Michael Pedersen
@michaelpedersen.bsky.social
Maker of Books / Edinburgh Makar (Poet Laureate) / Writer in Residence at Edinburgh Uni 💜📚💫 www.michaelpedersen.co.uk
https://linktr.ee/muckleflugga
https://linktr.ee/muckleflugga
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It’s the official publication date of MUCKLE FLUUGA. I would adore it if you lassoed a copy / shared / recommended. It truly means the world 🥲 🌍.
📚 linktr.ee/muckleflugga
💛 ’Extraordinary’ The Scotsman
💖 ‘A dream’ My Weekly
💛 ‘A thing of magic’ The Skinny
💖 ‘Book of The Month’ Gutter
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💛 ’Extraordinary’ The Scotsman
💖 ‘A dream’ My Weekly
💛 ‘A thing of magic’ The Skinny
💖 ‘Book of The Month’ Gutter
Chuffed to see Muckle Flugga as one of the glorious Matt Haig’s Books of the Year. Matt’s a sublime human & his writing gives people courage & hope. He was one of the first to read my novel and has been supremely championing ever since 💚🧡💚🧡.
Paperback preorders open now: linktr.ee/michaelpeder...
Paperback preorders open now: linktr.ee/michaelpeder...
December 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Chuffed to see Muckle Flugga as one of the glorious Matt Haig’s Books of the Year. Matt’s a sublime human & his writing gives people courage & hope. He was one of the first to read my novel and has been supremely championing ever since 💚🧡💚🧡.
Paperback preorders open now: linktr.ee/michaelpeder...
Paperback preorders open now: linktr.ee/michaelpeder...
Behold my buttery lovers – the 𝑴𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒆 𝑭𝒍𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌. It arrives in March 2026 but you can preorder it now (as say, a Christmas gift) 💚🧡. & remember, every time you preorder a book a baby lighthouse is born (and my heart does seven somersaults 🥰)
📚 : linktr.ee/michaelpeder...
📚 : linktr.ee/michaelpeder...
December 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Behold my buttery lovers – the 𝑴𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒆 𝑭𝒍𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌. It arrives in March 2026 but you can preorder it now (as say, a Christmas gift) 💚🧡. & remember, every time you preorder a book a baby lighthouse is born (and my heart does seven somersaults 🥰)
📚 : linktr.ee/michaelpeder...
📚 : linktr.ee/michaelpeder...
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🌊 'Scintillating.' Ocean Vuong
🌊 'Compelling.' Irvine Welsh
🌊 'Phenomenal.' Matt Haig
🌊 'A thrill.' Financial Times
Michael Pedersen's acclaimed debut novel Muckle Flugga is out in paperback 26 March 2026. You can pre-order it now 💚
faber.co.uk/product/9780571387755-muckle-flugga/
🌊 'Compelling.' Irvine Welsh
🌊 'Phenomenal.' Matt Haig
🌊 'A thrill.' Financial Times
Michael Pedersen's acclaimed debut novel Muckle Flugga is out in paperback 26 March 2026. You can pre-order it now 💚
faber.co.uk/product/9780571387755-muckle-flugga/
December 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🌊 'Scintillating.' Ocean Vuong
🌊 'Compelling.' Irvine Welsh
🌊 'Phenomenal.' Matt Haig
🌊 'A thrill.' Financial Times
Michael Pedersen's acclaimed debut novel Muckle Flugga is out in paperback 26 March 2026. You can pre-order it now 💚
faber.co.uk/product/9780571387755-muckle-flugga/
🌊 'Compelling.' Irvine Welsh
🌊 'Phenomenal.' Matt Haig
🌊 'A thrill.' Financial Times
Michael Pedersen's acclaimed debut novel Muckle Flugga is out in paperback 26 March 2026. You can pre-order it now 💚
faber.co.uk/product/9780571387755-muckle-flugga/
💛 Glasgow you gallus lovers 💜 The Muckle Flugga paperback launch is on 25/03 with the phenomenal Fern Brady – one of my fav comedians and an extraordinary writer. Come watch us thrum and fizz together 💚💚💚💚.
🎫 : www.waterstones.com/events/micha...
🎫 : www.waterstones.com/events/micha...
December 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
💛 Glasgow you gallus lovers 💜 The Muckle Flugga paperback launch is on 25/03 with the phenomenal Fern Brady – one of my fav comedians and an extraordinary writer. Come watch us thrum and fizz together 💚💚💚💚.
🎫 : www.waterstones.com/events/micha...
🎫 : www.waterstones.com/events/micha...
Edinburgh Lovers 💫 I offer thee a one-off spectacular: the launch of the 𝐌𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝓤𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓢𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓼 of the planetarium on 23/03. I’ll be joined by 2 sublime sound makers that truly make my heart thrum: Rachel Sermanni & Janette Ayachi.
