Muckle Flugga by Michael Pedersen, you can feel the tang of the sea, and hear the lilt in the voices, brilliant

💜 29th June 2012 🐇 This was Scott Hutchison’s first performance at Neu! Reekie! (a night I used to run with chums). I loved him then and I love him still 💚.

Tickets for these two glorious @edbookfest.bsky.social shows in August are now live. Find me alongside the likes of Hollie McNish, Douglas Stuart, Gordon Buchanan, & beauties beyond. 23/08 www.edbookfest.co.uk/events/the-c... 29/08: www.edbookfest.co.uk/events/micha...

Personally, I also have to give very special mention to: Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix Muckle Flugga by Michael Pedersen The New Age of Sexism by Laura Bates Three books I am SO glad judging made me read properly! @booksaremybag.bsky.social #IndieBookAwards2026 #GoAllIn 3/3

Thank you, @michaelpedersen.bsky.social for coming to Dunbar! We had a wonderful evening listening to words from and about Muckle Flugga as well as poetry and reflections from The Cat Prince and Boyfriends. Thank you to Dunbar Library and Dunbar Community Council for your invaluable support.

I’m The Sunday Poem in today’s Observer New Review with a bespoke illustration by the ace Chris Riddell. You can gulp it back all inky or swatch it online: observer.co.uk/culture/book...

I’ve a new poem in Sunday’s Observer New Review with a bespoke illustration to boot. Here it is in emoji form first: 🏊‍♀️ 🦅 ✈️ 🌊 ⛰️ 🐐 🐶 🥎

London this glorious beast is tonight – The Dead Bard Supper Society. A summoning of the ghost of Robert Louis Stevenson (with readings) plus a luscious three course meal by a fancy chef. All at the sublime Bard Books. 💜 📚💚👻 🏴‍☠️ 🎟️ : www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dead-bard-...

💙🤍❤️ Voila, my very first French translation: 𝗟𝗲 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲 𝗹’𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 (The Impossible Lighthouse). You better believe I was summoned over to Paris to pose by the Seine. 📚 This stunning edition will be published by the sublime Buchet Chastel on 27th August. 📚 www.buchetchastel.fr/catalogue/le...

DUNBAR * LONDON * NORTH BERWICK * LATITUDE * ABERDEENSHIRE 💛 Yes, I’m supposed to be on a writing break over June & July but, you know, sometimes lush things happen and new shows spiral out / bluebells thrusting up in floral defiance of their concrete overlords. 🎫 www.michaelpedersen.co.uk/events

Happy 1 year of Muckle Flugga by @michaelpedersen.bsky.social !! My favourite book from last year, so beautifully written. Thrilled to have the indie paperback and hardback version! I created a Norman Osborn meme shortly after reading & loving the book! I’ve done two sets of themed nails! 🌊✨💙💛💖

I finished Muckle Flugga this morning - could have read it more quickly but didn't want it to end! Very nearly started again the minute I'd finished. What a wonderful book. Gorgeous writing. Going to miss it. Still pondering the ending - not in a critical way, just thinking about it all! #BookSky

Yikes! 𝘔𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦 𝘍𝘭𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 and it’s truly changed the orbit of my being. A veritable riptide of thanks & gratitude to everyone who has read it, recommended it, shared a post or come to an event. What a gorgeous gaggle of humans I’ve got to quest with along the way. 🩵💛💙💖💜🩷💚🖤🤍❤️🧡 🌊💫✨

The shortlists for 2026's Indie Book Awards are here! The Indies are the only book awards curated exclusively by independent bookshops. This year, our Pao was part of the jury for the fiction and non-fiction categories. Check out the shortlists on our website!

Hab's auch sehr gemocht, und ja, tolle Prosa. www.doppelpunkt.de/artikel/2404...

Die Sätze mancher Romane sind so durchdrungen von Poesie, dass man von ihnen regelrecht wortbesoffen werden kann. Romane, die man eigentlich hören muss, anstatt sie zu lesen, um ganz in ihren unablässigen Sog einzutauchen wie in eine heranrollende Flut.

Exciting news! We are looking forward to welcoming Edinburgh Makar and prize-winning Scottish author @michaelpedersen.bsky.social to Dunbar on 10 June. Details here - tyneandeskwriters.org.uk/meet-the-aut... #writing #authorevent

I'm thoroughly enjoying Muckle Flugga by @michaelpedersen.bsky.social purchased from the wonderful @portybooks.bsky.social and it came with a surprise signature! I would highly recommend it to everyone.

