Ian Hagues
@ianhagues.bsky.social
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Ian Hagues
@ianhagues.bsky.social
· Jan 1
First read of the new year👍@saggingmeniscus.bsky.social @davidcollard.bsky.social
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👻 live on your favourite podcast provider tomorrow morning as soon as you get up…
I asked Instagram who the literary stars were that I needed to speak to and Leon’s name came back, so I had to get her on the show!
We’ll be discussing Leon’s novel THE DECADENCE @sceptrebooks.bsky.social
I asked Instagram who the literary stars were that I needed to speak to and Leon’s name came back, so I had to get her on the show!
We’ll be discussing Leon’s novel THE DECADENCE @sceptrebooks.bsky.social
February 18, 2026 at 8:42 PM
👻 live on your favourite podcast provider tomorrow morning as soon as you get up…
I asked Instagram who the literary stars were that I needed to speak to and Leon’s name came back, so I had to get her on the show!
We’ll be discussing Leon’s novel THE DECADENCE @sceptrebooks.bsky.social
I asked Instagram who the literary stars were that I needed to speak to and Leon’s name came back, so I had to get her on the show!
We’ll be discussing Leon’s novel THE DECADENCE @sceptrebooks.bsky.social
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This Friday we’ll be at the Uni of York for the launch of The Good Society, the new book from Kate Pickett
Kate will be joined by Rachael Maskell MP and Helen Barnard from @trusselluk.bsky.social
Can't make the event? Request a signed and dedicated copy:
www.foxlanebooks.co.uk/product-page...
Kate will be joined by Rachael Maskell MP and Helen Barnard from @trusselluk.bsky.social
Can't make the event? Request a signed and dedicated copy:
www.foxlanebooks.co.uk/product-page...
February 18, 2026 at 5:00 PM
This Friday we’ll be at the Uni of York for the launch of The Good Society, the new book from Kate Pickett
Kate will be joined by Rachael Maskell MP and Helen Barnard from @trusselluk.bsky.social
Can't make the event? Request a signed and dedicated copy:
www.foxlanebooks.co.uk/product-page...
Kate will be joined by Rachael Maskell MP and Helen Barnard from @trusselluk.bsky.social
Can't make the event? Request a signed and dedicated copy:
www.foxlanebooks.co.uk/product-page...
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Hello. I'm Rob Jackson, a cartoonist from Bolton. My websites at www.robjacksoncomics.com I've made lots of comics and zines over the years. Here's some of their covers. Cheers
October 29, 2024 at 7:20 AM
Hello. I'm Rob Jackson, a cartoonist from Bolton. My websites at www.robjacksoncomics.com I've made lots of comics and zines over the years. Here's some of their covers. Cheers
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TOMORROW
Still tix left for this is anyone wants to come #GetKeshed with me and Terri on Thursday in the intimate surroundings of @serenitybookshop.bsky.social. Gonna be a banger, as it always is when Terri's in the house 💥💪
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www.ticketsource.co.uk
February 18, 2026 at 2:14 PM
TOMORROW
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#GetKeshed with Pete, a champion supporter and a fella with an unerring eye for the good stuff.
#BookSky
#BookSky
Just finished the extraordinary Keshed by @stuhennigan.bsky.social An incredible book. That's a very high bar been set early for my book of the year. Unflinchingly honest, powerful, visceral. It deserves all the plaudits and more. I really can't recommend it enough.
February 18, 2026 at 2:16 PM
#GetKeshed with Pete, a champion supporter and a fella with an unerring eye for the good stuff.
#BookSky
#BookSky
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I was interviewed on how I marketed myself and my book (which might be of interest to other authors, because I got an agent, a book deal, and now the book is selling pretty well)
Read here:
substack.com/@hayleygulle...
Read here:
substack.com/@hayleygulle...
How a graphic memoirist found the readers that were meant for her book
Hayley Gullen shares how she went from being a reluctant returnee to Instagram, to building a deeply loyal online community
substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 9:06 AM
I was interviewed on how I marketed myself and my book (which might be of interest to other authors, because I got an agent, a book deal, and now the book is selling pretty well)
Read here:
substack.com/@hayleygulle...
Read here:
substack.com/@hayleygulle...
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Cartoonists and authors: there’s no point complaining about how we are all at the whims of mysterious algorithms. You won’t change anything that way.
