Bluemoose Books
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
Indy publisher of award winning literary fiction
You can order books here : www.bluemoosebooks.com
You can order books here : www.bluemoosebooks.com
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Please do Join @ronanhession.bsky.social at 4pm on BBC Radio 4 as he chats with James Naughtie about his debut novel
_Leonard and Hungry Paul_
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_Leonard and Hungry Paul_
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BBC Radio 4 - Bookclub, Rónán Hession
Rónán Hession takes questions on his debut novel, Leonard and Hungry Paul.
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January 4, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Please do Join @ronanhession.bsky.social at 4pm on BBC Radio 4 as he chats with James Naughtie about his debut novel
_Leonard and Hungry Paul_
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@bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social
@thebookseller.com
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_Leonard and Hungry Paul_
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A feel good book and also lovely bbc adaptation
Please do Join @ronanhession.bsky.social at 4pm on BBC Radio 4 as he chats with James Naughtie about his debut novel
_Leonard and Hungry Paul_
@theguardian.com
@thetimes.com
@bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social
@thebookseller.com
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
_Leonard and Hungry Paul_
@theguardian.com
@thetimes.com
@bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social
@thebookseller.com
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Bookclub, Rónán Hession
Rónán Hession takes questions on his debut novel, Leonard and Hungry Paul.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 4, 2026 at 10:23 AM
A feel good book and also lovely bbc adaptation
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My final fiction in translation column for @irishtimes.com is now online for subscribers.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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Rónán Hession on January’s best fiction in translation: ‘Chinese writing is the most interesting literature being produced today’
Works by Solvej Balle, Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Ágota Kristóf, Rene Karabas and Ning Ken
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January 4, 2026 at 10:11 AM
My final fiction in translation column for @irishtimes.com is now online for subscribers.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Please do Join @ronanhession.bsky.social at 4pm on BBC Radio 4 as he chats with James Naughtie about his debut novel
_Leonard and Hungry Paul_
@theguardian.com
@thetimes.com
@bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social
@thebookseller.com
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
_Leonard and Hungry Paul_
@theguardian.com
@thetimes.com
@bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social
@thebookseller.com
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Bookclub, Rónán Hession
Rónán Hession takes questions on his debut novel, Leonard and Hungry Paul.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 4, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Please do Join @ronanhession.bsky.social at 4pm on BBC Radio 4 as he chats with James Naughtie about his debut novel
_Leonard and Hungry Paul_
@theguardian.com
@thetimes.com
@bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social
@thebookseller.com
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
_Leonard and Hungry Paul_
@theguardian.com
@thetimes.com
@bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social
@thebookseller.com
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
One of the contributors to the book we're publishing in May about Global Football Clubs that are still essential parts of their communities lives in Caracas, 2km from an airfield that was bombed yesterday.
He's been in touch and is OK but obviously concerned about what happens next.
He's been in touch and is OK but obviously concerned about what happens next.
January 4, 2026 at 9:49 AM
One of the contributors to the book we're publishing in May about Global Football Clubs that are still essential parts of their communities lives in Caracas, 2km from an airfield that was bombed yesterday.
He's been in touch and is OK but obviously concerned about what happens next.
He's been in touch and is OK but obviously concerned about what happens next.
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Just finished my New Year read. I really enjoyed this. First i have read by @colettesnowden.bsky.social . Interesting format and characters, lots sub stories. Highly recommend 👍 @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Just finished my New Year read. I really enjoyed this. First i have read by @colettesnowden.bsky.social . Interesting format and characters, lots sub stories. Highly recommend 👍 @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
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Good morning
And what a lovely start to the year.
Please Join @ronanhession.bsky.social talking to James Naughtie
This Sunday 4th January on BBC Radio4 at 4pm.
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
And what a lovely start to the year.
Please Join @ronanhession.bsky.social talking to James Naughtie
This Sunday 4th January on BBC Radio4 at 4pm.
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Bookclub, Rónán Hession
Rónán Hession takes questions on his debut novel, Leonard and Hungry Paul.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Good morning
And what a lovely start to the year.
