottish Field Scottish writer Lisa Ballantyne on how she always tries to finish a book, the author who has inspired her and what’s she is reading now.   The first book I remember reading: Before I even went to scho...

Lovely to speak to Scottish Field about reading and writing.
www.scottishfield.co.uk/books/the-go...

25.02.2025 13:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0