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Announcing the longlist for the 2025 Twisted Dagger! Congratulations, authors, and good luck in the next round! #CWA_Daggers #Daggers_2025

CWA TWISTED DAGGER LONGLIST

It's podcast day! Our third episode featuring two great chats with @damedenisemina.bsky.social and @drjennymorris.bsky.social has dropped now. You can listen (and catch-up with the first two episodes) here - bloodyscotland.podbean.com

This is cool: to mark the 100th anniversary of the publication of THE GREAT GATSBY (which I'd argue is a crime novel), the Library of Congress is hosting a marathon live reading of the book, starting at 10:00 a.m.: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ums...

Trying out the famous Star Bar £4 3 course lunch at last

The Winter Gardens at the Peoples' Palace on Glasgow Green. Built in 1898, it was extensively renovated for its 100th anniversary in 1998, including reglazing it. Cont./ #glasgow #glasgowgreen #wintergardens #peoplespalace #architecture #architecturephotography

Looking forward to seeing the ‘Fossil Free Books’ crew withdraw their books from Waterstones (which is owned by Elliott).

Odd-numbered Star Trek ranked: 1) Generations 2) Search for Spock 3) Motion Picture 4) Insurrection 5) Final Frontier

Publishers testing the waters with AI narration for audiobooks need to think very carefully about what they're doing. It's going to play out like the sugar tax - you're going to completely fuck the product with zero financial benefit to show for it.

[post credits Samuel L Jackson] “a complete unknown.” Did you really think you were the only one traveling? I’m here to talk to you about the Wilbury Initiative.

I picked up this novelisation of Seven (I'm not doing the SeSevenEn thing) in a charity shop a few years ago. Interesting reading it after seeing the rereleased movie

being on bluesky

One of my kids just pointed out I've loved more of my life in the 21st century than in the 20th, and I feel quite futuristic

"Sober aside from LSD"

Shawlands looking sparkly

Excellent festive book post - Little Red Death by @alexandrakbenedict.bsky.social

Shout out to @thenewsagents.com for not taking the piss with their ads. I always skip the first 3 mins of Rest is Politics/Entertainment and live with losing a few seconds of actual content. With News Agents the ads are brief enough that I just let them run.

Reading Frank Miller's most underrated work for the first time in ages. JRJR has never been better...

Ayr bound...

Beloved murderer canceled after old tweets surface

Interesting peek behind the scenes of reimagining Day of the Jackal - have been enjoying the show too www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Everything checks out apart from a Jonas Brothers song I've never heard at 2? Wonder if it's good?

Glasgow City Chambers looking seasonal this evening

Morning park walk

Watching the early 21st century Russell Crowe historical epic that actually should have had a sequel