Please Join @ronanhession.bsky.social talking to James Naughtie
This Sunday 4th January on BBC Radio4 at 4pm.
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
And what a lovely start to the year.
Please Join @ronanhession.bsky.social talking to James Naughtie
This Sunday 4th January on BBC Radio4 at 4pm.
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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‘Why does everything have to be so complicated?’
And I tell her that when I lived in Sheffield, I had a microwave that had a ‘Chaos’ button on it.
‘What happened when you pressed that?’
‘Norman Wisdom came round & cooked your tea.’
Post It Notes From Underground - Simon Crump - June '26
And I tell her that when I lived in Sheffield, I had a microwave that had a ‘Chaos’ button on it.
‘What happened when you pressed that?’
‘Norman Wisdom came round & cooked your tea.’
Post It Notes From Underground - Simon Crump - June '26
January 2, 2026 at 12:41 PM
‘Why does everything have to be so complicated?’
And I tell her that when I lived in Sheffield, I had a microwave that had a ‘Chaos’ button on it.
‘What happened when you pressed that?’
‘Norman Wisdom came round & cooked your tea.’
Post It Notes From Underground - Simon Crump - June '26
And I tell her that when I lived in Sheffield, I had a microwave that had a ‘Chaos’ button on it.
‘What happened when you pressed that?’
‘Norman Wisdom came round & cooked your tea.’
Post It Notes From Underground - Simon Crump - June '26
‘Why does everything have to be so complicated?’
And I tell her that when I lived in Sheffield, I had a microwave that had a ‘Chaos’ button on it.
‘What happened when you pressed that?’
‘Norman Wisdom came round & cooked your tea.’
Post It Notes From Underground - Simon Crump - June '26
And I tell her that when I lived in Sheffield, I had a microwave that had a ‘Chaos’ button on it.
‘What happened when you pressed that?’
‘Norman Wisdom came round & cooked your tea.’
Post It Notes From Underground - Simon Crump - June '26
January 2, 2026 at 12:41 PM
‘Why does everything have to be so complicated?’
And I tell her that when I lived in Sheffield, I had a microwave that had a ‘Chaos’ button on it.
‘What happened when you pressed that?’
‘Norman Wisdom came round & cooked your tea.’
Post It Notes From Underground - Simon Crump - June '26
And I tell her that when I lived in Sheffield, I had a microwave that had a ‘Chaos’ button on it.
‘What happened when you pressed that?’
‘Norman Wisdom came round & cooked your tea.’
Post It Notes From Underground - Simon Crump - June '26
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On Thursday 15th January at 7pm (UK time) the live online launch of 'My Ear is Full of Milk,' a new anthology celebrating the life, work and legacy of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Subscribers already have an invitation. If you'd like to join them, email me via davidjcollard.wixsite.com/my-site
January 1, 2026 at 2:10 PM
On Thursday 15th January at 7pm (UK time) the live online launch of 'My Ear is Full of Milk,' a new anthology celebrating the life, work and legacy of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Subscribers already have an invitation. If you'd like to join them, email me via davidjcollard.wixsite.com/my-site
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2026.
Well, we're in our 20th year of publishing.
Without the army of librarians and booksellers shining a light on our writers and what we're trying to do, we simply wouldn't have got this far.
Thank you.
Kevin, Hetha, Lin, Leonora, Darya.
@thebookseller.com
Well, we're in our 20th year of publishing.
Without the army of librarians and booksellers shining a light on our writers and what we're trying to do, we simply wouldn't have got this far.
Thank you.
Kevin, Hetha, Lin, Leonora, Darya.
@thebookseller.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:22 AM
2026.
Well, we're in our 20th year of publishing.
Without the army of librarians and booksellers shining a light on our writers and what we're trying to do, we simply wouldn't have got this far.
Thank you.
Kevin, Hetha, Lin, Leonora, Darya.
@thebookseller.com
Well, we're in our 20th year of publishing.
