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An indie publishing imprint devoted to original true life and memoir. Enquiries: sally(at)oilonwaterpress(dot)com oilonwaterpress.com

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Oil On Water Press @oilonwaterpress.com · 31/07/2026
What’s more astonishing: seeing a Sasquatch or a nude woman atop a 14,000 foot mountain? A story of hard knocks, told with warmth and unflinching detail, check out Paula Enborg’s "A Way Up: 1 Woman Across the Pacific NW" oilonwaterpress.com/product/a-wa...
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A Way Up - Paula Engborg
What’s more astonishing: seeing a Sasquatch or a nude woman atop a 14,000 foot mountain? A story of hard knocks, told with warmth and unflinching detail.
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Oil On Water Press @oilonwaterpress.com · 09/06/2026
After being subjected to a violent attack Duncan McNamara knew he had to find a way to move on – literally. Read his gripping story of hiking the Camino de Santiago, a personal pilgrimage of recovery: oilonwaterpress.com/product/walk...
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Walk This Way - Duncan McNamara
The Way is a pilgrim trail that runs 500 miles west from the French foothills of the Pyrenees. Duncan takes with him a rucksack of largely useless items.
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Oil On Water Press @oilonwaterpress.com · 07/06/2026
Oil On Water publishes original, true-life stories with a twist that you won’t find anywhere else. Got a tale to tell? We’re accepting submissions. More details here: oilonwaterpress.com/manuscript-s...
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Oil On Water Press @oilonwaterpress.com · 17/05/2026
Unsentimental and darkly comic, in A Brooklyn Memoir, Robert Rosen transports us to the mid-twentieth-century Brooklyn of his youth “where the war lingered like a mass hallucination.” Read the story behind the book here: oilonwaterpress.com/blog/2022/07...
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The story behind this Brooklyn memoir
From the Holocaust to UFOs and the Beatles, a confusing past inspired Robert Rosen to write A Brooklyn Memoir. Here he explains why.
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Oil On Water Press @oilonwaterpress.com · 14/05/2026
Books, books, beautiful books! Fancy some brand new memoir reads? Taking you everywhere from New York’s meatpacking district to the rocky roads of the Spanish Pyrenees, check out our online store here: oilonwaterpress.com/shop/
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Headpress @headpress.com · 06/05/2026
Thank you to Forces of Geek and @booksteve.bsky.social for this review of Rachel Walther's Born to Lose: "Rachel Walther’s Born to Lose seems born to win". Read the full review here 👇 forcesofgeek.com/born-to-lose... #dogdayafternoon #alpacino #sidneylumet
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'Born To Lose: The Misfits Who Made Dog Day Afternoon' (review) - Forces of Geek
Over the years, I have gone up and down on Al Pacino as an actor.
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Headpress @headpress.com · 11/05/2026
Good morning, campers! Did you buy your ticket for our 35th anniversary shindig in #Manchester yet? A host of Headpress writers, books, and a special guest appearance from Nekromantik director Jörg Buttgereit! 👀 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/headpress-...
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Headpress 35th Anniversary Extravaganza
Join us for a day of author talks and panels celebrating cult films and TV, weird music, and a Q&A with special guest Jörg Buttgereit.
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Oil On Water Press @oilonwaterpress.com · 04/04/2026
Before 90s regentrification, New York was a different place. Enter the grimy, chaotic world of the 1980s Meatpacking District. Listen to excerpts of @mjbackus.bsky’s brilliant The Heart is Meat here: www.michaeljbackus.com/recordings
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Michael Backus, Author | Recordings
Michael Backus, author and published writer of stories, articles and film.
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Oil On Water Press @oilonwaterpress.com · 02/04/2026
Happy Easter from all of us at OOWP! Want to add some life writing with a pop culture twist to your spring reading list? Check out our brilliant selection of truly original memoirs here:https://oilonwaterpress.com/shop/
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Headpress @headpress.com · 28/03/2026
🎈Headpress 35th Anniversary Extravaganza🎈 Introducing our panelists: Andy Cowan @vinylslam.bsky.social Author of B-Side: A Flipsided History of Pop, MOJO jazz columnist, + owner of outsider label/press Skill, he joins our Music from the Margins panel! Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/headpress-...
