I’ll be chatting with the excellent @laurafjones.bsky.social + @heathermmcd.bsky.social of @404ink.bsky.social about the pitfalls of being a small book publisher + proper ways to support culture on the margins. Join us at @edbookfest.bsky.social on 23 Aug 📚
www.edbookfest.co.uk/events/laura...
I've had some absolutely cracking reads from 404 Ink over the years - get them before they're gone! 💙📚
Journalist + mental health campaigner Bryony Gordon is fresh out of f*cks, and will be talking to me about the majestic joy of breaking free from people pleasing as she brings her debut novel to @edbookfest.bsky.social.
Come listen, bring questions on 26 Aug!
www.edbookfest.co.uk/events/bryon...
SF Layzell
In today’s @thetimes.com, a
list (not without controversy or omissions, as is kinda the point of these lists) of 6 great boozers in Edinburgh
Buy me a cocktail and I might share a few others I chose to gatekeep 🍸✨
Have fun in the comments, those behind the paywall, and don’t come at me🍷cheers! 🥂
A turophile’s dream 🧀
Read my review of Marchmont deli and wine bar Starter Culture Edinburgh in today’s @thetimes.com
Featuring an incredible cheese toastie, smoky Bellota chorizo and a few crazy steep price markups 🍷
Thanks to @louisewelsh00.bsky.social & @allanradcliffe.bsky.social for a
wonderful discussion on queer creativity, rage and hope last night. (Although I look like a young Mick Jagger here, I had a ball 💕)
Happy 5th birthday to @portypride.bsky.social - plenty more ace events on ‘til 12th June! 🌈
Read my review of Sailm Nan Daoine (Psalms of the People) documentary in @thewiremagazine.bsky.social
One church minister casually says Gaelic psalms allow singers to “express even the deepest agonies of the human soul”.
In cinemas from 15 May @lasportrigh.bsky.social @anlanntair.bsky.social
I’ll be double dating with @allanradcliffe.bsky.social for this @portypride.bsky.social event with @zoestrachan.bsky.social and @louisewelsh00.bsky.social - come along! 📖 🌈 👇
I’m such a fan of Brìghde Chaimbeul + her gorgeous playing of the small pipes - so it was great to talk to her about Celtic folklore, drones + losing track of time, ahead of
her Scottish Ensemble collab for @edintfest.bsky.social
In tomorrow’s @heraldscotland.bsky.social
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MEGA SALE: ALL books are £5 on our website until we close the shop on Tuesday 30th June (or we sell out!).
Help us have a great send off: www.404ink.com/shop
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Buy 404 Ink's books: Nasty Women, Chris McQueer, Helen McClory, Jason Reynolds, Creeper, Elle Nash, Nadine Aisha Jassat and more.
Thanks to everyone who came to Portalibri last night for the discussion on Queer Creativity with me and @louisewelsh00.bsky.social, chaired by the fab @clairesawers.bsky.social as part of @portypride.bsky.social. I hope everyone enjoyed the free mimosas next door afterwards! 😍
🚨 Pride month is almost here and I'm looking forward to being a part of this event @portypride.bsky.social alongside @zoestrachan.bsky.social and @louisewelsh00.bsky.social, hosted by @clairesawers.bsky.social at PortaLibri. Grab your FREE tickets from OutSavvy! 🌈 🏳️⚧️ 📚😍 portypride.com/2026events/o...
Allan Radcliffe
Claire Sawers hosts an evening of readings and discussions with authors Allan Radcliffe, Zoë Strachan, and Louise Welsh.
The Quietus is 90% funded by subscribers, and we need another 500 this spring to help us fight the AI-pocalypse – with this in mind, there's a huge sale on our top tier subscriptions. If you like what we do, here's how you can help:
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Luke Turner
There’s something appallingly physical about the language that’s used to describe the radical changes that are affecting every aspect of our culture. AI slop. Enshittification. It’s all rather revolti...
