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FranMcBookface @franmcbookface.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

📚Book mail quandary 📚 When book mail arrives so beautifully wrapped you almost can't bear to ruin it but you also know it's the new @franhill123.bsky.social so you also want to rip it open 😄 Huge thanks to Olivia @legendpress.bsky.social for sending Home Bird is out now

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Copy of the book Home Bird standing alongside a cinnamon bun jellycat and a themed bookmark on a white bookshelf

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FranMcBookface @franmcbookface.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Shared my review for the utterly brilliant The Show Woman by @emmacowing.bsky.social over on IG today I honestly enjoyed this one so much, and I devoured it in just a couple of sittings Out May 1st. Link to buy and full review in bio

A copy of The Show Woman book held up in front of a circus big top

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Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

If you feel a very real need for a big gay Scottish love story about art and class and and obsession, then please sign up for my newsletter where I'll be giving away a handsome proof of my new novel, The Two Roberts (not out till September). www.damianbarr.com/subscribe #booksky

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The First Eleven Minutes @firstelevenminutes.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

‘The Death Watcher’ by Chris Carter is coming soon in paperback with striking new colourways. Out 8th May. www.instagram.com/p/DIt8wb9M_z...

Shady character holding paperback version of ‘The Death Watcher’ by Chris Carter.

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FranMcBookface @franmcbookface.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Fabulous day exploring the bookshops of Leith - Edinburgh Community Bookshop, @argonautbooks.bsky.social @typewronger.bsky.social McNaughtons &Topping Couldn't resist picking up some of the Penguin Archive editions 😍

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Bloody Scotland @bloodyscotland.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

What's that you say? It's the sound of the fourth episode of our podcast dropping! This week @craig-robertson.bsky.social and @dawnsgeddes.bsky.social have a chinwag with @callytaylor.bsky.social and debut author Tom Spencer bloodyscotland.podbean.com

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FranMcBookface @franmcbookface.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Posted my review for The incredible Our Last Wild Days over on my IG "Though the locations & situations are often bleak, the writing is luminous From the title to the last page, this book had me in its thrall." Out April 24th Full review www.instagram.com/p/DIizuU8Ce5...

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Georgina Moore Author @georginamoore1.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Thrilled to say that if you would like to pre-order River of Stars this weekend with @waterstones.bsky.social it is 25% off! Just go to Waterstones.com or use the app & enter code PREORDER25. If you could share this I would be so grateful as pre-orders are the Holy Grail for authors 🙏✨✨✨

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FranMcBookface @franmcbookface.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Absolutely delighted to be part of the cover reveal for River of Stars by @georginamoore1.bsky.social Look at this absolutely stunning cover! It sounds just as good as it looks too It's out July 3rd and there's a preorder link in my bio ✨️

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FranMcBookface @franmcbookface.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Loving David Tennants Scottish entrance at #Baftas 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👏

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FranMcBookface @franmcbookface.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Huge thanks to Eye books for this fabulous bookmail Words Fail Me by Frances McKendrick sounds like a fantastic read and Val McDermid & Ian Rankin agree 👍 Out on Kindle on 19th March and in paperback on April 10th #booksky

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Orenda Books @orendabooks.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

#TheWeekenders is landing 27th February, have you pre-ordered yet? Ebook - geni.us/Ir9dR9s Print - geni.us/WVluqX

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The Weekenders - David F. Ross

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FranMcBookface @franmcbookface.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Gorgeous train scenery on our way to Aviemore 🤩 #scotland

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FranMcBookface @franmcbookface.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Highlighting this fabulous giveaway👇 I'm ridiculously excited for this one!

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FranMcBookface @franmcbookface.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Sharing my review of Human, Animal by @sethinsua.bsky.social over on IG A beautifully written and compelling story of a family in crisis www.instagram.com/p/DFp8fUJiIN...

Image of a book Human, Animal - pale blue and featuring a cow at the bottom - next to a crocheted cactus in a white pot

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In My Good Books Podcast @inmygoodbookspod.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Very excited for the first event at this year’s @hburghbookfest.bsky.social at a very special location 😍

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FranMcBookface @franmcbookface.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Such a gorgeous story Highly recommend!

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FranMcBookface @franmcbookface.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

I'm ready for #BurnsNight with my haggis, whisky and stack of Scottish books 😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Hands up if you've never tried haggis 😋

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Orenda Books @orendabooks.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

FIVE whole years of #TheSkelfs! Happy bookiversary, @dougjohnstone.bsky.social 🥳 If you haven't started your #Skelfaholic journey yet, this is your sign to start the #Series now!

