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Arachnid Press

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Arachnid Press is an independent Scottish publisher. Website: https://www.arachnid.scot/

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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social · 13h ago

Another dream shattered

A gigantic tunnock’s tea cake turns out to be a lie

Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 14h ago

Another in my series of libraries Codrington Library, All Souls, Oxford #SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky

Codrington Library, All Souls, Oxford - two levels of tall bookstacks, shelves of dark green wood, long tables with chairs, large marble statue on plinth, floor patterned with squares

Ian Rankin @ianrankin1.bsky.social · 14h ago

Servants’ entrance, Cromarty House. Spooky. As.

Ken Lussey @kenlussey.bsky.social · 16h ago

How far would you go to right a wrong? ‘The House With 46 Chimneys’ is a spooky adventure story for younger readers involving a Scottish family mystery and the haunting of the ruined Dunmore Park, shown here. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple: www.kenlussey.com/h46c/index.h...

The image shows a view of the rear of the remains of Dunmore Park. There are trees and ruins in the foreground with, beyond, parts of the house that are standing to their full height, all slightly silhouetted against the sun. The front cover of ‘The House With 46 Chimneys’ is shown in the bottom left corner.

Quest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · 2d ago

Quartley reminder that if you care about physical media you better support your local library! Where else can you get books, games, board games, puzzles, internet hotspots etc for free? *Get library card, use it *Use library programs *Share library social media *Donate to its foundation

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 2d ago

Before the Storm, painting by George Callaghan, Irish artist.

Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 2d ago

Good to be back from our important research trip exploring the balls of other libraries.

A sculpture of a bronze sphere within a larger bronze sphere

Arachnid Press @arachnidpress.bsky.social · 2d ago

One broch, two millennia, three murders. ‘Thicker Than Water’ is a compelling murder mystery set in northern Scotland. Dunnet Head is visited by the book's two central characters. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.arachnid.scot/book-ttw/ind...

The image shows a view down a rough grassy slope to a low white circular lighthouse with a black cowl over the light. This side of it are white flat-roofed buildings which are only partly visible because of the slope in the foreground. A foghorn can be seen to the left of the lighthouse tower. In the background is blue sea with a hilly island visible beyond it. The scene is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘Thicker Than Water’ is shown in the top left corner.

Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 3d ago

Another in my series of libraries Chetham Library reading room, Manchester #SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky

Chetham Library reading room, Manchester - Tudor-style room with brown ceiling beams alternating with white, much wooden panelling and decoration, chandelier, round table with read chairs around it, bookshelves

Chris Townsend @christownsend.bsky.social · 3d ago

Back in 1988 .... #hiking www.thegreatoutdoorsmag.com/long-reads/t...

I made the first known traverse of the Canadian Rockies in 1988. What’s changed for thru-hikers?

What's changed for thru-hikers since Chris Townsend’s bold and original 2,600km traverse of the Canadian Rockies? He tells all.

thegreatoutdoorsmag.com

Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 3d ago

Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) Kirche in Cassone (Church in Cassone) 1913. Oil on canvas.

Ken Lussey @kenlussey.bsky.social · 3d ago

Can somewhere be loved to death? ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is a fast-paced new murder mystery set in Edinburgh and northern Scotland. The central characters visit Chanonry Point to watch dolphins at the end of the book. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/bos/index.html

The image shows a group of people standing on a beach whose edge runs across the foot of the frame, with the sea beyond. Most have their backs to the viewer. There’s a couple on the right, with a man standing to their left looking through a camera mounted on a tripod, then, beyond a gap, a woman carrying a child with two more small children standing in front of her. Everyone except the smallest child is looking at the dorsal fin of a dolphin which can be seen a little offshore. The sea is blue and in the distance there’s a line of land. The scene is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is shown in the bottom right corner.

This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 4d ago

Lone Survivor. The former British Linen Bank building at 215 High Street in Glasgow. Built in 1895 from a design by William Forrest Salmon, it's the last building from its era standing on this block. #glasgow #buildings #architecture #architecturephotography #highstreet

Mabel Logan @mabellogan.bsky.social · 5d ago

The ‘Buck Moon’ at the Kelpies in Falkirk. The full moon last night rising between Baron and Duke 🌝🐴🐴 #falkirk #scotland #kelpies #fullmoon

Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 4d ago

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie A @ntsonline.bsky.social Production Presented in partnership with @lyceumedinburgh.bsky.social & in association with @pitlochryft.bsky.social Directed by Vicky Featherstone Featuring Gayle Rankin as Jean Brodie 2 Oct–7 Nov www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/the-p...

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | National Theatre of Scotland

‘Give me a girl at an impressionable age, and she is mine for life’At the Marcia Blaine School for Girls, junior-school teacher Miss Jean Brodie is famousl

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Arachnid Press @arachnidpress.bsky.social · 4d ago

A city at peace in a world at war. ‘The Stockholm Run’ is a fast-paced thriller set in Scotland and Sweden during World War Two. Dundas Castle near Queensferry has a key role in the early part of the book. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple: www.arachnid.scot/book-tsr/ind...

