James Lilford
@jameslilford.bsky.social
Editorial director, New Modern
Pinned
I am delighted to announce that we will be scoring a Sunday Times Bestseller with our first book ‘The Tremolo Diaries’ by Justin Currie
My undying gratitude to everyone who has helped us achieve this, but my biggest thanks to Justin for such a beautiful, irascible, poetic, profane masterpiece x
My undying gratitude to everyone who has helped us achieve this, but my biggest thanks to Justin for such a beautiful, irascible, poetic, profane masterpiece x
What a start!
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A huge thank you to our lovely friends @resident-music.com for including four of our @newmodernbooks.bsky.social titles in their Books of the Year run down. Congrats to Debsey Wykes, Mike Joyce, Paul Vallely and Justin Currie at #2
Pick up one of Resident’s free Annuals now!
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Pick up one of Resident’s free Annuals now!
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November 21, 2025 at 10:36 AM
A huge thank you to our lovely friends @resident-music.com for including four of our @newmodernbooks.bsky.social titles in their Books of the Year run down. Congrats to Debsey Wykes, Mike Joyce, Paul Vallely and Justin Currie at #2
Pick up one of Resident’s free Annuals now!
www.resident-music.com
Pick up one of Resident’s free Annuals now!
www.resident-music.com
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Top 5.
Nothing beats seeing it in print.
Treated myself to a croissant from Esso
Nothing beats seeing it in print.
Treated myself to a croissant from Esso
September 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Top 5.
Nothing beats seeing it in print.
Treated myself to a croissant from Esso
Nothing beats seeing it in print.
Treated myself to a croissant from Esso
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Shocked beyond belief to hear (via the shop’s IG account) of the death of Jonathan Main, the stalwart of Bookseller Crow in Crystal Palace.
I only met Jon once but we chatted online for years and he was so very funny, interesting, and knowledgable (with apt cynicism) about the book world. RIP Jon.
I only met Jon once but we chatted online for years and he was so very funny, interesting, and knowledgable (with apt cynicism) about the book world. RIP Jon.
September 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Shocked beyond belief to hear (via the shop’s IG account) of the death of Jonathan Main, the stalwart of Bookseller Crow in Crystal Palace.
I only met Jon once but we chatted online for years and he was so very funny, interesting, and knowledgable (with apt cynicism) about the book world. RIP Jon.
I only met Jon once but we chatted online for years and he was so very funny, interesting, and knowledgable (with apt cynicism) about the book world. RIP Jon.
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I never knew this about my pal Campbell.
As a festival programme editor myself (of 20 years' standing - eek), this story rings so true.
As a festival programme editor myself (of 20 years' standing - eek), this story rings so true.
For the first time on Bluesky, it’s the #Glastonbury origin story of how the Other Stage got its name. And no, it’s not because it is full of edgy, alternative bands.
September 2, 2025 at 7:20 AM
I never knew this about my pal Campbell.
As a festival programme editor myself (of 20 years' standing - eek), this story rings so true.
As a festival programme editor myself (of 20 years' standing - eek), this story rings so true.
What a start!
I am delighted to announce that we will be scoring a Sunday Times Bestseller with our first book ‘The Tremolo Diaries’ by Justin Currie
My undying gratitude to everyone who has helped us achieve this, but my biggest thanks to Justin for such a beautiful, irascible, poetic, profane masterpiece x
My undying gratitude to everyone who has helped us achieve this, but my biggest thanks to Justin for such a beautiful, irascible, poetic, profane masterpiece x
September 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
What a start!