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Oil On Water Press @oilonwaterpress.com · 29/03/2026
“This story is about my world being set on fire, of me falling apart, my aubade to heartache. The anti-love story. The self-love story. Check out Song Over the Bones by @melissameszaros.bsky.social, a powerful reflection on love, loss and seeking solace in music. oilonwaterpress.com/product/song...
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Song Over The Bones
Song Over the Bones by Melissa Meszaros published by Oil On Water Press is a raw journey of rock and resilience that redefines the meaning of home.
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Oil On Water Press @oilonwaterpress.com · 27/03/2026
“Backus dizzyingly re-creates scene after scene of pure 1980s Manhattan, immersing the reader into a forgotten early-AIDS era in New York history.” Read the full Kirkus Reviews piece on @mjbackus.bsky.social The Heart is Meat here: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews... @mjbackus.bsky.social
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THE HEART IS MEAT | Kirkus Reviews
A Midwestern transplant’s life in early 1980s New York City is reinvigorated in this memoir.
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Headpress @headpress.com · 12/09/2025
Coming soon from Headpress: Rachel Walther's 'Born to Lose: The Misfits Who Made Dog Day Afternoon'. More info and mailing list sign-up here: headpress.com/product/born...
Image of a book cover titles Born to Lose: The Misfits Who Made Dog Day Afternoon by Rachel Walther. The background is black with white and orange text. On the right hand side of the cover is a full length black and white photo rendered into orange, of a dark-haired man stood in a street raising his right fist and smiling. He is dressed in a white buttoned shirt, dark trousers, and dark smart shoes.
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Melissa Meszaros @melissameszaros.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
SONG OVER THE BONES is out today! While it may be sold out in a lot of shops, you can still place a back order or drop by one of the events (I have a few copies). In honor of the release, I contributed an article for Women Writers Women Books about it: booksbywomen.org/song-over-th...
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Song Over The Bones: Silence As Reclamation - Women Writers, Women's Books
By Melissa Meszaros Internet dating should not exist without a relationship jail.  If you fail to comply with who you say you are, there should be consequences, a fraudulent misrepresentation suit, ma...
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Oil On Water Press @oilonwaterpress.com · 01/09/2025
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Oil On Water Press @oilonwaterpress.com · 01/09/2025
@melissameszaros.bsky.social has some upcoming events around the Pacific Northwest to mark the publication of her new memoir, SONG OVER THE BONES. Get those diaries out!
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Oil On Water Press @oilonwaterpress.com · 01/09/2025
*UPCOMING EVENT**
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Oil On Water Press @oilonwaterpress.com · 23/08/2025
Check out this interview with @melissameszaros.bsky.social ahead of her new memoir, SONG OVER THE BONES. Physical copies are available from Oct 2nd, with the ebook out NOW at oilonwaterpress.com/product/song... www.joelgausten.com/2025/08/a-ch...
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A Chat with Author MELISSA MESZAROS ("Song Over the Bones")
Author/journalist Joel Gausten talks with author Melissa Meszaros ( Heavy Metal Headbang) about her forthcoming memoir, Song Over the Bone ...
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Oil On Water Press @oilonwaterpress.com · 18/08/2025
Oil On Water Press in the wild! Author Duncan McNamara was recently back in the old country and was proud to display a copy of his memoir, WALK THIS WAY, outside the wonderful Castle Book Shop in Castlebar, Co Mayo 😎
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Oil On Water Press @oilonwaterpress.com · 15/08/2025
New York times.... oilonwaterpress.com/product/the-...
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The Heart Is Meat - An 80s Memoir
The Heart is Meat is the re-creation of a mythic time and place in New York City, an evocation of a vanished attitude, a pre-networked American Romanticism.
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Melissa Meszaros @melissameszaros.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
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Oil On Water Press @oilonwaterpress.com · 07/08/2025
Preorders are open for paperback copies of SONG OVER THE BONES by @melissameszaros.bsky.social over at our website. Also available NOW as an ebook! oilonwaterpress.com/product/song...
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Song Over The Bones
Song Over the Bones by Melissa Meszaros published by Oil On Water Press is a raw journey of rock and resilience that redefines the meaning of home.
