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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 14/07/2026

Never allowing having too many books to be an impediment to buying more books

Woman with long ginger hair and a fringe holding a pile of books to her chest while standing in a very cramped book shop with lots of secondhand books stacked on the shelves

Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 20/05/2026

Delighted to have a story in the next edition of the delicious @uncertainstories.com volume, which is packed with great writers as well as gorgeous illustrations from Lucy Scott. Out June! www.uncertainstories.com/books/anthol...

An illustration in black pen and pencil showing a dark street with two figures embracing or fighting in the distance

The cover of story anthology Perfect Circle with an illustration of stone steps, shadows and birds flying

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 18/04/2026

Spoils from a browse in Leakey’s Bookshop last week. A ‘new to me’ Drabble and what will be my first go at A Scots Quair since uni. Original prices, 30 pence and 30 shillings respectively!

A hardback copy of a Scot’s quair by Lewis classic gibbon with a grey cover and a paperback copy of A Summer Bird-Cage by Margaret Drabble lying on an embroidered cushion

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 08/04/2026

Very excited to have found such wonderful homes for my next novel. A huge thank you to the fantastic @fionabrownlee.bsky.social! So excited to be working with @allenandunwin.bsky.social and @zandoprojects.bsky.social

Publishers marketplace announcement that Lynsey May’s prodigy has been sold to Zando in NA, Allen and Unwin ANZ and Polygon UK overlaying a photo of the Burntisland fun fair

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 05/04/2026

Been having a magical time at Moniack Mhor, writing, snacking, chatting and spending too much time looking at these horses.

Two white horses standing in a snowy good - fir trees behind them and snow laden bushes in front

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 13/01/2026

Seeing this pretty little shell among the stones and sand made me think of writing. Just a constant quest to pick out an idea and find a way to preserve it.

A close up of a very small and fragile shell in pretty pink tones against wet sand and lots of shells fragments and black stones

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 25/12/2025

Have a cat visitor over the holidays and she has been most helpful whenever anything needs done. Merry Christmas folks.

A tortoiseshell cat lolling across a coffee table, beside a roll of wrapping paper and scissors. Wrapped presents in the background and no space to wrap more, due to cat

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 25/11/2025

You head out to celebrate yer wee brother’s birthday and the menu thinks you’re in need of a trolling

Wine menu that says, red wines/ writer’s block Shiraz

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 24/11/2025

The menu when out celebrating my brother’s birthday this evening. Gotta laugh!!

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 14/11/2025

Today’s writing and admin fuelled by my new favourite coffee (matching outfit purely subliminal)

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 02/10/2025

When people are occupied, resistance is justified. Solidarity from the streets of Edinburgh.

A crowd of people with Palestinian flags walking down princes street with Waverley station in the distance

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 29/09/2025

The 90s dolphins proudly on display in my local vintage shop were not something I needed this Monday morning.

Small silver brooch with two leaping dolphins with a price tag saying ‘90s dolphin broach £25’

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 27/07/2025

I think I might’ve lost my grip on reality but in other news, I found a neat rock.

A white woman’s hand with a silver ring on the thumbs holding a layered rock in white and green in front of a painted green wall

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 21/07/2025

Turns out I really enjoyed my first go at making silver rings. The excellent workshop leader who took the picture added the text, honest. I am partial to a bit of soldering though.

Woman with ginger hair in a bun and with a fringe, wearing a denim apron and safety goggles, holds a wee blow torch

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 14/07/2025

Deep in edits on new book. It has a movie theme, so I’m powering myself with popcorn. Super important scene setter, for sure.

A glass bowl filled with freshly popped corn, sitting on a cushion with green and yellow leaves

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 26/06/2025

Uhh has this been a Dip Dab this whole time? Not a Dib Dab? Is this another thing I need to add to the long list of names I’ve been saying wrong forever?

Open packet of Barrats Dip Dab lying on a yellow patterned quilt

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 07/06/2025

Important chairing prep, a working timepiece. Think of my granddad every time I change a watch battery. It’s the little lessons and moments that stick with you always.

A fob watch open to the watch face, with a small tool and a spare watch battery beside it, lying on a floral print background

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 11/05/2025

Quite a snazzy sky this morning

A sunbeam splitting the clouds in a skyscape with a little blue in the background and a sliver of hill in the distance

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 04/05/2025

When Raynaud’s gives you corpse hands to rival yer dress

A closed fist with several fingers very white and the rest a healthy red over a skirt with a print featuring disembodied hands

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 11/04/2025

When in doubt, find a rock to admire.

A shot of large rocks at the sea shore covered in lichen, two feet in black boots visible at bottom of frame

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 01/04/2025

Before I embark on the next stage of spring cleaning, just enjoying a last little blast of chaos. I work in a guddle, both physically and figuratively, but the mess suits me.

A messy corner of desk, with books, a belted alpaca, a frame stuffed with postcards, an old print tray, and a vase with dried flowers

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 22/03/2025

When people are occupied, resistance is justified. I can’t see what else is left, civil disobedience feels like the only logical card to play.