Without the army of librarians and booksellers shining a light on our writers and what we're trying to do, we simply wouldn't have got this far.
Thank you.
Kevin, Hetha, Lin, Leonora, Darya.
@thebookseller.com
2026.
Well, we're in our 20th year of publishing.
Without the army of librarians and booksellers shining a light on our writers and what we're trying to do, we simply wouldn't have got this far.
Thank you.
Kevin, Hetha, Lin, Leonora, Darya.
@thebookseller.com
Well, we're in our 20th year of publishing.
Without the army of librarians and booksellers shining a light on our writers and what we're trying to do, we simply wouldn't have got this far.
Thank you.
Kevin, Hetha, Lin, Leonora, Darya.
@thebookseller.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:22 AM
2026.
Well, we're in our 20th year of publishing.
Without the army of librarians and booksellers shining a light on our writers and what we're trying to do, we simply wouldn't have got this far.
Thank you.
Kevin, Hetha, Lin, Leonora, Darya.
@thebookseller.com
Well, we're in our 20th year of publishing.
Without the army of librarians and booksellers shining a light on our writers and what we're trying to do, we simply wouldn't have got this far.
Thank you.
Kevin, Hetha, Lin, Leonora, Darya.
@thebookseller.com
Good morning
And what a lovely start to the year.
Please Join @ronanhession.bsky.social talking to James Naughtie
This Sunday 4th January on BBC Radio4 at 4pm.
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
And what a lovely start to the year.
Please Join @ronanhession.bsky.social talking to James Naughtie
This Sunday 4th January on BBC Radio4 at 4pm.
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Bookclub, Rónán Hession
Rónán Hession takes questions on his debut novel, Leonard and Hungry Paul.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Good morning
And what a lovely start to the year.
Please Join @ronanhession.bsky.social talking to James Naughtie
This Sunday 4th January on BBC Radio4 at 4pm.
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
And what a lovely start to the year.
Please Join @ronanhession.bsky.social talking to James Naughtie
This Sunday 4th January on BBC Radio4 at 4pm.
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Have just finished Leonard and Hungry Paul on the Beeb and I’m very sad, because it was such a lovely, lovely series. I know it’s the wrong way round but I’ll be reading the book ASAP, just ordered from @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social 📚🙏
All episodes on the iPlayer 👇
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All episodes on the iPlayer 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Leonard and Hungry Paul - Series 1: Episode 1
After his mother’s death, Leonard begins to open up his world with the help of a new colleague, Shelley. His best friend, Hungry Paul, reluctantly volunteers at the hospital.
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January 1, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Have just finished Leonard and Hungry Paul on the Beeb and I’m very sad, because it was such a lovely, lovely series. I know it’s the wrong way round but I’ll be reading the book ASAP, just ordered from @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social 📚🙏
All episodes on the iPlayer 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
All episodes on the iPlayer 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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In no particular order, here are my favourite books of 2025:
@saraband-books.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @picadorbooks.bsky.social @4thestatebooks.bsky.social @deadinkbooks.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social
@saraband-books.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @picadorbooks.bsky.social @4thestatebooks.bsky.social @deadinkbooks.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 9:05 PM
In no particular order, here are my favourite books of 2025:
@saraband-books.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @picadorbooks.bsky.social @4thestatebooks.bsky.social @deadinkbooks.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social
@saraband-books.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @picadorbooks.bsky.social @4thestatebooks.bsky.social @deadinkbooks.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social
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Can't remember if I already mentioned I'm now on Instagram, so I'm on Instagram and you'll find me as jamieguineywriter.
#ThankYouPlease
#ThankYouPlease
December 31, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Can't remember if I already mentioned I'm now on Instagram, so I'm on Instagram and you'll find me as jamieguineywriter.
#ThankYouPlease
#ThankYouPlease
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Our bestsellers in 2025 across both shops: a delightful mix of events, staff picks, and local & tourists' favourites.
Thank you to all of you beauts for supporting us through the year, we wouldn't be where we are without you and your love of reading!
Here's to more book chats in 2026!