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Alison Barrow @alisonbarrow.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Yesterday we revealed this gem. 💜📚 Out May 22 2025 it is the story of people finding each other and in doing so, finding themselves. Filled with beautiful characters. It's her best yet and we are bursting with pride and happiness to bring you Ruth Jones' new novel #ByYourSide

Photograph of award winning writer Ruth Jones new novel By Your Side, out May 2025

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FranMcBookface @franmcbookface.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

I've reviewed Blob by Maggie Su over on IG today A story about a woman who finds a blob outside a nightclub and moulds him into the perfect man Unexpectedly, I really enjoyed this one! Out Feb 6th from @sceptrebooks.bsky.social www.instagram.com/p/DFHupYwCG2...

Book with yellow cover and pink text lies splayed open on a white blanket beside a pink balloon with googly eyes

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FranMcBookface @franmcbookface.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I'm so thrilled to receive a copy of The Show Woman by @emmacowing.bsky.social I've been impatient for this one since I first heard about it. A tale of a group of showwomen performing across Edwardian Scotland - yes please! It's out May 1st and there's a link to pre-order in my bio #booksky

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FranMcBookface @franmcbookface.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Already very excited for this one! 🙌🏻

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FranMcBookface @franmcbookface.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Had a fantastic trip to Munich Such a gorgeous city! Today was a mini tour of some bookshops in the snow 🥰 #Germany #munich #books

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The First Eleven Minutes @firstelevenminutes.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Tick Tock Review O’Clock Over on the Gram. www.instagram.com/share/BAi5nd...

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FranMcBookface @franmcbookface.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

🚨Amazing bookpost alert!🚨 A millions Thank yous to @panmacmillan.bsky.social for sending a copy of The Mourning Necklace by Kate Foster I loved The Maiden and The King's Witches, so I'm really looking forward to picking this up It's out on 29 May. Preorder link in my bio #booksky

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FranMcBookface @franmcbookface.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

And they're right! It's brilliant 🙌🏻

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Emma (emreadsthebooks) @emreadsthebooks.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Happy publication day to this gorgeous book that I finished this morning & it's now on my favourites list! City of Night Birds by Juhea Kim is a close examination of art, human relationships & how they come together and create something extraordinary Thank you @oneworldbooks.bsky.social #BookSky

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Guid Reads (Ruth Galloway) @guidreads.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Day 1 of #adesignaday and we’ve added totes, hoodies and tees in every colour of the rainbow, and our ever popular denim jackets! fairyheaven.co.uk/collections/... #booksky #bibliophile #bookmerch

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Liam McIlvanney @liammcilvanney.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Absolutely cracking #bookpost today: Sara Lodge’s groundbreaking history of women detectives in the Victorian era. Can’t wait to get started on this. Thanks a million, @victoriandetective.bsky.social!

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The First Eleven Minutes @firstelevenminutes.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Not all books hit the same so here’s an honest review of something you might well like. www.instagram.com/share/BAGYFu...

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FranMcBookface @franmcbookface.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Just started my current Netgalley read about 10 minutes ago and it's already so bloody good! Cursing the fact I need to go back to work this afternoon 😭 Ordinary Saints by @niamhsquared.bsky.social is out in April from @bonnierbooks.bsky.social #booksky

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Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Gorgeous People Who Love Books: Join Elif Shafak, Jackie Kay, @nikeshshukla.bsky.social @naomialderman.bsky.social @hugorifkind.bsky.social @rfkuang.bsky.social and many other brilliant writers on my books chat show. Yer welcome! Happy reading! #BigScottishBookClub www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Scotland - The Big Scottish Book Club

Damian Barr interviews some of the biggest names in fiction, non-fiction and poetry.

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In My Good Books Podcast @inmygoodbookspod.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

My first review of 2025 is an excellent historical fiction novel publishing on 30th Jan. Link below to pre-order The Blackbirds of St Giles by Lila Cain (@kateagriffin.bsky.social & Marcia Cross) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Let me know if you’re adding it to your TBR! Gifted by @simonschusteruk.bsky.social 💙📚

This is one of those books that I knew I was going to love within the first five pages. The opening prologue was one of the most tense and riveting starts to a book that I’ve read in a really long time and I couldn’t wait to keep reading!

