Emma Grae
@emmagraeauthor.bsky.social
Author • Scots Book of the Year 2022 • Books with Luath Press and Unbound • Stories in Liars’ League, the Honest Ulsterman and more • Journalist • Views my own
I’m feeling sick right now so apologies if the book bits slow down. Trying to avoid letting anyone down, but I just seem to get sick in the winter.
I have lots of wonderful classroom resources and ideas to share for any teachers reading ASAP! 🙏
#BuiksFurBairns @luathpress.bsky.social
I have lots of wonderful classroom resources and ideas to share for any teachers reading ASAP! 🙏
#BuiksFurBairns @luathpress.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I’m feeling sick right now so apologies if the book bits slow down. Trying to avoid letting anyone down, but I just seem to get sick in the winter.
I have lots of wonderful classroom resources and ideas to share for any teachers reading ASAP! 🙏
#BuiksFurBairns @luathpress.bsky.social
I have lots of wonderful classroom resources and ideas to share for any teachers reading ASAP! 🙏
#BuiksFurBairns @luathpress.bsky.social
I just had the most braw feedback any writer could hope for on The Moggie – someone said it helped them calm down from a panic attack. 🥹
That, coupled with a wee lassie saying she wanted to be an author when she grows up after my writing workshop, makes it all worth it.
That, coupled with a wee lassie saying she wanted to be an author when she grows up after my writing workshop, makes it all worth it.
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I just had the most braw feedback any writer could hope for on The Moggie – someone said it helped them calm down from a panic attack. 🥹
That, coupled with a wee lassie saying she wanted to be an author when she grows up after my writing workshop, makes it all worth it.
That, coupled with a wee lassie saying she wanted to be an author when she grows up after my writing workshop, makes it all worth it.
Here’s my belated vlog for #BookWeekScotland!
It marked the official launch of ‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’ and I’ll be posting some wonderful views from its ongoing blog tour soon too!
It marked the official launch of ‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’ and I’ll be posting some wonderful views from its ongoing blog tour soon too!
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Here’s my belated vlog for #BookWeekScotland!
It marked the official launch of ‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’ and I’ll be posting some wonderful views from its ongoing blog tour soon too!
It marked the official launch of ‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’ and I’ll be posting some wonderful views from its ongoing blog tour soon too!
Awfae prood tae huv managed tae finish a novel this guid and launch a braw second buik fur bairns durin an itherwise crappy year!
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Awfae prood tae huv managed tae finish a novel this guid and launch a braw second buik fur bairns durin an itherwise crappy year!
Gat a cheeky wee upgrade oan the way back tae London sae ah kin hopefully get ‘Cathy, get yer Dancin Shoes Oan’ anither step claiser tae bein ready fur the editor!
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Gat a cheeky wee upgrade oan the way back tae London sae ah kin hopefully get ‘Cathy, get yer Dancin Shoes Oan’ anither step claiser tae bein ready fur the editor!
But I did write ‘The Hoolet Thit Couldnae Fly’ during the happiest summer of my life and it’s a tear-jerker too so maybe this is just my style.
They’re very emotional stories because they’re so rooted in life and death. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t happy in their own way!
They’re very emotional stories because they’re so rooted in life and death. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t happy in their own way!
November 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
But I did write ‘The Hoolet Thit Couldnae Fly’ during the happiest summer of my life and it’s a tear-jerker too so maybe this is just my style.
They’re very emotional stories because they’re so rooted in life and death. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t happy in their own way!
They’re very emotional stories because they’re so rooted in life and death. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t happy in their own way!
I fear that I only write brilliant novel endings when I’m awfae sad as it only ever seems to happen when I’m clinging on by a thread.
The ending of ‘Cathy, get yer Dancin Shoes Oan’ is a tear-jerker. But life-affirming too.
It was worth waiting ten years to get it right.
The ending of ‘Cathy, get yer Dancin Shoes Oan’ is a tear-jerker. But life-affirming too.
It was worth waiting ten years to get it right.
November 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I fear that I only write brilliant novel endings when I’m awfae sad as it only ever seems to happen when I’m clinging on by a thread.
The ending of ‘Cathy, get yer Dancin Shoes Oan’ is a tear-jerker. But life-affirming too.
It was worth waiting ten years to get it right.
The ending of ‘Cathy, get yer Dancin Shoes Oan’ is a tear-jerker. But life-affirming too.