The image shows a frontal view of Dundas Castle in bright sunlight, though under dark skies. There’s a long shadow of a tree extending out across the grass in the foreground towards the castle. The front cover of 'The Stockholm Run' is shown in the top left corner.

womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 5d ago

Ann Sotheran, contemporary UK Stained Glass artist #WomensArt

Stained glass artwork featuring a hare sitting among tall green grasses

Gracie12 📎@gracienlucy.bsky.social · 6d ago

The perfect description of a library card .

Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵@threadinburgh.scot · 5d ago

The Edinburgh Yorkshire Society formed in 1893 by "independent and prosperous Yorkshiremen" in the city 🏵️ It reformed in Leith in 1929, 150 members singing "On Ilkla' Moor" to celebrate. In 1990 they sponsored the white rose mosaic laid on Rose Street, and in 1991 donated 2 benches to the street

White rose mosaic, Rose Street, Edinburgh. Formed from coloured pebbles in the form of the white rose of Yorkshire and surrounded by red street paving bricks

Robin@robingissing.bsky.social · 5d ago

Here’s a mystery for you. In Princes Street Gardens there is a bench dedicated to the Edinburgh Yorkshire Society. And I can find no trace of it anywhere online.

Ken Lussey @kenlussey.bsky.social · 5d ago

When the hunter becomes the prey. ‘The High Road’ is a fast-paced contemporary thriller set in central Scotland and the far north-west. Oldshoremore beach plays an important part in the story. Available as a Kindle, Kobo, Apple or audiobook. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/thr/index.html

The image shows a view down onto and along a broad beach with the tide well out. The blue sea is to the left and is lapping onto the beach and there are three specks of people some way along the sand. There’s a promontory and rocky island part way along the beach. There is grass in the foreground and dunes up the right-hand side of the frame. The far end of the bay is rocky. The sky is almost entirely blue. The front cover of ‘The High Road’ is shown in the bottom right corner.

Scottish Storytelling Centre @scotstorycentre.bsky.social · 6d ago

Wha’s like us? Celebrate Scotland through stories this @edfringe.bsky.social From Common Tongue, Thunderstruck and When Billy Met Alasdair to Through the Shortbread Tin (@ntsonline.bsky.social), An American Love Letter to Edinburgh and a daily Address to a Haggis. Programme & 🎟️ shorturl.at/03u5x

Carausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 6d ago

This Roman ring, wishing good life to Senicianus, was found in Silchester. It’s now on display in The Vyne. Its fame derives from the archaeologist Mortimer Wheeler consulting Tolkien on it in the ‘20s. Tolkien was inspired by the idea of a lost cursed ring & the rest is literary history. 🕰️C4thAD

Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 7d ago

Another in my series of libraries Celsus Library, Ephesus #SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky

Façade of ruins of ancient Roman library of Celsus, Ephesus - stairs leading to columns on two levels, doorways and windows

Arachnid Press @arachnidpress.bsky.social · 6d ago

Can somewhere be loved to death? ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is a fast-paced new murder mystery set in Edinburgh and northern Scotland. Ullapool has a background role in the story as it moves towards its dramatic climax. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.arachnid.scot/book-bos/ind...

The image shows a view along a street. On the left, a grassy slope runs down to a shoreline, though beyond it are parking bays on that side of the road. A streetlamp in the centre of the frame carries a 20 sign. In the upper right of the frame is a row of brightly sunlit two-storey mainly white buildings which crowd in on that side of the road. The water in the left side of the frame is dark blue, reflecting the sky and on the far side of the water is a rough hillside. The front cover of ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is shown in the bottom right corner.

Lost Glasgow @lostglasgow.bsky.social · 7d ago

#OTD in 1971, workers took control of the Upper Clyde shipyards, beginning the work-in. Back in 2001, writing a feature about the work-in, I called up all the pics from The Herald archive, and near fell off my seat when I spied Billy Connolly and his Humblebum buddy, Tam Harvey, in the crowd.

@pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 7d ago

Sunrise (1933), by Maxfield Parrish

Ian Rankin @ianrankin1.bsky.social · last wk.

Looking across to Nigg from Cromarty, 10pm.

Ken Lussey @kenlussey.bsky.social · 7d ago

A game of secrets and lies. 'Bloody Orkney' is a fast-paced thriller set mainly in Orkney during World War Two. The Bishop’s Palace in Kirkwall has an important role as the book reaches its climax. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/blork/index....

This modern image shows the circular tower of the Bishop’s Palace in Kirkwall with the ruins of the rest of the palace to its left. There’s part of a graveyard in the foreground and a gate in the bottom left of the frame. Oblique sunlight is catching the top of the tower. The front cover of ‘Bloody Orkney’ is shown in the top left corner.

Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · last wk.

Claire White selected as first-ever Scots scriever from Shetland Award-winning singer-songwriter Claire White has been appointed Shetland’s first Shaetlan scriever, taking up a year-long residency with the @natlibscot.bsky.social www.shetnews.co.uk/2026/07/28/c...

Claire White selected as first ever Scots scriever from Shetland

White will produce original work in Shaetlan language during year-long residency

shetnews.co.uk

Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · last wk.

Another in my series of libraries Cambridge Public Library, Massachusetts #SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky

Cambridge Public Library, Massachusetts - all very warm wood, arched deep green ceiling, windows over wooden bookshelves, tables, chairs, and lamps.