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Orla Owen
@orlaowenwriting.bsky.social
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Author of The Lost Thumb, PAH, and Christ On A Bike | Longlisted Dublin Literary Award 2025 | Rep: Susan Armstrong at C&W
Website: www.orlaowen.com
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orlaowenwriting.bsky.social
Very excited to start #TheBenefactors by @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social - reckon it’ll be good company for a long train journey North💛📚💛

#books #BookSky
Cover of a book called The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine.
November 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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dublinlitaward.bsky.social
The nominations for the 2026 Dublin Literary Award have been revealed! 📚🎉

The 69 nominated novels were selected by 80 libraries across 36 countries, showcasing an exceptional range of contemporary fiction.

Explore the full list of nominations here: dublinliteraryaward.ie/the-library/...
November 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
orlaowenwriting.bsky.social
So happy they took this risk - love reading their books. Thank you @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social 💙📚💙

#books #booksky
ofmooseandmen.bsky.social Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 1d
20 years ago today Heth and I remortgaged our house and Incorporated Bluemoose Books as a publishing company.

Many thanks to the wonderful librarians, booksellers, reviewers and readers who've promoted and hand sold our books.

Magic!

@thebookseller.com
@waterstones.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
20 years ago today Heth and I remortgaged our house and Incorporated Bluemoose Books as a publishing company.

Many thanks to the wonderful librarians, booksellers, reviewers and readers who've promoted and hand sold our books.

Magic!

@thebookseller.com
@waterstones.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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susannacrossman.bsky.social
The excellent Jonathan Crain interviewed me about my novel The Orange Notebooks (@pressassembly.bsky.social & @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social). We talked about reclaiming the lost language of mourning, my hospital work, bees, the colour orange, lost libraries & more.
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Writing Against Silence: Susanna Crossman and the Radical Honesty of "The Orange Notebooks"
When Susanna Crossman speaks about her new novel The Orange Notebooks, she talks about process, practice, and experimentation—terms that suggest not a tidy narrative but a living, breathing act of cre...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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irishlittimes.bsky.social
via @faberbooks.bsky.social
Christine Falls by John Banville is the One Dublin One Book choice for 2026,
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
orlaowenwriting.bsky.social
So wonderful to see. Thank you so much @ronanhession.bsky.social for recommending #ChristOnABike to Steve, who loves your books! 💛👏👏💛

#books #booksky #GhostMountain @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social 💙💙
ultrasteve.bsky.social Ultrasteve @ultrasteve.bsky.social · 6d
As well as writing some of my favourite books of all time, @ronanhession.bsky.social recommended Christ on a Bike by @orlaowenwriting.bsky.social - it was a belter of a recommendation. Proper old-school playground scrap between that and Ghost Mountain for my favourite read of the year.
November 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
orlaowenwriting.bsky.social
Another day, another friend who LOVED Crow Lake by Mary Lawson & is now off to read all her other books & recommend them to all her friends. Her books are absolutely incredible 💛👏📚👏💛

#books #booksky
@penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
Cover of a book called Crow Lake by Mary Lawson.
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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womenintranslation.bsky.social
We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation in 2025! "Each of these books arrives in English in expert and accessible translations that honour the art and voice of their original authors."
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A photograph of the 6 titles shortlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation in 2025. The books are stood on their side on a wooden table with wood panelling backdrop. The six titles photographed are: Johanna Ekström and Sigrid Rausing, And the Walls Became the World All Around, translated from Swedish (Sweden) by Sigrid Rausing (Granta) Evelyne Trouillot, Désirée Congo, translated from French (Haiti) by M.A. Salvodon (University of Virginia Press) Maylis Besserie, Francis Bacon's Nanny, translated from French (France) by Clíona Ní Ríordáin (The Lilliput Press) Krisztina Tóth, My Secret Life, translated from Hungarian (Hungary) by George Szirtes (Bloodaxe Books) Liliana Corobca, Too Great A Sky, translated from Romanian (Romania) by Monica Cure (Seven Stories Press UK) Han Kang, We Do Not Part, translated from Korean (South Korea) by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris (Hamish Hamilton, Penguin Random House UK)
November 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
orlaowenwriting.bsky.social
Thank you so much to everyone in Ireland who borrowed #ChristOnABike from their library. Lovely to get a PLR statement & enough to buy a wee treat. Love #readers Love #libraries ❤️📚❤️

#books #booksky
Cover of a book called Christ On A Bike by Orla Owen.
November 11, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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jancarsonwrites.bsky.social
Delighted to reveal the beautiful cover of my next novel, Few and Far Between designed by the brilliant Irene Martinez Costa. Proofs are arriving next week. Preorders open now. Can’t believe I sat down 20 years ago to have a stab at writing a short story and now I have nine books in the world.
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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regretteruane.bsky.social
This is tomorrow, I know it is staying in, eating soup, watching telly weather but do please come along, we promise to do our utmost to delight you & tickets are free, although you can also order a book with one included
regretteruane.bsky.social Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · Oct 17
Glasgow loves please join me & @benpester.bsky.social at Mount Florida Books on the 6th of November to talk about the marvel that is The Expansion Project.
Everyone* is saying it’s going to be the real fireworks night

*No one is saying that. But it will be good
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Green text on cream background reads The Expansion Project, Ben Pester, 6th November with Rose Ruane
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
orlaowenwriting.bsky.social
Hugely excited for this! Am such a big fan of @sharonduggal.bsky.social brilliant writing! This is great news. 👏💛💛👏

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ofmooseandmen.bsky.social Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 15d
We're delighted to be publishing Sharon Duggal's new novel.

