Always check your work, folks. I just found this (amusing) howler in the proofs of 'The Women Who Built Bath'. ✍️📚

FYI, the latest issue of Zine Things Happen is now in stock at @roughtrade1976.bsky.social in Bristol, and shortly other Rough Trade branches in the UK. Treat yourself.

Bumper post day with LP & 7" (plus freebie!) from @wiaiwya.bsky.social new fanzine from @janeduffus.bsky.social a couple of discogs pickups & my @katherinepriddy.bsky.social tea towel! 😃😎👌

When I'm not writing about indie-pop, I'm writing about forgotten women from history. And my next book celebrates the largely untold stories of 200 impressive women from Bath's history. I'm having a launch party on September 9 and you're all invited :-) wegottickets.com/f/23120

Indie-pop people in the Glasgow area... @monorailmusic.bsky.social now have issue 3 of Zine Things Happen in stock in their splendid shop. Do pay them a visit if you're passing. (Rough Trade will also have it soon, promise.) monorailmusic.com/products/zin...

Keep on surfin' the tube of life #ZineThingsHappen @janeduffus.bsky.social They set it on fire and then watched the cities light up as it burned for another 30+ years... #SarahRecords but so much more in this issue.

Very pleased to have the cover interview in issue 3 of @janeduffus.bsky.social Zine Things Happen... my chat with Mary Wyer, Rob Irwin and @matt-64.bsky.social @evenaswespeak.bsky.social Also my quickfire Q&A with Loren @heyhumdrum.bsky.social Order here www.janeduffus.com/shop/zine-th...

We're delighted to featured in the new fanzine by @janeduffus.bsky.social Zine Things Happen, talking about our new album! www.janeduffus.com/shop/zine-th... #indiemusic #fanzine #montjuïc #lastnightfromglasgow #theorchids #newscottishmusic #newindiemusic

Those of you in the vicinity of Bristol might like to know that post-punk writer par excellence, Simon Reynolds (who I had the pleasure of interviewing for 'These Things Happen'), is at Strange Brew on Wednesday June 17 talking about his brand new book. It looks like a splendid evening.

If indie-pop is your thing, then you might enjoy issue 3 of Zine Things Happen - launched this very weekend and, currently, only available on the link below: www.janeduffus.com/shop/zine-th...

Good news - #3 of Zine Things Happen has gone to print and pre-orders are open! After the Heavenly-focused #2 (still a few copies left btw), it is back to business as usual and lots of bands are allowed a look. So, as well as cover stars @evenaswespeak.bsky.social you can enjoy such delights as...

We travelled from Valencia to Madrid today on the whizzy high speed train (whoosh), and made our way to Sala Galileo Galilei (another excellent Spanish music venue) to see Heavenly blow the roof off. Metaphorically speaking, obviously. @skepwax.bsky.social @heavenlyamelia.bsky.social

This was Heavenly in Valencia last night. We enjoyed the show. Thanks @heavenlyamelia.bsky.social and @skepwax.bsky.social

From last night at Discos Oldies in Valencia, talking about 'These Things Happen' and Sarah Records. NB @heavenlyamelia.bsky.social assures me she was having more fun than this photo suggests!

It's a shame Haribo didn't ask my opinion on this... because these sweets are just begging to be called Maribo. They're welcome. #Spain

Ran my 500th parkrun this morning. Reckon I can stop now.

I only ever made iTunes playlists to keep me company on ultramarathons. Scrolling through my playlists just now, I'm reminded of the time I made a one-song playlist to entertain me as I spent six hours running round and round and round a 400m athletics track in Walton-on-Thames a few years ago.

Calling Spanish Sarah Records fans! Next week, as you surely know, @heavenlyamelia.bsky.social and co are coming to Spain on their global tour. I've been invited to give a little talk about Sarah Records and my book etc at the lovely Discos Oldies record shop in Valencia next Weds (May 6) at 7pm.

Music fans in or near Bristol: come along to the Independent Record Label Market at @bristolbeacon.bsky.social tomorrow. It's free entry and there will be lots of stalls from fab independent labels. I'll be there with @spinoutnuggets.bsky.social. Come and say hello. bristolbeacon.org/whats-on/ind...

Indie-pop pals, are you heading to @walesgoespop.bsky.social this weekend? Me, too. It's a cracking line-up of bands... and @uncharteredstreets.bsky.social (aka Matt from Sarah Records) and me talking all things, err, Sarah Records at about 1pm on Saturday. Oh - and books and zines will be on sale.

Anyone looking forward to seeing Even As We Speak, Heavenly (and other @skepwax.bsky.social artistes...) et al at @walesgoespop.bsky.social this weekend might like to know that, on the Saturday, you can also hear me chatting to @janeduffus.bsky.social about Sarah Records. So if there’s [1/3]

Don’t forget we’ll be in Bristol on April 25th for the Independent Label Market: Bristol at Bristol Beacon (free entry), from midday! Then it’s down to The Louisiana for the evening for Nasser Bouzida’s Grimm Fairy Tales, plus Big Boss Man live (ticketed)! We’d love to see you at both!

A rare outing - I’m kind of amazed I (mostly) recalled the words and chords. (It was a request made by someone for their mum - and I’m soft).

Erm! @heavenlyamelia.bsky.social played 'Beatnik Boy' as a Heavenly encore tonight in Oxford. @skepwax.bsky.social These things NEVER happen! 🦋

My stalking of @heavenlyamelia.bsky.social and her Heavenly bandmates continues apace this weekend, when I will be following them to Oxford. Copies of my Heavenly zine will be on sale at the @skepwax.bsky.social merch stall tomorrow or you can buy from my website anytime x www.janeduffus.com/shop

A little news for anyone interested in seeing Heavenly in Oxford. The s01d out show is no longer s01d out, due to a change in venue.

