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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

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.

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KJ Taylor @kjktaylor.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

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

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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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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

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

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

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...

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

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.

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

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...

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Saraband Books @saraband-books.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

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 📚💙

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Rozie Kelly: Kingfisher

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Carcanet Press @carcanet.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

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! 🎉

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

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

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Carcanet Press @carcanet.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

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...

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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

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.'

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Saraband Books @saraband-books.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

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...

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Northern Fiction Alliance @northernfiction.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

What better way to spend a summery Saturday? 😎

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

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...

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Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

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...

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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

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

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And Other Stories @andotherstories.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

‘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✨

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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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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

@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...

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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Thank you so much Rue!! We are absolutely thrilled for what this means for us and Sheena

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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

You might want to grab a copy of The Others before the first print run sells out ;) uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

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💙📚

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And Other Stories @andotherstories.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

‘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)🍜

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Saraband Books @saraband-books.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

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 📚💙

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Carcanet Press @carcanet.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Congratulations to Catherine-Esther Cowie and Lorna Goodison, who have been shortlisted in the poetry category of the 2026 OCM Bocas Lit Prize! Very well done to Catherine-Esther and Lorna, and all the other shortlisted writers and publishers!🎉

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Saraband Books @saraband-books.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Wildlife gardener and naturalist Susie White returns to Hexham Book Festival to discuss her two latest books The Gardener and the Moth and Nature’s Almanac. Tickets available here: 🎟️ www.hexhambookfestival.co.uk/event/susie-... #Booksky 📚💙

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Susie White - Hexham Book Festival

Wildlife gardener and naturalist Susie White returns to HBF to discuss her two latest books The Gardener and the Moth and Nature’s Almanac.

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And Other Stories @andotherstories.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

‘A brilliant and devastating debut.’ Jordan Abel Half-Bads in White Regalia by Cody Caetano – out now in the UK and Europe! 🎮👾🔊 uk.bookshop.org/p/books/half...

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Northern Fiction Alliance @northernfiction.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

This looks like a great event! Pop down if you can

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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

2006 - 2026 Bluemoose Books will be celebrating 20 years as an Independent publisher this year. We're at The London Book fair - 10/11/12th March On Stand 6G28. Do pop along and say hello. We have some cracking stories for you. @thebookseller.com

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Carcanet Press @carcanet.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Say hello to our March titles!🏵️ Get 15% off these titles with code MARCHBOOKS15 until the end of the month! Order here:🔗 tinyurl.com/4tpnxj7e

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Tune into to Radio 4 tonight for the second reading from Jane Rogers’ brilliant second collection, Fire Ready. 10.45pm tonight. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - Fire Ready by Jane Rogers, Murmuration

A spaceship returns to Earth after a long journey seeking other habitable planets.

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Now more than ever we must amplify Iranian voices. Come to our event with The Nowruz Festival to hear from three Iranian creatives on the past, present and future of their country through their contributions to 'Iran + 100', an anthology of Iranian stories set in 2053 🎟️ tinyurl.com/bdh2detj

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Nightjar Press @nightjarpress.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Paired with @danlockton.com next month, In Splendid Isolation, a debut story by RL Doughty.

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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

A look ahead to the Academy over the next 4 months! Booking in some exciting May talks now with Publicity, Marketing and HR in mind... www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/publishingac...

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Carcanet Press @carcanet.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Join Sinéad Morrissey on tour this Spring!🔥 Get your tickets here: www.carcanet.co.uk/events/ Sinéad will be appearing at various locations across the UK to read from her upcoming memoir, Among Communists. More dates to be announced!⭐

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And Other Stories @andotherstories.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

We’re incredibly thrilled to share the news that TAIWAN TRAVELOGUE by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated by Lin King, has been longlisted for this year’s International @thebookerprizes.com 🎉🎉🎉 thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...

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Peepal Tree Press @peepaltreepress.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Join Peepal Tree Press poet Emily Zobel Marshall (Other Wild, Bath of Herbs) and Leeds poets and DOMA board members Abdullah Adekola at Chapel FM Arts Centre, Seacroft for an afternoon creative writing workshop! 25th April - 2pm till early evening Ticket info coming soon @emilyzmarshall.bsky.social

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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Good morning. Off to chat to some MA students about Indy publishing and how to survive in an industry that doesn’t take too many risks. 20 years of Bluemoose. Magic.

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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Poet and journalist Janice Warman speaks about an unconventional writing method at the launch of her debut collection, These are the Things we Have Lost, at @stationbookstunbridgewells You can order Janice's collection through our website #poetrycollection #launchevent #flyonthewall #newrelease

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Carcanet Press @carcanet.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Some lovely pictures of joint editors of A Letter to the Dead: Collected Poems by Lynette Roberts, Charles Mundye and Patrick McGuinness at an event honouring Roberts held last night at the Argentine Ambassador’s Residence in London.

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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I love publication day. Congratulations to JM Campbell. Today we publish _BLACKSHROUD_ Launching @waterstones.bsky.social Leeds tonight at 7pm. Magic. @handhyorkshire.bsky.social

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

An interview with poet Polly Clark features in Issue 7 of @madridlitmag.bsky.social. She speaks about her new Bloodaxe retrospective, Afterlife: New & Selected Poems, out today, and shares a poem from the book.

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