“The rough-finish Mitre. Half football, half Portuguese Man o’ War. On the verge of a ban in the European Court of Human Rights, this model is not for sale to children”
—from “Playground Football” by @brookmyre.bsky.social
Today, 25 May, is #WorldFootballDay ⚽
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EVENT ALERT! I'm appearing at the beautiful Borders Book Festival in Melrose TOMORROW at 9pm with @brookmyre.bsky.social. We will be talking shite and playing a couple of tunes - come and find us! bordersbookfestival.org
@orendabooks.bsky.social
I'm heading for @capitalcrime.bsky.social next month, talking about thirty years of Parlabane. See you at St Paul's.
Heading to the Wirral on Thursday as the Fun Lovin' Crime Writers play our first full gig of 2026. Come and see us murdering songs for fun in Heswall.
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Association for Scottish Literature
It's a Bothwell double bill in Stirling on September 19, with me representing the genteel southern end of the village, and @radiomukhers.bsky.social the less refined north.
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I am heading to Cornwall in July for the Penzance Literary Festival, where I will be chatting about Quite Ugly One Evening on July 9th, then appearing with Marisa Haetzman to discuss our Ambrose Parry novels on July 10th. Tickets at the link:
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Ten years ago, at my first Bloody Scotland, I chased the phenomenal @brookmyre.bsky.social down the street to tell him how much I loved him. A decade on, and with the restraining order lifted, I get to be on stage with him! Tickets here:
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New review! It's a welcome return to Jack Parlabane in Quite Ugly One Evening by @brookmyre.bsky.social (thx @fionabrownlee.bsky.social for the proof) - "Quite beautifully executed, and quite perfectly entertaining"
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Chris Brookmyre - Quite Ugly One Evening Published by Abacus Books (Little, Brown), hardback £22 Also available in ebook. I received a proof copy of the novel from the publisher for review purposes. Many thanks to Fiona Brownlee for facilitating this. First, the official blurb: Reporter Jack Parlabane thrives on chasing stories in unlikely places, and where could be less likely than a fan convention on a cruise liner celebrating a contentious Sixties TV series?
Jack Parlabane is back! And I’m thrilled to encounter him again, in this super new murder mystery by @brookmyre.bsky.social.
A brisk & clever plot (character names a bit tricky). I loved the up-to-the-minute themes of hard right social media, billionaire businessmen and Russian influence.
Fun!
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