Come soar 🎫: dynamicearth.org.uk/event/the-mu...
Come soar 🎫: dynamicearth.org.uk/event/the-mu...
December 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Edinburgh Lovers 💫 I offer thee a one-off spectacular: the launch of the 𝐌𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝓤𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓢𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓼 of the planetarium on 23/03. I’ll be joined by 2 sublime sound makers that truly make my heart thrum: Rachel Sermanni & Janette Ayachi.
Come soar 🎫: dynamicearth.org.uk/event/the-mu...
Come soar 🎫: dynamicearth.org.uk/event/the-mu...
Easy on the reins of the heart – it’s National Grief Awareness Week 2025. New grief, old grief, the anticipation of grief, the shouldering or witnessing of grief, grief by proxy, by package, by post. What a thing it is is love, miss, & to mourn. Here’s a new wee piece I’ve been tinkering with 💜💛🖤.
December 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Easy on the reins of the heart – it’s National Grief Awareness Week 2025. New grief, old grief, the anticipation of grief, the shouldering or witnessing of grief, grief by proxy, by package, by post. What a thing it is is love, miss, & to mourn. Here’s a new wee piece I’ve been tinkering with 💜💛🖤.
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"I would challenge Viggo Mortensen (dressed as Aragorn) to a fight in the hope he’d take pity on me after distributing the beating"
Ahead of his annual Christmas show, Edinburgh Makar @michaelpedersen.bsky.social takes on our Q&A 🎄
Ahead of his annual Christmas show, Edinburgh Makar @michaelpedersen.bsky.social takes on our Q&A 🎄
The Skinny on... Michael Pedersen – The Skinny
Ahead of his annual Christmas show and New Year's Day appearance with former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, the incumbent Edinburgh Makar takes on our Q&A.
www.theskinny.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
"I would challenge Viggo Mortensen (dressed as Aragorn) to a fight in the hope he’d take pity on me after distributing the beating"
Ahead of his annual Christmas show, Edinburgh Makar @michaelpedersen.bsky.social takes on our Q&A 🎄
Ahead of his annual Christmas show, Edinburgh Makar @michaelpedersen.bsky.social takes on our Q&A 🎄
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Need a bit of joy in your life, writers? Then join us in a backroom of the lovely @portybooks.bsky.social for an absolute delight of a natter with @michaelpedersen.bsky.social
and savour the power, beauty and effulgence of those little pieces of story, we call words.
Episode out now - bop the bio.
and savour the power, beauty and effulgence of those little pieces of story, we call words.
Episode out now - bop the bio.
December 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Need a bit of joy in your life, writers? Then join us in a backroom of the lovely @portybooks.bsky.social for an absolute delight of a natter with @michaelpedersen.bsky.social
and savour the power, beauty and effulgence of those little pieces of story, we call words.
Episode out now - bop the bio.
and savour the power, beauty and effulgence of those little pieces of story, we call words.
Episode out now - bop the bio.
Supremely chuffed to see Muckle Flugga named as Irvine Welsh’s Novel of 2025 in The Observer.
‘told in a poet’s lush but drum-tight voice…as arresting as an airport thriller’ 💜💚🥰💚💜.
📚: linktr.ee/muckleflugga
@faberbooks.bsky.social
‘told in a poet’s lush but drum-tight voice…as arresting as an airport thriller’ 💜💚🥰💚💜.
📚: linktr.ee/muckleflugga
@faberbooks.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Supremely chuffed to see Muckle Flugga named as Irvine Welsh’s Novel of 2025 in The Observer.
‘told in a poet’s lush but drum-tight voice…as arresting as an airport thriller’ 💜💚🥰💚💜.
📚: linktr.ee/muckleflugga
@faberbooks.bsky.social
‘told in a poet’s lush but drum-tight voice…as arresting as an airport thriller’ 💜💚🥰💚💜.
📚: linktr.ee/muckleflugga
@faberbooks.bsky.social
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The fabulous @michaelpedersen.bsky.social Zine, designed by @joshmoirart.bsky.social will be on the website imminently! Our season is over so check out every episode & subscribe for more mischief to come. Sign up for free - join our community for hope & action www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The fabulous @michaelpedersen.bsky.social Zine, designed by @joshmoirart.bsky.social will be on the website imminently! Our season is over so check out every episode & subscribe for more mischief to come. Sign up for free - join our community for hope & action www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
Lush to be included in The List’s Hot 100. Chuffed to have done a cover feature with them earlier in the year for Muckle Flugga. Scotland is such a cultural powerhouse, for a relatively wee nation we produce some of the best art in the world. I’m forever swooning at the majesty of Scottish art 💜💛💚.