Joyous awards news for Michael Pedersen's debut novel Muckle Flugga, shortlisted today for the Fiction of the Year Award at the Indie Book Awards 2026! Congratulations to Michael and all the shortlisted authors 💫

Hearing that Muckle Flugga has been shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards just rang my heart like a bell 🔔💖. Humungous thanks to all the brilliant booksellers and lush indies that championed Muckle Flugga and hosted me along the tour run – I will swoon your way forever. 💛💜💚🤎💙🧡🩵

I’m off to the skies for a month long tour of Australia & New Zealand. Send lovers & friends, exes & aunties my way please. Melbourne, Wellington, Auckland, Sydney, Brisbane / I’m repping all my books & tendernesses beyond 💚🩵💜. 🎟️ : www.michaelpedersen.co.uk/events

Short Works: A Timeshare in the Heart Currently available on BBC Sounds A tale of wonder, heartbreak and tenderness during one boy’s trip to the Scottish seaside. Original short story by @michaelpedersen.bsky.social. Read by Russell Tovey. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

My new short story read by the gorgeous human Russell Tovey has just aired on @bbcradio4. You can listen back on @bbcsounds. It’s called ‘A Timeshare in the Heart’ and follows the story of a young Oliver Brockett on holiday in Ullapool. Please listen & share 🌊🦀🩵. 📻: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

🎉We are so excited to announce that @michaelpedersen.bsky.social will be our first guest author at our Silent Reading Group! 📚 He will be joining us on Monday the 27th for a special reading and signing of his debut novel, Muckle Flugga. 🔗Get your tickets now at www.tickettailor.com/events/publi...

Muckle Flugga is the Scottish Book of the Month at the glorious @blackwells.bsky.social 💙🩵🤍. Look out for our zesty stacks in Edinburgh & Aberdeen (& beyond). Plus I’ve an event to celebrate at Blackwells Edinburgh come 29/04 (chaired by Gordon Buchanan). 🎟️ : www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/michael-pe...

A thrill to be on @arte.tv’s leading culture show TWIST. This has already gone out on TV in France & Germany (in French & German) and is now available to catch up on their arte player. I got to talk Muckle Flugga / Der letzte Leuchtturm and soppy male friendship. 📺 www.arte.tv/de/videos/12...

Audiobook and @michaelpedersen.bsky.social fans! the splendiferous novel Muckle Flugga by Michael Pedersen is now available, read by Jack Lowden (of Slow Horses fame). libbyapp.com/search/awa/s... The most dynamical of duos! My ear are excited. www.scotsman.com/news/i-felt-... ^DR #booksky

The Muckle Flugga paperback is out now. Here’s me talking to 2 resplendent humans about it: Shirley Manson & Jackie Kay 💚✨💛. + MUCKLE FLUGGA~ * an Observer Book of the Year * shortlisted for Saltire Book Awards * shortlisted for The Arthurs Club Best First Novel Award 📚: linktr.ee/michaelpeder...

Catch me talking about Muckle Flugga / Der letzte Leuchtturm on @arte.tv’s leading arts show TWIST. 📺 On TV in Germany and France tonight and on the arte.tv player now. With glances of glorious faces 💛👀: www.arte.tv/de/videos/12...

Tonight Glasgow you gallus lovers. I’m launching my paperback with the sublime Fern Brady at @waterstones.bsky.social Glasgow (Sauchiehall St). Just a speckling of tickets left 💜💚🧡 🎟️: www.waterstones.com/events/micha...

! 𝖬𝗎𝖼𝗄𝗅𝖾 𝖥𝗅𝗎𝗀𝗀𝖺 has been shortlisted for the 𝖠𝗎𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗋𝗌’ 𝖢𝗅𝗎𝖻 𝖡𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝖥𝗂𝗋𝗌𝗍 𝖭𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗅 𝖠𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖽 (alongside all these beauties) 🥳🥹💜💚🫀. @faberbooks.bsky.social 🧑🏼‍🎤 🌊✨📚 the UK’s longest running prize for debut fiction ❤️‍🔥💘

Delighted to reveal the shortlist for the #AuthorsClub #BestFirstNovelAward #BFNA2026, now in its 72nd year. Congrats to: #RupertDastur, #ChristinaFonthes, @juliakellywriter.bsky.social, @michaelpedersen.bsky.social, #ThomasPeermohamedLambert, #XenobePurvis, www.authorsclub.co.uk/shortlist-fo...

