A photo of a copy of the 1975 Faber edition of North by Seamus Heaney. The cover art is uncredited by the publisher.
"I lay waiting
between turf-face and demesne wall,
between heathery levels
and glass-toothed stone.
.
.
.
and I rose from the dark,
hacked bone, skull-ware,
frayed stitches, tufts,
small gleams on the bank."
First and last stanzas of BOG QUEEN
Hey pals, I'm down at the beautiful @goldenharebooks.bsky.social at the end of the month (March 26th!) talking about The Shipwright and Shroudweaver. It'd be lovely to see you! Tix as below (click my giant heid), my boundless affection available in person
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May you all trip and fall 🌊⛵️
Oh no way, I tripped and fell and *wrote* that book! Thanks so much for picking it up 🌊💀💙
Thaaaaat's it 🤌
Funnily enough I have a lovely looking book nearing the top of mine. Piggins? Poggins? Something like that.
(VERY excited for it)
Well, this is lovely news! Looking forward to your thoughts :)
Thanks so much Simon, I'll send something else fun your way down the road, I'm sure!
Buoyed up by this perceptive, thoughtful and generous review from Niall at @locusmag.bsky.social, which gets the book down to its core.
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Really looking forward to chatting all things Shipwright and Shroudweaver with @dunfermlinereads.bsky.social this Thursday 26th at 7:30pm on Instagram live. Come say hello!
A poster of an old shipwreck with the cover for The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver superimposed, and an event listing for meet the author, at But n Books Stonehaven on 28th February
Lovely folk, why not come chat all things gothic, fantastic and salt-struck with me at But n' Ben Books, Stonehaven, next Saturday 28th? There'll be a cute wee dug and some live music from my pals David and Gloria too.
Excellent, I await any future auguries.
& evening arrives & you escape - the light lengthening noticeably - reed buntings on barbedwire & the gap beneath a deerfence someone has made passage; way back a red kite cambers, steadies ENE
Well, this looks exemplary
The cat, the ship and the mage are all out the bag - grab your tickets early to hear myself and the lovely @cameronjohnston.bsky.social have what promises to be a truly wild and wonderful chat. April 16th! Waterstones Argyle Street, Glasgow. See. You. There.
Deeply relatable, I guarantee it's there, but it's difficult to see from inside the soup. Solidarity!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpZn... A quiet comfortble message that the horrors will continue.
A detailed close up of the snow moon at night. The seas of the moon can be seen.
A close up of the snow moon at night, blue, yellow and black shades clouds.
An obscured snow moon with a bright corona in the night sky.
Goodnight, snow moon.
Not saying I'm tired, but meant to write to a pal saying "I'm sorry things are tough" and wrote, "I'm songs".
Which would be nice, frankly.
Passing time on the train North. Incredible last line, might crib it for Book 2.
Aberdonians! Come and see us on Saturday the 31st! For putting up with our nonsense you'll also get to hear Raine's interesting and erudite thoughts, AND she's bringing origami.
Today, boat with generously timed seagull. A raddled shed. A pleasant face. Windows illuminate.
I had the nicest time - and I keep getting lovely wee messages saying how much folk enjoyed it <3
💙 cheers pal!
Hi pals, me again, we've added extra seats for Saturday's event with myself and @mkhardywrites.com but are down to the last few tickets, come and goth up your weekend. I'd love to see you there!
Special bonus, then
Delighted to spotlight a critical member of the Ship and Shroud team, who is preparing the way for the arrival of my co-author next week.
How did I miss this?? I want go canal, but the barrier to go canal is very perfectly colour coordinated so - I am torn.
Big zoom, courtesy of Messr. Samsung.