Instead: why not figure out what *is* within your control and double down on that?
That’s what I did.
Instead: why not figure out what *is* within your control and double down on that?
That’s what I did.
I was interviewed on how I marketed myself and my book (which might be of interest to other authors, because I got an agent, a book deal, and now the book is selling pretty well)
Read here:
substack.com/@hayleygulle...
Read here:
substack.com/@hayleygulle...
How a graphic memoirist found the readers that were meant for her book
Hayley Gullen shares how she went from being a reluctant returnee to Instagram, to building a deeply loyal online community
substack.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Cartoonists and authors: there’s no point complaining about how we are all at the whims of mysterious algorithms. You won’t change anything that way.
Instead: why not figure out what *is* within your control and double down on that?
That’s what I did.
Instead: why not figure out what *is* within your control and double down on that?
That’s what I did.
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Happy #YearOfTheHorse - here are three horses I drew when I was about six and one I drew just now.
Can you tell which is which? 🐴
Can you tell which is which? 🐴
February 17, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Happy #YearOfTheHorse - here are three horses I drew when I was about six and one I drew just now.
Can you tell which is which? 🐴
Can you tell which is which? 🐴
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Was lovely to pop into Afrori Books
to talk over plans for the May launch of Where The Shadows End, the debut novel by Louisa Bello
Great chatting to Oliviyah and Carolynn
More details to follow later in the year.
#epoquepress #books #bookshop #booksky
to talk over plans for the May launch of Where The Shadows End, the debut novel by Louisa Bello
Great chatting to Oliviyah and Carolynn
More details to follow later in the year.
#epoquepress #books #bookshop #booksky
February 18, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Was lovely to pop into Afrori Books
to talk over plans for the May launch of Where The Shadows End, the debut novel by Louisa Bello
Great chatting to Oliviyah and Carolynn
More details to follow later in the year.
#epoquepress #books #bookshop #booksky
to talk over plans for the May launch of Where The Shadows End, the debut novel by Louisa Bello
Great chatting to Oliviyah and Carolynn
More details to follow later in the year.
#epoquepress #books #bookshop #booksky
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dear humans please join us for this feast of words online!! 🖤
An online reading next Thursday at noon ET, register:
bit.ly/lifestudiesp...
I met Jenny by chance when she was in New York visiting the library, so thrilled to be reading with her, Dong, and @alinaetc.bsky.social
bit.ly/lifestudiesp...
I met Jenny by chance when she was in New York visiting the library, so thrilled to be reading with her, Dong, and @alinaetc.bsky.social
February 17, 2026 at 9:59 PM
dear humans please join us for this feast of words online!! 🖤
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Ding, ding, ding: my collection, launching 19th March, is available for pre-order
www.lilliputpress.ie/products/fou...
www.lilliputpress.ie/products/fou...
Four Night Seas - Niamh Mac Cabe - The Lilliput Press
Set across liminal landscapes, Four Night Seas is a collection of stories from award-winning author Niamh Mac Cabe feature characters navigating emotional or existential thresholds – grieving, seeking...
www.lilliputpress.ie
February 17, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Ding, ding, ding: my collection, launching 19th March, is available for pre-order
www.lilliputpress.ie/products/fou...
www.lilliputpress.ie/products/fou...
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February 17, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Van Gogh in paint and braille 👍
February 17, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Van Gogh in paint and braille 👍
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Have y’all checked this out yet?
Reposting for the late shift: my best books of 2025 round-up, over at @ds228.bsky.social's blog:
eigermonchjungfrau.blog/2026/02/14/j...
eigermonchjungfrau.blog/2026/02/14/j...
February 16, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Have y’all checked this out yet?
