To celebrate our 20th birthday We're having a Bluemoose Books day At Leeds Central Library on June 13th together with Leeds Lit Festival. Our authors. @sharonduggal.bsky.social Simon Crump & Rob Potts will be reading from their new books. Tickets here. www.leedslitfest.co.uk/events/bluem...

£500 given out to a working class writer every month. Details in link. Please share :)

2020 #77 Staying in the realm of @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social and now it's the second novel by @sharonduggal.bsky.social . The uplifting tale of a young, homeless man who meets and loses track of a friend then sets off across the city in search of her and finds so much more. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🖋️📚 #booksky

2020 #63 Amongst the disruption of 2020 I found myself looking at many small publishers for new reading matter and @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social was one of the very best I came across. This excellent novel set in the early 1980s West Midlands was an early find. See alt text for more. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🖋️📚 #booksky

@cdrose.bsky.social massive, massive congratulations on the @goldsmithsprize.bsky.social win. Bravo!

In 1999, the LA Times asked 36 writers, from Susan Sontag to Elmore Leonard, to share their neglected classics of the century, books they loved but which failed to find the readers they deserved. You can read their responses here: neglectedbooks.com/?...

@zackpolanski.bsky.social @ZackPolanski your message of hope is the way to go. Would be amazing if you could now visit #Handsworth to counter Jenerick's misrepresentation of our global society here in #Birmingham

Chris, @cdrose.bsky.social massive congrats on this - fantastic news x

Next up: Should We Fall Behind by @sharonduggal.bsky.social from the fantastic @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social Looking forward to it. #booksky #books #literature

Many thanks to Lancashire Libraries. Without the support of libraries we simply wouldn't be around to celebrate our 20th year of publishing in 2026. @cilip.bsky.social @thebookseller.com @ronanhession.bsky.social @sharonduggal.bsky.social @bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social

Israel kills innocent Palestinians. Activists spray-paint a plane. Guess which the UK government calls terrorism | Sally Rooney

We have a voice: let’s make sure Keir Starmer hears us loud and clear. act.38degrees.org.uk/act/dont-get...

In tribute to Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (1938-2025), Wasafiri has lifted the paywall on a range of his articles, stories, and interviews from our 41-year-old archive, each introduced by @flostadt.bsky.social‬, Deputy Chair and Trustee of Wasafiri. Read & access here:

Always money for war, never for the poor.

There is a genocide taking place in Gaza. The UK government must end its complicity by immediately enacting an arms embargo. Read our statement: www.englishpen.org/posts/campai...

Call out for writers with lived experience of homelessness or poverty to submit monologues for a new anthology to highlight the complexity of the experiences of homelessness and poverty – struggles, resilience, hope, humour. Please share :) mtos.cardboardcitizens.org.uk/anthology/

#C4News find the girl escaping the fire in the burning classroom after an Israeli strike "I walked through the fire all by myself" "The rubble fell on them (her siblings)" "I want to see my sisters, to be with them, but they're dead" "I want to be with them"

“He remained annoyed with himself until he realized that not knowing what he wanted was actually quite natural.” Fiction by Milan Kundera, from 1984.

An important piece by Ella Sinclair about the value of #WritersMosaic and our new WritersMosaic Quarterly in @artsprofessional.co.uk @thebookseller.com

We're launching The Bee magazine today because the UK publishing and writing industries have a bit of a class problem.

Discover how to transform your will-to-write into compelling fiction during this immersive and energising writing week. 📅Monday April 28th - Saturday May 3rd 2025 📍The Hurst, Shropshire ✅Book now: www.arvon.org/writing-cour... @sharonduggal.bsky.social

We are disappointed but not surprised that Meta has used millions of pirated books to develop its AI systems. As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting. But what can authors do? Read here: societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...

Join us if you can for a creative week in a magical Arvon setting nestled in the beautiful Shropshire countryside. Expect craft-enhancing tools, strategies, top tips & practical exercises to support your writing journey, plus bags of inspiration to keep you going along the way. Bursaries available.

The photo was taken as part of the Handsworth Self Portrait project organised by Derek Bishton, John Reardon and Brian Homer. It produced a truly remarkable and joyous series of images - check them out and read about their story at www.brianhomer.com/self-portrai...

