Good morning And what a lovely start to the year. Please Join @ronanhession.bsky.social talking to James Naughtie This Sunday 4th January on BBC Radio4 at 4pm. @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

‘Why does everything have to be so complicated?’ And I tell her that when I lived in Sheffield, I had a microwave that had a ‘Chaos’ button on it. ‘What happened when you pressed that?’ ‘Norman Wisdom came round & cooked your tea.’ Post It Notes From Underground - Simon Crump - June '26

‘Why does everything have to be so complicated?’ And I tell her that when I lived in Sheffield, I had a microwave that had a ‘Chaos’ button on it. ‘What happened when you pressed that?’ ‘Norman Wisdom came round & cooked your tea.’ Post It Notes From Underground - Simon Crump - June '26

On Thursday 15th January at 7pm (UK time) the live online launch of 'My Ear is Full of Milk,' a new anthology celebrating the life, work and legacy of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Subscribers already have an invitation. If you'd like to join them, email me via davidjcollard.wixsite.com/my-site

2026. Well, we're in our 20th year of publishing. Without the army of librarians and booksellers shining a light on our writers and what we're trying to do, we simply wouldn't have got this far. Thank you. Kevin, Hetha, Lin, Leonora, Darya. @thebookseller.com

2026. Well, we're in our 20th year of publishing. Without the army of librarians and booksellers shining a light on our writers and what we're trying to do, we simply wouldn't have got this far. Thank you. Kevin, Hetha, Lin, Leonora, Darya. @thebookseller.com

Good morning And what a lovely start to the year. Please Join @ronanhession.bsky.social talking to James Naughtie This Sunday 4th January on BBC Radio4 at 4pm. @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Have just finished Leonard and Hungry Paul on the Beeb and I’m very sad, because it was such a lovely, lovely series. I know it’s the wrong way round but I’ll be reading the book ASAP, just ordered from @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social 📚🙏 All episodes on the iPlayer 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

In no particular order, here are my favourite books of 2025: @saraband-books.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @picadorbooks.bsky.social @4thestatebooks.bsky.social @deadinkbooks.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social

Can't remember if I already mentioned I'm now on Instagram, so I'm on Instagram and you'll find me as jamieguineywriter. #ThankYouPlease

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Our bestsellers in 2025 across both shops: a delightful mix of events, staff picks, and local & tourists' favourites. Thank you to all of you beauts for supporting us through the year, we wouldn't be where we are without you and your love of reading! Here's to more book chats in 2026!

Lovely to see Leonard and Hungry Paul there 💛 @ronanhession.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social

Isn’t this lovely and thank you for your continued support. Magic!

Isn’t this lovely and thank you for your continued support. Magic!

Facebook have suspended our account. Free The Moose !!!

Many thanks to all the librarians , booksellers, bloggers, lit Eds, reviewers and book lovers for making 2025 the best ever for Bluemoose Books. Bloody magic. Hetha & Kevin.

Many thanks to @jebookshull.bsky.social for choosing Leonard and Hungry Paul by Rónán Hession For their book club choice in January 2026. Cracking start to the year.

'I believe that libraries can play a powerful, convening role for the National Year of Reading'. Our President @edjewell.bsky.social has been looking ahead to a challenging and exciting year for public #Libraries in 2026. www.librariesconnected.org.uk/news/look-yo...

@theguardian.com readers choose Leonard and Hungry Paul by @ronanhession.bsky.social As one of their TV highlights of the year. @bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social @nytimes.com @thebookseller.com @bookcornerhx.bsky.social Magic! www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Updating the Ko-Fi for it's relaunch, it will become a home to a couple of hundred short stories from another project, my recipes will be downloadable, and there will eventually be downloadable directories for indie publishers and indie bookshops ko-fi.com/bigbeardedbo...

@theguardian.com readers choose Leonard and Hungry Paul by @ronanhession.bsky.social As one of their TV highlights of the year. @bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social @nytimes.com @thebookseller.com @bookcornerhx.bsky.social Magic! www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Many thanks to all the librarians , booksellers, bloggers, lit Eds, reviewers and book lovers for making 2025 the best ever for Bluemoose Books. Bloody magic. Hetha & Kevin.

