Nick HubbleI wrote about Margot Bennett for SF Caledonia. Better known as a crime writer, she wrote two SF novels: The Long Way Back (1954) and The Furious Masters (1968). In the 1930s, she had been a communist who served with the British Medical Unit during the Spanish Civil War.
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QuokkaMocha π³οΈβππ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπΊπ¦π¬π±π΅πΈThanks to @Firlefanz and @strangeseawolf for already giving this a shout out. But, yes, I have finally taken the plunge and my first collection of short Scottish-inspired horror / dark fantasy stories is available now from Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F5XW26N3
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FID Anglo-American CultureIt's the 200th birthday of #ScottishWriter George MacDonald, famous for his very influential Victorian fantasy texts!
Find many of his primary works as well as lots of secondary #LiteraryStudies texts on him in our collection
Being pretty much immobilised by hip and knee pain has its advantages - Iβve just written 8K words of βHatterβ in one sitting. Itβs now sitting at 46K-ish so is going to need major edits later, but it is nearly passed the cursed 40Ks mark where I usually have problems, so also yay.
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Hannah GrahamIf you want compelling and raw insights into youth violence and gang culture, as well as family and care, read this new memoir essay by award-winning Scottish author and documentary-maker Graeme Armstrong. The man's brilliant and this long read is well worth your time.
CW: violence, weapons, victimisation, mental health and panic, trauma, drugs, death, suicide, murder.
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https://granta.com/the-cloud-factory/
Working today on a short story I got the plot of last night while listening to an audiobook. It's set in Glasgow and is a bit of an urban fantasy / magic realism sort of thing. So my soundtrack for it has to be Peter Capaldi's St Christopher. What else?
thejennawattI thought Iβd try & find an outfit for my book launch this week, but I find engaging with fast fashion 100% depressing. So everyone will have to put up with a poorly altered, slightly weird, second hand outfit instead.β©#booklaunch #scottishwriting #scottishwriter #fastfashion #secondhand #Hindsightbook #BirlinnBooks
The Paperback PsychologistAs Iβm new to Mastodon, I thought Iβd start to share some of my past posts since setting up my #blog
This was my first post for #youngmungo by #douglasstuart. Iβve used a #compassionfocusedtherapy based formulation to explore the character of Mungo. The full post can be found in my blog below:
*SPOILERS*
https://thepaperbackpsychologist.wordpress.com/2022/08/08/young-mungo-a-formulation/
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