I’ve made lots of friends and valued connections here on Twitter. But I’ve had enough of the vitriol, the lies, the apparently endless faking of the truth for hideous ends. Thank you, all of you who have interacted with me over the years. But I’m out of here. See you on Bluesky.
Iranian rapper and human rights activist Toomaj Salehi was arrested two years ago today in #Iran. He remains unjustly imprisoned and is denied access to health care. Join us in calling for his release. Change your X banner today and #FreeToomaj. @OfficialToomaj@HRF
Brilliant news for book lovers and authors alike!
Topping & Company to open ‘largest independent bookshop in the country’ in York https://t.co/u1rv3x5pbY
Very honoured to win this award. I owe so much to the wonderful booksellers who have championed my work. Thrilled to see @ellakroftpatel win publicist of the year too 😊
@JaneyGodley Thank you for your courage in the face of its opposite, for your wit and wildness, and for the richness of your friendship. I’ll miss you, doll.
Particularly sadistic murders take place in Germany and the Netherlands, but nobody makes the connection apart from two female police officers chatting online in The Last Temptation by @valmcdermid#bookreview https://t.co/S8aF2ABxm0
Looking forward to hanging with Māori writer Michael Bennett in UK next week. I first met Michael when he was part of a team helping fight against wrongful conviction of a young Maori man who spent 21yrs in prison. Remarkable man, and author #yeahnoir@BloodyScotland@NgatiRanana
We were lucky to have McIlvanney Prize finalist @valmcdermid help us launch our 2024 programme back in June. Her latest, Past Lying, is "A welcome return for the much-loved Karen Pirie in this satisfying novel which contains a few in-jokes for lovers of Scottish crime writing".
Death of a Court Lady. From a series of eighteenth-century Japanese watercolours depicting the nine stages of a decaying corpse or 'kusōzu'. Found in @valmcdermid's brilliant book, Forensics: The Anatomy of Crime.