JUST IN! 'Failure is Always An Option' by Steve Mason
Signed copies of the songwriter and The Beta Band frontman's autobiography.
@stevemasonofficial.bsky.social @thebetaband.com
@newmodernbooks.bsky.social
www.normanrecords.com/records/2134...
FAILURE IS ALWAYS AN OPTION
@stevemasonofficial.bsky.social in conversation with very special guest hosts:
Mon 20th April - LONDON with @irvinewelsh.bsky.social
Thurs 30th April - BRIGHTON with Shaun Keaveny
Tues 5th May - EDINBURGH with @nicolameighan.bsky.social
Tix: tix.to/booktour
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Record Collector
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mojo
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Classic Pop
“(A) hugely enjoyable journey. Failure Is Always An Option succeeds in being painfully honest, hilarious and frankly uplifting” Record Collector
OUT NEXT WEEK
@stevemasonofficial.bsky.social
@thebetaband.com
⭐️ A Top 5 Sunday Times Bestseller ⭐️
A huge congratulations to @scottrowley.bsky.social and a big thank you to everyone who has supported, bought, read or listened to ‘Stay Alive’
📚🎧
7 May
RED LION, Leytonstone
Stay Alive - The Life and Death of Stuart Adamson
Scott Rowley, Richard Jobson and Keith Cameron
Tickets www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1986457635... @newmodernbooks.bsky.social
The New Modern selection
Tastier than chocolate
@alexlarman.bsky.social
@scottrowley.bsky.social
Two months today, on 1 June, I'll be chatting about In Another World: The Four Seasons of Talk Talk at the beautiful Topping & Co in Edinburgh. Event info via the link; come if you can! In Another World is published by @newmodernbooks.bsky.social on 21 May.
www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinb...
A huge congratulations to @scottrowley.bsky.social!
These weekend will see ‘Stay Alive’ crash into the Sunday Times bestsellers.
Thank you to everyone who has supported and read the book x
Absolutely delighted to announce that ‘Stay Alive’ by @scottrowley.bsky.social will be a Sunday Times Bestseller this weekend.
A huge congrats to Scott and massive thanks to everyone who has bought or supported the book. What a way to honour and celebrate Stuart’s memory
Delighted with the response to Scott’s book. Once again proving that the very best music books cover universal themes that stretch far beyond playing to the fans gallery. ‘Stay Alive’ is, fundamentally, a very human story about a gifted musician ill-equipped to deal with fame. It is magnificent.
OUT NOW!
‘Stay Alive - the Life & Death of Stuart Adamson’
The critically authorised biography by @scottrowley.bsky.social
Available in Hardback, E-book and very special audio narrated by Mark Bonnar
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- Mojo
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- Record Collector
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- Classic Pop
#stuartadamson
#bigcountry
Handsome proofs
Congrats @graemethomson.bsky.social
And thank you to Paul Palmer Edwards for design and Stephen Lovell-Davis for his beautiful photo
Out 21st May
OUT THURSDAY
@scottrowley.bsky.social
**NEW**
‘In Another World:The Four Seasons of Talk Talk’ by @graemethomson.bsky.social
A deep and erudite immersion into a singular musical world. An elegant and insightful study of a unique and exceptional group
21-05-26
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A magnificent ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ lead in @mojomagazine.bsky.social for ‘Stay Alive’ by @scottrowley.bsky.social. With huge thanks to @keithcameron2.bsky.social
“This superb book rues his absence while celebrating his music’s still audibly beating heart”
Out next week
He’s having a laugh
Delighted to welcome @gralefrit.bsky.social and his gigantic comedy brain to @newmodernbooks.bsky.social.
Be Funny Or Die is available now in Audio and E-Book with a brand new paperback coming soon
A huge congrats to Justin for making the Penderyn shortlist. A truly remarkable book.
Also delighted to see Kate on the list who I acquired early on at Nine Eight and was the last book to be published on that imprint
So, the last Nine Eight book and the first on New Modern.
I’ll take that
Another great Word in Your Ear chats where Mark and David speak to @scottrowley.bsky.social about his forthcoming book ‘Stay Alive:The Life & Death of Stuart Adamson’
Includes, of course, the opportunity to revisit one of the all time classic Smash Hits nicknames
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...
“A brilliantly told and long overdue account” @nivenj1.bsky.social
‘Stay Alive: The Life and Death of Stuart Adamson’ by @scottrowley.bsky.social is out 26th March
**NEW**
FAILURE IS ALWAYS AN OPTION: GLORIOUS ADVENTURES ON THE BETA BAND FRONT LINE AND OTHER TALES
by STEVE MASON
A wild story about youth culture, success, sadness and redemption
Crash landing 23-04-26
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@thebetaband.com
19-02-26
We are delighted to be recognised on this year’s Penderyn Music Book Prize list. A huge congrats to Justin and Mike and all of the authors and publishers for another wonderful year of intelligent music writing. Thank you to Richard Thomas and all at Penderyn and Laugharne
@delamitri.bsky.social
Hi! We hope so, yes. But will be second half of the year
SCOTT ROWLEY
Stay Alive: The Life & Death of Stuart Adamson
*Signed by Bruce Watson & the Author* Hardback
Preorder: resident-music.com/product/rowl...
The heartbreaking biography of the Big Country & Skids man is unflinching, funny, brutally honest, & utterly essential
@newmodernbooks.bsky.social
Very handsome proofs.
Words by Scott Rowley.
Design by Brad Merrett.
Out 26-03-26 on @newmodernbooks.bsky.social
*NEW!*
Written with the full co-operation of Stuart’s former band mates, family and the friends who knew him best, ‘Stay Alive’ by Scott Rowley is the unflinching, celebratory, deeply affecting true story of a Scottish musical folk hero
26-03-26
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Thank you Ian!
Thanks Jeff 👊
“Essential reading. An early contender for music book of the year 10/10”
The Mirror
The incredible coverage and reviews for ‘Lazarus: The Second Coming of David Bowie’ continue to come thick and fast. A huge congratulations to @alexlarman.bsky.social
Have you got your copy yet?
#davidbowie