Out today. Nige’s insightful, kaleidoscopic and, at times, gleefully eccentric deep dive into the musical worlds of Paddy McAloon and Prefab Sprout Let’s change the world with music tr.ee/-BLPqLQ27t @nigetassell.bsky.social
OUT NOW ‘Truly Gifted Kids: A Book About a Band Called Prefab Sprout’ by @nigetassell.bsky.social A kaleidoscopic love letter to Paddy McAloon and one of the most unique and genre defying British groups of all time ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ @mojomagazine.bsky.social tr.ee/-BLPqLQ27t #prefabsprout
I’ll be talking to @alexlarman.bsky.social and @bowiegod.bsky.social about their brilliant Bowie books at this year’s Stratford Literary Festival in October. Come and join us. Tickets on sale from Friday at 9am www.stratfordliteraryfestival.co.uk/events
Thursday. Hotter than the proverbial pepper sprout. ‘Truly Gifted Kids: A Book About a Band Called Prefab Sprout’ by @nigetassell.bsky.social is out in two days tr.ee/-BLPqLQ27t
There is an alternate timeline where this is the biggest selling single of 1983 and everything is as it should be in the world youtu.be/tLPMcY6KmE8?...
Nick Heyward - Whistle Down The Wind
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Beautiful finished copies of AS ONE - REMAKING SUEDE by @rodgeglass.bsky.social have arrived. 📸 by Dean Chalkley Design by Paul Palmer Edwards Pre-order it here: tr.ee/EZN3ZGPFkg Last tickets for next weeks very special launch event with the band: tinyurl.com/2v7h2wa3 @suedehq.bsky.social
An absolute pleasure to be working with Nick on his long overdue autobiography. An incredible songwriter, a soul searching memoirist and a lovely bloke. ‘Fantastic Days’ is out in November tr.ee/HlfsLGV7S0
***NEW*** ‘FANTASTIC DAYS’ The long awaited autobiography from @nickheyward.com From Smash Hits to Creation Records. From sky scraping highs to debilitating lows. From Haircut One Hundred….and back again. A pop music odyssey forty five years in the making 05-11-26 tr.ee/HlfsLGV7S0
Reading ‘Eve’s Hollywood’ by Eve Babitz. The Dedications are wild
OUT NOW in paperback! ‘Teenage Daydream: We are the Girls Who Play in a Band’ by @debseyonbass.bsky.social A Times Book of the Year The Shindig Book of the Year “The godmothers of indie-pop” Mojo “Winningly captures the devil-may-care optimism of adolescence” Guardian Design by Paul Kelly
Incredibly proud to be publishing this book on New Modern Arcade. Thought provoking, profound and moments of unexpected beauty throughout. It is also fair to say that it has spooked various people in positions of power. But that’s for another day. A huge congratulations to @richardcoker.bsky.social
new modern books@newmodernbooks.bsky.social · 2w agoOUT TODAY ‘Timor Mortis: How We Live With Death’ by @richardcoker.bsky.social Humane. Challenging. Uplifting. Your essential guide to living a better death “Scrutinises death from every angle, from epidemics and executions to grief and oblivion. Fascinating” @thetimes.com tinyurl.com/yvyzybwh
The New Modern Summer 2026 Paperback Collection 30th July: Debsey Wykes - Teenage Daydream ‘A Times Book of the Year’ 13th August: Peter Doggett - Surf’s Up ‘⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️’ Shindig Out Now: Justin Currie - The Tremolo Diaries Mike Joyce - The Drums Paul Vallely - Live Aid
Just need a third picture to complete our Proof Triptych on Wood triptych.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mojo “Unapologetically eccentric” Uncut “Charming, compassionate and utterly entertaining” The Mirror “As playful, quirky and engaging as the band themselves” Stuart Maconie ‘Truly Gifted Kids: A Book About a Band Called Prefab Sprout’ by @nigetassell.bsky.social 13-08-26