Popes - Bears - Woods - Catholics. Come on @artscouncilengland.bsky.social @dcmsgovuk.bsky.social We need your help! www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

📢 Please share widely! A GoFundMe to support the Educational Bookshop. Support independent bookselling in Palestine! www.gofundme.com/f/jerusalems...

On Feb 9 Israeli police raided the Educational Bookshop in Jerusalem, seizing books and arresting Palestinian owners Ahmed and Mahmoud Muna. We must rally to protect the freedom to read, everywhere. Follow the hashtag #BooksellingIsNotACrime to see which bookshops around the world are participating

There's still time to make a change 🗣️ Add your name to this author-organised letter and encourage the government to change its course on copyright exemption for generative AI use of creatives works docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #CreativeRights #ArtificalIntelligence #PayTheCreator

It's Blue Monday, which is a load of nonsense, but it is an excuse for a thread about the UK's best-selling 12-inch single of all time #BlueMonday

Been a massive #BobDylan fan/obsessive since a fave aunt took me to see him play live when I was 16 yrs old, so seeing this biopic could have gone either way tbh but I LOVED IT! Timothee Chalamet is excellent as Dylan, as is Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez - what a voice.

Use your excitement and relief to help a Palestinian in Gaza today - share their fundraisers, donate, use this energy to help them survive. They have a long road ahead.

Once more with feeling and a dollop of frustration … Taking our work without permission or payment is theft. thttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/14/british-novelists-criticise-government-over-ai-theft#img-1

The BDS movement, welcomes the news of a ceasefire agreement with immense relief. A ceasefire, however, is only the most important first step to end the genocide against the 2.3 million Palestinians in the illegally occupied and besieged Gaza Strip. bdsmovement.net/After-Ceasef...

We started publishing in 2006 and without the support of Libraries and Librarians, we simply wouldn't still be in existence. They are at the very core of our communities and always go above and beyond to help folk. Support your libraries. @librariesconnected.bsky.social

Poly, by Gus Stewart.

The Society of Authors, writersguildgb.bsky.social and @equityuk.bsky.social call on the BBC to reverse cuts to audio drama at Radio 3. Sign our petition to save audio drama at the BBC- www.change.org/p/save-audio...

Remembering the great Joe Strummer 🖤❤️ August 21, 1952 - December 22, 2002 The Clash - Janie Jones - 1977 #punk #punks #punkrockhistory #punklegend #joestrummer #theclash #history #punkrockhistory #otd

This has been on my shelf for some time, but finally got around to reading and glad I did! 'Should We Fall Behind' by @sharonduggal.bsky.social is my fiction book of the year 2024! Beautifully written. Bubbling with emotion. Bravo!

If you’re a creator or work in the creative industries or otherwise have a heart, then please add your voice to this UK Gov consultation on AI and Copyright. I said ‘freelance’ for company and ‘unsure’ for super-granular legal stuff but made my voice heard. You can too. www.gov.uk/government/c...

This is exciting news! @sharonduggal.bsky.social is an incredible writer - highly recommend her first 2 books #ShouldWeFallBehind & #TheHandsworthTimes 💙👏👏💙 #books #booksky #bookrecs

The Quietus Albums of the Year are here! Try to resist jumping straight to number one. And let us know which of your favourites made the list. https://buff.ly/4fUS3XG @normanrecords.bsky.social #tQCharts

#ReadPalestineWeek starts today. I’ll post some of my personal favourite reads here 🧵

#Winter, 1955 by Japanese artist and poet Keiko Minami

Alternative TV - number 6 in an ongoing series. The South Bank Show’s 1986 documentary about the Velvet Underground 📺▶️ youtu.be/B1sbg_C-72c

This is so great - two excellent writers @heidijames.bsky.social @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social in conversation

Anything by @sharonduggal.bsky.social is going to be worth reading, so I'm waiting for book 3 with excitement. If you haven't read Should We Fall Behind, and you enjoy sensitive, compassionate, resonant, deeply-felt storytelling, you might want to give it a try. 💙