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Book wrapped in pale green tissue stading alongside a cinnamon bun jellycat on a white bookshelf

Copy of the book Home Bird standing alongside a cinnamon bun jellycat and a themed bookmark on a white bookshelf

📚Book mail quandary 📚

When book mail arrives so beautifully wrapped you almost can't bear to ruin it but you also know it's the new @franhill123.bsky.social so you also want to rip it open 😄

Huge thanks to Olivia @legendpress.bsky.social for sending

Home Bird is out now

Not yet, but it's on the list!

A copy of The Show Woman book held up in front of a circus big top

Shared my review for the utterly brilliant The Show Woman by @emmacowing.bsky.social over on IG today

I honestly enjoyed this one so much, and I devoured it in just a couple of sittings

Out May 1st. Link to buy and full review in bio

When it comes to books, I'm powerless to resist! 😄

Can't believe it's taken me so long to go! 🙈

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If you feel a very real need for a big gay Scottish love story about art and class and and obsession, then please sign up for my newsletter where I'll be giving away a handsome proof of my new novel, The Two Roberts (not out till September).

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#booksky

Shady character holding paperback version of ‘The Death Watcher’ by Chris Carter.

‘The Death Watcher’ by Chris Carter is coming soon in paperback with striking new colourways.

Out 8th May.

www.instagram.com/p/DIt8wb9M_z...

Fabulous day exploring the bookshops of Leith - Edinburgh Community Bookshop, @argonautbooks.bsky.social @typewronger.bsky.social McNaughtons &Topping
Couldn't resist picking up some of the Penguin Archive editions 😍

Hope you love it like I did!

What's that you say? It's the sound of the fourth episode of our podcast dropping! This week @craig-robertson.bsky.social and @dawnsgeddes.bsky.social have a chinwag with @callytaylor.bsky.social and debut author Tom Spencer bloodyscotland.podbean.com

I absolutely loved it! Hope you enjoy x

Posted my review for The incredible Our Last Wild Days over on my IG

"Though the locations & situations are often bleak, the writing is luminous

From the title to the last page, this book had me in its thrall."

Out April 24th

Full review www.instagram.com/p/DIizuU8Ce5...

Thrilled to say that if you would like to pre-order River of Stars this weekend with @waterstones.bsky.social it is 25% off! Just go to Waterstones.com or use the app & enter code PREORDER25. If you could share this I would be so grateful as pre-orders are the Holy Grail for authors 🙏✨✨✨

Absolutely delighted to be part of the cover reveal for River of Stars by @georginamoore1.bsky.social

Look at this absolutely stunning cover!

It sounds just as good as it looks too

It's out July 3rd and there's a preorder link in my bio ✨️

Absolutely 😍

Loving David Tennants Scottish entrance at #Baftas 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👏

Huge thanks to Eye books for this fabulous bookmail

Words Fail Me by Frances McKendrick sounds like a fantastic read and Val McDermid & Ian Rankin agree 👍

Out on Kindle on 19th March and in paperback on April 10th

#booksky

#TheWeekenders is landing 27th February, have you pre-ordered yet?

Ebook - geni.us/Ir9dR9s
Print - geni.us/WVluqX

Thank you. I live in Edinburgh but feel lucky every day to live here 😍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Thank you 😘

Gorgeous train scenery on our way to Aviemore 🤩

#scotland

Highlighting this fabulous giveaway👇

I'm ridiculously excited for this one!

Image of a book Human, Animal - pale blue and featuring a cow at the bottom - next to a crocheted cactus in a white pot

Sharing my review of Human, Animal by @sethinsua.bsky.social over on IG

A beautifully written and compelling story of a family in crisis

www.instagram.com/p/DFp8fUJiIN...

On it! Loved The Book of Doors

Thank you! 😘

Oh, you'll love it!

Thank you 💐

😘

Oh yaaay! And happy birthday 🎂 🥳

Very excited for the first event at this year’s @hburghbookfest.bsky.social at a very special location 😍