Ortac Press
@ortacpress.bsky.social
Independent publisher of non-fiction and novels
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@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.
www.ortacpress.com/product-page...
Keshed | Ortac Press
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 ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️
This from @regretteruane.bsky.social is very very true… you can pre-order Keshed now from your local indie, ortacpress.com or bookshop.org.
October 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
This from @regretteruane.bsky.social is very very true… you can pre-order Keshed now from your local indie, ortacpress.com or bookshop.org.
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Seven hours in The Lair tonight, got a shitload done, cracking job. Got booked in for the next @saloneurope.bsky.social online event for what will be the first reading in 2026 from Keshed. You don't wanna miss it. Do you? Actually, don't answer that.
October 30, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Seven hours in The Lair tonight, got a shitload done, cracking job. Got booked in for the next @saloneurope.bsky.social online event for what will be the first reading in 2026 from Keshed. You don't wanna miss it. Do you? Actually, don't answer that.
Some more praise for Keshed by @stuhennigan.bsky.social, this time from @jamesscudamore.bsky.social. If this doesn't convince you to buy a copy...
October 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Some more praise for Keshed by @stuhennigan.bsky.social, this time from @jamesscudamore.bsky.social. If this doesn't convince you to buy a copy...
Some of the praise we’ve had for @stuhennigan.bsky.social’s Keshed, which is published in February 2026.
First, from @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social
First, from @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Some of the praise we’ve had for @stuhennigan.bsky.social’s Keshed, which is published in February 2026.
First, from @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social
First, from @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social
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And just like that… 🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈
It’s official! Five years of Renard Press! 🦊
📚 165 books published
🌲 2,500 trees planted
😳 650 writers published or anthologised
📚 renardpress.com/books/
It’s official! Five years of Renard Press! 🦊
📚 165 books published
🌲 2,500 trees planted
😳 650 writers published or anthologised
📚 renardpress.com/books/
October 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
And just like that… 🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈
It’s official! Five years of Renard Press! 🦊
📚 165 books published
🌲 2,500 trees planted
😳 650 writers published or anthologised
📚 renardpress.com/books/
It’s official! Five years of Renard Press! 🦊
📚 165 books published
🌲 2,500 trees planted
😳 650 writers published or anthologised
📚 renardpress.com/books/
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ICYMI, list here of 60 books linked to Keshed in some way. Fiction, poetry, non-fic.....proper range of stuff for the curious seeker 📚📚📚📚📚
uk.bookshop.org/lists/how-to...
uk.bookshop.org/lists/how-to...
How To Get Keshed and Influence People
A list of titles related to Keshed.
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October 9, 2025 at 11:14 AM
ICYMI, list here of 60 books linked to Keshed in some way. Fiction, poetry, non-fic.....proper range of stuff for the curious seeker 📚📚📚📚📚
uk.bookshop.org/lists/how-to...
uk.bookshop.org/lists/how-to...
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October 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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In Bristol for a reading with the mighty Joshua Jones at the marvelous East Bristol Books tomorrow, yes, Friday 10 October, doors 18.30. Come & say hello!
October 9, 2025 at 9:25 AM
In Bristol for a reading with the mighty Joshua Jones at the marvelous East Bristol Books tomorrow, yes, Friday 10 October, doors 18.30. Come & say hello!
Having followed Richard’s brilliant PINS newsletter, this should be great, and may have found the perfect medium in Radio!
Delighted to announce that a radio adaptation of my project, PINS, (taken from my late dad’s never finished game) airs tomorrow. Episode 1: Weds 8th October. 20.00 CEST. God help you all.
radio.worm.org
radio.worm.org
October 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Having followed Richard’s brilliant PINS newsletter, this should be great, and may have found the perfect medium in Radio!
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New thing here collating all the blurbs for the book, pre-order etc.
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Blatant self-promotion alert!
Oh please fuck off with that.......
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October 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
New thing here collating all the blurbs for the book, pre-order etc.
stuhennigan.substack.com/p/blatant-se...
stuhennigan.substack.com/p/blatant-se...
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(And it’s TELLS ME, that typo’s bugging me and here’s the link) www.ortacpress.com/product-page...
Flower Factory | Ortac Press
Flower Factory: A Fairy TaleBy Richard Foster Freedom of Movement wasn’t always an alien concept to the British. Flower Factory tells of an English seasonal worker going to live and work in the Nethe...
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October 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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My publisher, the mighty @ortacpress.bsky.social tell me that the royalty advance on my first book Flower Factory is paid off. Now I can earn hard coin/good screw on it. Learn about the odd combo of raving and tulips in NL, anno 2000. Print, online, please consider buying one? Thank you, Richard xx
October 6, 2025 at 5:33 AM
My publisher, the mighty @ortacpress.bsky.social tell me that the royalty advance on my first book Flower Factory is paid off. Now I can earn hard coin/good screw on it. Learn about the odd combo of raving and tulips in NL, anno 2000. Print, online, please consider buying one? Thank you, Richard xx
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Keshed finally available for preorder via @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social if anyone's after a copy. Out 12th Feb. Can't see any endorsements on here but there are tons in my pinned post and loads more on my tl from folk like Robin Ince, Mark Bowles, Wendy Erskine etc 🖤🙏
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Keshed
Check out Keshed - 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...
uk.bookshop.org
October 3, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Keshed finally available for preorder via @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social if anyone's after a copy. Out 12th Feb. Can't see any endorsements on here but there are tons in my pinned post and loads more on my tl from folk like Robin Ince, Mark Bowles, Wendy Erskine etc 🖤🙏
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/kesh...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/kesh...
