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Lari Don

@laridonwriter.bsky.social

Children's writer based in Edinburgh. Adventure novels, pic books, trad tale retellings. Passionate re stories, politics, feminism. #longcovid. she/lher

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Floris Books @florisbooks.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thanks so much for making @laridonwriter.bsky.social's Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales your Book Trailer of the Day @shelf-awareness.com 😍https://www.shelf-awareness.com/theshelf/2026-06-22/book_trailer_of_the_day:_celtic_folk_and_fairy_tales.html

Book Trailer of the Day: Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales

Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales: Magical Stories from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of Man and Brittany by Lari Don, illus. by Elise

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Publisher Spotlight @pubspotlight.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Happy #BookBirthday to @florisbooks.bsky.social & @laridonwriter.bsky.social ! Curl up with CELTIC FOLK AND FAIRY TALES

Lari Don @laridonwriter.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Yellow! #Scotland #Flowers

gorse flowers - dangling down, curved yellow petals, some with red markings. (I think it’s gorse, but might be wrong!)

Iris - A flag iris (I think!), not yet completely unfurled. 3 long bright-yellow petals, forming a Y-shape, surrounded by long tall upright leaves, dotted with raindrops

Yellow poppy - four large yellow petals, green leaves in background

buttercup - five shiny yellow petals, with green leaves in background

Lari Don @laridonwriter.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I’m very excited about this! I’m doing a #CelticTales event in @edbookfest.bsky.social's schools prog, on Tue 25 Aug, for P4-7s. Looking forward to sharing a monster myth and showing @elisecillustration.com's fab illustrations! More info: www.edbookfest.co.uk/schools @discoverkelpies.bsky.social

Schools programme | Edinburgh International Book Festival

Teachers, educators, young readers... welcome to the Schools programme!Picture this: dozens of buses rolling up, thousands of little footsteps entering ven

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Lari Don @laridonwriter.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Happy St Yves Day! (Patron saint of #Brittany) To celebrate, here are some #Breton fairies, one of @elisecillustration.com's fantastic illustrations in our Celtic Folk & Fairy Tales collection. #StYvesDay #fairies #fairytales #nevertrustafairy @discoverkelpies.bsky.social @florisbooks.bsky.social

open book on wooden table, with full-page illustration showing a tall woman, dressed in blue and green robes, with long auburn pleats, holding a baby in a blue blanket in her left arm. She is standing in the mouth of a cave, and her right arm is reaching up to hold back a curtain of foliage. She is looking down on girl and a woman at her feet, who are dressed in browns and beiges. The tall woman and baby are glowing, beautiful, magical. The folk at her feet look drab and peely wally by comparison. (It probably won’t surprise you to learn that the tall woman is a fairy… )

Shiny book on wooden table, black horse leaping across top of cover, seal wearing golden crown at bottom, wave of seawater curving between them. Title in green foil, centred between the horse and the seal: Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales, Magical Stories from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of Man and Brittany. Two names in yellow at the bottom of the cover: Lari Don and Elise Carmichael

Lari Don @laridonwriter.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Apple blossom and berry blossom, cheerful promises of future fruit, even in my very untidy garden! #Spring #Edinburgh

flower with five white petals, yellow stamens in centre, surrounded by five pale pink buds about to open, rosette of bright green leaves in background

raggedy white flower with five thin petals, around a burst of brown stamens, a few other unopened buds, against a background of bramble leaves, mostly green with a touch of purple

The SNP @snp.org · 3mo ago

Scotland has put its trust in the SNP, and that trust will never be taken for granted. However you voted, we will work every day to improve lives, stand up for Scotland, and build the fairer, stronger future our country deserves.

Large group of SNP MSPs gathered outdoors on Edinburgh's Calton Hill, clapping and smiling.

Two people warmly embracing outdoors near a historic tower on a cloudy day with others gathered around.

