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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 18h

Quite Ugly One Evening is a Kindle Monthly Deal for October. Set sail with Parlabane on a luxury cruise at the steerage-class price of 99p. www.amazon.co.uk/Quite-Ugly-O...

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 19h

We'll be at Venice Noir with Ian Rankin and Denise Mina on Friday November 13th, talking about the legacy of Jekyll & Hyde on our respective works.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's late September and I really should be... heading to Wigtown for an event with the incomparable @louisewelsh00.bsky.social next Wednesday. tickets.wigtownbookfestival.com/sales/events...

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Heading to Byres Rd tomorrow evening to talk Parlabane and Ambrose Parry with Marisa Haetzman.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Love the fact that in most places back then, rumours of a vampire in the neighbourhood would have had the local kids hiding in their bedrooms, while in the Gorbals, they were like: "Let's get tooled up and leather the cunt."

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Marisa and I will be at Oxfam bookshop on Byres Rd this Friday evening as part of the Byres Rd Book Festival. We'll be chatting about Quite Ugly One Evening, The Death of Shame and what's next for Ambrose Parry.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Marisa and I will be at the Oxfam bookshop on Byres Rd this Friday evening as part of the Byres Rd Book Festival. Despite what's on the poster, we'll be chatting about Quite Ugly One Evening, The Death of Shame and what's next for Ambrose Parry.

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Scottish Book Trust @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Crime fiction fans - we have an amazing book subscription curated by @brookmyre.bsky.social Each month a new book, as chosen by award-winning Scottish author Chris Brookmyre, will be delivered to your door! shop.scottishbooktrust.com/products/boo...

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Get your next read delivered to your door with our crime monthly book subscription box curated by Chris Brookmyre – a perfect gift for readers.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I'll be reflecting on thirty years of Parlabane, from Quite Ugly One Morning to Quite Ugly One Evening, this Wednesday at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Tickets at the link: www.edbookfest.co.uk/events/chris...

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Thrilled to be returning to the Cheltenham Literature Festival on October 16th for a special event talking about the maritime inspiration for Quite Ugly One Evening.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Spotted in the St James Quarter. Jack's Fringe run starts this Thursday. Tickets: www.thestand.co.uk/.../jack-bro...

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bookluvvr.bsky.social @bookluvvr.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Read @brookmyre.bsky.social's "Quite Ugly One Evening". Has fond memories of discovering this author and binging his wonderfully enjoyable novels about 12 years ago, then reading the new ones as they came out. The return of Jack Parlabane was long awaited, and I loved the occasional passing 1/5

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Doug Johnstone @dougjohnstone.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I'm thrilled to be pitching up at the Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate on Friday, having a cheeky half pint with @brookmyre.bsky.social. Come say hi! @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social @orendabooks.bsky.social

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Two generations of Brookmyres appearing at Edinburgh this August. The younger one is by far the funnier. www.thestand.co.uk/fringe/2919/...

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Equal parts entertaining and frustrating to hear Guy and Alan try to describe shithousery without being able to say shithousery.

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 06/07/2026

There's a part in the book "Careless People" where the author beats Zuck at Settlers of Catan, and he is absolutely wrecked by it. Someone pulls her aside to explain everyone else has been letting him win for years. I think about this a lot re: why tech bros think everyone will love AI chatbots.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

On Saturday, Marisa and I had the colossal privilege of being awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Edinburgh on the 300th anniversary of the founding of the medical school, in acknowledgment of our work writing as Ambrose Parry.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Marisa and I were, if not literally speechless, at least stumblingly inarticulate to have won the Short Story Dagger last night. The Apple Falls Not Far is available as a free ebook and audiobook.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

You can nab Quite Ugly One Evening for £1.99 on Kindle today only: www.amazon.co.uk/Quite-Ugly-O...

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Bloody Scotland @bloodyscotland.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

One of our favourite days here at Bloody Scotland HQ is when we unleash the McIlvanney Prize long-list - feast your eyes on this lovely bunch! That's your summer reading sorted. The winner will be announced on 18th September in Stirling: bloodyscotland.com/event/bloody...

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Very chuffed that The Cracked Mirror has been shortlisted in the foreign novels category for France's Sélection Grand Prix de Littérature Policière 2026.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Tickets are now on sale for my event at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of Quite Ugly One Morning and discussing Parlabane's ocean-going culture war misadventures in Quite Ugly One Evening. www.edbookfest.co.uk/events/chris...

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BlueGreen 🌱 @bluegreen3.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I just this second finished @brookmyre.bsky.social’s latest. Wow. I never was a huge Parlabane fan (sorry) but I loved that ending. I have actual tears in my eyes 🥹 He summarises the state of the world, the division & “bad actors” - which leave me inarticulate with fury - so eloquently. FIVE STARS

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Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Delighted to have won the news category of the @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social Media Awards for my reporting on Glasgow's response to Reform UK and their attacks on the city's asylum population

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Marisa and I will be doing an In Conversation event at The Stand on August 6th. Reckon that talk on August 19th might be busy, so if you can't get tickets for that, come and hear us instead. www.thestand.co.uk/fringe/2963/...