It's not Israel's land to ban anyone or anything. Meanwhile, the world continues to sit on its hands. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Good morning. Lottie walked. Time for a brew.

I really enjoyed doing this. Please do listen in on Sunday (or listen back afterwards) to hear me discuss Leonard and Hungry Paul with James Naughtie and a roomful of readers with interesting questions.

In 2026 we will be celebrating our 20th year of publishing books and writers the mainstream thought too risky. Love publishing books that inspire and entertain. From Hebden Bridge to Nuuk, New Delhi, Buenos Aries, Paris, Canberra, New York, Istanbul, Wetwang. Brilliant.

In 2026 we will be celebrating our 20th year of publishing books and writers the mainstream thought too risky. Love publishing books that inspire and entertain. From Hebden Bridge to Nuuk, New Delhi, Buenos Aries, Paris, Canberra, New York, Istanbul, Wetwang. Brilliant.

Among those who have turned down British honours...

A cracking start to the year. @ronanhession.bsky.socialwill be speaking to James Naughtie on BBC Radio 4 - Book Club. Sunday 4th January at 4pm. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... Marvelous. @thebookseller.com @bookcornerhx.bsky.social @forumbooks.bsky.social @drakebookshop.bsky.social

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A cracking start to the year. @ronanhession.bsky.socialwill be speaking to James Naughtie on BBC Radio 4 - Book Club. Sunday 4th January at 4pm. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... Marvelous. @thebookseller.com @bookcornerhx.bsky.social @forumbooks.bsky.social @drakebookshop.bsky.social

Good morning. Lottie walked. Time for a brew.

As we head into our 20th year of publishing We have the same 'mission statement' we did when we first started. To find stories that the mainstream thought too risky to publish. 31 books short listed or won lit prizes. 2 books adapted for BBC TV. Magic. @thebookseller.com

Love this stat. The press release about Leonard and Hungry Paul by @ronanhession.bsky.social being on the BBC & BBC iPlayer Reached 24.3 million people in the newspaper world and was the equivalent of: £1.1 Million pounds in advertising spend. Bloody marvelous. @thebookseller.com

Love this stat. The press release about Leonard and Hungry Paul by @ronanhession.bsky.social being on the BBC & BBC iPlayer Reached 24.3 million people in the newspaper world and was the equivalent of: £1.1 Million pounds in advertising spend. Bloody marvelous. @thebookseller.com

As we head into our 20th year of publishing We have the same 'mission statement' we did when we first started. To find stories that the mainstream thought too risky to publish. 31 books short listed or won lit prizes. 2 books adapted for BBC TV. Magic. @thebookseller.com

The publisher @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social gets many lovely mentions in @ronanhession.bsky.social's interview! And we find out more about Julia Roberts' involvement in Leonard and Hungry Paul too podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/d...

Good morning. I’ve just finished a brilliant manuscript by one of our authors. You lucky, lucky readers. Magic. @thebookseller.com @theguardian.com @bookcornerhx.bsky.social

Apparently this received a few million hits. Julia Roberts, a roast potato and me. @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @bbcradio2bot.bsky.social @bbcradio6musicbot.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

I'm reading a new manuscript. And love this line. 'Richard never saw the appeal of musicals. All that talk-singing and golly gosh.' Wonderful!

I'm reading a new manuscript. And love this line. 'Richard never saw the appeal of musicals. All that talk-singing and golly gosh.' Wonderful!

Apparently this received a few million hits. Julia Roberts, a roast potato and me. @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @bbcradio2bot.bsky.social @bbcradio6musicbot.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

Seville. Magic time with the family.

Good morning. Lottie walked, Time for a brew.

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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!!

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!!

Well, we've dusted the abacus down and used all our fingers and toes and can announce that: We've had the best sales year ever with Q4 blowing the bloody doors off. Many thanks to all our authors, readers booksellers and librarians. Bloody magic. @thebookseller.com

Why is Andy Warhol Shite? asks Bill Drummond www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/12/shad...