Man in suit delivering a speech at a yellow podium to an attentive, applauding audience in a modern conference room.

John Swinney and Stephen Flynn engaged in conversation outdoors near a stone building with photographers capturing the moment.

The SNP @snp.org · 3mo ago

The SNP will give every child a school bag filled with books, stationery and practical support for that big first step. Make it Both Votes SNP today.

The SNP @snp.org · 3mo ago

Scotland needs a fresh start with independence. Vote for Scotland’s right to choose a better future. Make it Both Votes SNP today. Polls close at 10pm.

DiscoverKelpies @discoverkelpies.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Today is #NationalTellAStoryDay, and we've got an absolute page-turner for you from @laridonwriter.bsky.social! Take ten minutes to enjoy this video of Lari telling the waterhorse story from Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales - illustrations by @elisecillustration.com: youtu.be/wv6NhdtnPVk #CelticTales

Lari Don tells the story of How to Escape a Waterhorse, from Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales

YouTube video by FlorisBooks

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Lari Don @laridonwriter.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This is a lamb who knows (better than I do!) how to set up and frame a shot, and was happy to wait until I got it (almost) right. #spring #Scotland

small cute white lamb with pink ears, standing in green grassy field, framed by a gap in the top row of a grey drystane dyke. A few sheep in far distance, a line of spindly trees on horizon, with white clouds in blue sky above

small cute white lamb with pink ears, standing in green grassy field, framed by a gap in the top row of a grey drystane dyke.

Lari Don @laridonwriter.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Happy #Unicorn Day! A variety of #unicorns (baby unicorns, battling unicorns, snooty unicorns) have starring or supporting roles in several of my books: Maze Running; Legend of the First Unicorn (illus by @natasailincic.bsky.social); Horse of Fire. May all your unicorns be stars! #unicornday #kidlit

Three books lying on a wooden table. From left to right, a green paperback novel showing a centaur battling a minotaur, and the words ‘Fabled Beast Chronicles’ along the top, ‘Maze Running and Other Magical Missions’ just above the duel and ‘Lari Don’ at the bottom; a large picture book, with a splendid white unicorn rearing up against an autumnal background and the words ‘The Legend of the First Unicorn’ at the top, and ‘story by Lari Don’ and ‘illustrations by Nataša Ilinčić’ at the bottom; a paperback with a photo of shining black horse, and the words ‘Horse of Fire and other stories from around the world’ in red at the top and ‘Lari Don’ in white at the bottom.

Lari Don @laridonwriter.bsky.social · 5mo ago

First ladybird of the year, on sunny garden path. #spring #edinburgh

Vivid red ladybird on speckled grey paving stone, two black spots on each wing, wings very slightly open. Sunlight casting ladybird’s shadow on stone, and causing an extra bright spot of white on one wing.

Lari Don @laridonwriter.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Happy St Patrick’s Day! Here’s some Irish mythological magic for you: the Children of Lir being transformed into swans, one of @elisecillustration.com’s striking illustrations in our Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales. #StPatricksDay #ChildrenofLir #Irishmyths #kidlit #kidlitart #CelticTales

open book on wooden table, with vivid full-page illustration showing a woman wearing a brown and purple robe, standing between looming black trees, wielding a long wooden wand. Long green tendrils of magic are flowing from the tip of the wand towards and around three children and one swan in dark water at the woman’s feet. The children are transforming into swans. A girl with long hair has one wing sprouting from her left shoulder, and the fingers on her right hand are becoming long white feathers. Two small boys in the water both have a pair of wings. The fourth figure is already a swan, but with gold jewellery round its neck, suggesting it was a child moments before. The children’s faces look surprised and distressed.

