The excellent Jonathan Crain interviewed me about my novel The Orange Notebooks (@pressassembly.bsky.social & @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social). We talked about reclaiming the lost language of mourning, my hospital work, bees, the colour orange, lost libraries & more. substack.com/home/post/p-...

via @faberbooks.bsky.social Christine Falls by John Banville is the One Dublin One Book choice for 2026,

So wonderful to see. Thank you so much @ronanhession.bsky.social for recommending #ChristOnABike to Steve, who loves your books! 💛👏👏💛 #books #booksky #GhostMountain @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social 💙💙

Another day, another friend who LOVED Crow Lake by Mary Lawson & is now off to read all her other books & recommend them to all her friends. Her books are absolutely incredible 💛👏📚👏💛 #books #booksky @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social

We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation in 2025! "Each of these books arrives in English in expert and accessible translations that honour the art and voice of their original authors." tinyurl.com/f9sccz4v

Thank you so much to everyone in Ireland who borrowed #ChristOnABike from their library. Lovely to get a PLR statement & enough to buy a wee treat. Love #readers Love #libraries ❤️📚❤️ #books #booksky

Delighted to reveal the beautiful cover of my next novel, Few and Far Between designed by the brilliant Irene Martinez Costa. Proofs are arriving next week. Preorders open now. Can’t believe I sat down 20 years ago to have a stab at writing a short story and now I have nine books in the world.

This is tomorrow, I know it is staying in, eating soup, watching telly weather but do please come along, we promise to do our utmost to delight you & tickets are free, although you can also order a book with one included

Hugely excited for this! Am such a big fan of @sharonduggal.bsky.social brilliant writing! This is great news. 👏💛💛👏 #books #BookSky

Thanks to all those who joined us yesterday evening for the relaunch of The Barbellion Prize, a book prize for chronically ill and disabled authors founded by @jgoldsmith.bsky.social. Our generous audience raised more than £400 on the night! You can donate here: barbellionprize.org/donate/

Oh… some news from Badger HQ - we’ve pressed CTRL+P to get a small run of the brilliant ‘Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel’ by @drewgum.bsky.social back in print!! A book this good deserves to be available, and will hopefully serve as a springboard for new titles in 2026!! 🤞🏼

Our Wednesday 'Writing Fiction' class starts tonight. It sold out but we've added one final place. We have a great group. Join us

Very happy to have my copy of #Celeste by Colette Snowden. Have got next week off work and can’t wait to read it ❤️📚❤️ Published by @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social 💙💙 bluemoosebooks.com/shop/celeste...

Had a truly life affirming, cathartic & beautiful time talking to John for this, one that made it clear he’d handle the experiences of all who spoke to him with empathy, wit & profound care. It is a really special book by an extraordinary writer & human so preorder the net curtains out of it, please

As we approach our 20th year anniversary in publishing. We've just had our BEST MONTH EVER for book sales. Thank you to all the bookshops and librarians for placing our books in readers' hands. Phenomenal!! @bookcornerhx.bsky.social @forumbooks.bsky.social @book-ish.bsky.social

Popped into the @smallpublishers.bsky.social fair yesterday. It was very busy, with beautiful books and artwork on display, & great to have a chat with @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social @cbeditions.bsky.social 💛📚📚💛 #books #booksky

Finished and loved Leonard and Hungry Paul on @bbciplayer.bsky.social HUGE congratulations to all 🎉👏🎉 And do read the wonderful book by @ronanhession.bsky.social published by @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social Can I have a quiet club on my train to work, please? 💛📚📚💛

How wonderful! Can I recommend you read all the @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social books - each one a gem. bluemoosebooks.com/books Congratulations Kevin & Hetha 🥳 🎉🎉🥳

A middle of the night insomniac read - loved it and raced through it - The God Of The Woods by Liz Moore - another author I hadn’t heard of - there are so many. Feel free to recommend me other books by her 🧡👏👏📚👏👏🧡 #books #BookSky

Two days to go! Here's a webpage with all the essential info for your visit to #smallpublishersfair25 at Conway Hall, London, this Fri & Sat (24 & 25 Oct, 11am-7pm): programme, new titles, map, venue info, directions (table plan available tomorrow) smallpublishersfair.co.uk/get-the-most...

The more I watched it, the more I loved it. Three episodes last night & I can’t wait to get back to it this evening. Congratulations to all who worked on it & @ronanhession.bsky.social 👏💛💛👏 @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social 💙 #books #booksky #LeonardAndHungryPaul

This is so wonderful- huge congratulations to everyone at @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social and the amazing @ronanhession.bsky.social and his beautiful book 💛🎉💛 #books #booksky #LeonardAndHungryPaul

Good morning. Today Leonard and Hungry Paul by Rónán Hession is launched nationwide across the UK on BBC 2. Huge thanks to the writers Richie Conroy and Mark Hodkinson and to the crew, actors, producers and you the readers for spreading the word! www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...

OH MY GIDDY AUNT. The Guardian - 'The perfect antidote to modern life.' 'Open the doors and windows of your life, a little, and let it in.' OH MY GIDDY AUNT. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Liverpool Irish Festival launches at 8pm today with Eimear McBride and myself in conversation. Wide-ranging, informal and lots of fun. You can watch this recording live online throughout the Festival. www.liverpoolirishfestival.com

Having some Shakshuka for breakfast in our hotel in Belfast and Jeremy Vine from BBC Radio 2 phones about Julia Roberts and Leonard and Hungry Paul by @ronanhession.bsky.social Rónán will be on @bbcradio2bot.bsky.social at 1.30 this afternoon. Magic.