November 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Lush to be included in The List’s Hot 100. Chuffed to have done a cover feature with them earlier in the year for Muckle Flugga. Scotland is such a cultural powerhouse, for a relatively wee nation we produce some of the best art in the world. I’m forever swooning at the majesty of Scottish art 💜💛💚.
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If you were a subscriber, you'd already have the @michaelpedersen.bsky.social
Speakeasy Zine! Instead, enjoy this glorious snapshot, designed by @joshmoirart.bsky.social ...but if you subscribe this week, we'll do a special mailout of this gorgeous final zine of the season www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
Speakeasy Zine! Instead, enjoy this glorious snapshot, designed by @joshmoirart.bsky.social ...but if you subscribe this week, we'll do a special mailout of this gorgeous final zine of the season www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
If you were a subscriber, you'd already have the @michaelpedersen.bsky.social
Speakeasy Zine! Instead, enjoy this glorious snapshot, designed by @joshmoirart.bsky.social ...but if you subscribe this week, we'll do a special mailout of this gorgeous final zine of the season www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
Speakeasy Zine! Instead, enjoy this glorious snapshot, designed by @joshmoirart.bsky.social ...but if you subscribe this week, we'll do a special mailout of this gorgeous final zine of the season www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
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Tickets for my final event of this here year. Sharing the stage @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social in London with the lovely @michaelpedersen.bsky.social Join us this wknd! www.ticketsource.co.uk/standrewsboo...
www.ticketsource.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Tickets for my final event of this here year. Sharing the stage @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social in London with the lovely @michaelpedersen.bsky.social Join us this wknd! www.ticketsource.co.uk/standrewsboo...
Yes, me & Hollie went to the Christmas market. & yes, I was giddy to see this banner for Muckle Be The Light on 01/01 at Porty Town Hall with: Shirley Manson @garbage.com & @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social & Norman Blake + a pop up from @portybooks.bsky.social.
Come ✨ 🎟️: edwinterfest.com/hogmanay/wha...
Come ✨ 🎟️: edwinterfest.com/hogmanay/wha...
November 24, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Yes, me & Hollie went to the Christmas market. & yes, I was giddy to see this banner for Muckle Be The Light on 01/01 at Porty Town Hall with: Shirley Manson @garbage.com & @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social & Norman Blake + a pop up from @portybooks.bsky.social.
Come ✨ 🎟️: edwinterfest.com/hogmanay/wha...
Come ✨ 🎟️: edwinterfest.com/hogmanay/wha...
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Tickets for my final event of the year. Sharing the stage with the lovely @michaelpedersen.bsky.social @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social www.ticketsource.co.uk/standrewsboo...
www.ticketsource.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Tickets for my final event of the year. Sharing the stage with the lovely @michaelpedersen.bsky.social @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social www.ticketsource.co.uk/standrewsboo...
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'People will try to capitalise upon the..things that pull us apart rather than the many..commonhoods that draw us together. So always, always focus on the joy and rally back towards the light' @michaelpedersenoyster ends our first series with hope. Full episode here podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
November 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
'People will try to capitalise upon the..things that pull us apart rather than the many..commonhoods that draw us together. So always, always focus on the joy and rally back towards the light' @michaelpedersenoyster ends our first series with hope. Full episode here podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
Words of Muckle Flugga lushness from two of the world’s foremost storytellers. I absolutely adore Ocean Vuong and Irvine Welsh’s writing, to have their glistering critiques on my novel makes the heart do-so-do 💚💖💜💛.
📚 : linktr.ee/muckleflugga
📚 : linktr.ee/muckleflugga
November 17, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Words of Muckle Flugga lushness from two of the world’s foremost storytellers. I absolutely adore Ocean Vuong and Irvine Welsh’s writing, to have their glistering critiques on my novel makes the heart do-so-do 💚💖💜💛.
📚 : linktr.ee/muckleflugga
📚 : linktr.ee/muckleflugga
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Need a mid-week pick-me-up? Warm, witty and wonderful - Michael Pedersen is in the Speakeasy this week. Listen to the full episode podfollow.com/shamis-speak... and his beautiful first novel, Muckle Flugga, is available in all good bookshops. www.faber.co.uk/author/micha...
#ScottishFiction
#ScottishFiction
November 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Need a mid-week pick-me-up? Warm, witty and wonderful - Michael Pedersen is in the Speakeasy this week. Listen to the full episode podfollow.com/shamis-speak... and his beautiful first novel, Muckle Flugga, is available in all good bookshops. www.faber.co.uk/author/micha...
#ScottishFiction
#ScottishFiction
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"I convinced myself I was studying literature within the realms of law and it was very easy to do so because it is a celebration in almost a flamboyance of language." is there anything that @michaelpedersen.bsky.social can't make beautiful?
