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Less than two weeks to get your poem(s) into The Isobel Slorach Poetry Award. If you are not sure what it is all about, poet Stephen Watt explains all on the @ScotsWhayHae podcast. 20.50 mins in... player.autopod.xyz/1383907
🌞🌃 Summer days also have summer nights... Westerwick by @gfpaterson.bsky.social available from your local bookshop.
🌞🏙️🏖️ Perfect read for a beach or city break! The Newspaper Man by @soulboydaveybee.bsky.social
🌞(🌧️) A great (Scottish) summer read! Brodie by @gillianshirreffs.bsky.social available from your local bookshop.
A great interview with author @flamingredhead.bsky.social in the latest issue of @ScottishField... www.scottishfield.co.uk/beer-2/the-g...
Encapsulated perfectly by Alistair Braidwood of Scots Way Hae. The River by @smicht.bsky.social. The perfect Summer read.
🌞📚 The perfect summer read. An intriguing collection of short stories from @quantick.bsky.social. Ask at you local bookshop.
💥Very excited to announce that Into Books will be publishing the 3rd novel from @gfpaterson.bsky.social Paterson. Coming in Spring 2027! The Comedians - a bittersweet tale of fame, betrayal & rivalry, where two damaged souls fight for laughter, love, & a last chance to defy the gods of failure.
💥 The @bloodyscotland.bsky.social shortlisted debut novel from @flamingredhead.bsky.social is available from your local bookshop. We highly recommend you get yourself a copy (as does Lizzy Fry). 😊
The brilliant Caledonia Screaming by the equally brilliant @grantmcphee.bsky.social spotted in @WaterstonesBYR ✊
Into and poet Stephen Watt are delighted to invite entries for The Isobel Slorach Poetry Award. The winner will receive a unique prize: their poem will be interpreted by Scottish indie favourites The Bluebells. Info on entry fee & how to submit here... www.intocreative.co.uk/isobel-slora...
Original Sins by @flamingredhead.bsky.social. Shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland Scottish Crime Debut of the year 2026. It could be the best book you read this year! If you are an independent bookshop or Waterstones branch and you stock the novel, give a shout out here!
Anticipation building for the launch of the Edinburgh International Book Festival Programme!
📚 Scottish Independent Bookshops are as varied and wondrous as the books on their shelves. Do yourself and maybe your children a flavour and pay your local bookshop a visit this week.
📕 Original Sins by @flamingredhead.bsky.social. Shortlisted for the @bloodyscotland.bsky.social Scottish Crime Debut of the Year 2026. 👉 Get yourself a copy and see what the fuss is about.
I can finally tell the world that I will be participating in the Pitch Perfect Panel at @bloodyscotland.bsky.social Festival. They even put my ugly mug on the programme! 🫣 All bribes welcomed. 😋 There's loads going on across the whole festival. Find out more here: bloodyscotland.com/whats-on/
Yesterday at the Bloody Scotland Programme Launch was the most fun!
Did we mention that Original Sins by @flamingredhead.bsky.social has been shortlisted for Scottish Crime Debut of the Year? (Go buy it, read it, and then let us know if you agree that it is a fantastic novel).
On a day for announcements, we are delight to finally be able to promote @flamingredhead.bsky.social's appearance at Bute Noir Festival. Get your tickets from Print Point (Rothesay) or call them on 01700 503389. Weekend pass £100. First Blood event £7.
Family Man by @colinburnett.bsky.social reviewed for Into Creative by Loretta Mulholland... www.intocreative.co.uk/articles/
📚 Into Books writers well represented in @waterstones.bsky.social Byres Road. @smicht.bsky.social @gfpaterson.bsky.social @soulboydaveybee.bsky.social
Caledonia Screaming by @grantmcphee.bsky.social reveals the last untold chapter of punk's year zero in Scotland...
📕 The May/June Westender Magazine has landed! Featuring a focus on @flamingredhead.bsky.social and her brilliant debut, Original Sins. If that wasn't enough, there's also a 10% discount on Original Sins purchases for Westender readers which can redeemed from the Waterstones Byres Rd branch! 🙌