Olga Wojtas
@olgawojtas.bsky.social
As Olga Wojtas, writes the Miss Blaine's Prefect series. As Helena Marchmont, the Bunburry e-series. Supports the Caledonian Antisyzygy. NUJ life member.
Happy Publication Day to @vjknipe.bsky.social on her latest book!
A new Vanessa Knipe novel is something to celebrate, with its distinctive blend of urban fantasy, the supernatural, science fiction, history and crime.
A new Vanessa Knipe novel is something to celebrate, with its distinctive blend of urban fantasy, the supernatural, science fiction, history and crime.
October 8, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Happy Publication Day to @vjknipe.bsky.social on her latest book!
A new Vanessa Knipe novel is something to celebrate, with its distinctive blend of urban fantasy, the supernatural, science fiction, history and crime.
A new Vanessa Knipe novel is something to celebrate, with its distinctive blend of urban fantasy, the supernatural, science fiction, history and crime.
Thank you so much to @publishingscotland.bsky.social and @bookyvikki.bsky.social for inviting me to this evening's Silent Reading session. A brilliant initiative!
September 28, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Thank you so much to @publishingscotland.bsky.social and @bookyvikki.bsky.social for inviting me to this evening's Silent Reading session. A brilliant initiative!
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Predappio - the town where Mussolini was born & where his remains lie - is a grotesque neo_Fascist fever dream. I visited during his birthday commemorations & wrote on what its willingness to exploit his memory says about the country, and the rise of its far-right. In the latest @lrb.co.uk
Dani Garavelli · Diary: Cult of Mussolini
A couple of days before I arrived in Predappio, I read that Hitler’s birthplace in Austria had been compulsorily...
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September 16, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Predappio - the town where Mussolini was born & where his remains lie - is a grotesque neo_Fascist fever dream. I visited during his birthday commemorations & wrote on what its willingness to exploit his memory says about the country, and the rise of its far-right. In the latest @lrb.co.uk
Very excited about this, although trying to keep the noise down...
📢GUEST AUTHOR ANNOUNCEMENT!
The brilliant @olgawojtas.bsky.social will be joining us as our Silent Reading Group's next guest author!
📆 Monday 28 September
🕕 6–8pm
📍 Fruitmarket
🔗Grab your ticket now at the link below:
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The brilliant @olgawojtas.bsky.social will be joining us as our Silent Reading Group's next guest author!
📆 Monday 28 September
🕕 6–8pm
📍 Fruitmarket
🔗Grab your ticket now at the link below:
www.tickettailor.com/events/publi...
September 15, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Very excited about this, although trying to keep the noise down...
Incredible @edbookfest.bsky.social event with the great @philippesands.bsky.social in conversation with @stephengethins.bsky.social ten years on from his landmark family memoir uncovering the origin of the concept of genocide.
Check out the livestream.
www.edbookfest.co.uk/on-demand/ph...
Check out the livestream.
www.edbookfest.co.uk/on-demand/ph...
Philippe Sands: 10 Years of East West Street | Edinburgh International Book Festival
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August 29, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Incredible @edbookfest.bsky.social event with the great @philippesands.bsky.social in conversation with @stephengethins.bsky.social ten years on from his landmark family memoir uncovering the origin of the concept of genocide.
Check out the livestream.
www.edbookfest.co.uk/on-demand/ph...
Check out the livestream.
www.edbookfest.co.uk/on-demand/ph...
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My favourite time travelling librarian is back! I read an early copy of Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Parcel of Rogues by @olgawojtas.bsky.social and think it's her best so far. Huge thanks to Rebecca at @saraband-books.bsky.social for sending me a physical copy. Available now: highly recommended!
August 21, 2026 at 1:39 PM
My favourite time travelling librarian is back! I read an early copy of Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Parcel of Rogues by @olgawojtas.bsky.social and think it's her best so far. Huge thanks to Rebecca at @saraband-books.bsky.social for sending me a physical copy. Available now: highly recommended!
Fab to compere two superb acts on behalf of the Edinburgh Interfaith Association for Fringe Care Fest. Wonderful Billie Holliday and Lester Young numbers from Pitchblenders, and Latin American and global grooves from Fingertraps. This is a brilliant initiative bringing Fringe acts into care homes.
August 6, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Fab to compere two superb acts on behalf of the Edinburgh Interfaith Association for Fringe Care Fest. Wonderful Billie Holliday and Lester Young numbers from Pitchblenders, and Latin American and global grooves from Fingertraps. This is a brilliant initiative bringing Fringe acts into care homes.
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Our August newsletter is published 📩
Featuring @olgawojtas.bsky.social @karenllo.bsky.social Sarah Close and @ylbooks.bsky.social, as well as events, including @womensprize.bsky.social shortlisted Rozie Kelly & Marcia Hutchinson joint book tour!