It was worth waiting ten years to get it right.
‘Writing is a kind of revenge against circumstance too: bad luck, loss, pain. If you make something out of it, then you've no longer been bested by these events’
— Louise Glück
‘Cathy, get yer Dancin Shoes Oan’ is worth fighting for. And these shoes will be on the cover.
— Louise Glück
‘Cathy, get yer Dancin Shoes Oan’ is worth fighting for. And these shoes will be on the cover.
November 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
‘Writing is a kind of revenge against circumstance too: bad luck, loss, pain. If you make something out of it, then you've no longer been bested by these events’
— Louise Glück
‘Cathy, get yer Dancin Shoes Oan’ is worth fighting for. And these shoes will be on the cover.
— Louise Glück
‘Cathy, get yer Dancin Shoes Oan’ is worth fighting for. And these shoes will be on the cover.
This isn’t even all the books… Help me make a third print run happen soon! ☺️🏴
#Booktok #ScotsLanguage #BeguidtaeyerMammy #Novel
#Booktok #ScotsLanguage #BeguidtaeyerMammy #Novel
November 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This isn’t even all the books… Help me make a third print run happen soon! ☺️🏴
#Booktok #ScotsLanguage #BeguidtaeyerMammy #Novel
#Booktok #ScotsLanguage #BeguidtaeyerMammy #Novel
I absolutely LOVE this picture of The Hoolet very much in the wild!
A huge thanks to Book Fairies Scotland for helping to share Scottish literature this #BookWeekScotland!
A huge thanks to Book Fairies Scotland for helping to share Scottish literature this #BookWeekScotland!
November 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I absolutely LOVE this picture of The Hoolet very much in the wild!
A huge thanks to Book Fairies Scotland for helping to share Scottish literature this #BookWeekScotland!
A huge thanks to Book Fairies Scotland for helping to share Scottish literature this #BookWeekScotland!
It was also an extra big win because the last time I spoke in front of hundreds was at Cambridge University – and I went into that relatively blind.
Today I knew the audience size and did it despite not feeling myself! 💪
Today I knew the audience size and did it despite not feeling myself! 💪
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
It was also an extra big win because the last time I spoke in front of hundreds was at Cambridge University – and I went into that relatively blind.
Today I knew the audience size and did it despite not feeling myself! 💪
Today I knew the audience size and did it despite not feeling myself! 💪
Successfully read to an audience of THREE HUNDRED children the day.
No riots occurred and they asked braw questions about the Scots language so I’m calling that a win!
#BookWeekScotland #AuthorVisit @luathpress.bsky.social
No riots occurred and they asked braw questions about the Scots language so I’m calling that a win!
#BookWeekScotland #AuthorVisit @luathpress.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Successfully read to an audience of THREE HUNDRED children the day.
No riots occurred and they asked braw questions about the Scots language so I’m calling that a win!
#BookWeekScotland #AuthorVisit @luathpress.bsky.social
No riots occurred and they asked braw questions about the Scots language so I’m calling that a win!
#BookWeekScotland #AuthorVisit @luathpress.bsky.social
Ma second spoat o ‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’ in the wild.
Available directly fae @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikshoaps.
#ScotsLanguage #BuiksFurBairns
Available directly fae @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikshoaps.
#ScotsLanguage #BuiksFurBairns
November 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Ma second spoat o ‘The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’ in the wild.
Available directly fae @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikshoaps.
#ScotsLanguage #BuiksFurBairns
Available directly fae @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikshoaps.
#ScotsLanguage #BuiksFurBairns
Couldnae resist movin ma buik tae the front o the display! 😅🏴
#ScotsLanguage #TheTongueSheSpeaks #Waterstones
#ScotsLanguage #TheTongueSheSpeaks #Waterstones
November 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Couldnae resist movin ma buik tae the front o the display! 😅🏴
#ScotsLanguage #TheTongueSheSpeaks #Waterstones
#ScotsLanguage #TheTongueSheSpeaks #Waterstones
Talkin aboot the buiks fur bairns in front o A WHOLE SCHOOL the morra. Ma heid is like there’s a lot thit could go wrang here. 😂
Fingers crossed they’re up fur learnin some new Scots wurds and like ma wee stories aboot animals!
#AuthorVisit #BookWeekScotland #Feartie
Fingers crossed they’re up fur learnin some new Scots wurds and like ma wee stories aboot animals!
