Friends, book reviews are drying up. We all know this. But it's worth repeating. Advance reviews we used to (gratefully!) count on are no longer a given; we're not getting them. Newspapers where intrepid reviewers used to talk about our books . . . well, you know. PLEASE, if you read our books . . .

Our unique, precious home. Time to start treating it as such.

Absolutely loved doing this tarot-based interview via Whatsapp! Such a friendly, accessible way to do an interview and a lovely conversation.

Tarot Interviews@tarotinterviews.com · 5mo ago

Elspeth Wilson (@elspethwrites.bsky.social), author of the dark academia debut, These Mortal Bodies joined me to talk about her flompy rescue dog, favourite pens and the the strange, tender business of sending a book out into the world. #booksky #tarot #TheseMortalBodies

Any #BookSky people in Edinburgh this relaxed, friendly workshop is one week today and it would be great to see you there!

The Portobello Bookshop@portybooks.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Workshop Announcement! 🍃 On Monday 18th May at 6:30pm, we’ll be running a Nature Writing workshop with debut writers Rebecca Ferrier and Elspeth Wilson, authors of The Salt Bind and These Mortal Bodies respectively! More information in the link below: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/natur...

Workshop Announcement! 🍃 On Monday 18th May at 6:30pm, we’ll be running a Nature Writing workshop with debut writers Rebecca Ferrier and Elspeth Wilson, authors of The Salt Bind and These Mortal Bodies respectively! More information in the link below: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/natur...

Publication day! #SwimmingTheSeasons: A freshwater Almanac out now with @saraband-books.bsky.social. Signed copies on the shelf @samreadbookseller.bsky.social and launch in-person and online @portyliterary.bsky.social on Tuesday 12th, when I'll be talking with @elspethwrites.bsky.social #BookSky

How is this cartoon of Zack Polanski, published in the Sun - complete with forked tongue and other Der Stürmer tropes - not blatantly antisemitic?

This case highlights the extreme inequality of the law and its enforcement. "Property" rights - in a lobster - pursued all the way to a police raid & strip searches. But we can do whatever the hell we want to marine wildlife. Take one step back and it all looks mad. theecologist.org/2026/apr/28/...

I liberated a lobster and got crushed

How common wildlife myths were weaponised to crush a small act of resistance.

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1. Every year, large areas of gorse in Dartmoor and Exmoor national parks are deliberately burnt. It’s an appalling act of vandalism, killing wildlife, preventing regeneration of crucial habitats, releasing toxic smoke and carbon. This thread is about why it’s happening. Pic from this weekend. 1/7

Just come home to find this little chap on the steps by the patio doors. He’s not very well is he? I don’t know whether he’s ill or flown into the glass. Does anyone know what he is? I’m guessing greenfinch chick but I could well be wrong.

Last day that my debut novel, These Mortal Bodies, is available as a Kindle 99p monthly deal!

Elspeth Wilson@elspethwrites.bsky.social · 6mo ago

My debut novel, These Mortal Bodies, is a Kindle 99p monthly deal if you like your books slow-burn, atmospheric, and equal parts dark and glitz and glamour. A gothic campus novel described as Saltburn meets the Craft meets Mean girls 📚 #BookSky

My debut novel, These Mortal Bodies, is a Kindle 99p monthly deal if you like your books slow-burn, atmospheric, and equal parts dark and glitz and glamour. A gothic campus novel described as Saltburn meets the Craft meets Mean girls 📚 #BookSky

My debut novel, These Mortal Bodies, is a Kindle 99p monthly deal if you like your books slow-burn, atmospheric, and equal parts dark and glitz and glamour. A gothic campus novel described as Saltburn meets the Craft meets Mean girls 📚 #BookSky

Author event: Three neurodivergent debut authors – @newlands.bsky.social, @nataliejayneclark.bsky.social & @elspethwrites.bsky.social – discuss their different journeys to publication & their writing processes 28 Feb, Stirling. Free, booking required www.stirling.gov.uk/community-li...