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Preordering now and highly recommended.
Stu’s writing is incandescent, a word I’d rarely use for many other living writers I’ve read.
Stu’s writing is incandescent, a word I’d rarely use for many other living writers I’ve read.
Keshed finally available for preorder via @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social if anyone's after a copy. Out 12th Feb. Can't see any endorsements on here but there are tons in my pinned post and loads more on my tl from folk like Robin Ince, Mark Bowles, Wendy Erskine etc 🖤🙏
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/kesh...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/kesh...
Keshed
Check out Keshed - 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...
uk.bookshop.org
October 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Preordering now and highly recommended.
Stu’s writing is incandescent, a word I’d rarely use for many other living writers I’ve read.
Stu’s writing is incandescent, a word I’d rarely use for many other living writers I’ve read.
Today we publish Detour by Abele Navin.
Co-published with Pendle Press, this beautiful Tokyo-set photobook is a powerful exploration of bipolar disorder through images and prose.
You can order a copy of the book at a discounted price from our website.
www.ortacpress.com/product-page...
Co-published with Pendle Press, this beautiful Tokyo-set photobook is a powerful exploration of bipolar disorder through images and prose.
You can order a copy of the book at a discounted price from our website.
www.ortacpress.com/product-page...
Detour | Ortac Press
Detour: Photography as Antidepressant Therapyby Abele Navin PUBLISHED 02/10/25 Coming soon from Pendle Press & Ortac Press—a collaborative publication between two small indie publishers. 'I couldn...
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October 2, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Today we publish Detour by Abele Navin.
Co-published with Pendle Press, this beautiful Tokyo-set photobook is a powerful exploration of bipolar disorder through images and prose.
You can order a copy of the book at a discounted price from our website.
www.ortacpress.com/product-page...
Co-published with Pendle Press, this beautiful Tokyo-set photobook is a powerful exploration of bipolar disorder through images and prose.
You can order a copy of the book at a discounted price from our website.
www.ortacpress.com/product-page...
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Calling Bristol Heads! This will be a fantastic night with the best people!
Bristol! Join @richardjamesfoster.bsky.social and Joshua Jones for some Punk Rock Birdwatching at the brilliant East Bristol Books on Friday 10th October.
More details here! Spread the word, this will be fun.
www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/eas...
More details here! Spread the word, this will be fun.
www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/eas...
Richard Foster: *Punk Rock Birdwatching Club* at East Bristol Books
A discussion and reading with artist and writer Richard Foster on his latest collection *The Punk Rock Birdwatching Club* (Ortac Press, 2025), in conversation with author Joshua Jones (*Local Fires*)....
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September 30, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Calling Bristol Heads! This will be a fantastic night with the best people!
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The photo you see below was taken by the marvellous Travis Elborough in Bunhill Fields after Sinclair had walked us there. He had just climbed on top of the grave marking of John Bunyan seconds earlier. Sinclair is the real deal.
Great interview with Iain Sinclair on the 50th anniversary of Lud Heat (speaking of Sinclair, I thought Pariah Genius, his recent book exploring the life and death of seedy photographer John Deakin, was his best work in ages)
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A London Dreaming: Iain Sinclair’s Lud Heat At 50 | The Quietus
On the fiftieth anniversary of his seminal 'book of the dead hamlets', author Iain Sinclair talks to Robert Davidson about London in the 70s, Hawksmoor churches and Arthur Machen
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September 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The photo you see below was taken by the marvellous Travis Elborough in Bunhill Fields after Sinclair had walked us there. He had just climbed on top of the grave marking of John Bunyan seconds earlier. Sinclair is the real deal.
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Hennigan’s language is explosive, Baroque, think Henry Millar meets Jim Cartwright and Violette Leduc with the intelligence of Mark Fisher orchestrating the tune.
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Hennigan’s language is explosive, Baroque, think Henry Millar meets Jim Cartwright and Violette Leduc with the intelligence of Mark Fisher orchestrating the tune.
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Keshed is a wild, lyrical, journey through the labyrinth of Northern English working-class culture. A story of escape and belonging, hope and loss, this is a beautiful, blazing debut, burning from first page right to last.
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Keshed is a wild, lyrical, journey through the labyrinth of Northern English working-class culture. A story of escape and belonging, hope and loss, this is a beautiful, blazing debut, burning from first page right to last.
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Another endorsement for Keshed, in two parts below, from the inordiantely talented @susannacrossman.bsky.social. Ngl these are knocking me over, and so many of them too 😱
@ortacpress.bsky.social @beelitmag.bsky.social
@ortacpress.bsky.social @beelitmag.bsky.social
Keshed is a wild, lyrical, journey through the labyrinth of Northern English working-class culture. A story of escape and belonging, hope and loss, this is a beautiful, blazing debut, burning from first page right to last.
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Another endorsement for Keshed, in two parts below, from the inordiantely talented @susannacrossman.bsky.social. Ngl these are knocking me over, and so many of them too 😱
@ortacpress.bsky.social @beelitmag.bsky.social
@ortacpress.bsky.social @beelitmag.bsky.social