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WELCOME TO MY TENTH INTERVIEW IN MY MCILVANNEY LONGLIST INTERVIEW SERIES! My guest this week is Sir Ian Rankin who needs no introduction but if you need to know more about him then you can read more here: Ian Rankin | Hachette UK The Bookshops he recommends are: 1. The Edinburgh Bookshop 2. Topping & Company Booksellers toppings

WELCOME TO THE NINTH EPISODE OF MY MCILVANNEY SERIES! My guest today is Tariq Ashkanani - Scottish Book Trust The Bookshop he recommended is The Edinburgh Bookshop

WELCOME TO THE EIGHTH EPISODE OF MY MCILVANNEY SERIES! My guest today is Douglas Skelton The Bookshop he recommended is The Book Nook in Stewarton

WELCOME TO THE SEVENTH EPISODE IN MY MCILVANNEY SERIES! My guest today is Allan Gaw The Bookshop he recommend is the The Wee Bookshop - Dollar, Scotland

WELCOME TO THE SIXTH EPISODE IN MY MCILVANNEY PRIZE INTERVIEWS. My guest today is Ambrose Parry. The Bookshop they recommend is Portobello Books

WELCOME TO THE FIFTH EPISODE IN MY MCILVANNEY SERIES! My guest today is Daniel Aubrey The Bookshops he recommended are: 1. The Orcadian Bookshop 2. Ullapool Bookshop 3. Nairn Books

WELCOME TO THE FOURTH EPISODE OF MY MCILVANNEY SERIES! My guest today is Alan Parks The Bookshop he recommended is No Alibis Bookstore

WELCOME TO THE THIRD EPISODE OF MY MCILVANNEY PRIZE SERIES! My guest this week is Denise Mina. The Bookshop she recommended is Hyndland Bookshop

WELCOME TO THE SECOND EPISODE IN MY MCILVANNEY PRIZE SERIES! My guest today is Lin Anderson! Lin Anderson The Bookshops she recommended are: 1. The Bookmark 2. The Edinburgh Bookshop

WELCOME TO THE FIRST EPISODE IN MY MCILVANNEY PRIZE INTERVIEWS! My guest today is Heather Critchlow. You can find out more about her here: Heather Critchlow The Bookshops she recommended are: 1. The Edinburgh Bookshop 2. The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry 3. Orb's Bookshop | Huntly | Aberdeenshire

My guest this week is David Brown. You can find out more about his books here: David Brown

My guest this week is Dame Vikki Heywood! Her website to order her debut novel is here: Vikki Heywood The bookshops Vikki recommended are: Highgate Books Highgate Bookshop Tenby Books - Tenby Book Shop

My guest this week is Samantha York! You can find out more about her book here: The Foreshore, Samantha York – Salt The two bookshops she reccomended are: 1. Daydreams Bookshop https://milngavie.co.uk/welcome-to-daydreams-bookshop-a-place-for-readers-and-dreamers/ 2. Bound in Whitley Bay https://www.forumbooksshop.com/

My guest this week is James Robert Moore. You can find out more about him here: Home | James Robert Moore The bookshop he recommended is Read on Sea: Read on Sea – Bookshop in Leigh-on-Sea

My guest this week was David Reynolds. You can find out more about his work here: David Reynolds - Muswell Press The bookshops he recommended are: 1. The Barnes bookshop https://barnesbookshop.com/ 2. The review bookshop http://www.reviewbookshop.co.uk/ 3. Lala books https://www.lalabooks.london/

My guest this week is Joni Marie Iraci! For more information on her work you can visit her website:  https://www.jonimarieiraci.com   You can follow her on social media here:   https://www.facebook.com/jonimarieiraci/author  and www.intagram.com/jiraci2

WELCOME TO THE LAST EPISODE IN MY SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE SHORTLIST! You can find out more about the Prize here: ⁠Shortlist revealed for the 2025 Debut Prize - Bloody Scotland⁠ The Bookshop Richard recommended was Golden Hare Books - ⁠Golden Hare Books ⁠ .

WELCOME TO THE PENULTIMATE IN MY SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE SHORTLIST! You can find out more about the Prize here: ⁠⁠⁠Shortlist revealed for the 2025 Debut Prize - Bloody Scotland⁠⁠⁠ The Bookshops Natalie recommended are: 1. Adventure into Books - Adventure into books 2. Beinn Books - BEINN | Coffee & Books

WELCOME TO THE THIRD IN MY SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE SHORTLIST! You can find out more about the Prize here: ⁠⁠Shortlist revealed for the 2025 Debut Prize - Bloody Scotland⁠⁠ The Bookshop Claire recommended is The Edinburgh Bookshop - ⁠The Edinburgh Bookshop

WELCOME TO THE SECOND IN MY SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE SHORTLIST! You can find out more about the Prize here: ⁠Shortlist revealed for the 2025 Debut Prize - Bloody Scotland⁠ The Bookshops Foday recommends are: Portobello Books - ⁠Books⁠ Toppings - Topping The book Foday recommends is Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah.

WELCOME TO THE FIRST IN MY SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE SHORTLIST! You can find out more about the Prize here: Shortlist revealed for the 2025 Debut Prize - Bloody Scotland The Bookshops David recommends are: Portobello Books - Books Golden Hare Books - Golden Hare Books The Edinburgh Bookshop - The Edinburgh Bookshop The book David recommends is The Seventh Floor by D...

You can find out more about Gethan Dick here: https://www.gethanandmyles.blogspot.com The bookshop Gethan recommended is here: https://www.grandelibrairie.com

My Guest this week is Will Fraser. You can find out more about him here: Fugue State Films The two book/films that Will recommended are: 1. Jack's return home/Get Carter 2. Dead Calm Will's independent bookshop recommendation is Gloucester Road Books  https://gloucesterroadbooks.com/

My guest this week is Lacy Fewer! Her independent bookshop recommendation was Hodges Figgis in Dublin - Ireland's oldest bookshop Her book recommendations were: 1. Resilience - Jessie Close 2. Foster- Clare Keegan

This is probably my favourite episode of all time! My guest this week is Simon Tolkien. You can find out more about him here: Simon Tolkien