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Olga Wojtas

@olgawojtas.bsky.social
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As Olga Wojtas, writes the Miss Blaine's Prefect series. As Helena Marchmont, the Bunburry e-series. Supports the Caledonian Antisyzygy. NUJ life member.

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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thank you so much to @publishingscotland.bsky.social and @bookyvikki.bsky.social for inviting me to this evening's Silent Reading session. A brilliant initiative!
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Predappio - the town where Mussolini was born & where his remains lie - is a grotesque neo_Fascist fever dream. I visited during his birthday commemorations & wrote on what its willingness to exploit his memory says about the country, and the rise of its far-right. In the latest @lrb.co.uk
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Dani Garavelli · Diary: Cult of Mussolini
A couple of days before I arrived in Predappio, I read that Hitler’s birthplace in Austria had been compulsorily...
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Very excited about this, although trying to keep the noise down...
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Incredible @edbookfest.bsky.social event with the great @philippesands.bsky.social in conversation with @stephengethins.bsky.social ten years on from his landmark family memoir uncovering the origin of the concept of genocide. Check out the livestream. www.edbookfest.co.uk/on-demand/ph...
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Philippe Sands: 10 Years of East West Street | Edinburgh International Book Festival
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Joanne - Portobello Book Blog @portybelle.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
My favourite time travelling librarian is back! I read an early copy of Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Parcel of Rogues by @olgawojtas.bsky.social and think it's her best so far. Huge thanks to Rebecca at @saraband-books.bsky.social for sending me a physical copy. Available now: highly recommended!
Image of the book Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Parcel of Rogues taken at the seaside
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Fab to compere two superb acts on behalf of the Edinburgh Interfaith Association for Fringe Care Fest. Wonderful Billie Holliday and Lester Young numbers from Pitchblenders, and Latin American and global grooves from Fingertraps. This is a brilliant initiative bringing Fringe acts into care homes.
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Saraband Books @saraband-books.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Our August newsletter is published 📩 Featuring @olgawojtas.bsky.social @karenllo.bsky.social Sarah Close and @ylbooks.bsky.social, as well as events, including @womensprize.bsky.social shortlisted Rozie Kelly & Marcia Hutchinson joint book tour! sarabandbooks.substack.com/p/august-at-... #Booksky
August at Saraband. Newsletter available on Substack. Read and subscribe for free.
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Thrilled that "Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Parcel of Rogues," published by @sarabandbooks.bsky.social, is @waterstones.bsky.social Scottish Book of the Month. Thanks to @shonamaclean.bsky.social and Harriet Tyce for the lovely cover quotes.
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Saraband Books @saraband-books.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Thank you @booksfromscotland.bsky.social and David Robinson for chatting to @olgawojtas.bsky.social about all things Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Parcel of Rogues - out now! booksfromscotland.com/2026/07/davi...
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Saraband Books @saraband-books.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
"This is @olgawojtas.bsky.social’s best, wittiest and most self-assured comic novel yet" Thank you David Robinson and @scotsman.com #BookSky 📚💙 www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...
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Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Parcel of Rogues by Olga Wojtas review: 'gloriously improbable'
This is Olga Wojtas’s best, wittiest and most self-assured comic novel yet, writes David Robinson
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Thanks to @lindasbookbag.bsky.social for her review of Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Parcel of Rogues.
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Linda Hill @lindasbookbag.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
My penultimate The People’s Friend paperback column hits the shelves on 11th July with Katie Fforde @olgawojtas.bsky.social @sarramanning.bsky.social @alicejolly.bsky.social @jennyashcroft.bsky.social Jennifer Ross @orionbooks.bsky.social @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social @saraband-books.bsky.social HQ
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Huge applause tonight at the Usher Hall for Kian Soltani playing Elgar's cello concerto with the @rsno.bsky.social conducted by Patrick Hahn.
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Airing my view in the @scottishfield.bsky.social ... www.scottishfield.co.uk/books/the-go...
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The Good Books, Olga Wojtas: 'I always go back to Pride and Prejudice - Austen’s witty asides are words to live by' Scottish Field
Olga Wojtas on going back to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice again and how The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark inspired her.
