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Craig Robertson

@craig-robertson.bsky.social

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Author. Crime writer. Festival organiser. Cat slave.

Craig Robertson @craig-robertson.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Can you name the four Scottish crime writers playing with VR imaging at the Scottish Crime Campus yesterday on a research day courtesy of Forensic Services and @bloodyscotland.bsky.social ?

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Craig Robertson @craig-robertson.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

My Top Ten Christmas movies. 10. A Charlie Brown Christmas 9. Rare Exports 8. Trading Places 7. The Bishop's Wife 6. The Holdovers 5. Die Hard 4. A Christmas Carol (Alistair Sim version) 3. Miracle on 34th Street (original) 2. The Muppet Christmas Carol 1. It's a Wonderful Life

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 25/11/2024

William McIlvanney’s pitch-black noirs, featuring Inspector Laidlaw’s disturbing adventures in the Glasgow underworld, made Scotland into a world capital of Crime Fiction — @ianrankin1.bsky.social remembers the man who created Tartan Noir 5/7 crimereads.com/mcilvanney-a...

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McIlvanney and Me: Ian Rankin Remembers the Man Who Created Tartan Noir

It was August 1985 and I was a full-time student at the University of Edinburgh. When not studying, I was writing novels. By 1985 I’d written two. One had been rejected but the other had been accep…

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Craig Robertson @craig-robertson.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I'm writing in American for this next book and it's torture. Every time I type "color" or "realize" I feel a little dirty.

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Craig Robertson @craig-robertson.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

If I had a starter pack then you’d be in it. I don’t have one because I’ve got a book to write, and because I don’t know how to make a starter pack. And also because I can’t be arsed. But you’d be in it for sure.

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Craig Robertson @craig-robertson.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I'm at Waterstones Braehead on Friday night from 6-8 along with a stellar line-up of authors all happy to chat and sign books. There's a wide range of genres and writers and it's a chance to get some Christmas presents in the bag! Ho ho ho...

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Craig Robertson @craig-robertson.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Huge thanks to the talented Mr Rusel McLean for this!

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Craig Robertson @craig-robertson.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

All this talk of cat pics reminded me of the time Bonnie was so desperate to stop me leaving the house that she clung on to the inner door so that I couldn’t open it.

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Craig Robertson @craig-robertson.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

We might never know. Fingers crossed.

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Craig Robertson @craig-robertson.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

And here’s a sunset from yesterday. I’m almost out of content.

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Craig Robertson @craig-robertson.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Here’s a pic of some cats. Our cats. Because that’s the done thing, right?

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Craig Robertson @craig-robertson.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Okay so I’m here. Now what do I do? I realise I’m probably shouting into the void with no followers. Somebody find me!

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