Shiny book on wooden table, a black horse leaping across top of cover,a seal wearing golden crown at bottom, a wave of seawater curving between them. Title in green foil, centred between the horse and the seal: Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales, Magical Stories from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of Man and Brittany. Two names in yellow at the bottom of the cover: Lari Don and Elise Carmichael

Lari Don @laridonwriter.bsky.social · 5mo ago

An odd clash of ‘days’ today: Mother’s Day plus #LongCovidAwarenessDay. I’m reflecting on how almost 6 years of #longcovid has devasted my capacity to be a mother, daughter, wife, sister, cousin, friend, neighbour, member of society… Roll on research and treatment, so we can all join in again.

Vase of flowers, containing pink and blue hyacinths, buds only just opening.
The top edge of a card visible in front of the vase, with green leaf design.
Vase sitting on a spotty table cloth, with wooden kitchen chairs visible in the background.

Lari Don @laridonwriter.bsky.social · 5mo ago

It’s #WorldBookDay and it’s St Piran’s Day, the patron saint of #Cornwall. So it’s the perfect day to share a page of #Cornish #piskies! Beautifully illustrated by @elisecillustration.com, for a Piskie Market tale in our Celtic Folk and Fairytales. #StPiransDay #CelticTales #kidilit #kidlitart

An open book, showing a page with a couple of lines of text visible at the top, and below an illustration of market stalls, filled with flowers and shoes and loaves of bread. The stalls are brightly coloured – blue, yellow, red – and the whole scene is cheerful. As well as people buying and selling at the stalls, there is a grey-haired woman sitting down telling a tale to a group of children gathered at her feet. The flowers and grass towering over the stalls indicate that the stalls and people are tiny: it’s a piskie market.
The text visible at the top reads: “The goods for sale were tiny. The stalls were tiny. The people buying and selling were tiny. Jago was looking at a piskie market. A market for the tiny magical folk who live hidden in the quiet corners of Cornwall.”

DiscoverKelpies @discoverkelpies.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Happy St David's Day! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 It seemed only fitting to share a Welsh story about dragons from Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales! Stories retold by Lari Don, with beautiful illustrations by @elisecillustration.com Find out more: discoverkelpies.co.u...

Lari Don @laridonwriter.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Happy St David’s Day! To celebrate, here are a couple of roaring #Welsh dragons, in a fantastic illustration by @elisecillustration.com, in our Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales collection. #dragons #CelticTales #StDavidsDay #Welshlegends #Wales #FolkloreSunday @florisbooks.bsky.social

An open book on a wooden table, with an illustration showing two huge roaring dragons, one red and one silvery-white. The dragons are perched on rocks, with two open chests in the foreground, a couple of builders’ tools on the ground, and two ladder - one being climbed hastily by a small figure - in the background. The dragons are vibrant and scaly, with sharp claws, snaky tongues, and bony wings.

Lari Don @laridonwriter.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Last chance to win! #Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales is Scottish Book Trust's Book of the Month, and you only have until 11.59pm tomorrow to enter the competition to win a shiny copy full of magic & monsters! www.scottishbooktrust.com/competitions... @elisecillustration.com @discoverkelpies.bsky.social

Junior Book of the Month: Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales by Lari Don

We are a national charity bringing the benefits of reading and writing to everyone in Scotland.

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Lari Don @laridonwriter.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I’ve not had the energy to get out for a wee walk since mid January, so I was worried I would miss the banks of snowdrops on #Edinburgh’s #cyclepath. But when I made it out yesterday, there they were, patiently nodding away, waiting for me! #longcovid #smallpleasures

a brown tree trunk in top left of picture, and a bunch of snowdrops in bottom right

lots of snowdrops on a bank of earth and leaves, with branches crisscrossing in front of them

Lari Don @laridonwriter.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Small writerly pleasures: putting a page of research notes about whirlpools in the writing folder marked ‘current’ … #amwriting #amresearching

A blue cardboard folder with “story – CURRENT” written on it in purple ink. The edge of a yellow folder, the edges of a few sheets of white paper and the edge of a green folder are covering the corner of the blue folder, hiding the word before ‘story’. There is a white A4 sheet of paper in the blue folder, with a few words visible, and a turquoise post-it.

