Heather McAlister
@hmcalister.bsky.social
Books books books. Newly retired NHS Consultant. Plan to return to Scotland and start my 2nd vocation (likely to have something to do with books!).
A writer waiting to hatch 🥚
A writer waiting to hatch 🥚
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Finishing The Accidental Immigrants by Jo Macmillan. Really elegant exposition for a horribly chilling and familiar-feeling tale. Perfect for our times. Great read. @jomcmillan.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
These are the books I want on my TBR list! Come on tell me what book(s) this brings to mind for you. X
October 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
These are the books I want on my TBR list! Come on tell me what book(s) this brings to mind for you. X
I loved ‘shorty September’ and finished a little early - so I’m doing another batch 🤣.
September 21, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I loved ‘shorty September’ and finished a little early - so I’m doing another batch 🤣.
I’ve not posted for aaagges! Apologies. Clumsiness led to finger #.
I have now read 7 of the Booker Prize longlist and have another 2 I am working through. I will then be shifting to do ‘Shorty September’. These are my under 200 pp books I’ve chosen. Hope everybody is happy and reading 🥰.
I have now read 7 of the Booker Prize longlist and have another 2 I am working through. I will then be shifting to do ‘Shorty September’. These are my under 200 pp books I’ve chosen. Hope everybody is happy and reading 🥰.
September 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I’ve not posted for aaagges! Apologies. Clumsiness led to finger #.
I have now read 7 of the Booker Prize longlist and have another 2 I am working through. I will then be shifting to do ‘Shorty September’. These are my under 200 pp books I’ve chosen. Hope everybody is happy and reading 🥰.
I have now read 7 of the Booker Prize longlist and have another 2 I am working through. I will then be shifting to do ‘Shorty September’. These are my under 200 pp books I’ve chosen. Hope everybody is happy and reading 🥰.
Exciting news from @womensprize.bsky.social with the non-fiction longlist announced. Who has read and who will be reading any of these? Recommendations welcome 🥳. 📚💙
February 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Exciting news from @womensprize.bsky.social with the non-fiction longlist announced. Who has read and who will be reading any of these? Recommendations welcome 🥳. 📚💙
Just read this little gem. Will be having a look to see if he has written any more. 📚💙 x
February 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Just read this little gem. Will be having a look to see if he has written any more. 📚💙 x
Essential reading 🥰🥰
Look what's arrived!
Congratulations @jomcmillan.bsky.social
'The Accidental Immigrants is a triumph: ferociously political and yet deeply personal, it is soaring feat of the imagination, tethered firmly to the here and now' @aidancb.bsky.social
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Congratulations @jomcmillan.bsky.social
'The Accidental Immigrants is a triumph: ferociously political and yet deeply personal, it is soaring feat of the imagination, tethered firmly to the here and now' @aidancb.bsky.social
@theguardian.com
@thetimes.com
January 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Essential reading 🥰🥰
Timeless. Relevant. For writers… some sage advice during times of unrest. #solzhenitsyn #booksky 💙📚
January 23, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Timeless. Relevant. For writers… some sage advice during times of unrest. #solzhenitsyn #booksky 💙📚
Highly recommend this wonderful novel. On sale from March 1st. So prophetic and relevant. @jomcmillan.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
January 20, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Highly recommend this wonderful novel. On sale from March 1st. So prophetic and relevant. @jomcmillan.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
I anticipated that by the end of today I would become one of the many players in a dystopian novel. Thankfully my internet went down for most of the day. Scary shit 😔
January 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I anticipated that by the end of today I would become one of the many players in a dystopian novel. Thankfully my internet went down for most of the day. Scary shit 😔
Just finished reading this beautiful copy of ‘The Old Curiosity Shop’ which originally belonged to my paternal grandmother. What a joy. Dickens is funny - I had no idea! Duh
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January 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Just finished reading this beautiful copy of ‘The Old Curiosity Shop’ which originally belonged to my paternal grandmother. What a joy. Dickens is funny - I had no idea! Duh
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Good word for the day 🤔
January 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Good word for the day 🤔
2025 - a year for a Norman MacCaig poem a day perhaps 🤔
January 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
2025 - a year for a Norman MacCaig poem a day perhaps 🤔
Fur babies exploring the white stuff 🤣
November 19, 2024 at 10:13 AM
Fur babies exploring the white stuff 🤣
My gratitude to Jennifer and all the lovely writers at this event. You made me so welcome. Your book recommendations and advice invaluable. My neurones still fizzing and new synapses forming. 🥰🥰
Huge thanks to all the writers who gave amazing talks yesterday, and to our speakers at the Oct event. That's a wrap for Creative Community Sessions for 2024, but we'll be back in early 2025 for more wonderful talks and presentations.
www.creativecommunitysessions.com/p/thank-you
www.creativecommunitysessions.com/p/thank-you
Thank You!
