Liam McIlvanney
Crime writer in the Deep South of Aotearoa New Zealand
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- Indeed!
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- He was indeed…
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- I’m afraid that, rather heretically for someone living in NZ, I take about as much interest in competitive rugby as I do in competitive tiddlywinks, so I’ll have to take your word for it…!
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- Nice!
- Shame on you. Although, do they just assume everyone has a garden?
- It’s NZ. They assume everyone is an advanced and assiduous horticulturalist…
- What kind of tree?
- Ah, well, now I come to the shameful admission that, instead of planting and nurturing and watering my tree as a symbol of my citizenship, I left it too late and the thing kinda withered in its pot. They’ll probably deport me now…🫣
- Congratulations! But did they give you a tree? They give you a tree when you become an NZ citizen…🇳🇿
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- Thanks so much, Caroline! Delighted you enjoyed it!
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- Plenty Scottish enough! Get writing…! 😉
- Applications are invited for the 2026 CISS Scottish Writing Fellowship at the University of Otago in Aotearoa New Zealand. Flights, accommodation & stipend for 2 months at the Caselberg House near Dunedin. Apply at the link below by 31 October. Good luck…! www.otago.ac.nz/ciss
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- Oh, lovely!
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- Many thanks!
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- Cheers, man!
- Centre of the universe…
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- Excellent!!
- Fantastically broad, deep and illuminating conversation between Prof @maebhlong.bsky.social and the 2025 CISS Irish Writing Fellow Nicole Flattery in Dunedin tonight. Can’t wait to get cracking on these books…
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- Not surprised, Maebh. Tremendous event altogether👏
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- PaperPlus in the Golden Centre mall. People of taste…
- Big in Dunedin…😉
- Fantastic to see my stellar Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies compadre, Prof @maebhlong.bsky.social, shortlisted for the Literary Encyclopedia Prize for her outstanding co-written monograph on The Rise of Pacific Literature. Comhghairdeas, Maebh! 👏👏👏
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- Great recognition for a wonderful book!
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- Ha! There must be a smirr in the offing. Hang in there…!😂
- That’s a wrap on The Good Father book tour. I may go for a wee lie down. Thanks to everyone who came along…💙📚
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- Thanks, Louise! So great to catch up, however briefly!
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- Cheers, Wilma!
- Great couple of days in one of my favourite spots on the planet…
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- Close…!
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- Missed a trick there…
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- Ha! Came here to say, ‘You mean outwith Scotland?’ and you beat me to it…!
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- Hope you enjoy at least one of these tomes…!😉
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- Yes, but possibly a subliminal reference there…!
- ‘A village pub has become the focus of literary attention…’ The Wee Paper has covered my gig in Fairlie’s Village Inn…!💙📚🍻
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- He is indeed!
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- Excellent!!
- ‘There is hope in honest error, none in the icy perfections of the mere stylist.’
- Cracking night at my Aye Write pop-up event in Glasgow’s Mitchell Library. Also caught up with some auld pals…💙📚
- Great to finally meet, Bert, and put a face to the avatar. Hope you enjoy the book…!
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- No worries, Len. Hope you enjoy!
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- Haha, get in! Result!!😂
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- That’s lovely to hear, Fiona. Thanks very much!
- Cracking night at Stirling Central Library, chatting to the excellent Craig Robertson about The Good Father and much else. Great to catch up with auld friends Emma Christie and Prof Rory Watson as well as new friends like @goldishcj4.bsky.social…💙📚
- ‘Good things come to those who wait…The Good Father is a thoughtful, perceptive and emotionally gripping psychological thriller.’ Huge thanks to Doug Johnstone for this cracking Big Issue review of The Good Father…💙📚
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- Many thanks!
- Lovely to meet yourself and Avril, Campbell!
- I wrote a novel set in Fairlie. I did a gig in Fairlie’s Village Inn. I made it out in one piece, with no pitchforks or flaming torches in sight. Result! What a lovely crowd…! 💙📚 #TheGoodFather
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- Ah, sorry to hear that. It’s a very deep stretch of water, the Fairlie Roads…
- Cracking night in Irvine last night, being interviewed by my stellar pal Katrina Tweedie at a Tidelines Festival event. Always a great crowd at the Harbour Arts. I’ll be back if they’ll have me…💙📚
