FB reminds me that it's two years since the launch of Ghost Mountain at the Book Corner in Halifax. That went fast. I still think of it as a new book.

Good morning. And what a great start to the week with a cracking Review in @irishtimes.com of: The Lightning by @jamesgwriter.bsky.social And Oscar Wilde's grandson is reading too. Marvelous. @thebookseller.com @bookcornerhx.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Two Bluemoose Books adapted for BBC Television in the past few years. The Gallows Pole by @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social Leonard and Hungry Paul by @ronanhession.bsky.social @thebookseller.com @bookcornerhx.bsky.social The finest Indy publishing from Hebden Bridge.

Unveiling our line-up for Tolka Issue Eleven... Publishes in late May. Pre-order now via our SHINY NEW WEBSITE ✨💫 tolkajournal.org

Congrats to our sister shop & the mighty indie publisher of HB.

Happy birthday to Bluemoose Books, who I have now known for 15 years. They are 100% independent and published my novels Pig Iron (2012), Beastings (2014) and The Gallows Pole (2017) and continue on a path to literary glory.

Good morning. Tonight we celebrate 20 years as an Independent publisher with The Bookcase, who are 40. Looking forward to meeting friends, family and fellow book lovers tonight in Hebden. @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @thetimes.com @thebookseller.com @bookcornerhx.bsky.social

COVER REVEAL: Many thanks to @feekra.bsky.social for this brilliant design. _Post - it - Notes From Underground_ by Simon Crump. We publish June 25th . Marvelous. @thebookseller.com @bookcornerhx.bsky.social

Less than a week till the 2nd Halifax Goth Festival! Tickets still available for our two events: A BLOODY VALENTINE and LYNCHIAN More details at bookcornerhalifax.com/events

Chuffed to bits to be publishing this sequel to Christ on a Bike !!

Signed & dedicated copies of FINN'S EPIC FAILS by the brilliant @philearle.bsky.social are up for pre-order on our website! Phil is also signing in the BC on Sat 31st Jan from 2pm, if you fancy meeting an award-winning author... bookcornerhalifax.com/product/sign... @simonsaysbooks.bsky.social

Good morning. Proofs have just gone to the printers The LIGHTNING by @jamesgwriter.bsky.social We'll have them in a couple of weeks. Publishing May 28th at No ALIBIS in Belfast. Marvelous. @bookcornerhx.bsky.social @wat-cole.bsky.social @forumbooks.bsky.social @drakebookshop.bsky.social

Congratulations @ronanhession.bsky.social Leonard and Hungry Paul is at No.9 In the @thebookseller.com Small Publishers best seller charts. Many thanks to @bertsbooks.bsky.social for letting me know. @bookcornerhx.bsky.social @waterstones.bsky.social @foylesforbooks.bsky.social Wonderful!!

Delighted to announce that @ronanhession.bsky.social will be chatting to James Naughtie on the BBC Radio 4 Book Club On January 4th at pm. Marvelmoose! @bookcornerhx.bsky.social @foylesforbooks.bsky.social @waterstones.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

The latest reprint of Leonard and Hungry Paul by @ronanhession.bsky.social will be in the warehouse on Wednesday 10th December. Marvelous. @bookcornerhx.bsky.social @booksaremybag.bsky.social

Tickets for our LYNCHIAN event with John here: thegraystonunity.co.uk/event/lynchi... @thegraystonunity.bsky.social

Heavens to Murgatroyd! We've just had to press the button on another reprint. This is the third in 10 weeks. Marvelous! FYI @ronanhession.bsky.social @bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social @bookcornerhx.bsky.social @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @thebookseller.com

If you're able, please do read. A wonderful book by a brilliant writer.

Stocks of signed JESUS CHRIST KINSKI are dwindling, get in there quick! bookcornerhalifax.com/product/pre-... (it's the only book you can shelve spine-in and it'll still look better than any other book in your collection.)

Book events for the 2nd Halifax Goth Festival! Fri 13th Feb - A Bloody Valentine: Doomed Love in the Gothic Tradition Sat 14th Feb - Lynchian: the Spell of David Lynch tickets & info on our website: bookcornerhalifax.com/events/ & full Goth Festival info over at thegraystonunity.co.uk/whats-on/

The wonderful Mr Kevin Boniface @kevinboniface.bsky.social Is wedged between Ernest Hemingway and Evelyn Waugh In this cracking new book published by @faberbooks.bsky.social He is very funny. Available at all good bookshops @bookcornerhx.bsky.social

1. This is the greatest thing that has happened to me (since I got my belly out on Countryfile). 2. I am intolerable. 3. God bless Dobbie, the BBC and @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social

A book chat with my publisher @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social (Feat. Soundcloud rap, ee cummings, Popol Vuh, MMA and life as a hairy snowflake.) www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/...