That’s a wrap for the Creative Community Sessions 2024.
www.creativecommunitysessions.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:46 AM
My gratitude to Jennifer and all the lovely writers at this event. You made me so welcome. Your book recommendations and advice invaluable. My neurones still fizzing and new synapses forming. 🥰🥰
This made my morning 🥰. Norman’s poetry fostered my love of literature as a child. He is my chosen imaginary tutor perched on my shoulder as I write. Of course… he’s pretty blunt and critical but I love him for that too. 🥰🥰
This is glorious; particularly as I'm listening to Billy Connolly's Windswept and Interesting, narrated by Billy himself.
I regret though that the extract from McCaig's A Man in Assynt which closes the program is missing what for me is a vital phrase - the final sentence in the following extract:
I regret though that the extract from McCaig's A Man in Assynt which closes the program is missing what for me is a vital phrase - the final sentence in the following extract:
Fishing for Poetry: A Celebration of Norman MacCaig
Aly Bain, Andrew Greig & Billy Connolly seek the Loch of the Green Corrie – with MacCaig’s poetry read by Douglas Dunn, Alasdair Gray, Seamus Heaney, Jackie Kay, Tom Leonard, Liz Lochhead & Aonghas MacNeacail
10/10
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilGV...
Aly Bain, Andrew Greig & Billy Connolly seek the Loch of the Green Corrie – with MacCaig’s poetry read by Douglas Dunn, Alasdair Gray, Seamus Heaney, Jackie Kay, Tom Leonard, Liz Lochhead & Aonghas MacNeacail
10/10
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilGV...
November 15, 2024 at 12:07 PM
This made my morning 🥰. Norman’s poetry fostered my love of literature as a child. He is my chosen imaginary tutor perched on my shoulder as I write. Of course… he’s pretty blunt and critical but I love him for that too. 🥰🥰
✧ last book you read: A Rebel in Gaza (Asmaa Alghoul)
✧ your current read: Panenka (Ronan Hession)
✧ last book added to your tbr: The Chameleon (Samuel Fisher)
✧ next anticipated read: The Meursault Investigation (Kamel Daoud)
Quote with yours!
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✧ your current read: Panenka (Ronan Hession)
✧ last book added to your tbr: The Chameleon (Samuel Fisher)
✧ next anticipated read: The Meursault Investigation (Kamel Daoud)
Quote with yours!
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November 14, 2024 at 12:12 PM
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Well done to Samantha Harvey on her Booker win!
And now our blackboard too - what a week! - Michael
And now our blackboard too - what a week! - Michael
November 13, 2024 at 8:33 AM
Well done to Samantha Harvey on her Booker win!
And now our blackboard too - what a week! - Michael
And now our blackboard too - what a week! - Michael
Ah bless you… what a lovely thing to do @bertsbooks.bsky.social . 🥰
To celebrate 2,000 BlueSky followers, I'm going to do a little giveaway.
Repost and follow and I'll pick one lucky person at random to win a 12-month Gift Subscription at Bert's Books worth OVER £100.
You have until noon on Sunday 17th November
Repost and follow and I'll pick one lucky person at random to win a 12-month Gift Subscription at Bert's Books worth OVER £100.
You have until noon on Sunday 17th November
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November 14, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Ah bless you… what a lovely thing to do @bertsbooks.bsky.social . 🥰
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Booksellers, bloggers, reviewers, lend us your ears!
The Indie Press Network Showcases are a chance to hear about the hottest titles on the indie press scene – from the horses’ mouths!
This evening, 14 November 2024, 6.30pm
online
Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/indie-pres...
The Indie Press Network Showcases are a chance to hear about the hottest titles on the indie press scene – from the horses’ mouths!
This evening, 14 November 2024, 6.30pm
online
Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/indie-pres...
November 14, 2024 at 9:03 AM
Booksellers, bloggers, reviewers, lend us your ears!
The Indie Press Network Showcases are a chance to hear about the hottest titles on the indie press scene – from the horses’ mouths!
This evening, 14 November 2024, 6.30pm
online
Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/indie-pres...
The Indie Press Network Showcases are a chance to hear about the hottest titles on the indie press scene – from the horses’ mouths!
This evening, 14 November 2024, 6.30pm
online
Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/indie-pres...
Really looking forward to this evening with some wonderful authors speaking in Sheffield. Will bring my wallet of course! @saltpublishing.bsky.social @nicholasroyle.bsky.social
November 13, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Really looking forward to this evening with some wonderful authors speaking in Sheffield. Will bring my wallet of course! @saltpublishing.bsky.social @nicholasroyle.bsky.social