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Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It’s Bookshop Day and World Mental Health Day. So go and buy a book. They are good for your mental health.

My books together on a table with a small woollen flamingo.

My books are The Lodger, Me and Mickie James, Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel, You: From Pissed to Publication.

Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I’m going to be on the radio. Next Wednesday, 11pm. Talking about books! On the Late Late Book Show. open.spotify.com/show/03417fA...

A picture of me in a Dennis the Menace like jumper sat in front of my books covers facing out.

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Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

New Substack is up and out in the world running free. Today, sending off your manuscript, Perfect Days, Wrecks, a dog pic. drewgummerson.substack.com/p/on-sending...

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On sending out your manuscript

Yes, mine

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Sunburnt Saints Publishing @sunburntsaints.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Always nice to get good reviews. @drewgum.bsky.social

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Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Well my little darling Saltburn you didn’t make the Polari Prize longlist (congrats to all that did), or sell a great deal of copies, or get many reviews, but I love and am proud of your queer madness, your mermaids, your nuclear power station meltdowns. renardpress.com/books/saltbu...

Cover of Saltburn. A seal sits under a beach umbrella.

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Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Today’s article is a book review of The Bedevilments by John Gay published by the excellent @ortacpress.bsky.social - check it out via the link. drewgummerson.substack.com/p/on-the-bed...

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On The Bedevilments by John Gay

A book review

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Ortac Press @ortacpress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Great review of the The Bedevilments by John Gay from @drewgum.bsky.social. The book is out now!

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Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Today’s article is a book review of The Bedevilments by John Gay published by the excellent @ortacpress.bsky.social - check it out via the link. drewgummerson.substack.com/p/on-the-bed...

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On The Bedevilments by John Gay

A book review

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Sunburnt Saints Publishing @sunburntsaints.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This post resulted in a little rush of subscribers to our chapbook series. Thank you! Very soon we’ll be turning our attention to December’s book, by @luluallison.bsky.social But first, if anyone else wants @drewgum.bsky.social’s Gregor, come and say hello! About 10 copies left and then that’s it!

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Linda M. Bayley @lmbayley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Have you read Saltburn by @drewgum.bsky.social yet, MG? It's the gayest book I've ever read, and utterly filled with joy.

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David Collard @davidcollard.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I enjoyed compiling this list of auspicious debuts by some favourite writers, including (among the living) M. John Harrison, Jonathan Meades, David Hayden, Sara Baume, Drew Gummerson and Wendy Erskine. Jonathan's summary (below) sounds unsettlingly like 'The Monkey's Paw' by W. W. Jacobs.

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Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

New substack is up. On finishing the edit of my book. What next? All this, and more, answered below. drewgummerson.substack.com/p/on-finishi...

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On finishing the edit of my book

I finished the edit of my Hotdog Tales for Lean Times in the last week.

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Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

New substack is up. On finishing the edit of my book. What next? All this, and more, answered below. drewgummerson.substack.com/p/on-finishi...

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On finishing the edit of my book

I finished the edit of my Hotdog Tales for Lean Times in the last week.

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Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I’d forgotten you asked me about this. So I was enjoying reading it and completely surprised when I saw myself there. Thank you.

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Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Completely honoured to see myself mentioned on this illustrious list of authors. And out of place with such greatness.

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Jonathan Gibbs @jonathangibbs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

And off it goes, David Collard’s Personal Anthology, clanking, stumbling down from Selston, passing the house and studying the lighted square of window, leaving a thin cloacal trail all across the walls and the ceiling, groaning like a thing possessed, waiting for the geranium…

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A Personal Anthology of Debuts, by David Collard

In a slight departure from tradition, Jonathan has allowed me to submit a selection of short stories that mark their author’s first appearance in print, presented (more or less) in chronological order...

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Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My two chapbooks: YOU: From Pissed to Publication @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social Gregor @sunburntsaints.bsky.social www.beardedbadgerpublishing.com/online-store... sunburntsaints.co.uk

The two chapbooks side by side on a rug.

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Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Haha! It might not be… but it’ll have the most hotdogs!

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Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

And the edit of my short story collection Hotdog Tales for Lean Days is done. 22 stories. 22 hotdog tales. 65,000 words.

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Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

And the edit of my short story collection Hotdog Tales for Lean Days is done. 22 stories. 22 hotdog tales. 65,000 words.

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Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Lovely picture of you both. And a certain little book.

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Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Thank you! Thanks for reading.

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sallyb17.bsky.social @sallyb17.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A big thank you to you both for a great little read. Many twists & turns in Gregor's fable type tale written in a Kafkaesque style kept this reader guessing right to the end... No spoilers now folks! 😎😇 #chapbooks #sunburntsaints

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Bearded Badger Books @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Lovely to get a visit from Andy (aka @sunburntsaints.bsky.social ) to drop off copies of the new @drewgum.bsky.social chapbook, Gregor!! £5!! Cheaper than a pint!! Brilliant!! #booksky #indiepublisher #indiebookshop #books

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Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

If you go down to @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social in Derby today you’re sure of a @sunburntsaints.bsky.social bug-tastic surprise. My chapbook Gregor on sale and a Badger Pick!

Gregor chapbook on a shelf at Bearded Badger Books in Derby

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Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It was lovely. (I contain pizza-tudes.)

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Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Yes. And a big thank you from me too!

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Sunburnt Saints Publishing @sunburntsaints.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Some beautiful reviews coming in for @drewgum.bsky.social’s Gregor, our first of many chapbooks. Thank you to everyone who has commented, reposted, ordered the books and supported. You’re all lovely x

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Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I was here 3 years ago. And 2. I love it.

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Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Last night in Nice. The best pizza ever - anchovies and olives. And the waiter is the spitting image of @ronanhession.bsky.social - not a hungry Drew though. Not now I’ve eaten it.

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Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Nice! Hope you enjoy the bugs!

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Adam Van Winkle @vanwinkle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

WORK from @budsmith.bsky.social has been one of my favorite books since I first read it in 2017. Looking forward to reading the reissue with added material from Perfect Day Publishing. Look for my review on @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social soon.

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Heidi James @heidijames.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Fantastic start to the Sunburnt Saints chapbook series. @drewgum.bsky.social @sunburntsaints.bsky.social

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epoquepress.bsky.social @epoquepress.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Shape of Guilt by @lisafransson.bsky.social ‘This is literature at its most gorgeous and provocative best.’ ‘…emotionally complex, disturbing, and beautifully weird.’ www.epoquepress.com/online-store... #epoquepress #books #bookcommunity #bookrecommendations #booksky

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Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

50m from my flat the smallest pizza place in the world. But remains the King of Napoli.

A door and a tiny room behind. Some fridges which have cans in them.

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Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

So @museumbums.bsky.social I give you Oros at Antibes, outside the Picasso Museum. Ever fallen in love with a statue…

A naked statue of a man crouching down and looking out to sea.

The same statue from the other side so you can see his bum.

The mountain has always fascinated with its majestic and mysterious presence. At the same time refuge, obstacle and place of elevation, it symbolises the encounter between the earthly world and the spiritual spheres. Its immutable strength invites silence, contemplation and self-improvement.

Christophe Charbonnel continues this reflection through a crouching male figure, anchored in matter.

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Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Latest article. On Vacances. In Nice. Some reading. Some writing. A new fiction prize. Cheese. Wine. Iron men. @renardpress.com @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social drewgummerson.substack.com/p/on-vacance...

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On Vacances

Writing and reading and the cure

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Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Thank you Andy! Glad you enjoyed.

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