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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Please , if you are able Support Independent publishers. They are doing more than most to find, nurture and publish great new writers and stories. There are many but here are a few. @littletollerbooks.bsky.social @galleybeggars.bsky.social @saraband-books.bsky.social Thank you.
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Oil On Water Press @oilonwaterpress.com · 16/07/2025
Very pleased to announce that pre-orders are now open for our next title, SONG OVER THE BONES by Melissa Meszaros. You'll know Melissa already from HEAVY METAL HEADBANG, which launched Oil On Water Press in 2022. This one is going to be BIG! oilonwaterpress.com/product/song...
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Song Over The Bones
Song Over the Bones by Melissa Meszaros published by Oil On Water Press is a raw journey of rock and resilience that redefines the meaning of home.
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Oil On Water Press @oilonwaterpress.com · 16/07/2025
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Melissa Meszaros @melissameszaros.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
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Michael Backus @mjbackus.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
www.michaeljbackus.com/recordings I recorded six short readings from my memoir of 80s NYC The Heart is Meat (out everywhere in May); you can access any of them here, I'd suggest starting with Pig Knuckles, which gives a good sense of the tone and style of the book.
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Michael Backus, Author | Recordings
Michael Backus, author and published writer of stories, articles and film.
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Michael Backus @mjbackus.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Outside Left is a magazine that pushes books they like; they liked my memoir, out on May 1. Got to love the line, "raciest paciest creative non-fiction." Thanks to Lamontpaul. outsideleft.com/main.php?upd...
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Michael Backus @mjbackus.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews... My book is out in bookstores on May 1. Here's a quote from the review:
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Melissa Meszaros @melissameszaros.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Spilling the tea 🫖 to @comiccrusaders.bsky.social on a recent social media post that caused quite the stir—and we talked SONG OVER THE BONES, coming October from @oilonwaterpress.com
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Headpress @headpress.com · 02/06/2025
Monday listening: @melissameszaros.bsky.social talks to Biff Bam Pop! about her upcoming book with @oilonwaterpress.com, Song Over The Bones: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h... #podcasts #newbookalert #grunge #memoir
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Heroes & Villains: Melissa Meszaros: Song Over The Bones
Podcast Episode · Biff Bam Pop! Presents... · 05/06/2025 · 52m
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Oil On Water Press @oilonwaterpress.com · 27/05/2025
Excellent piece. We're really excited about this one! comicon.com/2025/05/17/m...
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Melissa Meszaros @melissameszaros.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Are you on @netgalley.bsky.social? Now you can review SONG OVER THE BONES (or hit me up for a PDF). www.netgalley.com/catalog/prev...
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Song Over The Bones
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...
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Melissa Meszaros @melissameszaros.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Steve Moriarty (The Gits) will be producing the audiobook for SONG OVER THE BONES, and… comicon.com/2025/05/17/m...
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Oil On Water Press @oilonwaterpress.com · 27/05/2025
Check it out! An early review of our next title, SONG OVER THE BONES by @melissameszaros.bsky.social. Melissa is the author of HEAVY METAL HEADBANG, also available from Oil On Water Press. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Sarah Jensen's review of Song Over The Bones
4/5: Book Review: Song Over The Bones by Melissa Meszaros Rating: 4.5/5 Thank you to NetGalley for providing a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Overview Melissa Meszaros’s So...
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Oil On Water Press @oilonwaterpress.com · 27/05/2025
THE HEART IS MEAT is available NOW! This one's a goodie. oilonwaterpress.com/product/the-...
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The Heart Is Meat - An 80s Memoir
The Heart is Meat is the re-creation of a mythic time and place in New York City, an evocation of a vanished attitude, a pre-networked American Romanticism.
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Andy Burns @andyburnsbbp.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
@melissameszaros.bsky.social returns to Heroes & Villains with @eahenson.bsky.social to discuss her forthcoming memoir, Song Over The Bones, due October 2 from @oilonwaterpress.com biffbampop.com/2025/05/06/h...
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Heroes & Villains: Melissa Meszaros On Her Memoir 'Song Over The Bones'
Melissa Meszaros returns to the show to discuss her forthcoming memoir, Song Over The Bones, due October 2 from Oil On Water Press.
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Oil On Water Press @oilonwaterpress.com · 03/02/2025
THE HEART IS MEAT is in the @outsideleft.bsky.social February roundup! 🤩 outsideleft.com/main.php?upd...