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This early review is a drop of sunshine in an otherwise dark and stormy Jan/Feb. “Stitch takes the reader deeper into a book than any author has ever done before”. Deepest thanks. #books #booksky
My review of The Coast of Everything by @guillermostitch.bsky.social felcherman.wordpress.com/2026/02/15/t... Loved it, proper epic piece of work @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social #books
The Coast Of Everything by Guillermo Stitch
What Da Cover Says: “To find the center, begin at the edge . . . A daughter’s devotion parts her from her father. A dutiful soldier sentences his child to a loveless exile and her mother to madnes…
felcherman.wordpress.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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At 6pm GMT you can see and hear @susannacrossman.bsky.social in a live, online, wide-ranging and unpredictable conversation with the great Gerry Fialka. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLTh.... He's a brilliantly original interviewer and really keeps his guests on their toes
InnerViews#765 Susanna Crossman
YouTube video by I'm Probably Wrong About Everything
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February 15, 2026 at 5:06 PM
At 6pm GMT you can see and hear @susannacrossman.bsky.social in a live, online, wide-ranging and unpredictable conversation with the great Gerry Fialka. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLTh.... He's a brilliantly original interviewer and really keeps his guests on their toes
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Reposting for the late shift: my best books of 2025 round-up, over at @ds228.bsky.social's blog:
eigermonchjungfrau.blog/2026/02/14/j...
eigermonchjungfrau.blog/2026/02/14/j...
February 15, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Reposting for the late shift: my best books of 2025 round-up, over at @ds228.bsky.social's blog:
eigermonchjungfrau.blog/2026/02/14/j...
eigermonchjungfrau.blog/2026/02/14/j...
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Stuck indoors feeling miserable because of the stupid, stupid rain? Here's an idea: cheer yourself up by buying some #zines at colossive.com
That way, you'll be giving us something to do to take our minds off the god-awful weather, too... Everyone's a winner! 😀🐱
That way, you'll be giving us something to do to take our minds off the god-awful weather, too... Everyone's a winner! 😀🐱
February 15, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Stuck indoors feeling miserable because of the stupid, stupid rain? Here's an idea: cheer yourself up by buying some #zines at colossive.com
That way, you'll be giving us something to do to take our minds off the god-awful weather, too... Everyone's a winner! 😀🐱
That way, you'll be giving us something to do to take our minds off the god-awful weather, too... Everyone's a winner! 😀🐱
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This Thursday at 7pm GMT: the online launch of 'Delirious New Lynn; or, Portage and Euphoria, or, The Carryover' by New Zealand author Oscar Mardell, with @kevinboniface.bsky.social and @cdrose.bsky.social. If you haven't yet received an invitation email me via davidjcollard.wixsite.com/my-site
February 15, 2026 at 11:35 AM
This Thursday at 7pm GMT: the online launch of 'Delirious New Lynn; or, Portage and Euphoria, or, The Carryover' by New Zealand author Oscar Mardell, with @kevinboniface.bsky.social and @cdrose.bsky.social. If you haven't yet received an invitation email me via davidjcollard.wixsite.com/my-site
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It's my birthday, hurrah! For my birthday I'd really love as many shares on this post as we can make happen!
Hi, I'm AK, and I write exceedingly queer books! Feel free to ask me about them!
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Hi, I'm AK, and I write exceedingly queer books! Feel free to ask me about them!
ravenswordpress.com
Ravensword Press
The queer books your parents warned you about!
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February 14, 2026 at 7:57 AM
It's my birthday, hurrah! For my birthday I'd really love as many shares on this post as we can make happen!
Hi, I'm AK, and I write exceedingly queer books! Feel free to ask me about them!
ravenswordpress.com
Hi, I'm AK, and I write exceedingly queer books! Feel free to ask me about them!
ravenswordpress.com
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Cheers to Geoff for supporting and sharing 🙏
Went to the Leeds launch of @stuhennigan.bsky.social’s Keshed on Thursday. Not been to a book launch that better explained how the author, this particular author, lives their motivations, standards, dilemmas, agonies to create the story between the covers. Beautifully exhausting, in fact…Keshed!
February 14, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Cheers to Geoff for supporting and sharing 🙏
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Thanks @ortacpress.bsky.social, two copies of @stuhennigan.bsky.social's Keshed arrived. I KNEW I pre-ordered months ago, but I don't trust me, so I ordered (again) just before the launch. I think it is a book I will be glad to have two copies of any way. Can't wait to start.
#GetKeshed #Twice
#GetKeshed #Twice
February 14, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Thanks @ortacpress.bsky.social, two copies of @stuhennigan.bsky.social's Keshed arrived. I KNEW I pre-ordered months ago, but I don't trust me, so I ordered (again) just before the launch. I think it is a book I will be glad to have two copies of any way. Can't wait to start.
#GetKeshed #Twice
#GetKeshed #Twice