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Craig Smith

@smicht.bsky.social

Second novel The River out now. First novel The Mile still available on Amazon. Fan of Scottish independence, pop music played by underachieving scruffs, Celtic FC, and being European.

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Sardinian souvenirs offer generally all good advice.

10.10.2025 22:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ“š Dates and ticket details for @smicht.bsky.social events can be found on our Linktree page...
๐Ÿ‘‰ linktr.ee/intocreative

02.10.2025 10:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thatโ€™s enough to push me back to Lidl. Patter theft is the worst.

24.09.2025 21:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Col โ€œdid ye ayeโ€ dug tweet.

Col โ€œdid ye ayeโ€ dug tweet.

Thereโ€™s yer @colken.bsky.social going cross-platform viral on the Facebook.

24.09.2025 21:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Get your tickets now for the first Balfron Book Festival!

www.balfronbookfestival.com

#books #booksky #BluSkybooks #amreading #amwriting #book #authors

27.07.2025 12:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sophie and Rachel from the Balfron Book Festival team showing off their lovely lupine merch!
Check our site for our full collection of hoodies, t shirts, beanies, wine tumblers and more - link in bio ๐Ÿบ
#scottishbookfest #stirlingshire #bookfestival2025
#books
#booksky

28.07.2025 05:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Weโ€™re incredibly excited that Gill Sims is joining us at Balfron Book Festival.
Gillโ€™s best selling Why Mummy book series are VERY sweary, VERY relatable & VERY funny!
Join her as she talks about her books, trials of parenting & her hugely successful Peter & Jane blog
Tickets via link โฌ†๏ธ
#booksky

28.07.2025 20:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Our hard working volunteers are taking every opportunity to promote the Balfron Book Festival!
Weโ€™re very excited to see you over the weekend of 5-7 September.
To get your tickets, and your very own BBF t-shirt or hoodie as modelled by our team, go to www.balfronbookfestival.com
#books #booksky

01.08.2025 23:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Join retired hill shepherd & bestselling author Sion Barrington for an afternoon of storytelling rooted in the wilds of Perthshire.

Tales rich in Scottish history, folklore and hard-earned wisdom, winner of the SAC Book Award.

#books #booksky

Booking Essential - www.balfronbookfestival.com

05.08.2025 17:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We're delighted to be partnering with
award -winning Daydreams Bookshop in Milngavie for Balfron Book Festival.
The team will be joining us at a number of our author events so that you can pick up our writers' latest releases on the day!
Purchase tickets on our website www.balfronbookfestival.com

06.08.2025 20:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We are absolutely thrilled to have Hestor Musson, author of bestselling period novel The Beholders joining us at Balfron Book Festival.

Donโ€™t miss your chance to come along. Tickets are ยฃ5 and available on our website www.balfronbookfestival.com

#books #booksky #bookfestival

07.08.2025 21:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Crime queen @Alex Kane is heading to the Balfron Book Festival

๐Ÿ“… Sat 6 Sept, 11.30am
๐Ÿ“ Balfron High School

Author of gritty psychological thrillers like The New Friend and The Family Business, Alex brings stories full of secrets, suspense and Glasgow grit.

Tickets via the festival website โฌ†๏ธ

08.08.2025 08:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
Into Creative partners with Viv Loves Film Into Creative and Viv Loves Film partner to bring distinctive and global voices to audiences across transmedia platforms including screen and stage Brighton-based literary and entertainment company Vi...

๐Ÿ“ข๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธIt's a biggie!

And it's all in here...
intocreative.co.uk/partnership/

22.07.2025 19:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Has a fair bit of EL content ๐Ÿ‘

20.07.2025 20:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The River eBook : Smith, Craig A: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store The River eBook : Smith, Craig A: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

Nothing worse than being on holiday and finishing a book on your Kindle with nowt lined up after it. No worries, The River is now available for your device at a bargain price. #scotland #scottishfiction #indyref tinyurl.com/5n8h7v6u

20.07.2025 17:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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๐Ÿ’ฅ And the hits keep coming...

Perfect for your summer down time.
The River by @smicht.bsky.social is now available as an eBook from Amazon Kindle.

tinyurl.com/5n8h7v6u

16.07.2025 19:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
POWs in Germany.

POWs in Germany.

Handwritten Letter

Handwritten Letter

My great uncleโ€™s POW fitba team in Stalag XXa, writing to my granny in Dundee. Their tenement is now a car park I think.

06.07.2025 12:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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20% off and the living is easy! The River by @smicht.bsky.social is part of our summertime special. Whether you are heading to the beach or the riverbank in the coming weeks, you'll get lost in Lachlan and Morag's story.
OFFER HERE: intocreative.co.uk/shop/intoboo...

20.06.2025 09:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Idiot signing books.

Idiot signing books.

8th hole St Andrews putting green.

8th hole St Andrews putting green.

Wee trip to St Andrews to sign books and get a hole in one on the 8th (putting green). Thanks to Waterstones for having me.

15.06.2025 13:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Novel The River with promo card.

Novel The River with promo card.

Thanks to @waterstones.bsky.social at Fort Kinnaird for the wee promo. ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ‘

01.06.2025 14:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The River โ€“ Craig A Smith The River by Craig A Smith Published by: Into BooksFormat: PaperbackPages: 336Publication: March 2025ISBN: 9781738514939 The River is a life-spanning epic novel about death and new beginnings. Thereโ€™s...

Signed copies of @smicht.bsky.social's brilliant new novel, The River are still available to purchase from
intocreative.co.uk/shop/intoboo...

24.05.2025 12:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's a hard life.

23.05.2025 11:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Comfy?

23.05.2025 10:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ™ Thanks to the strong support of @waterstones.bsky.social, @smicht.bsky.social new novel, 'The River' is currently available to Click & Collect at these Waterstones branches. If you want your heart broken and your spirits raised within the pages of a single book, this one is for you.

19.05.2025 12:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Free haul from the Publishing Scotland event. Always viewed Warlord as the โ€œRangersโ€ comic. I took the โ€œBulletโ€ which was far cooler and obvs the option for a hoops fan.

14.05.2025 06:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The Bass Rock, Scotland

The Bass Rock, Scotland

Extract from The River

Extract from The River

Went for a wee walk today. Bass Rock looking great in the sun. Somebody should put that in a book.
intocreative.co.uk/shop/intoboo...

04.05.2025 17:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thank you to Matthew at @Blackwells Edinburgh for being the perfect host at the launch event for The River by @smicht.bsky.social. Brilliant chat from Craig and Doug Johnstone. There was only a few copies of the book left at the end of the night. Lovely to see! Thank you to everyone who came along.

02.05.2025 21:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Official launch event is this evening in Blackwell's South Bridge, Edinburgh. If you can't make it, you can always get your copy of @smicht.bsky.social's beautiful book here...
intocreative.co.uk/shop/intoboo...

02.05.2025 10:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Blog Tour โ€“ Craig A Smith Author

That's The River's blog tour over. The TV has been thrown out the window. Results are here:
www.craigasmith.co.uk/blog-tour/

01.05.2025 14:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wow. Ep2 of The Studio on Apple TV is absolute genius telly. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

28.04.2025 20:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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