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Featuring @olgawojtas.bsky.social @karenllo.bsky.social Sarah Close and @ylbooks.bsky.social, as well as events, including @womensprize.bsky.social shortlisted Rozie Kelly & Marcia Hutchinson joint book tour!
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August 3, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Our August newsletter is published 📩
Featuring @olgawojtas.bsky.social @karenllo.bsky.social Sarah Close and @ylbooks.bsky.social, as well as events, including @womensprize.bsky.social shortlisted Rozie Kelly & Marcia Hutchinson joint book tour!
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#Booksky
Featuring @olgawojtas.bsky.social @karenllo.bsky.social Sarah Close and @ylbooks.bsky.social, as well as events, including @womensprize.bsky.social shortlisted Rozie Kelly & Marcia Hutchinson joint book tour!
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#Booksky
Thrilled that "Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Parcel of Rogues," published by @sarabandbooks.bsky.social, is @waterstones.bsky.social Scottish Book of the Month. Thanks to @shonamaclean.bsky.social and Harriet Tyce for the lovely cover quotes.
August 1, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Thrilled that "Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Parcel of Rogues," published by @sarabandbooks.bsky.social, is @waterstones.bsky.social Scottish Book of the Month. Thanks to @shonamaclean.bsky.social and Harriet Tyce for the lovely cover quotes.
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Thank you @booksfromscotland.bsky.social and David Robinson for chatting to @olgawojtas.bsky.social about all things Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Parcel of Rogues - out now!
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Our latest BfS issue rounds up new releases published between July and September 2026. With reviews, extracts, author interviews and more, this issue is sure to help you build your summer reading list! ☀️
🔗 Click the link below to... READ INTO IT!
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🔗 Click the link below to... READ INTO IT!
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July 31, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Thank you @booksfromscotland.bsky.social and David Robinson for chatting to @olgawojtas.bsky.social about all things Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Parcel of Rogues - out now!
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"This is @olgawojtas.bsky.social’s best, wittiest and most self-assured comic novel yet" Thank you David Robinson and @scotsman.com
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Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Parcel of Rogues by Olga Wojtas review: 'gloriously improbable'
This is Olga Wojtas’s best, wittiest and most self-assured comic novel yet, writes David Robinson
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July 27, 2026 at 10:39 AM
"This is @olgawojtas.bsky.social’s best, wittiest and most self-assured comic novel yet" Thank you David Robinson and @scotsman.com
#BookSky
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#BookSky
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Thanks to @lindasbookbag.bsky.social for her review of Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Parcel of Rogues.
It’s my pleasure today to share my review of Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Parcel of Rogues by @olgawojtas.bsky.social out from @sarabandebooks.bsky.social
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July 15, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Thanks to @lindasbookbag.bsky.social for her review of Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Parcel of Rogues.
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My penultimate The People’s Friend paperback column hits the shelves on 11th July with Katie Fforde @olgawojtas.bsky.social @sarramanning.bsky.social @alicejolly.bsky.social @jennyashcroft.bsky.social Jennifer Ross @orionbooks.bsky.social @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social @saraband-books.bsky.social HQ
July 3, 2026 at 7:22 PM
My penultimate The People’s Friend paperback column hits the shelves on 11th July with Katie Fforde @olgawojtas.bsky.social @sarramanning.bsky.social @alicejolly.bsky.social @jennyashcroft.bsky.social Jennifer Ross @orionbooks.bsky.social @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social @saraband-books.bsky.social HQ
Huge applause tonight at the Usher Hall for Kian Soltani playing Elgar's cello concerto with the @rsno.bsky.social conducted by Patrick Hahn.
June 5, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Huge applause tonight at the Usher Hall for Kian Soltani playing Elgar's cello concerto with the @rsno.bsky.social conducted by Patrick Hahn.
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Agnes Owens at 100
‘Out of the Margins’ celebrates her life & work with exhibitions, events & talks across Milngavie & Alexandria this spring. Join us to rediscover a vital Scottish voice. More details soon! Curated by @sorchadallas.bsky.social @agrayarchive.bsky.social
Agnes Owens at 100
‘Out of the Margins’ celebrates her life & work with exhibitions, events & talks across Milngavie & Alexandria this spring. Join us to rediscover a vital Scottish voice. More details soon! Curated by @sorchadallas.bsky.social @agrayarchive.bsky.social
April 8, 2026 at 7:17 AM
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Agnes Owens at 100
‘Out of the Margins’ celebrates her life & work with exhibitions, events & talks across Milngavie & Alexandria this spring. Join us to rediscover a vital Scottish voice. More details soon! Curated by @sorchadallas.bsky.social @agrayarchive.bsky.social
Agnes Owens at 100
‘Out of the Margins’ celebrates her life & work with exhibitions, events & talks across Milngavie & Alexandria this spring. Join us to rediscover a vital Scottish voice. More details soon! Curated by @sorchadallas.bsky.social @agrayarchive.bsky.social
The inimitable team of Alan Cumming, Forbes Masson, Siobhan Redmond and Patrick Ryecart aboard Air Scotia flight 123. Includes utterly dreadful jokes and community singing (with bouncing ball). Will they be lost for ever in the Lower Largo Triangle? Oh dearie me!
