Many thanks to Deborah Druba our foreign rights agent based in Paris. The translation rights to another Bluemoose book sold. Stories travelling the globe. @thebookseller.com @northernfiction.bsky.social Marvelous.
Northern Fiction Alliance
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We are a radical publishing collective of over 30 independent publishers that showcases creativity and diversity. Head to our website to browse publishers and find your new favourite book: http://northernfictionalliance.com/
I'll be on the @northodoxpress.bsky.social stand at the @northernfiction.bsky.social Book Fair this Saturday afternoon at Hyde Park Book Club, signing copies of The Year of the Rat: www.leedslitfest.co.uk/events/__tra... www.northodox.co.uk/product-page... part of @leedslitfest.bsky.social
Northern Fiction Alliance Book Fair
Join the Northern Fiction Alliance at Hyde Park Book Club for their Summer Book Fair as part of Leeds Literature
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Come see us with the @northernfiction.bsky.social at Hyde Park Book Club in Leeds for the NFA Summer Book Fair ☀️📚 Ft. @northodoxpress.bsky.social, @carcanet.bsky.social, @foxandinkbooks.bsky.social, @peepaltreepress.bsky.social, @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social, @stairwellbooks.bsky.social & more!
In 2021 Leonard and Hungry Paul by Rónán Hession. Chosen as the One Dublin One Book Flags & banners across the city invited everyone to read the book. Every library in Ireland promoted Rónán & Bluemoose Books. Brilliant support. @dublincitylibs.bsky.social @dublincityoflit.bsky.social
Join us at the @northernfiction.bsky.social book fair at #hydeparkbookclub @leedslitfest.bsky.social on June 13th! Just show up :D @commapress.bsky.social #bookfair #leeds
AGENTING DEEP DIVE SESSION w/ Laura Bennett✍📚 Ever thought about becoming a literary agent but don't know how to get started? Join Liverpool Literary Agency's @losbennett.bsky.social for this practical deep-dive session into the work of a literary agent. 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/publishing...
MARKETING DEEP DIVE ✍📚 w/ @javeryai.bsky.social at Publishing Insights Day '26 📅 JUN 11 📌 MMU Campus 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/publishing... Ever wondered what goes into marketing your favourite titles? Join Orion Books senior marketing manager Javerya Iqbal in this hands-on deep-dive session.
PUBLISHING INSIGHTS DAY 2026 🎉 📅 Jun 11 (10-4pm) 📌 Geoffrey Manton Building Always dreamed of a career in publishing? Come along to Publishing Insights Day 2026 to learn from the experts, ask all your burning questions, & get hands-on publishing experience. 🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/publishing...
The Inklings Book Club is spotlighting each of the @womensprize.bsky.social for fiction shortlisted authors Listen to Rozie Kelly's episode here: open.spotify.com/episode/0DZR... #BookSky 📚💙
Rozie Kelly: Kingfisher
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Congratulations to Colin Bramwell, who has been longlisted for the 2026 Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize with Fower Pessoas!⭐ The winner will be announced at an awards ceremony at St Anne's College, Cambridge on Saturday 13 June. Well done to Colin, and all the other shortlistees! 🎉
Francis R. Jones's translation from Serbian of the late Ivan V. Lalić's The Taste of Lightning: Selected Poems (Bloodaxe Books, Nov 2025) is on the shortlist for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize 2026. More details: www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article... @oxfordcct.bsky.social
Killing Spree by @joriegraham.bsky.social is available to pre-order🖤 Use code MAYBOOKS15 for 15% off: www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017554... Complete the set and get 30% of To 2040, Runaway, and [To] The Last [Be] Human with code BIGJORIEFAN: www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017316...
Writing about Stu Hennigan and myself at Parliamentary book awards for GHOST SIGNS. He revealed his t shirt that said I still f****ing h*te Thatcher. 'Stu and I were in tucks of laughter as Penny Mordaunt in full sale hoved into view, her shoes costing more than a terrace house in Bacup.'
We're delighted to share the cover for The Fool's Leap: Tarot as Creative Companion by Vik Bennett ✨ Blending personal insight with accessible exercises, this book introduces a practice that integrates tailored spreads, creative prompts, and intuitive interpretation. saraband.net/sb-title/the...
ANALOG HORROR 📹✍ Short Story Course w/ @bronteschiltz.bsky.social 📍 Online Via Zoom 📅 Wed 6-8pm: May 6, 20, Jun 3, 17 & Jul 1, 15. Explore the worlds of found-text and Analog Horror with author Brontë Schiltz, and get your work published in a Comma eBook. 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/analog-hor...
Paper Sisters has been out 4 weeks this Thursday 😱 Where does the time go?! One of our most praised and celebrated books to date, check out this incredible literary historical fiction novel here. It is brilliant! share.google/ZXMmMOPM75Kt...
Off to London for four days. Celebrating our 20th year in publishing. We're delighted to have a stand at 6G28. Do pop by and say hello. I have ironed four t - shirts. But alas, no slippers. With thanks to: @inpressbooks.bsky.social @artscouncilengland.bsky.social
‘As rich and heady as some of the dishes that Chi-chan prepares for Aoyama, Taiwan Travelogue is a multi-layered meditation on language and longing, and on the many ways in which we travel only to arrive where we started.’ @angelgurriaq.bsky.social reviews Taiwan Travelogue for @financialtimes.com✨
Taiwan Travelogue — a Booker-longlisted novel on the tricks of translation
At the heart of Yáng Shuāng-zǐ’s rich, heady book is the uneasy bond between a Japanese author and her Taiwanese interpreter
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Such incredible news!
Saraband Books@saraband-books.bsky.social · 6mo agoWe are so excited that Kingfisher by Rozie Kelly has been longlisted for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction. Congratulations to Rozie and all the longlisted authors! Visit the @womensprize.bsky.social website to read more 📚 womensprize.com/revealing-th... #Booksky #WomensPrize
@womensprize.bsky.social "I am honoured, humbled and grateful to join the ranks of such brilliant women, writers and thinkers." The Others by Sheena Kalayil is LONGLISTED for #WomensPrize2026! A stunning novel about migration, love, and revolution www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page...
Thank you so much Rue!! We are absolutely thrilled for what this means for us and Sheena
You might want to grab a copy of The Others before the first print run sells out ;) uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Isn't tis grand. Leonard and Hungry Paul by @ronanhession.bsky.social Now showing on TV in New Zealand. @thebookseller.com www.waikatotimes.co.nz/culture/3609...
Charming Irish dramedy debuts on TVNZ+
REVIEW: With its colourful characters and occasional flights of animation-enhanced fantasy, this feels like a spiritual successor to Moone Boy.
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Best-selling author Miha Mazzini is coming to Sheffield Waterstones this May! Join us to go on a journey with this chilling thriller about bureaucracy as violence, and one mother’s battle against the state. www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev... #books💙📚
‘With sumptuous food writing, laugh-out-loud dialogue and metafictional twists, this novel was impossible to put down.’ – #InternationalBooker2026 judges Out today in UK and Europe, the International @thebookerprizes.com longlisted Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ (tr. Lin King)🍜
Read more about the Women's Prize for Fiction longlisted KINGFISHER here: 📚 uk.bookshop.org/a/289/978191... #Booksky #WomensPrize @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social 📚💙
Bookshop.org UK@bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social · 6mo agoThe 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction Longlist is OUT! Discover this incredible list and support indie bookshops: @womensprize.bsky.social uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-20...
