Peter Bennett
@pbennett.bsky.social
Writer. Novel — Liberties, available now: https://www.rymour.co.uk/liberties.html & the usual places. Extracts in New Writing Scotland 40 and other publications. linktr.ee/peter_bennett
Away for the night for work and, quite serendipitously, find myself staying in an inn where Bram Stoker stayed in the late 19th century, within walking distance to Slains Castle, the inspiration for his magnum opus, Dracula. Shame I’m working or I’d have taken a dauner over there tomorrow.
1 week only - 99p/99c on Kindle - MOOT When is a murder not a murder? Historical fiction set in Crieff, Perthshire on the eve of war. tinyurl.com/99moot #WritingCommunity #HistoricalFiction #CrimeFiction #Scotland #Crieff #Kindle
Great thread. Have been diametrically opposed to AI since its inception. Any ‘artist’ of any form that engages with it in the pursuit of producing work, be it content or cover art, is a charlatan and shyster and part of the problem.
The distinction between antisemitism and anti Zionism has always been abundantly clear to me. A conveniently lazy conflation for those that don’t want to engage with the issue of genocide.
Just watched the third series of Jimmy McGovern’s ‘Time’. T.V. drama writing of the type so deeply embedded in pathos, morality and the human condition (so sadly lacking from much of the medium, contemporarily) that when you again encounter it, an indelible impression is left. Hard recommend.
Short story collections are a notorious hard sell. So it has been with Saltburn. Here’s a review that might whet your appetite. And the hardest thing is spreading the word. So a share or a like would be nice. davesbookblog-daja.blogspot.com/2025/04/salt... renardpress.com/books/saltbu...
Saltburn – Renard Press
May the residents of the real Saltburn-by-the-Sea and neighbouring towns forgive my mermaids, my nuclear power stations, my foetus museums […]
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Good news indeed. Look forward to reading, and I recommend you do too.
Mark Burrow@markburrow.bsky.social · 2w ago"Some people, right, go wah-wah crazy on booze an drugs. Others don't need to take no nothin. Psycho is their bassline." Delighted to say my novel, Bunch of Psychos, is out today with @urbanpigspress.bsky.social -- you can get your copy directly here urbanpigspress.co.uk/product/bunc... or....
WRITERS! New Writing Scotland seeks a new co-editor for English- & Scots-language work. Applicants should be currently based in Scotland & have a strong publishing record, with a focus on poetry. Post is up to 3 years: stipend £1500 per issue. #writers #writing Pls RT 👇 asls.org.uk/new-writing-...
#WritingCommunity! Submissions invited to NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 45! We want poetry & prose in English, #Gaelic, & #Scots from writers who are Scottish by residence, birth, or inclination. All successful contributors are paid – deadline 13 Dec! Submit free via Submittable👇 nws.submittable.com/submit
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New Writing Scotland publishes works by writers resident in Scotland or Scots by birth, upbringing, or inclination. Prose (fiction and nonfiction); poetry; drama; screenplays; and graphic artwork (mon...
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This spelling at a pub in Manchester makes my brain hurt.
Very happy to have prerecorded an interview for The Late Late Book Show starting next Wednesday at 11pm. I talk about my new chapbook Gregor @sunburntsaints.bsky.social, @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social Saltburn @renardpress.com - info in the link👇👇👇👇 thelatelatebookshow.co.uk
@illandancient.bsky.social thought this may be of some interest. Not one, ordinarily, for sharing something from The Sun but I especially liked the quote, ‘Bawbag is the kind of linguistic craftsmanship you just don’t get south of the border.’😆🏴 apple.news/AYkVtu3wAQQu...
'Bawbag' named one of Scotland's best phrases as map of UK swear words revealed — The Scottish Sun
THE Scottish word ‘Bawbag’ has been included in a new art exhibition which features the first ever UK swear map.
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Writer. Novel — Liberties, available now: https://rymour.co.uk/liberties.html & the usual places. Extracts in New Writing Scotland 40 & other publications. Peter can be found at: Twitter: @peter_bennett Linktree: https://linktr.ee/peter_bennett Tell me what inspired you...
Peter Bennett – Author Q&A
Writer. Novel — Liberties, available now: https://rymour.co.uk/liberties.html & the usual places. Extracts in New Writing Scotland 40 & other publications. Peter can be found at: Twitter: @peter_bennett Linktree: https://linktr.ee/peter_bennett Tell me what inspired you...
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🎉PUBLICATION DAY!🥳 NAMING THE SNAKES New Writing Scotland 44 Eds: Chris Powici, Allan Radcliffe & Anna C. Frater The best new short fiction & poetry from forty-three writers who are Scottish by birth, residence, or inclination. Available now from all good bookshops! 💙📚 asls.org.uk/publications...
New Writing Scotland 44
Edited by Chris Powici, Allan Radcliffe & Anna C. Frater Published in: Paperback, 244 pages By: Association for Scottish Literature, Glasgow, August 2026 Price: £10.95 ISBN: 9781906841683 Cover image…
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‘The ghost of electricity howls in the bones of her face. . .’
Secret Drug Addict@scrtdrugaddict.bsky.social · 4mo ago
💥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.
Honourable mention for this (even if it is honourably mentioned by the author, ahem), also very favourably reviewed by The Bottle Imp a couple of years ago. #WritingCommunity #BookSky #ReadingCommunity #IndieBooks #IndieAuthor www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2023/03/libe...
‘Liberties’, by Peter Bennett - The Bottle Imp‘Liberties’, by Peter Bennett - The Bottle Imp
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Association for Scottish Literature@asls.org.uk · 5mo agoNo Mean City – Scottish Urban Literature THE BOTTLE IMP goes on a stravaig around Scotland’s towns & cities, real & fictional – from Alasdair Gray’s reimagined Glasgow to city life in YA fictions, & from lost libraries of Dundee to TRAINSPOTTING’s urban decay www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2026/06/no-m...
And I’m envisioning an emphatic victory for Scotland over Brazil tonight in Miami (but will settle for a draw).😏🏴
Septimus Brown@septimusbrown.com · 5mo agoThis morning I am envisioning a kinder and more empathetic world 💙 ❤️
Our Pick of the Day is the unsettling and excellent tale, Not of God, by Alexander Moore. Do read and share it. www.abctales.com/story/alexan...
Great book. I highly recommend it. Hope you’re well @mcinrob.bsky.social
Rob McInroy@mcinrob.bsky.social · 9mo ago"Highly recommended" - Val McDermid Based on true crimes that rocked Perth in 1935 Misogyny is nothing new. Nor is a criminal system geared against ordinary people. Cuddies Strip - available now #CrimeFiction #HistoricalFiction #ScottishFiction #Scotland #Perth
Apple, if you could stop completely changing the layout and user interface of an iPhone everytime you update the IOS, that’d be great.
