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callummcsorley.bsky.social
Author / PAPERBOY out 13 Mar / Squeaky Clean / Winner of The McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year 2023 / Represented by Emily MacDonald at 42mp
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Amazing review of PAPERBOY in the new @snackmag.bsky.social ! 🙌 @pushkinpress.com snackmag.co.uk/read-this-mo...

Handed in the first draft of a thing, got myself a wee reward.

Two shorter reviews for you today the fabulous Paperboy by @callummcsorley.bsky.social @pushkinpress.com and for the underwhelming for me Booker Intl shortlisted Hiromi Kawakami annabookbel.net/two-shorter-...

Read @callummcsorley.bsky.social's "Paperboy" Absolutely brilliant. I'd thought "Squeaky Clean" was good, but this was even better. Whilst the plot was gripping, the highlight for me was the constantly inventive similes... Started keeping a note of my favourites, but there were soon way too many 1/2

April Staff Book Group meets today and this month's book is award-winning Squeaky Clean @callummcsorley.bsky.social. All are looking forward to the book chat today 📚 😊.

Reading 'Paperboy' by the brilliant @callummcsorley.bsky.social and have my hand over my mouth in shock while laughing. Chapter 21! Ah, merde! 🫢🤣

CARRION CROW, absolutely brilliant, macabre stuff from Heather Parry. And a great Easter read too (eggs, baby birds, betrayal).

Worth double the stamps at @waterstones.bsky.social this weekend!

This weekend PAPERBOY will net you 3 juicy stamps from @waterstones.bsky.social as it's double stamps for the Easter weekend! www.waterstones.com/book/paperbo...

My review of #SqueakyClean by @callummcsorley.bsky.social is on the podcast now. Link to listen: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...

This is brilliant. Interesting and in-depth look into queen music in Scotland, both contemporary and historical, with an incredible lineup of interviewees. Sometimes sad but always celebratory, you can feel the passion through the page. SMALL TOWN JOY by Carrie Marshall, @404ink.bsky.social

Great review of Squeaky Clean on yesterday's @quickbookreviews.bsky.social podcast: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...

A wee clip about Kingston DIY skatepark in Glasgow, which inspired one of the settings in my new novel, PAPERBOY. @pushkinpress.com

These audiobooks (finished one & started the other) helped my journey to and from London yesterday. Am looking forward to reviewing them on the podcast. @chrischibnall.bsky.social @callummcsorley.bsky.social

Another dedicated Paperboy going out the door! @pushkinpress.com

Sometimes book podcasts can direct you to something great. I listened to the @hobeckbooks.bsky.social last month and the guest was @callummcsorley.bsky.social Their chat was so good I had to get #SqueakyClean narrated by Angela Ness and Robin Laing peterturnsthepage.wordpress.com/2025/04/08/s...

🙌 lovely review of Squeaky Clean here!

Tomorrow 7pm at Waterstones Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow! Tix: www.waterstones.com/events/neil-...

Excellent book post today! SMALL TOWN JOY by Carrie Marshall @carriem.co.uk @404ink.bsky.social

Really looking forward to welcoming @neillancaster66.bsky.social back to sunny Glasgow on Tuesday to talk about his incredible new Craigie book WHEN SHADOWS FALL! @Waterstones Sauchiehall St, tix here: www.waterstones.com/events/neil-...

Tonight! Belter of a line up, tickets are here: www.thestand.co.uk/performance/...

Had such an incredible time at @hburghbookfest.bsky.social at the weekend. One of the best going, it's wonderful. ❤️

Off to @hburghbookfest.bsky.social this morning! Callum McSorley in conversation with Cailean Steed Date: 29 mar • 19:00 Location: 116 East Princes Street, Helensburgh, G84 7DQ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/callum-mcs...

"...both compelling and horrifying. Unmissable." -- Geoffrey Wansell, Daily Mail on PAPERBOY www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/a...

Since Paperboy came out, I've been rereading THE CLASSICS.

Really looking forward to @hburghbookfest.bsky.social , kicking off tonorrow! I'm doing a couple of events on Saturday, which you can find out about here: callummcsorley.com/2025/03/24/r...

Have you got your tickets yet? Only 3 more sleeps!

MARGINALIA 2 April, Glasgow – £10–£12 Featuring poetry from @hannahlavery.bsky.social, comedy from @stuartmcpherson.bsky.social, tales of Westminster from Mhairi Black, & author @callummcsorley.bsky.social reading from his latest novel, PAPERBOY www.thestand.co.uk/performance/...

@hburghbookfest.bsky.social is this weekend! I'll be chatting to the brilliant @caileansteed.bsky.social on Saturday evening! eventsize.com/event/callum...

www.waterstones.com/events/neil-... I think @callummcsorley.bsky.social has some challenging questions lined up about the fact I named a "questionable" character after him ! Come along, it'll be fun !

Had a great time on Everybody Wants To Play The Hits. (There's even a track by my old band here!)

Here's a short piece I wrote for Crime Time about the creation of Paperboy. www.crimetime.co.uk/paperboy-cal...

Zuckerberg has broken copyright law on a collossal scale - pretty much every published book has been used without permission or pay to train his AI. Will our gov do anything about it? Will they fuck. Too busy making sure disabled people don't get a scrap more than they're due.

Currently listening to #SqueakyClean by @callummcsorley.bsky.social. It’s one of those audiobooks that you don’t mind a long car journey because you just want to hear more.

Had a great time on the Hobcast recently, chatting about Scots words and sequel stress with Rebecca and Adrian. Have a listen!

Huge thanks to Lorne Jackson and the Herald Diary for doing the sums on this. 156 rubber ducks on one page! www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2501...

Book launch round 2 tomorrow at Topping & Co Edinburgh! www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinb...

Signed 'special' editions of PAPERBOY are now at Mount Florida Books in Glasgow! @pushkinpress.com

My interview with Robbie Millen is free to read on @thetimes.com today: www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

Looking for something new in your #crimefiction #reading? A chance to win a signed copy of the brilliant ‘Paperboy’ by @callummcsorley.bsky.social - just do what the post below says.

From the McIlvanney Prize-winning author of Squeaky Clean, @callummcsorley.bsky.social brings DCI Ally McCoist back to the page in the grim, funny, thrilling new novel, Paperboy! 📃🖇️ pushkinpress.com/book/paperboy/

Happy publication day @callummcsorley.bsky.social. The brilliant Paperboy is out now. Callum is giving us a signed copy for one winner. Read our interview & have a chance to win by sharing this & following us so we can let you know if you win Thursday 27th March interviewroomone.com/callum-mcsor...