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“Unique, truthful and frequently very funny”
@thetimes.com
“A candid journal of resilience”
@latimes.com
“Full of life and joy and copious swearing” @heraldscotland.bsky.social
“A minor masterpiece”
Classic Pop
‘The Tremolo Diaries’ by Justin Currie is OUT NOW
Buy: tinyurl.com/2b3yb4u9
@thetimes.com
“A candid journal of resilience”
@latimes.com
“Full of life and joy and copious swearing” @heraldscotland.bsky.social
“A minor masterpiece”
Classic Pop
‘The Tremolo Diaries’ by Justin Currie is OUT NOW
Buy: tinyurl.com/2b3yb4u9
August 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
“Unique, truthful and frequently very funny”
@thetimes.com
“A candid journal of resilience”
@latimes.com
“Full of life and joy and copious swearing” @heraldscotland.bsky.social
“A minor masterpiece”
Classic Pop
‘The Tremolo Diaries’ by Justin Currie is OUT NOW
Buy: tinyurl.com/2b3yb4u9
@thetimes.com
“A candid journal of resilience”
@latimes.com
“Full of life and joy and copious swearing” @heraldscotland.bsky.social
“A minor masterpiece”
Classic Pop
‘The Tremolo Diaries’ by Justin Currie is OUT NOW
Buy: tinyurl.com/2b3yb4u9
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New Modern #3 and #7
Proofs now in.
Design by Paul Palmer Edwards
Mark Blake 09-10-25
Peter Doggett 06-11-25
@newmodernbooks.bsky.social
Proofs now in.
Design by Paul Palmer Edwards
Mark Blake 09-10-25
Peter Doggett 06-11-25
@newmodernbooks.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
New Modern #3 and #7
Proofs now in.
Design by Paul Palmer Edwards
Mark Blake 09-10-25
Peter Doggett 06-11-25
@newmodernbooks.bsky.social
Proofs now in.
Design by Paul Palmer Edwards
Mark Blake 09-10-25
Peter Doggett 06-11-25
@newmodernbooks.bsky.social
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Now on substack, attempting to blend poetry and east London partying. Do read / share / subscribe!
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On Ageing, Dust, and the Maccabees
We're all getting older!
open.substack.com
August 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Now on substack, attempting to blend poetry and east London partying. Do read / share / subscribe!
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open.substack.com/pub/rowetati...
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The Smiths' Mike Joyce announces new memoir 'The Drums'
The Smiths’ Mike Joyce Announces New Memoir The Drums
The Smiths have to be among the most well-documented bands in history. Three of the group’s for former members — singer Morrissey, guitarist Johnny Marr, and the late bassist Andy Rourke — have all pu...
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August 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The Smiths' Mike Joyce announces new memoir 'The Drums'
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SIGNED BOOK!
MIKE JOYCE (THE SMITHS)
The Drums
*Signed* Hardback
Preorder: resident-music.com/product/joyc...
This charming man gives an off-piste, frank & witty perspective on what it felt like to be a member of the Smiths whilst being the group's biggest fan.
@newmodernbooks.bsky.social
MIKE JOYCE (THE SMITHS)
The Drums
*Signed* Hardback
Preorder: resident-music.com/product/joyc...
This charming man gives an off-piste, frank & witty perspective on what it felt like to be a member of the Smiths whilst being the group's biggest fan.
@newmodernbooks.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 8:04 AM
SIGNED BOOK!
MIKE JOYCE (THE SMITHS)
The Drums
*Signed* Hardback
Preorder: resident-music.com/product/joyc...
This charming man gives an off-piste, frank & witty perspective on what it felt like to be a member of the Smiths whilst being the group's biggest fan.
@newmodernbooks.bsky.social
MIKE JOYCE (THE SMITHS)
The Drums
*Signed* Hardback
Preorder: resident-music.com/product/joyc...
This charming man gives an off-piste, frank & witty perspective on what it felt like to be a member of the Smiths whilst being the group's biggest fan.
@newmodernbooks.bsky.social
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It’s time the tale were told
The long awaited autobiography from the self proclaimed biggest Smiths fan in the world
‘Mike Joyce - The Drums’
06-11-25
Resident: tinyurl.com/25hpf9ph
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The long awaited autobiography from the self proclaimed biggest Smiths fan in the world
‘Mike Joyce - The Drums’
06-11-25
Resident: tinyurl.com/25hpf9ph
RT: tinyurl.com/4a3ch57a
HMV: tinyurl.com/2zcw9a8f
August 22, 2025 at 7:56 AM
It’s time the tale were told
The long awaited autobiography from the self proclaimed biggest Smiths fan in the world
‘Mike Joyce - The Drums’
06-11-25
Resident: tinyurl.com/25hpf9ph
RT: tinyurl.com/4a3ch57a
HMV: tinyurl.com/2zcw9a8f
The long awaited autobiography from the self proclaimed biggest Smiths fan in the world
‘Mike Joyce - The Drums’
06-11-25
Resident: tinyurl.com/25hpf9ph
RT: tinyurl.com/4a3ch57a
HMV: tinyurl.com/2zcw9a8f
Hard to beat the feeling of receiving advance copies of a book fresh off the press… the first New Modern book The Tremolo Diaries is out on 28 August: tinyurl.com/466uv2pv
August 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Hard to beat the feeling of receiving advance copies of a book fresh off the press… the first New Modern book The Tremolo Diaries is out on 28 August: tinyurl.com/466uv2pv
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With pride, joy and a great deal of nerves, I'd like to reveal the cover for my book 'Why Q Needs U'!, published by @bonnierbooksuk.bsky.social!
