Angela Cleland / Cleland Smith

🎵 Happy birthday to me Happy birthday to me Black Doe is OUT TODAY Go and buy it, pleeeeease! 🎵 Grab it on kindle now, or order from your favourite bookshop in person or online. #newbook #kindlebooks #historicalfantasy #scottishbooks 🩵 📚 blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro... amzn.eu/d/0a0NApjt

I've already complained to the author that there are no glaring historical inaccuracies for me to moan about. Great read from start to finish.

I'm reading this and ooooooh my it is good! Pacy, delicious, dark, bloodthirsty, all the best stuff you want from a story.

Book tour finished! 40 books sold (I’m ordering more for Eastercon and Worldcon) 2 contributors’ copies given out 6 bottles of wine drunk (mostly by other people) 2kg of sweets eaten (mostly by other people) Over 100 discount flyers handed out Drogon and I are now going to rest for a bit!

HarperFiction has acquired a trilogy by actor and author Graham McTavish, beginning with Blood of the Highlands, his fiction debut. The first book will be published in June 2027. 👇

perfect, no notes

What will Luke Kennard, one of our judges for the 2026 National Poetry Competition, be looking for when making his selections? Find out more at poetrysociety.org.uk

Still looking for your Halloween read? 👀

Looking for a spooky read in the lead up to Halloween? Why not read The Needfire, a slowburn sapphic Gothic set in the far North of Scotland, where family curses run deep and the angry earth will have its revenge... Buy here: geni.us/needfire

But of course I will wear you with red tights and leopard trainers. Of course I will. Charity shop dress £5. Joy: mega!

Celebrating another milestone! It's been the most amazing journey so far with the most incredible creative people. And we're still just getting started! #writingcommunity #indieauthors #indiebooks #writinglife

Just absolutely blown away. Got finished copies & look how stunning they are! That cover stamp! The endpapers!!

As it’s the weekend and you need books during a storm here is your weekly Wombling Along www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/10...

Our hotel has this on the window sill. I can only assume it is the actual telephone used to control the clocks going forward and back.

Squeeee! Congratulations to Sarah Howe!

And the winner of this year's Forward Prize for Best Collection is Sarah Howe with Foretokens (Chatto & Windus). Congratulations, Sarah! You can watch one of the poems in Foretokens in a filmpoem we commissioned here poetrysociety.org.uk/projects/poe...

It’s Saturday hopefully you’re dry so you deserve a new Wombling Along where those booktempters do their stuff www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/10...

I really loved the storytelling in the excellent The Haunting of Avis Lovelock by MK Hardy www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/10...

Meanwhile, over on our Spotlight Indie Discord "Just for Fun" channel, we've challenged everyone to tell a story in just 250 words which include these 3 ingredients! Some brilliant contributions so far. We want to see more! #indeiauthors #writing

So the plan for this weekend was to revisit at least one hill fort with my sister while we’re up for half term, but this may have been put pay to by tomorrow’s forecast for 65mph winds…

I had a great time at this! It was a beautiful location, had great guest speakers, and it really helped me work some stuff out on my WIP!

I, personally, would welcome the guy who plays River Cartwright trying to be all sexy, caddish, and smooth. It'd be a right giggle. Pop Gazza Oldman, as Lamb in as Q and you've got a winner. "Now pay fahking attention, Bond, you fahking knob"

What a difference a white dot makes! #screenprint #robin

Seconding the 'please, if you have room and inclination, adopt' because what if you DO adopt some little creecher and you're like "I have never had a cat before, he is very cute but what do I do with him" and he's like "YOU DO THIS" for a solid month (Photo from July 2022)

For Carrie Frances: 🎂 ❤️

55k words on the new book. One ghastly mother with a terrible plan, some fomenting unrest, and someone not quite dead.

We've launched a monthly Scottish book subscription 📚 From Scottish authors to stories set in Scotland, discover a new read every month, chosen by our experts. And each book subscription purchased supports the vital work of our charity! shop.scottishbooktrust.com/products/mon...

I very much doubt anyone will ever ask me “What is the most psychedelic photo you have ever taken of a cat?” but it can’t hurt to be prepared.

Oh look my debut novel for 99p! Go get it

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 1: Writing is about making a connection. It’s a dialogue between a writer and their readers, based on shared experience and humanity. Whatever gets in the way of that, be it AI, or ego, or a lack of regard and understanding for the readership, diminishes your writing.

A cracking evening yesterday at the Waterstones launch of the GSFWC 40th anniversary book, Haverin, edited by Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social, Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social and my big bro, Peter Morrison @remotecore.bsky.social !

A cruel but accurate comment from a beta reader for my current W-i-P! ;)

This month's pinching, so reposts of this are greatly appreciated. And please do check this out. See a selected ToC by following the link! I am a real writer and this is drawing on my real experience for you to benefit. bibliotta.com/product/sell...

Don’t be tempted to try this at home, humans. Your inferior limbs will not fit.

Quick reminder that a brief review or even just a star rating on Goodreads or Amazon can make a massive difference to a book’s discoverability and makes it easier for readers to trust that a book is worth their time and money. So if you loved Black Doe (or any other book!), please drop it some ⭐️s!

Haverin anthology launch for the @gsfwc.bsky.social is well attended!

Got a book coming out next week. It's being marketed as cosy, which is cool - I wrote it partly because I've been a bit fed up with the world the past few years, and wanted to write something about kind people. I also wrote it because trees are amazing -