Publisher Spotlight @pubspotlight.bsky.social · 6mo ago

“Kelpies, selkies, changelings, imps & giants stride through these richly crafted worlds...anything is possible & unlikely heroes emerge” in CELTIC FOLK AND FAIRY TALES by @laridonwriter.bsky.social published by @florisbooks.bsky.social www.scottishbooktrust.com/competitions...

Junior Book of the Month: Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales by Lari Don

We are a national charity bringing the benefits of reading and writing to everyone in Scotland.

scottishbooktrust.com

Lari Don @laridonwriter.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I’m delighted that Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales is @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social's Junior Book of the Month for February! (And look, they’re offering a chance to win a copy!) www.scottishbooktrust.com/competitions... #celtictales #bookofthemonth #storytelling #kidlit @elisecillustration.com

Junior Book of the Month: Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales by Lari Don

We are a national charity bringing the benefits of reading and writing to everyone in Scotland.

scottishbooktrust.com

Lari Don @laridonwriter.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Wishing all story-lovers an inspiring and exciting #NationalStorytellingWeek! Here’s a video of me telling a Manx waterhorse tale, with a bit of extra magic added by @discoverkelpies.bsky.social using Elise Carmichael’s fab illustrations: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv6N... #CelticTales #storytelling

Lari Don tells the story of How to Escape a Waterhorse, from Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales

YouTube video by FlorisBooks

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Lari Don @laridonwriter.bsky.social · 6mo ago

One of the few advantages of moving very slowly: spotting very small things… #fungi #fungitobewith #longcovid #Edinburgh

small fungi on a branch, vivid orange, rounded, shiny

dark branch, lying on ground, covered in small frilly fungi, brown with white edges

close up of wet wood, with pale shiny almost shell-like fungi emerging from a crack in the wood

image of a dark branch diagonally across picture, the bottom half of branch is covered in bright green moss, and the top is covered in frilly fungi - dark brown fading to pale at edges

DiscoverKelpies @discoverkelpies.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. We're all warm and cosy, our pyjamas are on, As we gather for storytime with our Lari Don! youtu.be/wv6NhdtnPVk @LariDonWriter

Lari Don @laridonwriter.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Look at all these lovely books! (Mince pies and mulled wine too!) I'll be here, ready to sign books and chat to readers, from 11-11.30 tomorrow (Saturday) morning. Hope to see you there!)

Publishing Scotland@publishingscotland.bsky.social · 9mo ago

We're ready for you! We hope to see you tomorrow and Saturday! Come to #Edinburgh to start your Christmas shopping! #BookWeekScotland

Lari Don @laridonwriter.bsky.social · 9mo ago

This is where I'll be, this Saturday, at 11 til 1.1.30 am, surrounded by books and signing pens (and mince pies, apparently) #Edinburgh #signedbooks

Floris Books@florisbooks.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Come find us at the Scottish Christmas Book Fair on Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd November!🎄 We'll have lots of fabulous books and jigsaws for you to browse! Plus, a stellar line up of creatives will be signing their books ✍️ www.publishingscotla... @publishingscotland.bsky.social

Publisher Spotlight @pubspotlight.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Storytime with author @laridonwriter.bsky.social featuring a tale from one of her wonderful @florisbooks.bsky.social collections youtu.be/wv6NhdtnPVk?...

Lari Don tells the story of How to Escape a Waterhorse, from Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales

YouTube video by FlorisBooks

youtu.be

DiscoverKelpies @discoverkelpies.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Pop into these Edinburgh bookshops this Thursday to meet @laridonwriter.bsky.social and @elisecillustration.com! Approx times: 9:30 @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social 10:00 Blackwell's South Bridge 10:30 Waterstones Edinburgh 11:00 @goldenharebooks.bsky.social 11:30 Ginger & Pickles