Lee Randall
@leerandall.bsky.social
Thwarted Madcap Heiress. Free-range book festival programmer, editor, writer, interviewer, reviewer, prize judge. On board to programme Wigtown Book Festival 2026.
Been told I did a relaxed, elegant interview tonight. Not sure what a frenzied interview would be but I am happy to accept the compliment.
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Been told I did a relaxed, elegant interview tonight. Not sure what a frenzied interview would be but I am happy to accept the compliment.
Walked past a glorious display of coloured markers in Ryman’s window and will now be using the adjective “temptational” from here on in.
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Walked past a glorious display of coloured markers in Ryman’s window and will now be using the adjective “temptational” from here on in.
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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🕊️My cousin hosts a morning touch football game every Thanksgiving. The invitation to it includes the usual bits (time, place, etc), but also this kind and wry reminder:
“This is a family friendly event. Kids 12 and under must get the ball once every 4 downs. Try not to steamroll anyone over 30.”
“This is a family friendly event. Kids 12 and under must get the ball once every 4 downs. Try not to steamroll anyone over 30.”
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
🕊️My cousin hosts a morning touch football game every Thanksgiving. The invitation to it includes the usual bits (time, place, etc), but also this kind and wry reminder:
“This is a family friendly event. Kids 12 and under must get the ball once every 4 downs. Try not to steamroll anyone over 30.”
“This is a family friendly event. Kids 12 and under must get the ball once every 4 downs. Try not to steamroll anyone over 30.”
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Strictly speaking a slab block, rather than a tower, but here's the skinny on Westfield Court nevertheless. An unusual building for Edinburgh, both architecturally and historically: the first municipal, high-rise, modern flats but a bit of an evolutionary dead end threadinburgh.scot/2023/04/23/9...
November 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Strictly speaking a slab block, rather than a tower, but here's the skinny on Westfield Court nevertheless. An unusual building for Edinburgh, both architecturally and historically: the first municipal, high-rise, modern flats but a bit of an evolutionary dead end threadinburgh.scot/2023/04/23/9...
Agree!
This thread is a GIFT.
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Agree!
Proof in the post!
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Proof in the post!
Off to @mainstreethare.bsky.social this evening to talk to the always-interesting Sally Magnusson about her new novel, The Shapeshifter's Daughter, a retelling of the Norse myths around Hel, who, IMO, got a raw deal from Odin.
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Off to @mainstreethare.bsky.social this evening to talk to the always-interesting Sally Magnusson about her new novel, The Shapeshifter's Daughter, a retelling of the Norse myths around Hel, who, IMO, got a raw deal from Odin.
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'What if the protagonist of a novel was not a single person but a couple?'
A gay working-class couple of genius artists (who also happen to be Very Handsome).
Grateful to Lara Feigel for this thoughtful review of the Two Roberts.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
A gay working-class couple of genius artists (who also happen to be Very Handsome).
Grateful to Lara Feigel for this thoughtful review of the Two Roberts.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
The Two Roberts by Damian Barr review – lost story of a gay art duo
The lives of Scottish artists Bobby MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun, who found love and fame and lost it all, are vividly reimagined
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
'What if the protagonist of a novel was not a single person but a couple?'
A gay working-class couple of genius artists (who also happen to be Very Handsome).
Grateful to Lara Feigel for this thoughtful review of the Two Roberts.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
A gay working-class couple of genius artists (who also happen to be Very Handsome).
Grateful to Lara Feigel for this thoughtful review of the Two Roberts.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
After nearly 28 years, I'd become used to forgetting about it, but for reasons most mysterious (to me, at any rate), I'm thinking about Thanksgiving this year and how I don't have it anymore. (I have thanks, always, but not the whole routine.) BRAINS ARE WEIRD. EMOTIONS DON'T OBEY RULES.
November 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
After nearly 28 years, I'd become used to forgetting about it, but for reasons most mysterious (to me, at any rate), I'm thinking about Thanksgiving this year and how I don't have it anymore. (I have thanks, always, but not the whole routine.) BRAINS ARE WEIRD. EMOTIONS DON'T OBEY RULES.
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Impossible how good reading is. You mean I just point my face at the paper for a bit and it does a whole update on my brain?
November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Impossible how good reading is. You mean I just point my face at the paper for a bit and it does a whole update on my brain?
Productive work day: ordered my 2026 desk diary. Wayhey.
November 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Productive work day: ordered my 2026 desk diary. Wayhey.
