Great concert in Greyfriars Kirk (Greyfriars Bobby statue in the foreground) with the @rsnochorus.bsky.social singing Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil in Russian, conducted by Stephen Doughty. (There was a message from the @rsno.bsky.social: "The All-Night Vigil will last approximately 75 minutes.")
Grand day yesterday in Linlithgow. My grandfather was a proud Bl*ck B*tch (asterisks to avoid upsetting the algorithm) who was taught to swim by his father throwing him in Linlithgow Loch. Also, plaque to Lithgae's second most famous son.
It was a great day!
Fantastic time in Linlithgow at the @furtherfrom.bsky.social Book Festival, with wonderful questions from Sally Pattle. And great to catch up with fellow @saraband-books.bsky.social author Jim Crumley.
With you there!
Wonderful performance of Beethoven's Violin Concerto in the Usher Hall by Veronika Eberle with the @rsno.bsky.social, conducted by Jörg Widmann. And applause for RSNO leader Maya Iwabuchi.
Huge congratulations to @shonamaclean.bsky.social on the publication of "The Cromarty Library Circle". Impeccably researched and beautifully written, intriguing and absorbing. The moments of heartbreak come quietly, shaped by the times and by human weakness.
Irresistible!
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Brilliant production of "Head. Heart. Hand." in the @traversetheatre.bsky.social, part of @qmuniversity.bsky.social's 150th anniversary celebrations. Written by former student Stef Smith and directed by lecturer Bruce Strachan, here in conversation with QMU honorary graduate @joycemcm.bsky.social
Delighted to be in conversation next month with
@elainewhiteford.bsky.social at the Bookmark Book Festival about her wonderful books "The Rescue Sisters" and "The Asylum Women". If you're around, come along - there will be cake!
So excited to be part of the Further From Festival!
Great to chair the fab @elainethomson123.bsky.social at the Winter Words Festival in @pitlochryft.bsky.social, talking about her ghost story "Hawthorn". Added bonus - meeting Artistic Director @alancumming.bsky.social - will never forget his amazing one-man Macbeth at the Tramway.
Shona McMonagle: librarian, time traveller, history disruptor is back!
We're delighted to reveal the cover for Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Parcel of Rogues by @olgawojtas.bsky.social
It’s 1788 and Shona’s crashed the Edinburgh Assembly Rooms...
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Making her Further From Festival debut, we'll be joined by @olgawojtas.bsky.social to discuss her Miss Blaine's Prefect series! It's a brilliant cosy crime series (with a bit of time travel!), and has been compared to PG Wodehouse,Jasper Fforde, and Blackadder! Tickets: tinyurl.com/FFFOlgaWojtas
Thrilled to be part of the @ffmaddingcrowd.bsky.social festival next month!
A new author to the Further From Festival - it's @olgawojtas.bsky.social! Her Miss Blaine's Prefect series is a perfect slice of cosy crime (with a bit of time travel!), and her work has been compared to PG Wodehouse and Jasper Fforde - as well as Blackadder! Tickets: tinyurl.com/FFFOlgaWojtas
Thrilled - can't wait!
Happy Hogmanay from Edinburgh! The portaloos are out in force!
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Thank you so much!
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You have to watch these husbands - they can be cunning. And what do you mean, "bit early"?? You'd better get them on the stove or they'll never be properly cooked by the 25th.
Congratulations to @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social who's appeared on the law pages of @thetimes.com - and it's nothing to do with the Unfortunate Incident. Although I fully accept that the money was just resting in his account.
Delighted to be one of Allan Massie's highlights of the year in the @scotsman.com magazine, and doubly delighted to be alongside fabulous fellow authors Sue Lawrence, @liammcilvanney.bsky.social, @mrewanmorrison.bsky.social and Alexander Starritt.
Thank you, @saraband-books.bsky.social!
Christmas arrives at Holy Corner. Choir singing at the Eric Liddell Centre; Eric Liddell window and tree at Morningside United Church; and Santa in Morningside Road.