Had a fun weekend at the Blandford Literary Festival, who put on a special day of talks for International Women's Day. Was great to share some stories about the mighty Tollemache women from my new booklet.

Excuse me! 🛎️🚲 Just me cycling home from town earlier, with my new Heavenly bell attached to my bike. I bet you wish your bike was as cool as mine. (Unless you have your own Heavenly bell, of course.) Get yours from @skepwax.bsky.social @heavenlyamelia.bsky.social

Love love love it! Xx

One of my favourite things I've done is create a 44-page fanzine about nothing but Heavenly @heavenlyamelia.bsky.social @skepwax.bsky.social - full of interviews, fact files, problem pages, recipes and all sorts of silliness from the band, including Mathew. Fortunately, the band love it, too - phew!

My publisher, Tangent Books, is offering 20% off all of their music books. This includes 'These Things Happen: The Sarah Records Story'. Just use the code 'bristolmusic' when checking out. Remember, the offer expires at midnight on 5 March. www.tangentbooks.co.uk/shop/p/these...

Delivery from @janeduffus.bsky.social

Just in time for International Women's Day, my bookette about the Tollemache family of suffragists/suffragettes has arrived back from the printers. There's also a matching greetings card. Click the link for more info and please help spread the word. Thank you! www.janeduffus.com/shop/vote-an...

News of a Heavenly fanzine… (need to read the whole thread)

When I wrote The Big Book of Sarah Records a few years ago, I really wanted to do a whole chapter just about Heavenly (@skepwax.bsky.social) - because they're my absolute favourite Sarah band. But it seemed a bit weird to single them out in a book that also celebrated a lot of other great bands.

Excuse Me, there's a new single out today by Heavenly on @skepwax.bsky.social. See if you can spot me at the 20 seconds mark in the video. Thank you to the band for inviting me to be involved :-) www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdAv...

C'mon everybody ... how's about having a Xmas Sunday matinee with us ? Get yer tickets here for a splendid afternoon ... with @peteastor.bsky.social @darrenhayman.bsky.social Lou Terry and a very special guest ... plus mince pies wegottickets.com/event/683400

I've been lucky enough to have an early listening copy of Heavenly's brand new album (out at the end of February) and I honestly can't stop playing it. You're gonna love it, pop fans. 100%.

I'm no photographer but I took some festive-ish photos of some of my books to try and persuade people that they would make excellent Christmas presents. Because they really would. Especially if they are signed and dedicated to that special person in your life. www.janeduffus.com/shop

🎁 “Gift the history of Bristol’s extraordinary women.” 🎁 “Ideal for your Bristol-loving mum, nan, best friend or colleague.” 🎁 “Perfect for readers of local history, feminism & inspiring true stories.” 'The Women Who Built Bristol' books will make your loved ones' Christmas! www.janeduffus.com/shop

🎁 “Gift the history of Bristol’s extraordinary women.” 🎁 “Ideal for your Bristol-loving mum, nan, best friend or colleague.” 🎁 “Perfect for readers of local history, feminism & inspiring true stories.” 'The Women Who Built Bristol' books will make your loved ones' Christmas! www.janeduffus.com/shop

My new fanzine Zine Things Happen is OUT NOW! Blueboy, Stephen Duffy and Josie interviews, plus features on Silkworm, Tulpa, i-nichi and much more. If jangly guitars, DIY spirit and cult bands are your thing, this is for you. www.janeduffus.com/shop/zinethi... #IndiePop #MusicZines #DIYCulture

Tomorrow (6 Dec) is Small Business Saturday - and hopefully you have some money left over from splurging with the mesomorphic titans (Amaz*n etc, I'm looking at you) to support the small businesses that Amaz*n etc are squeezing out of existence.

Just a heads up - I'm doing my biweekly post office trip tomorrow, so if you're after any music fanzines, indie-pop books or histories of amazing women... please get your orders in swiftly. Thank you for not shopping on Amaz*n! www.janeduffus.com/shop

Another thing I've been mostly doing today is reading the excellent new fanzine – cleverly titled Zine Things Happen - by @janeduffus.bsky.social I'd seriously consider getting a copy if I were you (despite my being in it) www.janeduffus.com/shop/zinethi...

The good people of @monorailmusic.bsky.social in Glasgow now have Zine Things Happen in stock in their beautiful shop... If that's something you'd like to know. They've even made it a Staff Pick, which is jolly nice of them. monorailmusic.com/product/zine...

My next (and final) trip to the post office this week will be on Thursday. So if you'd like a copy of Zine Things Happen #1 (or, indeed, anything else from my website), please order it before Thursday morning. Otherwise I'll be mailing it next week. Thank you :) www.janeduffus.com/shop

There's no other way to say this, but I've been asked to interview Blur's Dave Rowntree about his new photographic book on Sunday, Sunday 23 November. (Yes, the scare quotes around 'in conversation' worry me, too.)

International postage for the fanzine has been fixed and amended. And if it's not bloody right this time, well, I'm just going to come round to all your houses (even the houses in Greece and Singapore and Australia) and hand deliver the fanzines. Thank you! www.janeduffus.com/shop/zinethi...

People ask me what it is I have against bloody AI and why I'm so frustrated that these illiterate robots are putting me out of work. It's so hard to know what to tell them...