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Just 6 days left to sign up for my 8 week online short story course and get the early bird discount: £225 instead of £250, which includes detailed feedback on a short story of your own at the end of the course (Jan - Mar 2026). ✒️📚 If you're hoping to do more writing next year, come and join us!
Short story writers! I am running my 8-week online course again in 2026: 'What can a short story do?', exploring the possibilities of this wonderful form. We'll read 8 contemporary short stories and use them as a launchpad for our own writing. More details ⬇️
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Just 6 days left to sign up for my 8 week online short story course and get the early bird discount: £225 instead of £250, which includes detailed feedback on a short story of your own at the end of the course (Jan - Mar 2026). ✒️📚 If you're hoping to do more writing next year, come and join us!
Highly recommend dashing from Sciennes to Bruntsfield (and back) to deliver a biological sample to one's surgery as a great way to get in some morning exercise.
Other options are available.
Other options are available.
November 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Highly recommend dashing from Sciennes to Bruntsfield (and back) to deliver a biological sample to one's surgery as a great way to get in some morning exercise.
Other options are available.
Other options are available.
This is what the Thursday Murder Club film could have been, done properly. Not saying it's perfection, but it's got a lot going on, few young actors (tho they, too, are excellent), and a lot of lived-in faces.
Wanting something light, I tuned into The Green Glove Gang on Netflix. Never seen Polish television before. It's diverting, if a bit silly, and boasts one of the most beautiful buildings (and set of windows) AND a raft of superb older actors with their original faces.
November 24, 2025 at 11:28 AM
This is what the Thursday Murder Club film could have been, done properly. Not saying it's perfection, but it's got a lot going on, few young actors (tho they, too, are excellent), and a lot of lived-in faces.
Wanting something light, I tuned into The Green Glove Gang on Netflix. Never seen Polish television before. It's diverting, if a bit silly, and boasts one of the most beautiful buildings (and set of windows) AND a raft of superb older actors with their original faces.
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Wanting something light, I tuned into The Green Glove Gang on Netflix. Never seen Polish television before. It's diverting, if a bit silly, and boasts one of the most beautiful buildings (and set of windows) AND a raft of superb older actors with their original faces.
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I’ve been appointed a Fellow of The Society of Authors. Very nice :)
Kit de Waal, Vineet Lal, Maggie Gee and Nicola Beauman appointed Society of Authors fellows
The Society of Authors has appointed four new fellows: Kit de Waal, Vineet Lal, Maggie Gee and Nicola Beauman.
www.thebookseller.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I’ve been appointed a Fellow of The Society of Authors. Very nice :)
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ICYMI: Around three quarters (76%) of Scottish bookshops offer free events at their own cost and half are concerned about time for funding applications, according to an "unprecedented" new report by the Booksellers Association of the UK and Ireland 👇 #BookSky
Half of Scottish bookshops concerned about making time for funding applications – BA study
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November 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
ICYMI: Around three quarters (76%) of Scottish bookshops offer free events at their own cost and half are concerned about time for funding applications, according to an "unprecedented" new report by the Booksellers Association of the UK and Ireland 👇 #BookSky
You’ll never guess who’s sitting in my lap as I do a bit of relaxing.
November 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
You’ll never guess who’s sitting in my lap as I do a bit of relaxing.
Just googled “why is cat so clingy today?” Apparently I am pregnant.
a woman in a floral shirt is laughing with the fox logo in the background
ALT: a woman in a floral shirt is laughing with the fox logo in the background
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Just googled “why is cat so clingy today?” Apparently I am pregnant.
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
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that is a Gentleman
“Here kitty kitty” ❤️
33 lb Maine Coon
Theodore Scritches McWiggles
TT: tonnagrimm
33 lb Maine Coon
Theodore Scritches McWiggles
TT: tonnagrimm
November 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
that is a Gentleman
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@dansinker.com we’ve got graphic whistle cards that work great when you don’t have a common language with all your neighbors. And lightens translation loads on very diverse neighborhoods.
We punch a hole and put it on a key ring.
tinyurl.com/FCDWhistle
We punch a hole and put it on a key ring.
tinyurl.com/FCDWhistle
November 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
@dansinker.com we’ve got graphic whistle cards that work great when you don’t have a common language with all your neighbors. And lightens translation loads on very diverse neighborhoods.
We punch a hole and put it on a key ring.
tinyurl.com/FCDWhistle
We punch a hole and put it on a key ring.
tinyurl.com/FCDWhistle