LIGHT ON THE PLAIN - September - 2026.

Her 3rd with Bluemoose.

Should We Fall Behind, her second novel was short listed for @rsliterature.bsky.social Encore Prize and selected for BBC Two - Between The Covers.

@thebookseller.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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davidcollard.bsky.social
Thanks to all those who joined us yesterday evening for the relaunch of The Barbellion Prize, a book prize for chronically ill and disabled authors founded by @jgoldsmith.bsky.social. Our generous audience raised more than £400 on the night! You can donate here: barbellionprize.org/donate/
donate | The Barbellion Prize
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November 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social
Oh… some news from Badger HQ - we’ve pressed CTRL+P to get a small run of the brilliant ‘Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel’ by @drewgum.bsky.social back in print!!

A book this good deserves to be available, and will hopefully serve as a springboard for new titles in 2026!! 🤞🏼
October 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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thiwurd.bsky.social
Our Wednesday 'Writing Fiction' class starts tonight. It sold out but we've added one final place. We have a great group. Join us
thi wurd, Wednesday, Writing Fiction Online Class, 29 Oct – 17 Dec 2025. www.thi-wurd.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:35 AM
orlaowenwriting.bsky.social
Very happy to have my copy of #Celeste by Colette Snowden. Have got next week off work and can’t wait to read it ❤️📚❤️

Published by @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social 💙💙

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Paperback copy of a book called Celeste by Colette Snowden
October 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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regretteruane.bsky.social
Had a truly life affirming, cathartic & beautiful time talking to John for this, one that made it clear he’d handle the experiences of all who spoke to him with empathy, wit & profound care.
It is a really special book by an extraordinary writer & human so preorder the net curtains out of it, please
grindrod.bsky.social John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 22d
Let's take a ride... My next book is coming out with @faberbooks.bsky.social. Tales of the Suburbs: LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains will be published March 12 2026. Preorder links in profile, and lots more on the book and the remarkable stories people told me to come over the next few months...
Cover of a book: Tales of the Suburbs: LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains by John Grindrod
October 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
As we approach our 20th year anniversary in publishing.

We've just had our BEST MONTH EVER for book sales.

Thank you to all the bookshops and librarians for
placing our books in readers' hands.

Phenomenal!!

@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
@forumbooks.bsky.social
@book-ish.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
orlaowenwriting.bsky.social
Popped into the @smallpublishers.bsky.social fair yesterday.

It was very busy, with beautiful books and artwork on display, & great to have a chat with @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social @cbeditions.bsky.social 💛📚📚💛

#books #booksky
October 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
orlaowenwriting.bsky.social
Finished and loved Leonard and Hungry Paul on @bbciplayer.bsky.social HUGE congratulations to all 🎉👏🎉

And do read the wonderful book by @ronanhession.bsky.social
published by
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social

Can I have a quiet club on my train to work, please? 💛📚📚💛
Poster for tv programme called Leonard and Hungry Paul.
October 25, 2025 at 7:59 AM
orlaowenwriting.bsky.social
How wonderful!

Can I recommend you read all the @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social books - each one a gem.

bluemoosebooks.com/books

Congratulations Kevin & Hetha 🥳 🎉🎉🥳
October 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
orlaowenwriting.bsky.social
A middle of the night insomniac read - loved it and raced through it - The God Of The Woods by Liz Moore - another author I hadn’t heard of - there are so many. Feel free to recommend me other books by her 🧡👏👏📚👏👏🧡

#books #BookSky
Cover of a book called The God of the Woods by Liz Moore.
October 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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smallpublishers.bsky.social
Two days to go! Here's a webpage with all the essential info for your visit to #smallpublishersfair25 at Conway Hall, London, this Fri & Sat (24 & 25 Oct, 11am-7pm): programme, new titles, map, venue info, directions (table plan available tomorrow)
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October 22, 2025 at 7:58 AM
orlaowenwriting.bsky.social
The more I watched it, the more I loved it. Three episodes last night & I can’t wait to get back to it this evening.

Congratulations to all who worked on it & @ronanhession.bsky.social 👏💛💛👏
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social 💙

#books #booksky #LeonardAndHungryPaul
Poster for tv programme called Leonard And Hungry Paul.
October 22, 2025 at 7:17 AM