Glaswegian chancer. Writer A BAD BAD PLACE Winner 2026 McIlvanney Prize, McDermid Prize, Bloody Scotland Debut Prize. Agents - @EuanThorneycrof @oliagent
Glasgow, Scotland
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The face of a 63 year old debut author who can’t believe her luck! A Bad Bad Place publishes 12th February. @TransworldBooks @PenguinUKBooks
ALT Stairs at Penguin Random House. Frances holds copy of book
Heading to the big smoke to be part of this amazing festival 😁😁😁
The countdown is on! The London St Andrew’s Book Festival returns from 16th to 22nd November 2026, bringing a week of brilliant authors, fascinating conversations and stories to remember.
Explore the programme and book your tickets now at standrewsbookfestival.org
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The countdown is on! The London St Andrew’s Book Festival returns from 16th to 22nd November 2026, bringing a week of brilliant authors, fascinating conversations and stories to remember.
Explore the programme and book your tickets now at standrewsbookfestival.org
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Our donors LOVE giving blood! Have you got your next appointment booked? scotblood.co.uk or 0345 9090999 ❤️💙
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This feels like a big deal! A big thank you to Ian Rankin for recommending LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD: THE NINE LIVES OF MURIEL SPARK in the Guardian.
Ian also recommends @Franapunk999’s excellent A BAD, BAD PLACE, which I bloody loved - read it, if you haven’t already!
ALT Text from ‘Ian Rankin recommends’ in the Guardian: I'm a huge fan of Muriel Spark but wasn't sure I needed another biography of her, but James Bailey's Like a Cat Loves a Bird was a winning blend of detail and readability. A Bad, Bad Place by Frances Crawford is a prize-winning debut crime novel set in 1970s Glasgow. It's clever, authentic, and humane with unforgettable protagonists and pitch-black humour.
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Exciting news!!!
My new novel, WE ARE THE DEAD, is out in April 2027. The first beheading in the Tower of London in nearly three hundred years...
Available to preorder now!
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We were honoured to welcome baby Millie and family to the Stirling session yesterday to thank donors and colleagues Please help spread the word by sharing our stories and posts, we really need your support 🥰 Book now scotblood.co.uk 0345 90 90 999
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Murder Most Cryptic is launched! 🚀 fabulous evening @ForumBooks with @TrevorWoodWrite and a really brilliant audience 🥰🥰❤️
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Today on the podcast I catch up with the legendary @alisonbarrow as we chat all about publishing, books & reading.
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PLEASE SHARE: The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) is appealing for more people to donate regularly as blood supplies face a significant drop. Please - read our appeal and make an appointment today.
scotblood.co.uk/scotland-app…
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🎙️📚🩸🏴💕 The latest podcast is a @BloodyScotland Prize Winners special with joint winner of the Debut novel prize & the McIlvanney Prize @Franapunk999 & the winner of this year's Pitch Perfect @grebbell.
Full details & all the ways to listen are here
👉 scotswhayhae.com/post/bloody…
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It's roughly two weeks before THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN COMPASS, the second Q mystery, comes out (featuring Q from the James Bond franchise). Q is asked to look into the murder of a tech millionaire. Signing beautiful hardbacks with sprayed edges at the factory. Preorder now :) – at Walderslade, South East
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Publication day for Murder Most Cryptic is a week today! And to celebrate I’ll be at the wonderful @ForumBooks Bound in Whitley Bay where the brilliant @TrevorWoodWrite will be chatting to me about all things cryptic and murder mystery 🧩 🕵🏻♀️ 🖊️
wigtownbookfestival.com Chatting about A Bad Bad Place in this beautiful town, Sunday 4th Oct, noon #Wigtownbookfestival
Donors in every country are true heroes ❤️
PLEASE SHARE: Scotland needs 3200 donors to come forward every single week. That averages out at around 457 individuals every single day.
It's not someone else patients need. It's you.
Make an appointment at scotblood.co.uk or call us on 0345 90 90 999 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm)
Paul Reich is very talented. This reminds me of the old photo booth strips
Look at this lovely bunch! Our 2026 authors in all their glory - green room portraits taken once again by the super-talented paul-reich.com
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Every donation matters. Every donor counts. Can you be one of tomorrow's 450? Book now at scotblood.co.uk or call 0345 90 90 999 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm)
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🎞️🎶📸📚 💕 If you’d like to join us for the opening of Rip It Up: The Pyramid Weekender tomorrow night, then you can find full details and reserve spaces on Eventbrite...
👉 eventbrite.co.uk/e/rip-it-up…
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📣📔 ICYMI - Caledonia Screaming by @GrantMcPheeFilm has been longlisted for the prestigious Saltire Society Award.
The book is available from our website (below) and from @Waterstones and all good independent bookshops.
intocreative.co.uk/shop/into…