i’ve made it home nominally alive from Granite Noir, & it’s by far the biggest event i’ve done. i feel so privileged to get to do this & to talk to people about books & meet so many readers/writers/organisers! someone should invent a sofa i can reach the floor on, though 😂

Edinburgh #BookSky folks I can't wait for this event next week! Would be fab to see you there

The Edinburgh Bookshop@edinburghbookshop.bsky.social · 7mo ago

#Edinburgh peeps, more upcoming author event 🚨 klaxon 🚨 news! Join us on Tuesday March 3rd for a neurodivergent writers showcase, with Tom Newlands & Elspeth Wilson www.tickettailor.com/events/theed... #Edimbourg #books #livres #Bruntsfield

do you know what would help!!!!!!!! living in a society that lets people experiment with their gender without treating it like the most important thing in the world!!!!!!! letting people get it right or wrong without politicising their decisions!!!!!!! just being chilled about gender!!!!!! aaahhhhhh

Mallory Moore@sexabolition.blog · 7mo ago

"if they socially transition too early we think they can get locked onto a trajectory that may not have been the correct natural trajectory for them" Direct quote.

I'm not a party person. I just want a fairer, kinder, greener world. I'm delighted to see how well the Greens are doing. But we also need a strong and sincere Labour Party, and it is an absolute tragedy to see how Keir Starmer and his moral bypass of a government have ruined it.

since it's February I suppose I should say that I'm appearing at #GraniteNoir this month with the excellent @elspethwrites.bsky.social and Natalie Jayne Clark! the event will be livestreamed on the 22nd February and you can find the link here: www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/gra...

One of the most dangerous things I see come from self help and spirituality books. They state, that the world isn’t the problem. Your thoughts of it are YOUR problem. I find these books atrocious.

People are harshing on some “diverse reading challenge” thing that’s going around, and I get it, but looking at what you read and asking yourself “what isn’t represented here?” is imo a good and healthy practice

"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—" Reviews. Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.) Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!

These Mortal Bodies is getting a new look for paperback and has some gorgeous new quotes to go along with it! Thank you to @mkhardywrites.com, @pollyrowena.bsky.social (by way of the Bookseller) and Heather Darwent for capturing the murky yet glitzy vibe of my book so perfectly #BookSky

Still looking for a Christmas present for the Scottish folklore enthusiast in your life? Dark Crescent has you covered - "a terrific collection of Scottish folktales with a modern twist" (according to Joanne Harris!) ✨️ Available in the usual places/via @lunapress.bsky.social! linktr.ee/lyndseycroal

Happy International Day of People with Disabilities to all who celebrate by buying a book by a disabled author for everyone on their Christmas list.

Need you all to understand how utterly exhausting it is for disabled people (especially those of us with any public profile) to exist online rn.

I'm looking to speak to anyone who has worked in hospitality in Oxford or Cambridge, particularly studenty bars/clubs/restaurants for a potential piece for a national magazine! #journorequest

London #BookSky people I'm doing an event with two other great authors for Disability History Month and it would be amazing to see some of you there! It's at the Common Press and tickets are from free - I think this is such an important conversation. www.commonpress.co.uk/event-detail...

Disability and the Publishing Industry | The Common Press

commonpress.co.uk

My debut novel has gone to number 1 in the rather cryptic 'other practices' category thanks to being part of Kindle's daily deal 😂. And no 7 in coming of age! Last few hours to buy something I poured my heart and soul into for 99p xx #BookSky www.amazon.co.uk/These-Mortal...

If you're looking for an autumn read with crackling fires, mossy woods, soaring spires and a creeping gothic atmosphere then my debut novel These Mortal Bodies is a Kindle daily deal for today only 💚🎓🖤!! 99p for many hours of (and many more of my life 😂😅)