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The Agnes Owens Archive @aowensarchive.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
PLEASE SHARE ✨ Agnes Owens at 100 ‘Out of the Margins’ celebrates her life & work with exhibitions, events & talks across Milngavie & Alexandria this spring. Join us to rediscover a vital Scottish voice. More details soon! Curated by @sorchadallas.bsky.social @agrayarchive.bsky.social
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The inimitable team of Alan Cumming, Forbes Masson, Siobhan Redmond and Patrick Ryecart aboard Air Scotia flight 123. Includes utterly dreadful jokes and community singing (with bouncing ball). Will they be lost for ever in the Lower Largo Triangle? Oh dearie me!
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Fantastic time at Blairgowrie's Bookmark chatting to @elainewhiteford.bsky.social about her novels "The Rescue Sisters" and "The Asylum Women". Wonderful to hear about her writing, but the time was too short - I didn't get around to asking about her scuba diving and underwater photography...
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
A Grand Night Out - the Eonarium in @uni-of-edinburgh.bsky.social's McEwan Hall, lying on a beanbag listening to Vivaldi while watching the light show. Followed by a hot chocolate from the fabulous Uplands Roast on the Meadows.
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Great concert in Greyfriars Kirk (Greyfriars Bobby statue in the foreground) with the @rsnochorus.bsky.social singing Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil in Russian, conducted by Stephen Doughty. (There was a message from the @rsno.bsky.social: "The All-Night Vigil will last approximately 75 minutes.")
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Grand day yesterday in Linlithgow. My grandfather was a proud Bl*ck B*tch (asterisks to avoid upsetting the algorithm) who was taught to swim by his father throwing him in Linlithgow Loch. Also, plaque to Lithgae's second most famous son.
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Fantastic time in Linlithgow at the @furtherfrom.bsky.social Book Festival, with wonderful questions from Sally Pattle. And great to catch up with fellow @saraband-books.bsky.social author Jim Crumley.
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Wonderful performance of Beethoven's Violin Concerto in the Usher Hall by Veronika Eberle with the @rsno.bsky.social, conducted by Jörg Widmann. And applause for RSNO leader Maya Iwabuchi.
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Huge congratulations to @shonamaclean.bsky.social on the publication of "The Cromarty Library Circle". Impeccably researched and beautifully written, intriguing and absorbing. The moments of heartbreak come quietly, shaped by the times and by human weakness.
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Brilliant production of "Head. Heart. Hand." in the @traversetheatre.bsky.social, part of @qmuniversity.bsky.social's 150th anniversary celebrations. Written by former student Stef Smith and directed by lecturer Bruce Strachan, here in conversation with QMU honorary graduate @joycemcm.bsky.social
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Delighted to be in conversation next month with @elainewhiteford.bsky.social at the Bookmark Book Festival about her wonderful books "The Rescue Sisters" and "The Asylum Women". If you're around, come along - there will be cake!
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
So excited to be part of the Further From Festival!
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Great to chair the fab @elainethomson123.bsky.social at the Winter Words Festival in @pitlochryft.bsky.social, talking about her ghost story "Hawthorn". Added bonus - meeting Artistic Director @alancumming.bsky.social - will never forget his amazing one-man Macbeth at the Tramway.
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Saraband Books @saraband-books.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Shona McMonagle: librarian, time traveller, history disruptor is back! We're delighted to reveal the cover for Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Parcel of Rogues by @olgawojtas.bsky.social It’s 1788 and Shona’s crashed the Edinburgh Assembly Rooms... 📘 saraband.net/sb-title/mis... #Booksky 📚💙
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Far From The Madding Crowd Bookshop @ffmaddingcrowd.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Making her Further From Festival debut, we'll be joined by @olgawojtas.bsky.social to discuss her Miss Blaine's Prefect series! It's a brilliant cosy crime series (with a bit of time travel!), and has been compared to PG Wodehouse,Jasper Fforde, and Blackadder! Tickets: tinyurl.com/FFFOlgaWojtas
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Thrilled to be part of the @ffmaddingcrowd.bsky.social festival next month!
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Far From The Madding Crowd Bookshop @ffmaddingcrowd.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
A new author to the Further From Festival - it's @olgawojtas.bsky.social! Her Miss Blaine's Prefect series is a perfect slice of cosy crime (with a bit of time travel!), and her work has been compared to PG Wodehouse and Jasper Fforde - as well as Blackadder! Tickets: tinyurl.com/FFFOlgaWojtas
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Happy Hogmanay from Edinburgh! The portaloos are out in force!
