Ortac Press
@ortacpress.bsky.social
Independent publisher of non-fiction and novels
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The online launch for Keshed is only a month away 😱 Anyone wanting to join the fun, pls email GetKeshed@gmail.com and I'll get you on the list for when the email invites are sent out. @ortacpress.bsky.social @davidcollard.bsky.social @regretteruane.bsky.social in the house, don't miss it 👍
The Keshed online launch is happening in one month! Send your names and email addresses to getkeshed@gmail.com to register.
@stuhennigan.bsky.social
@regretteruane.bsky.social
@davidcollard.bsky.social
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January 5, 2026 at 10:00 PM
The online launch for Keshed is only a month away 😱 Anyone wanting to join the fun, pls email GetKeshed@gmail.com and I'll get you on the list for when the email invites are sent out. @ortacpress.bsky.social @davidcollard.bsky.social @regretteruane.bsky.social in the house, don't miss it 👍
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Less than 6 weeks till the next one too 🙏bit mad to think i'll have two books out but i ain't complaining 💪
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January 4, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Less than 6 weeks till the next one too 🙏bit mad to think i'll have two books out but i ain't complaining 💪
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The Keshed online launch is happening in one month! Send your names and email addresses to getkeshed@gmail.com to register.
@stuhennigan.bsky.social
@regretteruane.bsky.social
@davidcollard.bsky.social
@stuhennigan.bsky.social
@regretteruane.bsky.social
@davidcollard.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 11:51 AM
The Keshed online launch is happening in one month! Send your names and email addresses to getkeshed@gmail.com to register.
@stuhennigan.bsky.social
@regretteruane.bsky.social
@davidcollard.bsky.social
@stuhennigan.bsky.social
@regretteruane.bsky.social
@davidcollard.bsky.social
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Dec reading. Thanks to @stuhennigan.bsky.social @ortacpress.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social @lesfugitivespress.bsky.social @jonathancape.bsky.social @scratchbooks.bsky.social @judecook.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social @backlisted.bsky.social @burningshed.com @thamesandhudson.bsky.social
January 1, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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The countdown to Keshed begins. Shouts to @regretteruane.bsky.social @heidijames.bsky.social @ortacpress.bsky.social @davidcollard.bsky.social @saloneurope.bsky.social @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social @oziasmidwinter.bsky.social @serenitybookshop.bsky.social
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Countdown To Keshed
T-minus 44 days........
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January 1, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Appealing for help with this! What can be done?
Help needed: the beautiful design of the teeshirt by @weare1of100.bsky.social using my book’s title & design (copyright @ortacpress.bsky.social is now on a lot of US knock off sites. Don’t buy them, obvs, but any advice as to what to do if anything will be gratefully received: look at this BS!!
December 18, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Appealing for help with this! What can be done?
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Help needed: the beautiful design of the teeshirt by @weare1of100.bsky.social using my book’s title & design (copyright @ortacpress.bsky.social is now on a lot of US knock off sites. Don’t buy them, obvs, but any advice as to what to do if anything will be gratefully received: look at this BS!!
December 18, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Help needed: the beautiful design of the teeshirt by @weare1of100.bsky.social using my book’s title & design (copyright @ortacpress.bsky.social is now on a lot of US knock off sites. Don’t buy them, obvs, but any advice as to what to do if anything will be gratefully received: look at this BS!!
To register for the Keshed online launch, follow Stu’s instructions below!
Thursday 5th Feb at 7pm. Hosted by @davidcollard.bsky.social and with an author interview from @regretteruane.bsky.social
Thursday 5th Feb at 7pm. Hosted by @davidcollard.bsky.social and with an author interview from @regretteruane.bsky.social
KESHED ONLINE LAUNCH REGISTRATION
Please email getkeshed@gmail.com with your full name, and the email address you'd like the joining link sending to. I'll acknowledge receipt of all emails but might not be the same day; @davidcollard.bsky.social will send event links out in Feb. Ta!
Pls RT 🙏
Please email getkeshed@gmail.com with your full name, and the email address you'd like the joining link sending to. I'll acknowledge receipt of all emails but might not be the same day; @davidcollard.bsky.social will send event links out in Feb. Ta!