Waverly station Edinburgh with Palestinian flags held over a peaceful protest

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 13/03/2025

My creepy new novel will be clawing its way out of the woods and onto shelves, with a big thank you to Polygon and my awesome agent Sara Langham birlinn.co.uk/2025/03/13/p...

Woman with long ginger hair and a black top facing the camera with the title Polygon Aquires Kin by Lynsey May above it

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 13/03/2025

The view from Moniack is always a real balm

View of a grey and cloudy sky with snow capped hills in the distance and teen shrubs and bushes in the foreground

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 08/03/2025

Today’s reading, courtesy of my local library #IWD

A pale pink book on a fluffy great blanket. The book is Your Silence Will Not Protect You by Audre Lorde

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 06/03/2025

Hope everyone has something good to read today (and every day)

A light up sign with black writing saying “world book day leith” on a ma toe price with an orange wall behind

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 01/03/2025

Had such a good time shooting some otherworldly pictures with the talented Laura Meek.

A faded black and white image of a woman with long hair blowing in the wind. She’s wearing a black coat with her hands in the pockets

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 14/02/2025

Lovely to see @richardstrachan.bsky.social launch The Unrecovered last night at Golden Hare. A lyrical and chilling take out now from @bloomsburyraven.bsky.social

A man dressed in a black shirt and dark jeans sits in a wooden chair in front of a books case about to read from his novel, The Unrecovered

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 12/02/2025

Sitting at my desk, doing the stuff that needs done, admiring my new (old) candle holder.

A thick black, lit candle in a brass lotus flower holder, sitting on a battered desk with small plant pots and a glass trinket box in the background

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 31/01/2025

The dreaded moment for any interviewer. Luckily, I don’t trust anything and took extensive notes. The lovely interviewee had a third party app for logging into zoom which broke my recording and transcript 😭

Image of a computer screen with a text box that has a time stamp and the words testing transcript. The rest of the box is empty!

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 21/01/2025

Not only did I get my PLR statement today, but a friend happened to text me having spotted Weak Teeth in the lovely display cabinet at Leith Library alongside a bunch of great Scottish authors. Hurrah for libraries!

Gently lit bookshelves in a wood and glass cabinet, with books facing outwards. Including weak teeth, train spotting and gear no evil

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 16/01/2025

Great day of planning, reflecting and collaging on a wee team away day at the fab @fruitmarket.bsky.social (including a stealthy book signing on the way out)

A collage made of torn images from magazines, with words such as arts, pressure and mourning alongside images of distressed looking people

Books stacked on a bookshelf, including a copy of Weak Teeth

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 03/01/2025

Imperfect capture, perfect moon

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 03/01/2025

Trolling myself with Shrigley. Start the year as you mean to go on, eh?

A hand holding a bookmark Saying “News: writing books is easy” in front of a big pile of messy printouts covered in handwriting on a fluffy blanket

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 26/12/2024

My mum does a great tree, cousin does a great mimosa. Happy holidays.

A selfies of a woman with long ginger hair holding a glass near the camera in front of a decorated Christmas tree

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 23/12/2024

When a dog chooses you as a safe spot during a party, you can’t help but feel kinda smug.

A terrier up close to the camera with a red collar and bone shapes charm with a woman’s face poking out behind him

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 14/12/2024

Sky reminding me how wee we all are

A slice of beach with a blue sky and white clouds above a calm but cold looking sea. Figures on the shoreline walking a dog

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 06/12/2024

Managed to squeeze in a visit to the @wellcomecollection.bsky.social last week as always do on London visits and loved this exhibition on work, health and rights as well as the one by Jason Wilsher-Mills. Also forced to pick up more postcards.

Brochure for exhibition Hard Graft from the Wellcome Collection, featuring an illustration of protestors, and a stack of postcards with the top image showing an illustrated jawbone, pulled teeth and a partially peeled pomegranate fruit.

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 02/12/2024

Am a very serious professional lady, obvs.

A woman in a black jacket, tights and boots standing on the end of a pier with her arms out and her head hidden in a large bell

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 29/11/2024

A lovely wake up call today. Looking forward to more @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social fun after a wee Soho jaunt.

A view of Hammersmith roofs and a pink and blue sky taken from a high perspective

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 27/11/2024

When you realise you did not fully empty the rucksack you also use for shopping before travelling across the country. Onion snack anyone?

A hand holding an onion in front of a brown rucksack with a background of train seats

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 25/11/2024

Give blood, get snacks! And often nice chats. Thanks SNBTS

View of a hand holding a carton of apple juice while the person sits cross legged on a blue bed. View of a sharps bin and monitor in be background

Shot of a large van saying give blood. NHS Scotland on the side

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Lynsey May @lynseymay.com · 22/11/2024

This was so much fun, the other writers shared such brilliant facts and intriguing information, and the excellent Matthew at Blackwells Edinburgh plans to continue the series in the new year. Very much recommend keeping an eye out for more in the future!