Listen to the full episode podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
Listen to the full episode podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
November 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
"I convinced myself I was studying literature within the realms of law and it was very easy to do so because it is a celebration in almost a flamboyance of language." is there anything that @michaelpedersen.bsky.social can't make beautiful?
Listen to the full episode podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
Listen to the full episode podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
It’s Robert Louis Stevenson Day (this being his birthday). Here’s a wee snippet of the sublime Jack Lowden voicing the ghost of RLS in my novel Muckle Flugga. RLS serves as a life coach & confidant to the lighthouse keeper’s otherworldly son, Ouse.
MF by JL audiobook available everywhere 🎧 📚💛💜
MF by JL audiobook available everywhere 🎧 📚💛💜
November 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It’s Robert Louis Stevenson Day (this being his birthday). Here’s a wee snippet of the sublime Jack Lowden voicing the ghost of RLS in my novel Muckle Flugga. RLS serves as a life coach & confidant to the lighthouse keeper’s otherworldly son, Ouse.
MF by JL audiobook available everywhere 🎧 📚💛💜
MF by JL audiobook available everywhere 🎧 📚💛💜
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'I was trying to experience this grief as the last reverberation of loving someone' @michaelpedersen.bsky.social explains the process of writing the beautiful book Boy Friends in the wake of his dearest friend, Scott Hutchinson's, passing. Listen to the full episode now podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
November 13, 2025 at 8:31 AM
'I was trying to experience this grief as the last reverberation of loving someone' @michaelpedersen.bsky.social explains the process of writing the beautiful book Boy Friends in the wake of his dearest friend, Scott Hutchinson's, passing. Listen to the full episode now podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
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'I was obsessed with friendship. I was obsessed with emotionally vulnerable friendships....I wanted a piece of that friendship pie' @michaelpedersen.bsky.social talks about the most delicious kind of pie, that we all deserve a generous slice of. Full episode podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
November 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM
'I was obsessed with friendship. I was obsessed with emotionally vulnerable friendships....I wanted a piece of that friendship pie' @michaelpedersen.bsky.social talks about the most delicious kind of pie, that we all deserve a generous slice of. Full episode podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
Cold Turkey’s Honey Roast Hope has less than 20 tickets left as we announce the sensational @mhairiblack.bsky.social as our special guest. She joins me, @holliemcnish.bsky.social, Withered Hand, & Gemma Cairney for the festive fandango 💖💜💛.
Edinburgh, 05/12, 🎫 : www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cold-turke...
Edinburgh, 05/12, 🎫 : www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cold-turke...
November 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Cold Turkey’s Honey Roast Hope has less than 20 tickets left as we announce the sensational @mhairiblack.bsky.social as our special guest. She joins me, @holliemcnish.bsky.social, Withered Hand, & Gemma Cairney for the festive fandango 💖💜💛.
Edinburgh, 05/12, 🎫 : www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cold-turke...
Edinburgh, 05/12, 🎫 : www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cold-turke...
01/01: Edinburgh! Let’s start the year with splendour. Me & the wonder Shirley Manson @garbage.com are taking over Porty Town Hall for Edinburgh Hogmanay. Our special guests are glorious: @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social & Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub) 💖
Come be & beam: edwinterfest.com/hogmanay/wha...
Come be & beam: edwinterfest.com/hogmanay/wha...
November 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
01/01: Edinburgh! Let’s start the year with splendour. Me & the wonder Shirley Manson @garbage.com are taking over Porty Town Hall for Edinburgh Hogmanay. Our special guests are glorious: @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social & Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub) 💖
Come be & beam: edwinterfest.com/hogmanay/wha...
Come be & beam: edwinterfest.com/hogmanay/wha...
💜 Lush London Lovers 💜
Me & the glorious @damianbarr.bsky.social are appearing together on 29/11 at @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social. It’s a zesty Saturday afternoon show at 15:30. Come join the coddle 💘💚💘💚💘
🎫: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/lon...
Me & the glorious @damianbarr.bsky.social are appearing together on 29/11 at @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social. It’s a zesty Saturday afternoon show at 15:30. Come join the coddle 💘💚💘💚💘
🎫: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/lon...
November 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
💜 Lush London Lovers 💜
Me & the glorious @damianbarr.bsky.social are appearing together on 29/11 at @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social. It’s a zesty Saturday afternoon show at 15:30. Come join the coddle 💘💚💘💚💘
🎫: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/lon...
Me & the glorious @damianbarr.bsky.social are appearing together on 29/11 at @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social. It’s a zesty Saturday afternoon show at 15:30. Come join the coddle 💘💚💘💚💘
🎫: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/lon...