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Books & Periodicals #1 - Outsideleft's round up of the books we've been talking about ...the latest story in Outsideleft
Outsideleft.com an independent Arts, Music and Culture Magazine our newest story is Books & Periodicals #1
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Oil On Water Press @oilonwaterpress.com · 02/02/2025
THE HEART IS MEAT is available EXCLUSIVELY from our webstore. Beat the streets! vimeo.com/1017569555/e...
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The Heart Is Meat - Wally
Michael backus reads from his book, The Heart Is Meat: An 80s Memoir, published by Oil On Water Press. New York City’s Meatpacking District in the 1980s.…
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Headpress @headpress.com · 26/01/2025
What a joker. Our hardbacks are *special* editions only available from our website, not *limited* editions that are now out of print. You can buy this brand new direct from us for the normal price of £27.99. #supportindiepublishers
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Melissa Meszaros @melissameszaros.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Thank you to Steve Moriarty, author & drummer for The Gits, for this heartfelt blurb for SONG OVER THE BONES. Coming this October from @oilonwaterpress.bsky.social.
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Oil On Water Press @oilonwaterpress.com · 05/01/2025
Happy New Year! Take the edge off this snowy Sunday with another reading from THE HEART IS MEAT by author, Michael Backus. Beat the streets on this one! Earlybird copies of THE HEART IS MEAT are available EXCLUSIVELY from our webstore. vimeo.com/1017569555/e...
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The Heart Is Meat - Wally
Michael backus reads from his book, The Heart Is Meat: An 80s Memoir, published by Oil On Water Press. New York City’s Meatpacking District in the 1980s.…
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Headpress @headpress.com · 26/12/2024
A Happy Christmas at Headpress as Nikolas Schreck's The Satanic Screen bags @ruemorguemagazine.bsky.social's Best Non-Fiction Book of 2024 spot! See the full list of winners in Rue Morgue issue 222 (digital version out now, hard copies hit stores on 3 Jan).
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Oil On Water Press @oilonwaterpress.com · 23/12/2024
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The Heart Is Meat - Wally
Michael backus reads from his book, The Heart Is Meat: An 80s Memoir, published by Oil On Water Press. New York City’s Meatpacking District in the 1980s.…
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Oil On Water Press @oilonwaterpress.com · 23/12/2024
Beat the streets! Earlybird copies ONLY available from our webstore! oilonwaterpress.com/product/the-...
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The Heart Is Meat - An 80s Memoir
The Heart is Meat is the re-creation of a mythic time and place in New York City, an evocation of a vanished attitude, a pre-networked American Romanticism.
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Melissa Meszaros @melissameszaros.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Seattle musician Gretta Harley, co-founder of Home Alive, gave SONG OVER THE BONES a fantastic blurb!
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Melissa Meszaros @melissameszaros.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
SONG OVER THE BONES, coming October 2025 from @oilonwaterpress.bsky.social 📖
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Oil On Water Press @oilonwaterpress.com · 24/11/2024
Advance copies of THE HEART IS MEAT are available now, ONLY from our webstore. Let's twist! vimeo.com/1017568795/5...
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The Heart Is Meat - Titty Twist
Michael backus reads from his book, The Heart Is Meat: An 80s Memoir, published by Oil On Water Press. New York City’s Meatpacking District in the 1980s.…
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Michael Backus @mjbackus.bsky.social · 01/10/2024
www.southwestwriters.com/author-updat... Here's a link to an interview with me; it's about my memoir of working and living in NYC in the early 80s and is available now directly from the publisher. On May 1, 2025, it will have a wide release to bookstores and sites like Amazon and BN.
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Oil On Water Press @oilonwaterpress.com · 17/11/2024
It's a rainy Sunday, so why not treat your ears to a reading from THE HEART IS MEAT by author Michael Backus. It's not on general release yet, but you can beat the street and impress yer mates with an earlybird copy of this NY ripper ONLY from our webstore! vimeo.com/1017568336/9...
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The Heart Is Meat - Spectres
Michael backus reads from his book, The Heart Is Meat: An 80s Memoir, published by Oil On Water Press. New York City’s Meatpacking District in the 1980s.…
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