April 7, 2026 at 10:49 PM
The inimitable team of Alan Cumming, Forbes Masson, Siobhan Redmond and Patrick Ryecart aboard Air Scotia flight 123. Includes utterly dreadful jokes and community singing (with bouncing ball). Will they be lost for ever in the Lower Largo Triangle? Oh dearie me!
Fantastic time at Blairgowrie's Bookmark chatting to @elainewhiteford.bsky.social about her novels "The Rescue Sisters" and "The Asylum Women". Wonderful to hear about her writing, but the time was too short - I didn't get around to asking about her scuba diving and underwater photography...
March 29, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Fantastic time at Blairgowrie's Bookmark chatting to @elainewhiteford.bsky.social about her novels "The Rescue Sisters" and "The Asylum Women". Wonderful to hear about her writing, but the time was too short - I didn't get around to asking about her scuba diving and underwater photography...
A Grand Night Out - the Eonarium in @uni-of-edinburgh.bsky.social's McEwan Hall, lying on a beanbag listening to Vivaldi while watching the light show. Followed by a hot chocolate from the fabulous Uplands Roast on the Meadows.
March 14, 2026 at 11:48 PM
A Grand Night Out - the Eonarium in @uni-of-edinburgh.bsky.social's McEwan Hall, lying on a beanbag listening to Vivaldi while watching the light show. Followed by a hot chocolate from the fabulous Uplands Roast on the Meadows.
Great concert in Greyfriars Kirk (Greyfriars Bobby statue in the foreground) with the @rsnochorus.bsky.social singing Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil in Russian, conducted by Stephen Doughty. (There was a message from the @rsno.bsky.social: "The All-Night Vigil will last approximately 75 minutes.")
March 7, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Great concert in Greyfriars Kirk (Greyfriars Bobby statue in the foreground) with the @rsnochorus.bsky.social singing Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil in Russian, conducted by Stephen Doughty. (There was a message from the @rsno.bsky.social: "The All-Night Vigil will last approximately 75 minutes.")
Grand day yesterday in Linlithgow. My grandfather was a proud Bl*ck B*tch (asterisks to avoid upsetting the algorithm) who was taught to swim by his father throwing him in Linlithgow Loch. Also, plaque to Lithgae's second most famous son.
March 2, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Grand day yesterday in Linlithgow. My grandfather was a proud Bl*ck B*tch (asterisks to avoid upsetting the algorithm) who was taught to swim by his father throwing him in Linlithgow Loch. Also, plaque to Lithgae's second most famous son.
Fantastic time in Linlithgow at the @furtherfrom.bsky.social Book Festival, with wonderful questions from Sally Pattle. And great to catch up with fellow @saraband-books.bsky.social author Jim Crumley.
March 1, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Fantastic time in Linlithgow at the @furtherfrom.bsky.social Book Festival, with wonderful questions from Sally Pattle. And great to catch up with fellow @saraband-books.bsky.social author Jim Crumley.
Wonderful performance of Beethoven's Violin Concerto in the Usher Hall by Veronika Eberle with the @rsno.bsky.social, conducted by Jörg Widmann. And applause for RSNO leader Maya Iwabuchi.
February 28, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Wonderful performance of Beethoven's Violin Concerto in the Usher Hall by Veronika Eberle with the @rsno.bsky.social, conducted by Jörg Widmann. And applause for RSNO leader Maya Iwabuchi.
Huge congratulations to @shonamaclean.bsky.social on the publication of "The Cromarty Library Circle". Impeccably researched and beautifully written, intriguing and absorbing. The moments of heartbreak come quietly, shaped by the times and by human weakness.
February 26, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Huge congratulations to @shonamaclean.bsky.social on the publication of "The Cromarty Library Circle". Impeccably researched and beautifully written, intriguing and absorbing. The moments of heartbreak come quietly, shaped by the times and by human weakness.
Brilliant production of "Head. Heart. Hand." in the @traversetheatre.bsky.social, part of @qmuniversity.bsky.social's 150th anniversary celebrations. Written by former student Stef Smith and directed by lecturer Bruce Strachan, here in conversation with QMU honorary graduate @joycemcm.bsky.social
February 20, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Brilliant production of "Head. Heart. Hand." in the @traversetheatre.bsky.social, part of @qmuniversity.bsky.social's 150th anniversary celebrations. Written by former student Stef Smith and directed by lecturer Bruce Strachan, here in conversation with QMU honorary graduate @joycemcm.bsky.social