In 2027 we will be launching
Bluemoose Classics.
Two fantastic books by two brilliant writers.
WOUNDING by @heidijames.bsky.social
THE SECRETS TO NOT DROWNING by @colettesnowden.bsky.social
Marvelous.
@thebookseller.com
@theguardian.com
@thetimes.com
exclusive: Nigel Farage has recorded Cameo videos in which he endorsed a neo-Nazi event, repeated extremist slogans and supported a man convicted over his involvement in a far-right riot.
w/ @michaelgoodier.bsky.social
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Thank you!!
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Thank you! Photo by the great Tara Darby.
London
Thank you
You’re the best, Stu.
Bard Books Gets Keshed. Image for a SubStack post about the London launch. White text, brown background on the top half, bottom half is a colour photo of two scruffy middle-aged blokes sat in green chairs with metal legs in front of some bookshelves in an independent bookshop in East London. Both look relaxed, pissing themselves laughing at something or other.
All the deets here from Thursday. Shouts to @judecook.bsky.social @dantjenks.bsky.social @heidijames.bsky.social @jamesscudamore.bsky.social @ortacpress.bsky.social @nancykay-alt-acct.bsky.social @jonathangibbs.bsky.social @markabowles.bsky.social
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I’m absolutely gutted I wasn’t there. Sounds like a fantastic night and rightly so! Huge thanks for the shout out!
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Can’t remember… but they’re entitled to their opinion.
You’re good for my soul!
A reviewer at 3:am said the male voice was shit and how lucky it was that it was in italics so the reader could just skip it! Hahaha!
I’ve forgotten so much of it!
You are too kind! Thank you! Keshed is peerless, in my opinion
Have a great London launch!
Been looking forward to this for time. Hopefully see some of ya there.
Thank you! #keshed
Cover of the book Wounding by Heidi James. White text on black background at the bottom, top half is a photo of a marble sculpture which appears to be Greco-Roman, the head of a child kissing a parent, made of white marble
Cover of the novel The Sound Mirror by Heidi James. Writer name in small font beneath title, much larger, both white lettering on a red/orange background with fragmented black concentric circles breaking through the colouring
Two old favourites to read on the train ahead of next week's podcast recording of The Library of Lazy Thinking, where i'll be talking about the work of a modern master, the great @heidijames.bsky.social. Gonna revisit So the Doves if i get time over the weekend too 🙏🖤
You’re so good… but also as a critic. You read so closely, with such clarity and sensitivity
And I’m so lucky!
@stuhennigan.bsky.social is one of the most generous, talented and supportive people I know. Writers - pay this man to edit/give feedback on your work. Readers - read this man’s heartbreaker of a book Keshed
(the novel will also sucker punch you, I warned you) #keshed
You are the absolute best ♥️🖤
I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to
Statement from Major General (Ret.) Paul D. Eaton, an Army commander during Operation Iraqi Freedom:
Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist
Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.
Just to be serious for a moment, thanks to Mark for this series of posts, and to everyone else who's messaged, tweeted, whatever. It means the fucking world as a writer to know there are people who get your stuff, esp when it's as fucked up and challenging as mine can be.
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We are evil twins…. 🖤 I am loving the unadulterated, visceral and emotional responses to Keshed. It’s a triumph indeed.
