@liambellwrites.bsky.social
Writer and Senior Lecturer at Stirling Uni. Most recent novels, Man at Sea and The Sleepless. More at liammurraybell.com
Sun splitting the sky π and john lambie stand packed to the rafters... can only mean one thing: play-off jags season 4 π§πͺ
06.05.2025 18:32 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Cocktails, cake and a 1920s cosy mystery, what more could you want in an evening?! @badsvillebroad.bsky.social & @liambellwrites.bsky.social about to launch The Devil's Draper #cosycrime
30.04.2025 18:05 β π 17 π 2 π¬ 2 π 1
ππ Join us at Waterstones Sauchiehall St, Glasgow on Wed evening for launch of The Devil's Draper by @badsvillebroad.bsky.social. We have a great evening of 1920s characters, music and fun planned. Donna will be in conversation with @liambellwrites.bsky.social. www.waterstones.com/events/donna...
28.04.2025 19:51 β π 4 π 4 π¬ 0 π 1
After 12 years at Stirling, I'm leaving the University in July to take up a new post at Strathclyde in August.
This has been the view from my office window for over a decade and I'm going to miss it almost as much as the wonderful friends, colleagues and students in Pathfoot.
Finished this belter of a novel on my sunny train ride earlier. Just as full of intrigue and feisty, fearless characters as The Unpicking. Hugely looking forward to chairing the launch on 30th April (details in 2nd image) and hearing more from the wonderful @badsvillebroad.bsky.social
07.04.2025 16:23 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
'The Others': A sweeping love story set against the fall of the Berlin Wall β where love, lies, and revolution collide. The fourth moving novel by Sheena Kalayil, out June 19. Avail for preorder from all bookshops now!
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page... #booksππ @inpressbooks.bsky.social
I'm excited three! Looking forward to the evening and everyone else should be looking forward to reading the book!!
25.03.2025 14:54 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Super excited that @liambellwrites.bsky.social will host a conversation with @badsvillebroad.bsky.social at Waterstones Sauchiehall St on the 30th of April!
1920s dress much encouraged for our photobooth, and we'll be handing out cocktail recipes from the time!
www.waterstones.com/events/donna...
Frankly baffled that my lunch of steak bridie and fudge doughnut doesn't seem to have given me a productivity boost...
24.02.2025 13:00 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
This wee card from the team @waterstones.bsky.social on Sauchiehall St genuinely means the world π
23.02.2025 14:40 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Genuinely gutted that Doolan has gone. An absolute legend of Partick Thistle, but the time had probably come. His name will still be sung at Firhill though! π§πͺ π§πͺ
18.02.2025 12:23 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
What a morning out on the carse π βοΈ
10.01.2025 11:17 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
No cyclists along this stretch of the Clyde yesterday then...
02.01.2025 14:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Happy New Year! xx
01.01.2025 01:21 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0What chance have the prime football streams got when they're up against a barnstorming, chaotic 3-3 from the Scottish Championship. Cracking Friday night football once again!
27.12.2024 21:59 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
The 6yo's verdict on the most Christmassy of snacks: "they taste like burnt pizza crusts"
23.12.2024 11:57 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Loved this one -- 'Munichs' by David Peace. Combines the capturing of voice from Damned United with the interest in repetition/form of Red or Dead. Probably my favourite of his football novels and certainly the most moving.
20.12.2024 21:26 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Wintry walk into work.
11.12.2024 09:09 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Pre-match ritual βοΈ
07.12.2024 13:34 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Looking for Christmas presents for the reader in your life? My fabulous publisher @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social has a bundle of my two novels Man at Sea and The Sleepless for Β£18. That's historical and speculative fiction in the stocking π π
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www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page...
One of the younger lads at footy has started calling me Stuart Bannigan and I've never been more delighted by a comparison.
03.12.2024 12:25 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Allegedly so...
28.11.2024 13:51 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Yup, I just had a Booker Prize winner asking me the same thing...
28.11.2024 13:30 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
On a bit of a Highsmith kick at the minute. Can we just take a moment to appreciate how gloriously naff these 80s covers are. Although they did retail for only Β£1.25 (π±) so guess we can let them away with it...
28.11.2024 13:27 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Whilst reading Chris Paling's account of navigating the industry, left, I grew fascinated with the novel he was struggling to publish, right. It's a great read -- full of twists and quirky characters BUT also lumpy moments which show why some editors passed on it π Two extremely interesting reads!
25.11.2024 15:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Terrific! Well, will look out for your posts and eagerly await publication and launch etc.!
24.11.2024 15:12 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I managed to miss this, Russel, but terrific news and looking forward to reading! π π₯³ π
24.11.2024 15:08 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thanks Lorna!
23.11.2024 14:50 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
This wee dude is just hanging out casually infusing my tea. What a legend.
22.11.2024 15:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Amy Lilwall crafts urgent tale of Britain's future...
As rising seas threaten, 4 lives are on the brink:
Pinko, a privileged heir clinging to decadence;
Jane, a working-class vet racing to reunite her family;
her pregnant teenager Ashleigh
& artist Gavin
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page...