Today is a bottomless pot of tea and this absolute stunner by @michaelpedersen.bsky.social…

Behold! 𝗗𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘇𝘁𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝘂𝗰𝗵𝘁𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗺 – the gorgeous German translation of Muckle Flugga out today with the mighty @dumontbuchverlag.bsky.social. ‘eigenwilliges und originelles’ BERNARDINE EVARISTO ‘kaleidoskophaftes’ OCEAN VUONG 📚: www.dumont-buchverlag.de/buch/michael...

Tour poster galore 💚 come let’s cast those beams out into the darkness. The Muckle Flugga paperback tour is running over March and April. The likes of Fern Brady, Hollie McNish, Gordon Buchanan, & more, joining me along the way 💫✨. 🎟️: www.michaelpedersen.co.uk/events

Edinburgh you bold beauties – here’s a new show for the paperback launches where I’ll be chatting all things Muckle Flugga with the joyous Gordon Buchanan. This cracker will be at @blackwellbooks on Wednesday 29th April. £3 or the show’s free with the book! 🩵 🎟️: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/michael-pe...

Michael Pedersen’s Muckle Flugga has been longlisted for the Author’s Club Best First Novel Award. Congratulations to all the longlisted authors 🥂

Congrats to: #RupertDastur, #ChristinaFonthes, @connorhutchinson.bsky.social, #RoweIrvin #GurnaikJohal, @juliakellywriter.bsky.social, #Sanam Mahloudji, @michaelpedersen.bsky.social, #ThomasPeermohamedLambert, #XenobePurvis, @anthonyshapland.bsky.social & #LucySteeds

You can get 25% off pre-orders for a range of upcoming Faber paperbacks at Waterstones until this Friday – enter code FEB26 at checkout. 📚️ waterstones.com/campaign/february-pre-order-offer

LOVERS. There is 25% off the Muckle Flugga paperback for a limited time only with the code: FEB26 at @waterstones.bsky.social 💚💚💚 📚: www.waterstones.com/book/muckle-...

From 2027, I’ll be curating Winter Words Festival for & with Alan Cumming & Pitlochry Festival Theatre. This year’s festival has now come to a triumphant close: Alan & the team have delivered with bravura. Having been at Winter Words in 2025 & 2026, I can’t extoll this festival enough. 💖💜💚

𝘖𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘮 – one from the archives of 𝓞𝔂𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓻 in tribute to this day / this life of love. This book illustrated dazzlingly by a friend I love and miss abundantly, the great Scott Hutchison. Published in 2017 it’ll have a tenth anniversary next year. Yikes & slurp. 🦪🩵💙💚💜💛

I am chatting to the glorious being @alancumming.bsky.social tonight at Pitlochry Festival Theatre for the opening event of Winter Word Festival 2026. What a luminary. 💜🩵💖💛💚 All but sold out expect for a few speckled seats. Come join the thrum: www.pitlochryfestivaltheatre.com/whats-on/in-...

Saltire Sessions: Michael Pedersen The Saltire Society talks to author, poet, & Edinburgh Makar @michaelpedersen.bsky.social about his work, his inspirations, & the power of collaboration www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCTg...

26/03: London you gallus lovers. Here’s a launch event with all the thrills. Me & Hollie McNish at Book Bar hosted by It’s Hardback Out Here. A coddle of lushes. Come zest with our gang 💛💜💙💚 🎫: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ihoh-prese...

Edinburgh Makar @michaelpedersen.bsky.social has written a poem to mark the 300th anniversary of @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social’s medical school. A short film of the poem, animated by @edincollegeofart.bsky.social students, is available to watch via @scotsman.com www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...

Happy Burns Night ✨ I got to read Burns from St Giles’ Cathedral over NY on @cnn.com with Edinburgh Hogmanay. Auld Lang Syne is primarily about friendship, rekindling, reflecting, and toasting the future. A worthy vaunt 💚🩵

Lovers! Both the Edinburgh (23/03) and Glasgow (25/03) launches for the Muckle Flugga paperback are fast filling. One under a starry planetarium, one in Scotland’s biggest bookshop. Fern Brady to Rachel Sermanni & lightbeams beyond. ‘Mon zest our way. 💛 🎟️: www.michaelpedersen.co.uk/events

Yikes & swoon! I’m on one of my very favourite podcasts: The Weirdos Bookclub with supreme beings / literary dreamboats Sara Pascoe & Cariad Lloyd. The full flourishing episode can be listened to in all your podcasts places now: www.plosive.co.uk/podcasts/wei... 💜💚💛🩵