Pls RT 🙏
#Booksky the online launch of Keshed is going to be at 7 p.m. on Thursday 5th Feb, hosted by The Chief @davidcollard.bsky.social and inc. a 60 minute conversation about the book with the one and only @regretteruane.bsky.social asking the questions. You don't wanna miss this one.......
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December 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
To register for the Keshed online launch, follow Stu’s instructions below!
Thursday 5th Feb at 7pm. Hosted by @davidcollard.bsky.social and with an author interview from @regretteruane.bsky.social
Thursday 5th Feb at 7pm. Hosted by @davidcollard.bsky.social and with an author interview from @regretteruane.bsky.social
Keshed online launch! Gonna be great.
Contact us or Stu to get a link via email.
Contact us or Stu to get a link via email.
#Booksky the online launch of Keshed is going to be at 7 p.m. on Thursday 5th Feb, hosted by The Chief @davidcollard.bsky.social and inc. a 60 minute conversation about the book with the one and only @regretteruane.bsky.social asking the questions. You don't wanna miss this one.......
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December 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Keshed online launch! Gonna be great.
Contact us or Stu to get a link via email.
Contact us or Stu to get a link via email.
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Lovely meeting re: Keshed publicity this morn with Henry @ortacpress.bsky.social and Jaime, who's doing the PR. In The Lair now for the graveyard shift, smashing out as much as I can about LA punk and a million related matters between now and when my fingers fall off at 4 a.m.
December 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Lovely meeting re: Keshed publicity this morn with Henry @ortacpress.bsky.social and Jaime, who's doing the PR. In The Lair now for the graveyard shift, smashing out as much as I can about LA punk and a million related matters between now and when my fingers fall off at 4 a.m.
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On a year in reading, featuring @cbeditions.bsky.social @ortacpress.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @adamjfarrer.bsky.social @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social @davidcollard.bsky.social @richardjamesfoster.bsky.social @willwiles.bsky.social
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On a year in reading
Like in my previous post, On a year in Writing, where I didn’t feel I have written much this year in this post, On a year in Reading, likewise I don’t feel I have read much.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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This is gonna cost a fucking packet to send em all securely when i go to the Post Office shortly, but a select handful of lucky lads n lasses are gonna #GetKeshed in the next coupla days 👀👀👀👀👀👀
December 1, 2025 at 10:32 AM
This is gonna cost a fucking packet to send em all securely when i go to the Post Office shortly, but a select handful of lucky lads n lasses are gonna #GetKeshed in the next coupla days 👀👀👀👀👀👀
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You're going to hear me say this a LOT, but props to Henry @ortacpress.bsky.social for taking on such a fucked up and dark book at a time when the market is as safe as its ever been. Maximum respect due.
November 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
You're going to hear me say this a LOT, but props to Henry @ortacpress.bsky.social for taking on such a fucked up and dark book at a time when the market is as safe as its ever been. Maximum respect due.
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November 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Some great recs here…
Biased but Keshed would also make a very good gift!
Biased but Keshed would also make a very good gift!
#Booksky folk looking for gift ideas (or cheeky treats for themselves), i've done a list of 60 books that are related to Keshed in one way or another for @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social - mix of fiction, non-fic and poetry old and new. Have a shufty!
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How To Get Keshed and Influence People
A list of titles related to Keshed.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Some great recs here…
Biased but Keshed would also make a very good gift!
Biased but Keshed would also make a very good gift!
It seems The Punk Rock Birdwatching Club by @richardjamesfoster.bsky.social is part of the M&S winter campaign.
Didn’t see this one coming…
Didn’t see this one coming…
November 24, 2025 at 8:57 AM
It seems The Punk Rock Birdwatching Club by @richardjamesfoster.bsky.social is part of the M&S winter campaign.
Didn’t see this one coming…
Didn’t see this one coming…
November 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Sale from my publisher, including my novel with photographs Push Process and many other great titles!
We are running our first ever Ortac sale, with 30% off all books in our online shop.
Simply enter the code WINTER30 at checkout to receive your discount.
The sale begins today, and will run for one month.
www.ortacpress.com/shop
Simply enter the code WINTER30 at checkout to receive your discount.
The sale begins today, and will run for one month.
www.ortacpress.com/shop
SHOP | Ortac Press
Browse and purchase all books from Ortac Press.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Sale from my publisher, including my novel with photographs Push Process and many other great titles!