The story starts on The Garnett Plantation in 1768 where a revolt is underway. Daniel, an enslaved young man, is forced to leave behind his mother and brother in order to flee the island and save his younger sister, Pearl. Fourteen years later we find the siblings on the cusp of another boat voyage, but this time they are full of hope as they embark on the transatlantic journey to London. With the promise of a bright future ahead of them as free people, and a wealthy benefactor to ease the way, will they get the fresh start they so greatly deserve?

Needless to say, things don’t go to plan and drama ensues! I’m quite fussy about the type of historical fiction that I enjoy. As much as I like all the little details and learning about a different time period, I do want a well-paced, exciting plot - and this book definitely delivers. At 480 pages long it’s a chunky novel but I flew through it and was left wanting more!

Interestingly, the novel has been co-authored by Kate Griffin and Marcia Hutchinson, but you’d never know there were two writers (which I mean as the highest compliment!). The writing is brilliant, meticulously researched, and utterly seamless. I really can’t recommend this book enough, whether you’re an existing fan of historical fiction or you’re looking to try out something new, I think you’ll love it!

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FranMcBookface @franmcbookface.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

I love it when my postie brings me bookish things 🤩 I've been reading Stephen King since I was 12 so I couldn't resist this t-shirt Arrived with the rest of my Christmas book buying spree. Are there any here you've read? #booksky

Three books - Winter Soldier by Daniel Mason. Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange and Gabriel's Moon by William Boyd - sit on top of a red t-shirt with the words 'Stephen King rules' in yellow on it

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FranMcBookface @franmcbookface.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Eurgh! Back to work for me 😭 On the bright side, I do get to work from the couch today, and I get to start my gorgeous new journal 🤩 Anyone else have an addiction to pretty notebooks they can hardly bear to write in? 😄

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FranMcBookface @franmcbookface.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Happy new year 🥳🥂and more importantly Happy Steak Pie day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😋 Final reading stats for 2024 are in! Not sure what the targets will be this year yet, but definitely planning on using Storygraph more Do you have any reading targets set? #booksky

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FranMcBookface @franmcbookface.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

✨️Top 12 of 2024✨️ I've read 162 books this year and finally whittled it down to 12 favourites Every one of these books is a fantastic read, and I can't recommend them highly enough Do we have any favourites in common? #booksky

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Girls by Kirsty Capes, The Tower by Flora Carr, The Painters Daughters by Emily Howes, Only Here, Only Now by Tom Newlands, You Are Here by David Nicholls, The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown, Hard by a Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvilli, That Beautiful Atlantic Waltz by Malachy Tallack, Birding by Rose Ruane, Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra, Dark Island by Daniel Aubrey, The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

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FranMcBookface @franmcbookface.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

I've been saving this one, but I can wait no longer! This Bright Life by @writerkcampbell.bsky.social is out March 27th More info & preorder uk.bookshop.org/a/10984/9781...

A book, This Bright Life, is held up against a rainbow crochet blanket

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FranMcBookface @franmcbookface.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Arrived at the folks Merry Christmas everyone!

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FranMcBookface @franmcbookface.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Finally! Works done! It's been a long, busy old year but now it's time to relax and have fun with family and friends 🥳🥂

An image of The Office lego set with an Out of Office sign above it

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FranMcBookface @franmcbookface.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Reading nook all freshened up for the holidays. Planning on spending plenty of time here over the next couple of weeks 😊 #booksky #library #bookshelves

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FranMcBookface @franmcbookface.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

One of my oldest friends had had the absolute toughest of years These gorgeous flowers have just arrived from her to say thanks for my support I'm in pieces 😭😭

A vase filled with flowers - mostly roses with foliage - sits on a table next to a thank you card

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FranMcBookface @franmcbookface.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

I've been doing some Christmas themed book posts over on IG this week Fun, but I have fresh respect for the properly creative bookstagrammers. How do they do it? It takes so much effort! 😆 📚💙 #booksky

A Christmas tree made from a stack of splayed books. A Christmas tree ornament in front and a bookish Christmas card to the left

A Christmas wreath made from a ring of books. Fairy lights in the centre and red and white ribbon on top

Red and green books laid out to mimic a present

Books on a shelf arranged to spell out ' mince pie' A jelly cat mince pie sits on top of the books

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Alison Barrow @alisonbarrow.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Look at these beauties, just in! 📚 🎉Am having an office sort out (clean up?!) before the holidays - so any UK booksellers & book bloggers like to get your hands on this taut, twisty read for the holidays... Follow & RT by 12 noon 19/12/24 so I can pop in the post #Giveaway

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