Love this so much!! Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, writer, book, publisher, programme 👏💛💛💛👏 #books #booksky #LeonardAndHungryPaul @ronanhession.bsky.social 💙 @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social 💙

Can’t wait to watch this - not long now… Leonard and Hungry Paul by @ronanhession.bsky.social Published by @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social 💙📚📚💙

Despite relentlessly discovering social media makes NO difference to ticket sales , let me remind you that I am in ST ALBANS this week www.books-on-the-hill.co.uk/events/58bpt...

We're chomping at the bit here at Moose Towers to see the first couple of episodes. Leonard and Hungry Paul by @ronanhession.bsky.social Nationwide - BBC 2 Monday 20th October. Date night. @waterstones.bsky.social @northernfiction.bsky.social @artscouncilengland.bsky.social

@bertielakeland.bsky.social @archielakeland.bsky.social @dpwilding.bsky.social @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social @orlaowenwriting.bsky.social @damianbarr.bsky.social @guernseyarts.bsky.social @guernseylitfest.bsky.social RTs much appreciated! One has standards to maintain. 👸👋

Good morning and Happy #BookshopDay. Please do support Indy Bookshops. They pay their full taxes and don't splurge their money on rockets to Mars. @babooksellers.bsky.social @thebookseller.com And thank you team Bookcase Hebden for promoting @susannacrossman.bsky.social

Got to see the first two episodes of the Leonard and Hungry Paul TV show in a small cinema with the crew and cast. With genuine and heartfelt sincerity, I loved it. I feel so grateful to everyone who worked on it. I hope you all love it as much as I do (but I think you will).

Wars, tariffs , paper, production costs and the battle to get our books seen means there is a crisis in publishing. Indies do most of the heavy lifting in finding great new stories that the risk averse conglomerates shy away from. Support Indies! www.thebookseller.com/comment/open...

Day, week, month made. Thank you so much to Daniel for emailing me to say he enjoyed #ChristOnABike - that he came across by chance. & big thanks to Pudsey library, a @leedslibraries.bsky.social for stocking it. Love #libraries. Love #readers 💙📚💙 @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social #books #booksky

KESHED LONDON LAUNCH IS CONFIRMED. Thursday 12th March, Bard Books, @judecook.bsky.social in the host's chair, tix link as soon as i got one. News incoming on the official online launch, more as soon as i have it. #BookSky #GetKeshed 📚📚📚

Am actually quite moved to read the thoughts of the actors and director about Leonard and Hungry Paul. I honestly never expected any of this. I was just typing away for my own entertainment and a book popped out. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

SO excited for this and so happy for @ronanhession.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social May the whole world read Leonard and Hungry Paul 💛👏👏💛 bluemoosebooks.com/books/leonar... #books #booksky

I was asked to do an interview with Ed McKeon for @hootandholler.bsky.social. It was really enjoyable, to talk about music and writing, given that Beast is about both. Thank you for the opportunity Ed. It was really fun and interesting. archive.org/details/lulu...

That was so fantastic -LOVED #OneBattleAfterAnother The time flew by - such great performances and direction - the cars rolling over the road near the end making me feel kind of car sick - never seen that shot before 👏👏👏👏👏 #films #filmsky

This week at work: ‘I started that book you recommended’ ‘Which one?’ ‘The Leonard one. I love it! So, so good.’ ‘Hurray! It’s brilliant. Am so happy you’re enjoying it.’ Then 5 mins saying everything we love about it. @ronanhession.bsky.social 💛 @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social 💙 #books #booksky

I've just sent out several thousand emails with my October newsletter attached. Hundreds have bounced back as the file was too large. I sent a smaller file with the same results. So you can find a 'penny plain' version online here: davidjcollard.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-... Thinking cap on.

Happy publication day Colette and @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social - have a wonderful launch!! 💙🎉💙 #Celeste #books #booksky

Julia Roberts narration of the BBC TV adaptation of Leonard and Hungry Paul @ronanhession.bsky.social is in the can as they say. Transmission date is confirmed and I'll let you know very, very soon. We established BM in Nov 2005 and now our second book is made into a TV drama. Bloody Magic!

Save the date. I’ve a brand new short story about an exorcism in a nursing home on @bbcradio4 next Friday (26th) at 3:45pm expertly read by Seamus O’Hara and produced by the brilliant Michael Shannon (our 20th collaboration for Radio 4) I really love this wee story #ShadowingGordon

Lucky #Chorlton & #Manchester Really looking forward to reading #Celeste by Colette Snowden, published by @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social 💙📚💙 @chorltonbookshop.bsky.social @manclibraries.bsky.social

It’s Agatha Christie’s birthday today, so it’s an even better day than usual to buy one of her books! Or any book, really. Like all the best people, she loved reading. - Michael

A little treat for myself that’s come very highly recommended - There Are Rivers In The Sky by Elif Shafak 💙📚💙 #books #booksky @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social

The excellent @luluallison.bsky.social kindly popped in and signed some copies of her enthralling and imaginative book, Beast. Score a signed edition here: www.resident-music.com/product/alli... @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social

It was so beautiful, and almost a double… Have a lot wonderful day, lovely book friends 🧡💛💜💙💚 #books #booksky