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As one of the judges on this panel, I think we did a pretty good job! Six brilliant books.

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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

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CWA TWISTED DAGGER LONGLIST

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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

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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...

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

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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

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

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

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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.

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[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.

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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

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being on bluesky

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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

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"Sober aside from LSD"

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Shawlands looking sparkly

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

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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.

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

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Ayr bound...

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Beloved murderer canceled after old tweets surface

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

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