We are running our first ever Ortac sale, with 30% off all books in our online shop.
Simply enter the code WINTER30 at checkout to receive your discount.
The sale begins today, and will run for one month.
www.ortacpress.com/shop
Simply enter the code WINTER30 at checkout to receive your discount.
The sale begins today, and will run for one month.
www.ortacpress.com/shop
SHOP | Ortac Press
Browse and purchase all books from Ortac Press.
www.ortacpress.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We are running our first ever Ortac sale, with 30% off all books in our online shop.
Simply enter the code WINTER30 at checkout to receive your discount.
The sale begins today, and will run for one month.
www.ortacpress.com/shop
Simply enter the code WINTER30 at checkout to receive your discount.
The sale begins today, and will run for one month.
www.ortacpress.com/shop
@richardjamesfoster.bsky.social has collab’d with the brilliant @weare1of100.bsky.social on this special edition Punk Rock Birdwatching t-shirt. Tote bag also available!
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November 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
@richardjamesfoster.bsky.social has collab’d with the brilliant @weare1of100.bsky.social on this special edition Punk Rock Birdwatching t-shirt. Tote bag also available!
weare1of100.co.uk/clothing/the...
weare1of100.co.uk/clothing/the...
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Big thanks to El Patron @thesecretdj.bsky.social for his thoughts on Keshed 🖤
"I love Hennigan, he's a genuine northern working class voice from the exact same streets I have trodden throughout my entire life. He loves books, it's his true calling. You can absolutely feel that with every syllable."
"I love Hennigan, he's a genuine northern working class voice from the exact same streets I have trodden throughout my entire life. He loves books, it's his true calling. You can absolutely feel that with every syllable."
November 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Big thanks to El Patron @thesecretdj.bsky.social for his thoughts on Keshed 🖤
"I love Hennigan, he's a genuine northern working class voice from the exact same streets I have trodden throughout my entire life. He loves books, it's his true calling. You can absolutely feel that with every syllable."
"I love Hennigan, he's a genuine northern working class voice from the exact same streets I have trodden throughout my entire life. He loves books, it's his true calling. You can absolutely feel that with every syllable."
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Ok… this is a BIG DEAL.
Published back in 2020, Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel by the unsurpassable @drewgum.bsky.social was our first novel… and as a consequence of us going to into hibernation for a while, it’s sadly been out of print.
NOT ANY LONGER!!!! IT’S BACK!!!!
Published back in 2020, Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel by the unsurpassable @drewgum.bsky.social was our first novel… and as a consequence of us going to into hibernation for a while, it’s sadly been out of print.
NOT ANY LONGER!!!! IT’S BACK!!!!
November 7, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Ok… this is a BIG DEAL.
Published back in 2020, Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel by the unsurpassable @drewgum.bsky.social was our first novel… and as a consequence of us going to into hibernation for a while, it’s sadly been out of print.
NOT ANY LONGER!!!! IT’S BACK!!!!
Published back in 2020, Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel by the unsurpassable @drewgum.bsky.social was our first novel… and as a consequence of us going to into hibernation for a while, it’s sadly been out of print.
NOT ANY LONGER!!!! IT’S BACK!!!!
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There'll be an e-book for sure 👌
You can't pre-order an e-book like but be on sale in Feb.
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You can't pre-order an e-book like but be on sale in Feb.
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In the derelict shell of what was once his family home, a dying man surveys the wreckage of his former life and drinks himself senseless, haunted by the chain of events that led him there. Dark, compl...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
There'll be an e-book for sure 👌
You can't pre-order an e-book like but be on sale in Feb.
www.ortacpress.com/product-page...
You can't pre-order an e-book like but be on sale in Feb.
www.ortacpress.com/product-page...
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When Rob the Bastard thinks your work is dark, you KNOW it's like a coalmine at midnight. Enter if you dare ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️
Well, your new book has that aspect in spades. It's a goodun, for sure.
Hey, people. Read Keshed by @stuhennigan.bsky.social gonna cut you deep.
Hey, people. Read Keshed by @stuhennigan.bsky.social gonna cut you deep.
November 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
When Rob the Bastard thinks your work is dark, you KNOW it's like a coalmine at midnight. Enter if you dare ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️