‘So, I make a start. Somebody has experienced explosive diarrhoea in the Men’s Loo On Floor Two (that’s poetry, that is) and they’ve not flushed… I used to be a University Lecturer. I used to be in a band and everything. Better get it over with, eh?’ @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social 💙🫎❣️ #booksky

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Palestine + 100 - Stories from a Century after the Nakba | Comma Press - Stories from a Century after the Nakba | Comma Press

£11.99 (Paperback / Anthology) - Talal Abu Shawish, Anwar Hamed, Tasnim Abutabikh, Selma Dabbagh, Emad El-Din Aysha and others - £11.99 (Paperback / Anthology) - Stories from a Century after the N...

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Brunel university is co-sponsoring the Nero New Writers Prize. Open to writers not previously published by an established book publisher or magazine, deadline: Fri, 11 September: nerobookawards.com/new-writers-...

NEW WRITERS PRIZE 2026 - Nero Book Awards

Celebrating outstanding writing by authors living in the UK and Ireland, these awards list the best books of the year.

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Join EWS and @susannacrossman.bsky.social this autumn to take an essay idea from pitch to publication over a three week course. Bursary tickets available too and this will be recorded if you miss a session. We hope you can join us!

European Writers Salon@saloneurope.bsky.social · 6d ago

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Good morning. VAT man's just been round for a brew. I gave him one and a half sugars, he can claim the other half sugar back later. Ears bleeding. Heavens to Mytholmroyd.

Here we go. For your Christmas stocking. Bluemoose Books - Hebden to Hollywood . My recollections of the publishing industry and why we started Bluemoose. Plus a few stories and successes along the way. Marvellous.

Here we go. For your Christmas stocking. Bluemoose Books - Hebden to Hollywood . My recollections of the publishing industry and why we started Bluemoose. Plus a few stories and successes along the way. Marvellous.

Good morning. 4 weeks after publishing Post - it Notes from Underground by Simon Crump We've pressed the reprint button. I love it when a book finds its readers. With a little help from @john-self.bsky.social & @thetimes.com Marvellous.

It never struck me before - Guiney / Gummerson. Here we are side by side in Bearded Badger Books, Derby. #bookshop @jamesgwriter.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social @renardpress.com

Good morning. 4 weeks after publishing Post - it Notes from Underground by Simon Crump We've pressed the reprint button. I love it when a book finds its readers. With a little help from @john-self.bsky.social & @thetimes.com Marvellous.

😬 piece on climate change originally published in a UK lit journal in 2023 (2024?). Not naming the fuckers tho cos I fell out with em big time later on. See post before this one on the blog for deets 😂 stuhennigan.substack.com/p/burning-do...

Burning Down the House

As promised earlier......

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You are all cordially invited to The Literary Salon @thetradesclub.bsky.social On Sunday 30th August featuring our very own Simon Crump. @bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social

@tomasstanger.bsky.social review of Beast, by @luluallison.bsky.social & published by @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social is on our website now: thegothicrevival.com/beast/ Once again, many thanks to @biggreenbooks.bsky.social and @sarahmck.bsky.social #Booksky #bookreviews #mythology #folklore #fiction

Beast by Lulu Allison

The legend of Faust is one that has prevailed through the centuries; it's been retold in many different formats, from Marlowe's Doctor

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You are all cordially invited to The Literary Salon @thetradesclub.bsky.social On Sunday 30th August featuring our very own Simon Crump. @bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social

Good morning and The Times @thetimes.com Are running a competition to win a free copy of Post - it Notes from Underground by Simon Crump. Marvellous!!

Good morning and The Times @thetimes.com Are running a competition to win a free copy of Post - it Notes from Underground by Simon Crump. Marvellous!!

Our fastest selling Hardback ever. Remarkable. _Post - it Notes from Underground_ selling like hotcakes. 'Brilliantly special.' @thetimes.com @bookcornerhx.bsky.social @toppingsbath.bsky.social @foylesforbooks.bsky.social @thebookseller.com

Our fastest selling Hardback ever. Remarkable. _Post - it Notes from Underground_ selling like hotcakes. 'Brilliantly special.' @thetimes.com @bookcornerhx.bsky.social @toppingsbath.bsky.social @foylesforbooks.bsky.social @thebookseller.com

Congratulations to @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social Shooting starts later in the year for the adaptation of his novel. The Offing starring Helena Bonham - Carter. thecinemaholic.com/helena-bonha...

Helena Bonham Carter’s ‘The Offing’ Starts Filming in Yorkshire in Q4 2026

3 years after the project was announced, ‘The Offing,’ a period drama starring Helena Bonham Carter, is finally set to get into production. Principal photography will take place in Yorkshire, United K...

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Good morning Lottie walked. Time for a brew.

This is why we publish. Thank you @anastasiacarr.bsky.social and @bookcornerhx.bsky.social

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It's been a couple of days since I came to the end of this beautifully crafted work by @jamesgwriter.bsky.social. Atmospheric, evocative & incredibly moving. Stays with you. Another belter from @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social. Thanks for the rec @bookcornerhx.bsky.social

It's been a couple of days since I came to the end of this beautifully crafted work by @jamesgwriter.bsky.social. Atmospheric, evocative & incredibly moving. Stays with you. Another belter from @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social. Thanks for the rec @bookcornerhx.bsky.social

This is why we publish. Thank you @anastasiacarr.bsky.social and @bookcornerhx.bsky.social

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It's been a couple of days since I came to the end of this beautifully crafted work by @jamesgwriter.bsky.social. Atmospheric, evocative & incredibly moving. Stays with you. Another belter from @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social. Thanks for the rec @bookcornerhx.bsky.social

Our social media handle is a riff on Of Mice and Men. And to see @ronanhession.bsky.social novel Leonard and Hungry Paul alongside Steinbeck As a set text on The Irish Junior Certificate is just brilliant. From Dublin via Hebden to Ireland. Marvellous. @irishtimes.com

Our social media handle is a riff on Of Mice and Men. And to see @ronanhession.bsky.social novel Leonard and Hungry Paul alongside Steinbeck As a set text on The Irish Junior Certificate is just brilliant. From Dublin via Hebden to Ireland. Marvellous. @irishtimes.com

Good morning. Be more Simon. Don't be like OMG. Be kind to your fellow workers. 'Brilliantly special.' @thetimes.com @bookcornerhx.bsky.social @forumbooks.bsky.social @toppingsbath.bsky.social

Good morning. Be more Simon. Don't be like OMG. Be kind to your fellow workers. 'Brilliantly special.' @thetimes.com @bookcornerhx.bsky.social @forumbooks.bsky.social @toppingsbath.bsky.social

On this day in 1899 Ernest Hemingway was born. The son of a doctor and a musician, Hemingway was one of the most famous writers/journalists of the 20th century. He is best known for books such as ‘For Whom The Bell Tolls’ and ‘Farewell to Arms’. #OnThisDay #Hemingway #Classics #Authors

On the best news ever. The Bearded Badger is back and opening a new bookshop. @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/drewgumm...

On a new indie bookshop - the Bearded Badger is back.

Last week I was chatting to Paul Handley, chief guru and bookworm of all he surveys at Bearded Badger Books.

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