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I don't think I like the narrative of being in a divided country. When somebody is racist I don't have a difference of opinion with that person. they have a moral failing. I'm not obliged to reach over the boundary and explain that we could probably swap kidneys if we needed. Who has the time lol

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Nic the Bookseller @nic-v.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Jack Parlabane is back! And I’m thrilled to encounter him again, in this super new murder mystery by @brookmyre.bsky.social. A brisk & clever plot (character names a bit tricky). I loved the up-to-the-minute themes of hard right social media, billionaire businessmen and Russian influence. Fun! 💙📚⚡️

Quite Ugly One Evening
By Chris Brookmyre.
A Jack Parlabane Mystery:
“Blood is thicker than water. And much messier.”

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Heading to the Wirral on Thursday as the Fun Lovin' Crime Writers play our first full gig of 2026. Come and see us murdering songs for fun in Heswall. events.ticketquarter.co.uk/event/event-...

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Fun Lovin Crime Writers are back!

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Doug Johnstone @dougjohnstone.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

EVENT ALERT! I'm appearing at the beautiful Borders Book Festival in Melrose TOMORROW at 9pm with @brookmyre.bsky.social. We will be talking shite and playing a couple of tunes - come and find us! bordersbookfestival.org @orendabooks.bsky.social

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Abir Mukherjee @radiomukhers.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

A little message about the Britain I love.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

It's a Bothwell double bill in Stirling on September 19, with me representing the genteel southern end of the village, and @radiomukhers.bsky.social the less refined north. bloodyscotland.com/event/in-con...

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Abir Mukherjee @radiomukhers.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Ten years ago, at my first Bloody Scotland, I chased the phenomenal @brookmyre.bsky.social down the street to tell him how much I loved him. A decade on, and with the restraining order lifted, I get to be on stage with him! Tickets here: bloodyscotland.com/event/in-con...

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I am heading to Cornwall in July for the Penzance Literary Festival, where I will be chatting about Quite Ugly One Evening on July 9th, then appearing with Marisa Haetzman to discuss our Ambrose Parry novels on July 10th. Tickets at the link: www.pzlitfest.co.uk

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 25/05/2026

“The rough-finish Mitre. Half football, half Portuguese Man o’ War. On the verge of a ban in the European Court of Human Rights, this model is not for sale to children” —from “Playground Football” by @brookmyre.bsky.social Today, 25 May, is #WorldFootballDay ⚽ dearscotland.com/2009/08/07/p...

A white football (i.e. soccer ball – the game where you mostly hit the ball with your feet, rather than carry it in your hands, I'm just saying) – the Mouldmaster 5 Mitre. It's white, moulded in plastic, with a rough finish and with shallow grooves to mimic panels on a leather football.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I'm heading for @capitalcrime.bsky.social next month, talking about thirty years of Parlabane. See you at St Paul's.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I'm talking thirty years of Parlabane with Mark Billingham in Stewarton and East Kilbride this week, then it's a double-header with Callum McSorley in Linlithgow.

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Hull Noir @hullnoir.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Thanks to all who joined us at Hull Libraries (Central and online) last night to hear from the brilliant @brookmyre.bsky.social. A treat!

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Hull Libraries @hulllibraries.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

You'll find us in the Children's Library on the ground floor of Central Library for @hullnoir.bsky.social again this month. If . Our guest will be @brookmyre.bsky.social Chris will be talking about 'Quite Ugly One Evening', 20th May (7pm).

Pictures of Chris Brookmyre and the cover of his latest book and text as follows: Hull Noir and Hull Libraries present Chris Brookmyre
Quite Ugly One Evening by Chris Brookmyre
Wednesday 20 May 7pm
Hull Central Library + livestreamed to an online audience
An Atlantic voyage. A family at war. A secret worth killing over.
Reporter Jack Parlabane thrives on chasing stories in unlikely places, and where could be less likely than a fan convention on a cruise liner celebrating a contentious Sixties TV series? But unlike the media family exploiting their show's renewed relevance, he's not there to stoke controversy: he’s there to solve a murder. And that's not even the tricky part. No, the tricky part is definitely the dead body locked in a cabin with him, covered in his blood.

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Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Absolutely thrilled to get this review in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I don't want a battle of ideas. I want wealthy people and businesses to pay a fair share of taxes because the wealth does not trickle down and we're all poorer for it, and I want racists and transphobes to stop having undue influence of government policy.

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Canongate @canongate.co.uk · 14/05/2026

This is only getting worse: we're getting a lot of emails and phone calls from people receiving fraudulent emails claiming to be from Canongate editors.

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Doug Johnstone @dougjohnstone.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Paisley, we are coming for you this Friday. Expect banter and tunes, plus @valmcdermid.bsky.social! @brookmyre.bsky.social @orendabooks.bsky.social

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