This week marks a year since we lost my mother to cancer. Last September, on what would have been her 60th birthday, we planted this tree in the gardens of Brodick Castle. She loved the trees here, and to have one in her memory — right next to the castle — has been a wonderful comfort. We were delighted to see it in such good condition on Wednesday, and budding nicely. Thank you @nationaltrustforscotland for their support and expert groundspersonship! Later this year my brother and I will be running the Glasgow half marathon, and doing other run-related things, to raise money for @cr_uk — and in September we’ll be hosting the 4th Annual @theclaretdug golf tournament at Barassie Links for @beatsoncharity #fundraising #cancer #charity
#Repost @_knightsof This is an unbelievable statistic given how high diversity appears to be on the agenda for the publishing industry. If you haven’t already, you should read Orangeboy by @lawrencepatrice — which I recently recommended on my visit to Ayr Writer’s Club as a brilliant example of a first chapter with mega strong story hooks! ・・・ Lazy Sunday morning reading sorted 🙌Catch @lawrencepatrice in conversation with @carolineamcarpenter talking all things diversity, day jobs and Blondie. 🔗in the bio
Signed copy of #Riverkeep now in @shakespeareandcoparis bookshop!
Signed copies of #TheSacrificeBox in @waterstones Argyll Street—one of which also has signed doodles! In v good company too... @alwynhamilton @emilybarr01 @writerkmc @beckyalbertalli #UKYA #YA #horcomrom
One today! How on earth has that happened, @juliemcwhirter1?
Amazing repost of #Riverkeep out in the Francophone world—amazing cover by @yannlegendre. Can’t wait to get there and see it pour myself! 🇫🇷 🐉🚣🏾‍♂️ #Repost @lesmotsdarva with @get_repost ・・・ . I got the flue, and I hate it. Like.. Really. I can't do anything except lying in my bed and thinking about what I could have done during all this lost time 🤔 Hopefully, I still can read, even if it drains the rest of my energy. QOTD : can you still reading when you get sick? I hope you do 🖤 - - - Salut les gars ! Une fois n'est pas coutume : je suis malaaaade (#grippe). Et ça me tue, je ne suis bonne à rien à part ruminer dans mon lit en pensant à toutes ce que j'aurais pu faire. Heureusement que je peux encore lire 😀 . J'avance plutôt bien dans "La légende des quatre" et j' aime beaucoup ! Et le prochain livre à sortir de ma PAL sera sûrement celui-ci : "Riverkeep" de Martin Stewart aux éditions Milan (@pageturnersromans)🍃 Tout m'attire dans ce roman : le titre, la couverture, le résumé.. J'ai la terrible impression que ce sera un coup de poing et de cœur 🖤 Il me tarde de m'y plonger (c'est le cas de le dire !) Il vous tente ? 😀 _____ #bookstagram #bookalcoholic #booklover #livreaddict #bookworm #books #bibliophile #riverkeep #martinstewart #editionmilan #pageturners