Bluemoose Books
@ofmooseandmen
Indy publisher of award winning literary fiction You can order books here : www.bluemoosebooks.com
Many thanks to author Duncan Mclean. 'My considered opinion: it's brilliant!!! It is so unusual - a one off.' @gowerst-books.bsky.social
I have just sent a proof copy to a literary editor in Ireland. Signed and tracked. New EU rules for small parcels. Extra €3 plus €2 Admin charge. Total postage costs to Ireland. £18.10. Thank you Brexit. Madness. @thebookseller.com
Good morning. Many thanks to @john-self.bsky.social for his review of: _Post - it Notes from Underground _ by Simon Crump. 'Brilliantly special.' In @thetimes.com today. Marvellous. @waterstones.bsky.social @foylesforbooks.bsky.social @hatchards.bsky.social
Good morning. From Hebden Bridge to the world. Bluemoose Books translated into: French. German. Spanish. Dutch. Italian. Slovakian. Czech. Russian. Turkish. Hungarian. Bulgarian. Polish. Greek. Arabic. @thebookseller.com @yorkshirepost.co.uk
Congratulations to Rónán Hession And many thanks to our rights agent Deborah Druba. Panenka will be published in the Dutch language and in the Netherlands by Van Oorschot. @thebookseller.com
Leonard and Hungry Paul is really a magical book. I'm thrilled to have been able to contribute my little bit to the television adaptation." – Julia Roberts (narrator on the TV series Leonard and Hungry Paul).
Good morning. Todays Bluemoose Essential is: The Man With a Seagull on His Head by Harriet Paige. Sea, Sand. Art & falling Seagulls. Marvellous.
Good morning. Lottie's having a lie in. She was stressed yesterday with new windows being put in. We've just had a brilliant review in for Sharon Duggal's new book from the 2025 Goldsmiths' winner CD Rose. What a cracking start to the day. @bookcornerhx.bsky.social
Good morning. Hollywood Calling. Clapperboards at the ready. Here's an Himalayan Poppy outside Moose HQ. @thebookseller.com
Good morning @thebookseller.com We are finding new readers all the time. And last year we found even more via Leonard and Hungry Paul 6 part BBC 2 @rte.ie TV series. Millions watched it across the world & buying our books! More readers finding us via BBC Radio 4 Book Club too Bluemooseology!.
Another first. In September _Leonard and Hungry Paul_ by Rónán Hession Will be a set text on the Irish Junior Certificate English syllabus. Remarkable and congratulations @ronanhession.bsky.social @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social @booksupstairs.bsky.social @gutterbookshop.bsky.social
We had a 20th anniversary party. Celebrating Independent publishing But not on a rooftop in London. In a Town Hall in Hebden Bridge. We had a grand time. Tell your friends. @thebookseller.com
Good morning. Lottie walked. Now at the hospital for an appointment with consultant ophthalmologist. Been operating on one eye for the last month. Eye, eye. Or just, eye!
Another first for Bluemoose Books. Up, up and away! Promoted on the national carrier of Ireland Aer Lingus. Leonard and Hungry Paul by @ronanhession.bsky.social Magic. @irishtimes.com @rte.ie
Andy Burnham has just announced A No.10 in the North. I have just submitted an application So that Bluemoose can be a part of this cultural and literary revolution. Vive le Moose. @theguardian.com @thebookseller.com
Many thanks to Sarah , Ian and team @waterstones.bsky.social Leeds Last night for the brilliant launch of: Post - it Notes from Underground by Simon Crump. And to all those who braved the heatwave! A truly magical book. @foylesforbooks.bsky.social
Congratulations to Simon Crump. Today we publish and launch Post - it Notes from Underground 7pm at waterstones Leeds. @nybooks.com @thetimes.com @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk
Post - it notes from Underground by Simon Crump. Spotted in the wild at The Bookcase Hebden Bridge. Many thanks to Sarah and team. @newstatesman1913.bsky.social @thetimes.com
ust pressed the button on another reprint of: GHOST MOUNTAIN by Rónán Hession Marvelous. @bookcornerhx.bsky.social @grovebookshop.bsky.social @drakebookshop.bsky.social @forumbooks.bsky.social
Goof morning and the sun is cracking the flags. Lottie walked. Time for a brew.
Please do join us @waterstones.bsky.social Leeds This Thursday at 7pm when Simon Crump Will be reading from his new novel. Post - it Notes from Underground. There will be baby Armadillos, Derek the pheasant, and a frozen woodpecker And Jesus ambling around a store in Hafilax.
Proofs have arrived of: Light Across the Plains by @sharonduggal.bsky.social Publishing this October. @bookcornerhx.bsky.social @toppingsbath.bsky.social @drakebookshop.bsky.social @forumbooks.bsky.social
Good morning and just finished writing my book. Bluemoose Books - Hebden To Hollywood - Twenty years of Independent publishing. Or - The Secret Diary of Colm O'Driscoll, publisher aged 64 and 3/4 Out at the end of October. @bookcornerhx.bsky.social
As we celebrate Indy Bookshop Week. Many thanks to Amanda, Steve & team @trumanbooks.bsky.social They've sold over 100 copies of: A Football Odyssey - Passion, Politics & The Beautful Game by Rob Potts Indies, doing it for themselves. @thebookseller.com @booksaremybag.bsky.social
Many thanks to @waterstones.bsky.social Deansgate Manchester for supporting new writing. The Lightning by Jamie Guiney. On a table. Marvellous. @foylesforbooks.bsky.social @waterstonesoxf.bsky.social
Good morning. Off to Manchester to meet some TV folk. Very exciting. More news soon but first. Time for a brew.
Please, if you are able, support Independent Bookshop Week Indy bookshops pay their full taxes. And are integral parts of our high streets and communities. @bookcornerhx.bsky.social @trumanbooks.bsky.social @bksotsquare.bsky.social @booksaremybag.bsky.social