Books read in November (although Ulysses I started in Sept, but finished in Nov) . Enjoyed them all to one degree or another

New album from The Delines is being released March 6th by Decor Records. Available on CD, clear vinyl LP, and limited Blood Red vinyl exclusive to Rough Trade with a free CD of unreleased instrumentals

Books read in October. A particularly great month. Lots I loved.. Colette Snowden, Daniel Woodrell, P. D. James, Charles Willeford, Ian McEwan, Celia Dale, James Kelman, Tommy Orange were all terrific. And continued my daily visit to Ulysses.. Nearly finished it.

Beast on prominent display in Stoke Newington Bookshop today @luluallison.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @stokeybookshop.bsky.social

Finished watchingLeonard And Hungry Paul. Excellent telly. What an absolute joy. Such a beautiful balm & so needed at the mo. so gentle & human.Congrats to everyone involved. Rónán I think they did your wonderful book justice. @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @ronanhession.bsky.social

The new issue of New World (incorporating The New European) mag has just dropped through my letterbox. And it features a review of Ben Myers latest novel by me. You'll have to buy the paper to read it though. Issue 457 dated Oct 23rd-Nov 5th. @thenewworldmag.bsky.social @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social

Leonard And Hungry Paul is available on iPlayer now.. That's tonight's viewing sorted. I'm going in. @ronanhession.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social

Loved the new @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social Jesus Christ Kinski. You can read my review in an upcoming issue of @thenewworldmag.bsky.social . My first published book review @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

Books read in September. Lots of goodness... Celia Dale, Benjamin Wood, Georges Simenon, Annie Proulx. A Woman In Berlin and The Warriors and more

Beast in the wild today at Waterstones in Norwich @luluallison.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social Beast by Lulu Allison. One of my fave books of the year.

A pinned thread about my new novel, Keshed, publishing on 12th Feb 2026 with @ortacpress.bsky.social. Pre-orders available now from all the usual bookshops/websites. See thread for some early pre-press takes from some AMAZING writers and links to other stuff. www.ortacpress.com/product-page...

In my happy place. A quiet pub, with a good pint and a book.

Books read in August. My favourite was Lulu Allison, closely followed by Tim O'Brien, Laura Hird and Han Kang. Twas a good month. @luluallison.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social

Loved Beast by Lulu Allison. A novel about hopes & dreams,music & the soul.Eve calls up Demon & his rabbit familiar at the crossroads of a model village (it's always at a crossroads). One of my books of the year. As rabbit says 'A beautiful strange wonderful work'

Books read in July. Enjoyed them all. The Lowlife was a re-read and as great as I remember. James Curtis was a new writer to me, and loved it. Loved the Lynch and Rowland biogs too. Enright/Murdoch/Gardam all great too

Cheers postie. A delivery from @bertsbooks.bsky.social with the new one from Lulu Allison published by @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @luluallison.bsky.social I can still hear the cows mooing from Salt Lick so looking forward to Beast

Willy Vlautin's terrific novel Night Always Comes has been made into a Netflix film, coming August 15th youtu.be/Gd44vTsTUhs?...

Had a lovely couple of days in Hay-On-Wye with friends. Was regretting my haul on a nightmare 8 hour 3 train journey home last night, lugging them back. But no regrets today sitting in the sun browsing through them all. I think I showed admirable restraint restricting myself to just 28 books.

Chuffed. Just managed to run 5km in under 30 minutes for the first time. Not bad for a 62 year old, who up until a year ago hadn't run since leaving school. Managed to lose 2 stone in weight in the last 5 months too through improved diet and exercise. I will get this diabetes into remission

Books read in June. A great month and lots I loved, but my absolute favourite was The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social . Such a great read by such a terrific writer. It's sure to be one of my faves of 2025 at years end.

PREORDER: 'Black Monk Time' by Monks A raw, rhythmic, and confrontational garage rock and proto-punk milestone from five American G.I.s stationed in Germany. On 180g heavyweight vinyl with audio remastered from the original tapes. www.normanrecords.com/records/1058...

Look at this beauty... new Jah Wobble album Dub Volume 1. In shops on 04/07. Limited colour vinyl and CD on Dimple Discs @jahwobble.bsky.social @dimplediscs.bsky.social

This has made my day. Delivery from @bertsbooks.bsky.social with the new @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social book.Her debut novel,The Benefactors,out today. I loved Wendy's short story collections & have been excitedly waiting for this for ages.Need to hurry up & finish what I'm reading so I can dive in.