I love the cover, with the endorsement from its first reviewer, who also called it "a wonderful achievement" and "just couldn't recommend it more highly".
I love the cover, with the endorsement from its first reviewer, who also called it "a wonderful achievement" and "just couldn't recommend it more highly".
July 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
With pride, joy and a great deal of nerves, I'd like to reveal the cover for my book 'Why Q Needs U'!, published by @bonnierbooksuk.bsky.social!
I love the cover, with the endorsement from its first reviewer, who also called it "a wonderful achievement" and "just couldn't recommend it more highly".
I love the cover, with the endorsement from its first reviewer, who also called it "a wonderful achievement" and "just couldn't recommend it more highly".
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⭐️25% off New Modern pre-orders at Waterstones⭐️
Limited 4 day offer
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July 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
⭐️25% off New Modern pre-orders at Waterstones⭐️
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Use code: SUMMER25
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#WPreorder
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Limited 4 day offer
Use code: SUMMER25
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#WPreorder
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@delamitri.bsky.social
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Becka White is a great working-class writer and human rights campaigner from south-east London.
She's written for the New Statesman and the Times Educational Supplement – her piece Why Don’t Children’s Book Characters Live in Flats?, published in the latter...
She's written for the New Statesman and the Times Educational Supplement – her piece Why Don’t Children’s Book Characters Live in Flats?, published in the latter...
July 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Becka White is a great working-class writer and human rights campaigner from south-east London.
She's written for the New Statesman and the Times Educational Supplement – her piece Why Don’t Children’s Book Characters Live in Flats?, published in the latter...
She's written for the New Statesman and the Times Educational Supplement – her piece Why Don’t Children’s Book Characters Live in Flats?, published in the latter...
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“A minor masterpiece”
Classic Pop
Classic Pop
July 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
“A minor masterpiece”
Classic Pop
Classic Pop
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From Band Aid to Live Aid to Live 8 and beyond….
A 40 year phenomenon.
The complete story.
‘Live Aid - The Definitive Inside Story’ by Paul Vallely with a foreword by Bob Geldof
06-11-25
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A 40 year phenomenon.
The complete story.
‘Live Aid - The Definitive Inside Story’ by Paul Vallely with a foreword by Bob Geldof
06-11-25
RT: tinyurl.com/2cfwf75f
R: tinyurl.com/tmnet7er
HMV: tinyurl.com/42zsyvxn
Amazon: tinyurl.com/5n963axd
July 14, 2025 at 7:59 AM
From Band Aid to Live Aid to Live 8 and beyond….
A 40 year phenomenon.
The complete story.
‘Live Aid - The Definitive Inside Story’ by Paul Vallely with a foreword by Bob Geldof
06-11-25
RT: tinyurl.com/2cfwf75f
R: tinyurl.com/tmnet7er
HMV: tinyurl.com/42zsyvxn
Amazon: tinyurl.com/5n963axd
A 40 year phenomenon.
The complete story.
‘Live Aid - The Definitive Inside Story’ by Paul Vallely with a foreword by Bob Geldof
06-11-25
RT: tinyurl.com/2cfwf75f
R: tinyurl.com/tmnet7er
HMV: tinyurl.com/42zsyvxn
Amazon: tinyurl.com/5n963axd
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***NEW***
Drummer.
Actor.
Designer.
Beatle.
‘Ringo: A Fab Life’
The dazzling new biography by Tom Doyle
23-10-25
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#ringo
Drummer.