#AuthorVisit #BookWeekScotland #Feartie
November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Talkin aboot the buiks fur bairns in front o A WHOLE SCHOOL the morra. Ma heid is like there’s a lot thit could go wrang here. 😂
Fingers crossed they’re up fur learnin some new Scots wurds and like ma wee stories aboot animals!
#AuthorVisit #BookWeekScotland #Feartie
Fingers crossed they’re up fur learnin some new Scots wurds and like ma wee stories aboot animals!
#AuthorVisit #BookWeekScotland #Feartie
That’s my first #BookWeekScotland event in the bag! These are primary four’s extraordinary animals since that’s what my buiks fur bairns are aw aboot. It was sae braw tae encourage their creativity.
November 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
That’s my first #BookWeekScotland event in the bag! These are primary four’s extraordinary animals since that’s what my buiks fur bairns are aw aboot. It was sae braw tae encourage their creativity.
Happy #BookWeekScotland (again)!
I’m visiting a wee p4 class tomorrow and then reading to a whole school on Friday. 😱
Friday is the start of The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’s blog tour fae @luathpress.bsky.social so keep an eye oot fur that! 🐈⬛ 🏴
I’m visiting a wee p4 class tomorrow and then reading to a whole school on Friday. 😱
Friday is the start of The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’s blog tour fae @luathpress.bsky.social so keep an eye oot fur that! 🐈⬛ 🏴
November 20, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Happy #BookWeekScotland (again)!
I’m visiting a wee p4 class tomorrow and then reading to a whole school on Friday. 😱
Friday is the start of The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’s blog tour fae @luathpress.bsky.social so keep an eye oot fur that! 🐈⬛ 🏴
I’m visiting a wee p4 class tomorrow and then reading to a whole school on Friday. 😱
Friday is the start of The Moggie Thit Meowed Too Much’s blog tour fae @luathpress.bsky.social so keep an eye oot fur that! 🐈⬛ 🏴
Ma epic journey tae #BookWeekScotland.
Feelin a bit ill because wurkin then travellin then wurkin again isnae easy, but ah made it!
Feelin a bit ill because wurkin then travellin then wurkin again isnae easy, but ah made it!
November 20, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Ma epic journey tae #BookWeekScotland.
Feelin a bit ill because wurkin then travellin then wurkin again isnae easy, but ah made it!
Feelin a bit ill because wurkin then travellin then wurkin again isnae easy, but ah made it!
The inimitable Granny Jean from ‘Be Guid tae yer Mammy’ was my first character to ever get illustrated. These are by the braw Elizabeth Graham!
November 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The inimitable Granny Jean from ‘Be Guid tae yer Mammy’ was my first character to ever get illustrated. These are by the braw Elizabeth Graham!
‘It’s lik a wee piece.’
‘Mair like a Cornish pasty!’
#TurtleSandwich #ScotsLanguage #CathygetyerDancinShoesOan
‘Mair like a Cornish pasty!’
#TurtleSandwich #ScotsLanguage #CathygetyerDancinShoesOan
November 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
‘It’s lik a wee piece.’
‘Mair like a Cornish pasty!’
#TurtleSandwich #ScotsLanguage #CathygetyerDancinShoesOan
‘Mair like a Cornish pasty!’
#TurtleSandwich #ScotsLanguage #CathygetyerDancinShoesOan
Swipe to see Anuk in her illustrated form! Read aw aboot hur ghaistly fictionalisation in ‘The Hoolet Thit Couldnae Fly’.
Available fae @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikshoaps.
Illustratit by the braw Bob Dewar and scrived by me!
#ScotsLanguage #Illustrations #ChildrensBook
Available fae @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikshoaps.
Illustratit by the braw Bob Dewar and scrived by me!
#ScotsLanguage #Illustrations #ChildrensBook
November 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Swipe to see Anuk in her illustrated form! Read aw aboot hur ghaistly fictionalisation in ‘The Hoolet Thit Couldnae Fly’.
Available fae @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikshoaps.
Illustratit by the braw Bob Dewar and scrived by me!
#ScotsLanguage #Illustrations #ChildrensBook
Available fae @luathpress.bsky.social and aw guid buikshoaps.
Illustratit by the braw Bob Dewar and scrived by me!
#ScotsLanguage #Illustrations #ChildrensBook