Here you go! Thursday 26th February at Leeds Waterstones. Marvelous. www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

Best read while drinking the tay?

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

PROOFS! Yay! 🥳 ⚡️

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

A quote from @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social “It’s his best writing yet, sparse and pared down, full of humanity, funny and with a forensic insight into two people viewing their married life on the day of their divorce. Lots of great lines as you’d expect and we publish in summer 2027.”

Thanks @martindoyle.bsky.social for including a mention of Richard Heart Julianne in @irishtimes.com books round-up. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Arrived this morning from @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social, many thanks, and to @ronanhession.bsky.social of course. Have made an immediate start. I’m hearing Julia Roberts’ lovely voice as I’m reading it, which is an added bonus! 😊🙏📚 #BookSky

Almost 50 authors have pulled out of the Adelaide Festival after Palestinian-Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah was dropped from the line-up due to “cultural sensitivity concerns” 👇

Le Montagne Fantome by Rónán Hession - Translated by Charles Roux and published by Les Grands Vents is out today in France in all good bookshops and libraries. Magnifique. @thebookseller.com

The first time my writing has been translated into French! My thanks to translator Charles Roux and to Sophie, Emeline everyone at Les Grands Vents. I'll be in Paris and Tours next week to launch Le Montaigne Fantôme.

Booksellers are the human faces we present to readers. We need them there, and we need them to feel supported, says Philip Jones in this week's editor's letter 👇 #BookSky

Le Montagne Fantome by Rónán Hession - Translated by Charles Roux and published by Les Grands Vents is out today in France in all good bookshops and libraries. Magnifique. @thebookseller.com

I'm trying to prove I exist to an algorithm so that I can teach at an university. Sweet Mary mother of Jesus and the wee little donkey. Somebody is making a lot of money here. Four days, it's taken, four days. I could have built half of ROME by then!

know, I know, times are tough and money is short but as we find ourselves increasingly in a world where stories are censored and the corporates buy up shelf space with their discounts. If you are able please do support Independent publishers. @northernfiction.bsky.social

Congratulations to @ronanhession.bsky.social Leonard and Hungry Paul is the first Bluemoose book to be selected as a national set text in secondary schools. September this year it will be on the Irish Junior Certificate for English alongside Hemingway, Austen, Blackman. Marvelous.

Congratulations! That is so good to hear. I think more modern texts should be studied / explored in schools. And I've just finished Leonard and Hungry Paul and really enjoyed its quiet observations. 🙂

Congratulations to @ronanhession.bsky.social Leonard and Hungry Paul is the first Bluemoose book to be selected as a national set text in secondary schools. September this year it will be on the Irish Junior Certificate for English alongside Hemingway, Austen, Blackman. Marvelous.

Good morning. Arm better, now two finger typing. The future is bright. Time for a brew.

We've teamed up with Dahlia Books, Bad Betty Press, Linen Press, Hashtag Press, @serenbooks.bsky.social, @prototypepubs.bsky.social, @lunapress.bsky.social, @galleybeggars.bsky.social, @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social, @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social, @scratchbooks.bsky.social & @theemmapress.bsky.social.

Bluemoose Books snaps up fourth novel by Leonard and Hungry Paul author Rónán Hession www.thebookseller.com/rights/bluem...

Hollywood knocking on the door again. Marvelous!

It's official. www.thebookseller.com/rights/bluem...

Aspiring editors! Fancy joining our team? jobs.thebookseller.com/career/28558...

Get ready for: BLACKSHROUD by JM Campbell. Launching Waterstones Leeds Thursday 26th February. Set in Victorian England The Blackshrouds, a group of women, help people to die. Stunning writing of time and place. @bookcornerhx.bsky.social @waterstones.bsky.social @foylesforbooks.bsky.social

Hurray!

It's official. www.thebookseller.com/rights/bluem...

I discovered @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social a few years ago and have never been disappointed with their books.

Get ready for: BLACKSHROUD by JM Campbell. Launching Waterstones Leeds Thursday 26th February. Set in Victorian England The Blackshrouds, a group of women, help people to die. Stunning writing of time and place. @bookcornerhx.bsky.social @waterstones.bsky.social @foylesforbooks.bsky.social

Good morning. I've sprained a tendon in my left arm. Operating on one finger touch typing. Time for several brews. Have some flowers.

A brilliant listen, shortened the walk home on the first working day of the year.

Congratulations @ronanhession.bsky.social 🎉 Very exciting news indeed!

Delighted to announce that we will be publishing _Richard Heart Julianne_ By @ronanhession.bsky.social Spring/Summer 2027. ‘In Richard Heart Julianne we enter the mindstream of Richard on his last day as he reflects on his life, his home city and his failed marriage to Julianne.' Brilliant!

Brilliant news. Congrats to @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social and @ronanhession.bsky.social. What a partnership!

Delighted that my next novel Richard Heart Julianne will be coming out on the mighty @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social next year. Hope you enjoy it. I loved writing it.

Delighted to announce that we will be publishing _Richard Heart Julianne_ By @ronanhession.bsky.social Spring/Summer 2027. ‘In Richard Heart Julianne we enter the mindstream of Richard on his last day as he reflects on his life, his home city and his failed marriage to Julianne.' Brilliant!

Here you go. @ronanhession.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4 Book Club. Leonard and Hungry Paul. www.bbc.com/audio/play/m... @nybooks.com @waterstones.bsky.social @gardnersbooks.bsky.social

I Love the generosity of our authors. Whilst chatting to James Naughtie on BBC Book Club on Radio 4 @ronanhession.bsky.social said he was introduced to Bluemoose and our list after reading The Man With A Seagull On His Head by Harriet Paige. @theguardian.com 'A Bone Fide Gem.'

Here you go. @ronanhession.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4 Book Club. Leonard and Hungry Paul. www.bbc.com/audio/play/m... @nybooks.com @waterstones.bsky.social @gardnersbooks.bsky.social

Such a fabulous book. One of my all-time favourites.

Always listen to Charlie.

I Love the generosity of our authors. Whilst chatting to James Naughtie on BBC Book Club on Radio 4 @ronanhession.bsky.social said he was introduced to Bluemoose and our list after reading The Man With A Seagull On His Head by Harriet Paige. @theguardian.com 'A Bone Fide Gem.'

Well this was rather wonderful. The first Bluemoose author to be on BBC Radio 4’s Book Club and in our 20th year too. Marvelous!

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

Please do Join @ronanhession.bsky.social at 4pm on BBC Radio 4 as he chats with James Naughtie about his debut novel _Leonard and Hungry Paul_ @theguardian.com @thetimes.com @bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social @thebookseller.com www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

A feel good book and also lovely bbc adaptation

My final fiction in translation column for @irishtimes.com is now online for subscribers. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Please do Join @ronanhession.bsky.social at 4pm on BBC Radio 4 as he chats with James Naughtie about his debut novel _Leonard and Hungry Paul_ @theguardian.com @thetimes.com @bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social @thebookseller.com www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

One of the contributors to the book we're publishing in May about Global Football Clubs that are still essential parts of their communities lives in Caracas, 2km from an airfield that was bombed yesterday. He's been in touch and is OK but obviously concerned about what happens next.

Just finished my New Year read. I really enjoyed this. First i have read by @colettesnowden.bsky.social . Interesting format and characters, lots sub stories. Highly recommend 👍 @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social