Hey @stuhennigan.bsky.social not sure this link will be viewable but good to see Keshed sitting next to Jon Fosse www.facebook.com/groups/theri...

My @nightingalesuk.bsky.social pill box has arrived. Lovely. Top merch.

Books read in May. Favourites were the superb The Orange Notebooks by @susannacrossman.bsky.social , the wonderful and unhinged in the best way Saltburn by @drewgum.bsky.social , the prescient Crooked Cross by Sally Carson, and The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad..

The Orange Notebooks is a beautifully written novel that deals with the most difficult of griefs, a parent's loss of their child. Exquisitely told and ultimately offering hope. Along with bees and beige. Loved it. Another winner from @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @susannacrossman.bsky.social

And more recommendations for Keshed.

You need to read Keshed when it's published early next year. Raw, vital and brilliant.

Brilliant news. Can't wait. Congratulations to @ronanhession.bsky.social and @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social

I loved Salt Lick by @luluallison.bsky.social , so am really looking forward to Beast. Coming in July, published by the mighty @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social

#currentlyreading About a third of the way through Butcher's Crossing by John Williams, and absolutely loving it. Don't know why I've never read it before. I'm guessing Cormac McCarthy was a fan.

Well this is exciting news. I was honoured to be an early reader of Keshed and can't wait to see it published and get my mitts on a copy. Visceral, real, and truly brilliant. Go @stuhennigan.bsky.social

Books read in March. My favourites were Naomi Booth, Adelle Stripe, David Peace, Donald Ray Pollock and Colin Barrett, but all had their merits. A good month.

Nice haul from secondhand bookshop today. Tenner for the lot.

What a terrific novel raw content by Naomi Booth is. @stuhennigan.bsky.social describes it much more eloquently than I - 'A haunting & bruising psychodrama about the anxieties of 21st motherhood, that links the primal potency of the female body with the northern landscape's elemental power'. 5*****

Finally completed my collection of Colin MacInnes novels with the Peter Blake covers. All these were 1964 editions from Penguin.

Thanks to the ever reliable @bertsbooks.bsky.social for the new Naomi Booth. Am a big fan of Naomi's so have been looking forward to this

Look at this beauty just arrived from @normanrecords.com (impeccable service as always). I used to be a customer of Volcanic Tongue, feeding my addiction for Charalambides LP's & Wooden Wand tour cdr's & other delights, so really looking forward to diving into this @reversediorama.bsky.social

Books read in February. Favourites were The Accidental Immigrants by @jomcmillan.bsky.social , All Fours by Miranda July, and Fup by Jim Dodge

Thanks postie. Look at this pretty thing that's turned up from @bertsbooks.bsky.social . New book from Adelle Stripe. Been looking forward to this one.

What a superb novel this is. A novel of/for our times. The dangers of where the vile rhetoric from Farage/Braverman etc will lead us (if it hasn't already). 'It is hard to believe that a beautiful island can turn so ugly and so fast. But it can.' @jomcmillan.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social

Books read in January. Favourites were Ursula Parrott, Peter Carey and Richard Wright.. but got something out of/enjoyed them all

Got back from my run to find this waiting for me. A new Bluemoose is always a Blue Riband day. Looking forward to diving in soon as I finish my current read, hopefully at the weekend @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @jomcmillan.bsky.social

Always a treat when postie knocks on the door with a package from @normanrecords.com . New @rosecityband.bsky.social album and a beauty I'm late to from Bonnie Prince Billy, Nathan Salsburg, and Tyler Trotter doing Lung fish. Heard this just before Christmas and immediately fell in love.

New @influxpress.bsky.social just dropped through the letterbox. Always a treat when that happens. This looks great. I Love You So Much It's Killing Us Both by Mariah Stovall..

RIP David Lynch. Terrible news youtu.be/VIdONLv3qJw?...

Of the new books published in 2024, here's a baker's dozen of my favourites of the ones I read. In no particular order

Books read in December 2024. Faves were Richard Stark and Elizabeth Hand, but enjoyed them all to one degree or another. #BookSky