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Congratulations to @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social who's appeared on the law pages of @thetimes.com - and it's nothing to do with the Unfortunate Incident. Although I fully accept that the money was just resting in his account.
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Delighted to be one of Allan Massie's highlights of the year in the @scotsman.com magazine, and doubly delighted to be alongside fabulous fellow authors Sue Lawrence, @liammcilvanney.bsky.social, @mrewanmorrison.bsky.social and Alexander Starritt. Thank you, @saraband-books.bsky.social!
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Christmas arrives at Holy Corner. Choir singing at the Eric Liddell Centre; Eric Liddell window and tree at Morningside United Church; and Santa in Morningside Road.
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Can't quite believe it, but today is the publication of the 20th Bunburry novella, written under my nom de plume Helena Marchmont. This time, our hero Alfie McAlister has gone on a writing retreat...
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Happy Festival of St Andrew the Apostle, Patron Saint of Scotland! With Team @qmuniversity.bsky.social in the @signetlibrary.bsky.social before going to the service in @stgilescathedral.bsky.social.
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Overwhelmed by this generous review of "Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Uncharted Island" by the @scotsman.com's chief literary critic Allan Massie in today's supplement on Scottish Books 2025. Reminiscent of the Ealing comedies? I'll take that!
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Book post! Can't wait to read the latest by the fabulous @shonamaclean.bsky.social. Published by @quercusbooks.bsky.social, in bookshops in Feb.
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Saraband Books @saraband-books.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
✨ Paperback fiction bundle ✨ There’s something for everyone in the paperback fiction bundle, from prize winners to debut talent Immerse yourself in historical and contemporary fiction, romance and cosy crime Buy two bundle paperback fiction books for £20 saraband.net/product/pape... #Booksky 📚💙
Paperback fiction bundle from Saraband. Any two books included in the offer for £20. The image shows Kingfisher by Rozie Kelly, Whispers in the Glen by Sue Lawrence, Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Uncharted Island by Olga Wojtas, His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet, How We Named the Stars by Andrés N. Ordorica and What Doesn't Kill Us by Ajay Close.
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Great time at the Scottish Christmas Book Fair for Book Week Scotland. With literary royalty Stewart Conn; @saraband-books.bsky.social superstars Graeme Macrae Burnet and Catherine Simpson; plus our fab publisher; and comparing MurielSpark-inspired books with @gillianshirreffs.bsky.social.
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Incredible @rsno.bsky.social concert at the Usher Hall. A changing places scenario with conductor Patrick Hahn playing piano for Antheil's A Jazz Symphony, while Frank Dupree conducted. Then they swapped for Gershwin's Piano Concerto in F, including swapping shoes. Encore: jamming to Caravan.
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Greg Moodie @gregmoodie.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
"With a psychedelic Robert Louis Stevenson emblazoned on the front cover, 'Cool Scots' provides a refreshingly contemporary reinvention of the various personalities behind Scottish culture." Get a copy here: gregmoodie.com/product/cool...
Cool Scots by Greg Moodie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
With @qmuniversity.bsky.social at the Edinburgh universities' Remembrance Day service in Old College.
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Marvellous workshop with Tessa Asquith-Lamb at Lauriston Castle on making Christmas decorations. Almost happy with mine. The Japanese Garden looking gorgeous.
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Auld Reekie Scrievers, an Edinburgh group of short story writers, today launched our anthology "Pulling At Threads." Published by Dean Park Press, all profits to the homeless charity Streetwork for its library and creative writing group. Available from local bookshops and online.
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Fantastic pop-up display today of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" at the @natlibscot.bsky.social, marking the release of Guillermo del Toro's film. Includes Muriel Spark's Bram Stoker award for her biography of Mary Shelley, and Mary Shelley telling Sir Walter Scott he's an idiot.
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Bruce Gorrie @bsrg1.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
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Olga Wojtas @olgawojtas.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
What better Christmas present than a book? One signed for the recipient! 📖🖋
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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 04/11/2025
Wan o the 1%: Ian Hamilton Finlay FOX see me wan time ah wis a fox an wis ah sleekit! ah gaed slinkin heh an snappin yeh the blokes aa sayed ah wis a GREAT fox aw nae kiddin ah wis pretty good had a whole damn wood in them days hen
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