“Scrutinises death from every angle, from epidemics and executions to grief and oblivion. Fascinating” @thetimes.com @richardcoker.bsky.social is interviewed in today’s Times magazine. ‘Timor Mortis: How We Live With Death’ is out 30th July on New Modern Arcade @newmodernbooks.bsky.social
“I hope this diary doesn’t offend anyone, but it almost certainly will. Apologies in advance” Shaun Bythell, July 2026
new modern books@newmodernbooks.bsky.social · 4w ago‘RETURN OF THE BOOKSELLER DIARIST’ by SHAUN BYTHELL You’d think he would be used to the customers by now wouldn’t you? The Sunday Times bestselling owner of Scotland’s biggest second hand book shop is back Publishing 8th October 2026 on New Modern Arcade tr.ee/KoZTkrzEHM
A deeply profound and disconcertingly funny read from New Modern Arcade. Out 30th July
new modern books@newmodernbooks.bsky.social · 4w ago‘TIMOR MORTIS: HOW WE LIVE WITH DEATH’ by @richardcoker.bsky.social is out 30th July “Scrutinises death from every angle, from epidemics and executions to grief and oblivion. Fascinating” @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
My mum would have been 75 today. She was a loving, conservative woman who was full of contradictions. She was a ballet dancer by training who turned down the Royal Ballet. She liked peace and solitude And she adored Higher State of Consciousness. Happy Birthday Mum. And the Wink remixes x
WHAT A FUCKING RECORD@whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 4w ago30
Swoon!
new modern books@newmodernbooks.bsky.social · last mo.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 gold stars in the new @mojomagazine.bsky.social for ‘Truly Gifted Kids: A Book About A Band Called Prefab Sprout’ by @nigetassell.bsky.social Thank you Jim Wirth and Mojo x Pre-order your copy: tr.ee/eg_hFrsOry Out 13th August #prefabsprout
TIMOR MORTIS: HOW WE LIVE WITH DEATH’ by @richardcoker.bsky.social 30-07-26 'Public health doctor Coker blends humour and profound wisdom in this rambunctious book. This could easily have been a depressing read, but is instead strangely life-affirming' The Independent amzn.eu/d/0i1RZk7o
Have just had a cup of the tea with the man whose biggest song has been streamed 678 million times on Spotify. But he also wrote the Finger of Fudge jingle which is *properly* impressive
Honestly, I just didn’t think Kasabian could get any funnier
This will be wonderful. If you haven’t read his book on Raoul Moat, do yourself a favour.
Pete Selby@peteselby.bsky.social · last mo.‘Felled: The Killing at Sycamore Gap’ by Andrew Hankinson is out on 22nd October. It is an essential read by a writing operating at the very top of his profession. Here’s a taster of what to expect from Andrew’s 2025 Observer piece: tinyurl.com/3dcxyymz Pre-order your copy: tr.ee/iorDLH5BQc
If this is anything even remotely approaching the Roaul Moat book I am SEATED.
Pete Selby@peteselby.bsky.social · last mo.‘Felled: The Killing at Sycamore Gap’ by Andrew Hankinson is out on 22nd October. It is an essential read by a writing operating at the very top of his profession. Here’s a taster of what to expect from Andrew’s 2025 Observer piece: tinyurl.com/3dcxyymz Pre-order your copy: tr.ee/iorDLH5BQc
This is - surely - going to be fantastic.
Pete Selby@peteselby.bsky.social · last mo.‘Felled: The Killing at Sycamore Gap’ by Andrew Hankinson is out on 22nd October. It is an essential read by a writing operating at the very top of his profession. Here’s a taster of what to expect from Andrew’s 2025 Observer piece: tinyurl.com/3dcxyymz Pre-order your copy: tr.ee/iorDLH5BQc
‘Felled: The Killing at Sycamore Gap’ by Andrew Hankinson is out on 22nd October. It is an essential read by a writing operating at the very top of his profession. Here’s a taster of what to expect from Andrew’s 2025 Observer piece: tinyurl.com/3dcxyymz Pre-order your copy: tr.ee/iorDLH5BQc