Lynsey May

@lynseymay.com

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Writer. Reader. Lover of tall tales. Weak Teeth out now, Prodigy scheduled for 2027: http://tinyurl.com/Buy-weak-teeth Links and stuff: linktr.ee/lynseymay

Woman with long ginger hair and a fringe holding a pile of books to her chest while standing in a very cramped book shop with lots of secondhand books stacked on the shelves
An illustration in black pen and pencil showing a dark street with two figures embracing or fighting in the distance
A hardback copy of a Scot’s quair by Lewis classic gibbon with a grey cover and a paperback copy of A Summer Bird-Cage by Margaret Drabble lying on an embroidered cushion
Publishers marketplace announcement that Lynsey May’s prodigy has been sold to Zando in NA, Allen and Unwin ANZ and Polygon UK overlaying a photo of the Burntisland fun fair
Two white horses standing in a snowy good - fir trees behind them and snow laden bushes in front
A close up of a very small and fragile shell in pretty pink tones against wet sand and lots of shells fragments and black stones
A tortoiseshell cat lolling across a coffee table, beside a roll of wrapping paper and scissors. Wrapped presents in the background and no space to wrap more, due to cat
Wine menu that says, red wines/ writer’s block Shiraz
Wine menu that says, red wines/ writer’s block Shiraz
A package of coffee beans by girls who grind, with an orange box for the text and logo and black and white illustration of women giving each other a high five, held by a woman. Her skirt, which has orange, black and white checks is also visible
A crowd of people with Palestinian flags walking down princes street with Waverley station in the distance
Small silver brooch with two leaping dolphins with a price tag saying ‘90s dolphin broach £25’
A white woman’s hand with a silver ring on the thumbs holding a layered rock in white and green in front of a painted green wall
Woman with ginger hair in a bun and with a fringe, wearing a denim apron and safety goggles, holds a wee blow torch
A glass bowl filled with freshly popped corn, sitting on a cushion with green and yellow leaves
Open packet of Barrats Dip Dab lying on a yellow patterned quilt
A fob watch open to the watch face, with a small tool and a spare watch battery beside it, lying on a floral print background
A sunbeam splitting the clouds in a skyscape with a little blue in the background and a sliver of hill in the distance
A closed fist with several fingers very white and the rest a healthy red over a skirt with a print featuring disembodied hands
Hand painted protest sign that says, if o ly closed minds came with closed mouths. Trans flag and protesters in the background
A shot of large rocks at the sea shore covered in lichen, two feet in black boots visible at bottom of frame
A messy corner of desk, with books, a belted alpaca, a frame stuffed with postcards, an old print tray, and a vase with dried flowers
Waverly station Edinburgh with Palestinian flags held over a peaceful protest
Woman with long ginger hair and a black top facing the camera with the title Polygon Aquires Kin by Lynsey May above it
View of a grey and cloudy sky with snow capped hills in the distance and teen shrubs and bushes in the foreground
A pale pink book on a fluffy great blanket. The book is Your Silence Will Not Protect You by Audre Lorde
A light up sign with black writing saying “world book day leith” on a ma toe price with an orange wall behind
A faded black and white image of a woman with long hair blowing in the wind. She’s wearing a black coat with her hands in the pockets
A copy of the book Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff lying on a pale yellow blankets with a William Morris floral pattern. The book is bright orange with a gold figure of a girl flanked by wildlife in black
A man dressed in a black shirt and dark jeans sits in a wooden chair in front of a books case about to read from his novel, The Unrecovered
A thick black, lit candle in a brass lotus flower holder, sitting on a battered desk with small plant pots and a glass trinket box in the background
Image of a computer screen with a text box that has a time stamp and the words testing transcript. The rest of the box is empty!
Gently lit bookshelves in a wood and glass cabinet, with books facing outwards. Including weak teeth, train spotting and gear no evil
A collage made of torn images from magazines, with words such as arts, pressure and mourning alongside images of distressed looking people
Crescent moon with a star in a dark sky
A hand holding a bookmark Saying “News: writing books is easy” in front of a big pile of messy printouts covered in handwriting on a fluffy blanket
A selfies of a woman with long ginger hair holding a glass near the camera in front of a decorated Christmas tree
A terrier up close to the camera with a red collar and bone shapes charm with a woman’s face poking out behind him
A slice of beach with a blue sky and white clouds above a calm but cold looking sea. Figures on the shoreline walking a dog
Brochure for exhibition Hard Graft from the Wellcome Collection, featuring an illustration of protestors, and a stack of postcards with the top image showing an illustrated jawbone, pulled teeth and a partially peeled pomegranate fruit.
A woman in a black jacket, tights and boots standing on the end of a pier with her arms out and her head hidden in a large bell
A view of Hammersmith roofs and a pink and blue sky taken from a high perspective
A hand holding an onion in front of a brown rucksack with a background of train seats
View of a hand holding a carton of apple juice while the person sits cross legged on a blue bed. View of a sharps bin and monitor in be background
A group of six people standing clutching their books, including Danielle Giles, Lynsey May, Lucy Ribchester, Alex Howard, Mary Paulson Ellis. There's also Matthew Land of Blackwells, who is not holding a book but does have an excellent jumper with a duck on it
A table of paperback books with a sign above that says ‘cult of the cool’, Weak Teeth by Lynsey May is at the front of the table
The moon in a blue and pink sky over Edinburgh, with the Waverley clock and Balmoral building on the right and tramlines in the foreground
A marbled folder with paper sticking out and a pen on top, balanced on a wooden bench table beside a blue cup and saucer
Woman’s hand holding pen over printed pages while a kitten shows great interest
A silhouetted harbour with a large skyscape. Dark layers of cloud with bright banks near the horizon, with clear sun beams hitting the water
Dark tortoiseshell kitted curled up in front of a laptop keyboard
Edinburgh Castle from a distance with trees in greens and yellows below with a cloudy sky
A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #396,447, Lynsey May ‪@lynseymay.bsky.social‬, joined on Jul 27, 2023"
A white ceramic mug with an illustration of a young girl in a pathed apron and dress surrounded by flowers and holding a doll. The name Lynsey is printed underneath
Palestinian flags and posters held up against Edinburgh skyline
Woman with long ginger hair mainly covering her face wearing a black top and patterned skirt
A table of books by Scottish authors including Lynsey May, Martin Mcinnis, Alisdair Gray
Woman with long ginger hair and a black dress standing next to a poster for weak teeth with a stack of books beside her
Paperback copy of the book with an imagine of an apple and weak teeth embossed on the front, propped up on old wooden type box with postcards on either side