Thank you to all of you beauts for supporting us through the year, we wouldn't be where we are without you and your love of reading!
Here's to more book chats in 2026!
December 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Our bestsellers in 2025 across both shops: a delightful mix of events, staff picks, and local & tourists' favourites.
Thank you to all of you beauts for supporting us through the year, we wouldn't be where we are without you and your love of reading!
Here's to more book chats in 2026!
Thank you to all of you beauts for supporting us through the year, we wouldn't be where we are without you and your love of reading!
Here's to more book chats in 2026!
December 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Our bestsellers in 2025 across both shops: a delightful mix of events, staff picks, and local & tourists' favourites.
Thank you to all of you beauts for supporting us through the year, we wouldn't be where we are without you and your love of reading!
Here's to more book chats in 2026!
Thank you to all of you beauts for supporting us through the year, we wouldn't be where we are without you and your love of reading!
Here's to more book chats in 2026!
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December 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Isn’t this lovely and thank you for your continued support.
Magic!
Magic!
Our bestsellers in 2025 across both shops: a delightful mix of events, staff picks, and local & tourists' favourites.
Thank you to all of you beauts for supporting us through the year, we wouldn't be where we are without you and your love of reading!
Here's to more book chats in 2026!
Thank you to all of you beauts for supporting us through the year, we wouldn't be where we are without you and your love of reading!
Here's to more book chats in 2026!
December 31, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Isn’t this lovely and thank you for your continued support.
Magic!
Magic!
Isn’t this lovely and thank you for your continued support.
Magic!
Magic!
Our bestsellers in 2025 across both shops: a delightful mix of events, staff picks, and local & tourists' favourites.
Thank you to all of you beauts for supporting us through the year, we wouldn't be where we are without you and your love of reading!
Here's to more book chats in 2026!
Thank you to all of you beauts for supporting us through the year, we wouldn't be where we are without you and your love of reading!
Here's to more book chats in 2026!
December 31, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Isn’t this lovely and thank you for your continued support.
Magic!
Magic!
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Free The Moose !!!
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December 31, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Free The Moose !!!
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Many thanks to all the librarians , booksellers, bloggers, lit Eds, reviewers and book lovers for making 2025 the best ever for Bluemoose Books.
Bloody magic.
Hetha & Kevin.
Bloody magic.
Hetha & Kevin.
December 31, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Many thanks to all the librarians , booksellers, bloggers, lit Eds, reviewers and book lovers for making 2025 the best ever for Bluemoose Books.
Bloody magic.
Hetha & Kevin.
Bloody magic.
Hetha & Kevin.
Many thanks to @jebookshull.bsky.social for choosing
Leonard and Hungry Paul by Rónán Hession
For their book club choice in January 2026.
Cracking start to the year.
Leonard and Hungry Paul by Rónán Hession
For their book club choice in January 2026.
Cracking start to the year.
December 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Many thanks to @jebookshull.bsky.social for choosing
Leonard and Hungry Paul by Rónán Hession
For their book club choice in January 2026.
Cracking start to the year.
Leonard and Hungry Paul by Rónán Hession
For their book club choice in January 2026.
Cracking start to the year.
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'I believe that libraries can play a powerful, convening role for the National Year of Reading'.
Our President @edjewell.bsky.social has been looking ahead to a challenging and exciting year for public #Libraries in 2026.
www.librariesconnected.org.uk/news/look-yo...
Our President @edjewell.bsky.social has been looking ahead to a challenging and exciting year for public #Libraries in 2026.
www.librariesconnected.org.uk/news/look-yo...
December 31, 2025 at 11:00 AM
'I believe that libraries can play a powerful, convening role for the National Year of Reading'.
Our President @edjewell.bsky.social has been looking ahead to a challenging and exciting year for public #Libraries in 2026.
www.librariesconnected.org.uk/news/look-yo...
Our President @edjewell.bsky.social has been looking ahead to a challenging and exciting year for public #Libraries in 2026.
www.librariesconnected.org.uk/news/look-yo...