Good morning. I hosted a talk @bookcornerhx.bsky.social in Halifax last night. I'd like to thank Sarah, Louise, Georgia, Christal for this beautiful calendar. @ronanhession.bsky.social

Look at the sprayed edges on that. Visit the world's finest, @bookcornerhx.bsky.social, online for all your special signed indie edition needs. (I got myself a lovely signed Herzog). @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

Picked up BOG PEOPLE at @bookcornerhx.bsky.social and can’t wait to dive in (at the same time as being slightly annoyed I’m not in it haha)

FREE BOOK EVENT🎟️📚 Join us tomorrow at @bookcornerhx.bsky.social w/ authors David Barnett, Lesley McEvoy & M.Y Alam for readings and chat about 'The Book of Bradford', a new anthology in celebration of @bradford2025.co.uk 🎉 Free entry but RSVP👇🎟️ bookcornerhalifax.com/town/

Tomorrow! FREE EVENT: The Book of Bradford by @commapress.bsky.social With readings from contributors David Barnett, Lesley McEvoy & MY Alam. ... Later this week, TOWN continues with a poetry night, music talks on Bowie & a Sheffield music studio. Tickets & info at bookcornerhalifax.com/town

THE BOOK OF BRADFORD at Town Festival 📚 📅Thursday 16 Oct @ 6:30pm 📍 @bookcornerhx.bsky.social Featuring the wonderful David Barnett, Lesley McEvoy & M.Y. Alam✍ 🎟️FREE ENTRY www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/town-festi...

Well doesn't this look grand. In the Radio Times and everything. My mum would have been well chuffed and to some degree making up for the disappointment of not becoming the second English Pope. We published in 2019. @thebookseller.com @northernfiction.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

If you can this #BookshopDay, or over the next ten days, please get down to one of our TOWN events. We are a completely grassroots festival and rely on your support, this year more than ever. bookcornerhalifax.com/town/ @thegraystonunity.bsky.social

Drumroll, please! 🥁 It's #BookshopDay, and there's no better time to announce our October Bookshop of the Month: @bookcornerhx.bsky.social ✨ October is our busy month as they co-run a glorious grassroots festival of music & words with their local indie bar The Grayston Unity! 📚🎶 #ChooseBookshops

Good morning. The next 10 days are going to be absolutely brilliant. I would like to thank all the Indy booksellers who have made _Leonard and Hungry Paul_ @ronanhession.bsky.social a word of mouth bestseller. With a special nod to. @bookcornerhx.bsky.social @forumbooks.bsky.social

Julia Roberts, Leonard and Hungry Paul narrator 'Leonard and Hungry Paul is such a magical book. I am delighted to be a tiny part of this novel becoming a television series.' @bookcornerhx.bsky.social @thebookseller.com @foylesforbooks.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

Signed & dedicated copies here: bookcornerhalifax.com/product/pre-...

One of our TOWN Festival events is THE BOOK OF BRADFORD, a new anthology of stories celebrating this year's City of Culture. The wonderful @commapress.bsky.social are bringing three of the contributors to Halifax for a fab evening of readings and celebration.

This'll be fun, and if it isn't, you can come heckle me on the correct pronunciation of Tago Mago, or something...

Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1341918778... Looking forward to this!

Two Bluemoose Books adapted for BBC Drama Series in the last 2 years. Not bad for an Indy publisher! @thebookseller.com @independentpublishersguild.com @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @thebookerprizes.com

Fantastic review for @elizabethalker.bsky.social book EVERYTHING WE DO IS MUSIC, out with @faberbooks.bsky.social We cannot wait for our event with Elizabeth and @abibliss.bsky.social in Halifax, Sat 11th Oct at The Grayston Unity. Tickets: www.seetickets.com/event/elizab...

Don't miss TOWN Festival #Halifax in October, author @coldtapfilms.bsky.social will be in conversation with Douglas Field, to unpack the amazing story of the home studio that helped launch some of Britain’s most beloved bands. Tickets: www.seetickets.com/event/jamie-... @bookcornerhx.bsky.social

Join illustrator Chris Mould on 19 October at The Book Corner as he shows how he created his own signature style, and helps you boost your own artistic confidence. eventbrite.co.uk/e/town-festival-chris-mould-illustration-workshop-tickets-1341982308209?aff=oddtdtcreator

Join Elizabeth Alker at the Grayston Unity, Halifax on Saturday 11 October to celebrate her new book, Everything We Do is Music. seetickets.com/event/elizabeth-alker/the-grayston-unity/3414501

s i g n e d & d e d i c a t e d c o p i e s : bookcornerhalifax.com/product/pre-... @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

We're offering 2-for-1 tickets on our upcoming event with the brilliant Liz Williams! Liz will be in conversation with @drclaireocall.bsky.social to discuss all things folk Britain. Use code 2FOR1TOWN at checkout (link to tickets below) @reaktionbooks.bsky.social @thegraystonunity.bsky.social

One of our TOWN Festival events is THE BOOK OF BRADFORD, a new anthology of stories celebrating this year's City of Culture. The wonderful @commapress.bsky.social are bringing three of the contributors to Halifax for a fab evening of readings and celebration.

Nice interview with Alex Lawther, who plays Leonard in the forthcoming TV adaptation of Leonard and Hungry Paul (though the interview is not about that). www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

The first of what will be many great reviews. Worth bagging yourself a dedicated copy: bookcornerhalifax.com/product/pre-...