Actor.
Designer.
Beatle.
‘Ringo: A Fab Life’
The dazzling new biography by Tom Doyle
23-10-25
A: tinyurl.com/254j86h7
HMV: tinyurl.com/bdcrm32h
W: tinyurl.com/2pjthwtm
RT: tinyurl.com/yn2m99rp
#ringo
July 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
***NEW***
Drummer.
Actor.
Designer.
Beatle.
‘Ringo: A Fab Life’
The dazzling new biography by Tom Doyle
23-10-25
A: tinyurl.com/254j86h7
HMV: tinyurl.com/bdcrm32h
W: tinyurl.com/2pjthwtm
RT: tinyurl.com/yn2m99rp
#ringo
Drummer.
Actor.
Designer.
Beatle.
‘Ringo: A Fab Life’
The dazzling new biography by Tom Doyle
23-10-25
A: tinyurl.com/254j86h7
HMV: tinyurl.com/bdcrm32h
W: tinyurl.com/2pjthwtm
RT: tinyurl.com/yn2m99rp
#ringo
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***NEW***
All the pain and glory of their remarkable 65 year family saga is explored in Peter Doggett’s ‘Surf’s Up’. The ultimate tribute to Brian Wilson & the Beach Boys
06-11-25
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All the pain and glory of their remarkable 65 year family saga is explored in Peter Doggett’s ‘Surf’s Up’. The ultimate tribute to Brian Wilson & the Beach Boys
06-11-25
R: tinyurl.com/5aectvnk
A: tinyurl.com/y2bxbwva
HMV: tinyurl.com/4x67c3ze
June 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
***NEW***
All the pain and glory of their remarkable 65 year family saga is explored in Peter Doggett’s ‘Surf’s Up’. The ultimate tribute to Brian Wilson & the Beach Boys
06-11-25
R: tinyurl.com/5aectvnk
A: tinyurl.com/y2bxbwva
HMV: tinyurl.com/4x67c3ze
All the pain and glory of their remarkable 65 year family saga is explored in Peter Doggett’s ‘Surf’s Up’. The ultimate tribute to Brian Wilson & the Beach Boys
06-11-25
R: tinyurl.com/5aectvnk
A: tinyurl.com/y2bxbwva
HMV: tinyurl.com/4x67c3ze
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Nearly three years in the making, it’s a pleasure to be able to announce Peter’s incredible tribute to Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys.
His ‘You Never Give Me Your Money’ is one of the best books on The Beatles and ‘Surf’s Up’ is as essential a read on this most remarkable of family sagas
His ‘You Never Give Me Your Money’ is one of the best books on The Beatles and ‘Surf’s Up’ is as essential a read on this most remarkable of family sagas
June 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Nearly three years in the making, it’s a pleasure to be able to announce Peter’s incredible tribute to Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys.
His ‘You Never Give Me Your Money’ is one of the best books on The Beatles and ‘Surf’s Up’ is as essential a read on this most remarkable of family sagas
His ‘You Never Give Me Your Money’ is one of the best books on The Beatles and ‘Surf’s Up’ is as essential a read on this most remarkable of family sagas
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Proofs now in!
Our first book - ‘The Tremolo Diaries’ by Justin Currie - is out 28th August.
You can order a copy here:
R: tinyurl.com/hc7w6a5c
HMV: tinyurl.com/466uv2pv
A: tinyurl.com/2b3yb4u9
W: tinyurl.com/ms2ds3hc
New Modern #1
@delamitri.bsky.social
Our first book - ‘The Tremolo Diaries’ by Justin Currie - is out 28th August.
You can order a copy here:
R: tinyurl.com/hc7w6a5c
HMV: tinyurl.com/466uv2pv
A: tinyurl.com/2b3yb4u9
W: tinyurl.com/ms2ds3hc
New Modern #1
@delamitri.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Proofs now in!
Our first book - ‘The Tremolo Diaries’ by Justin Currie - is out 28th August.
You can order a copy here:
R: tinyurl.com/hc7w6a5c
HMV: tinyurl.com/466uv2pv
A: tinyurl.com/2b3yb4u9
W: tinyurl.com/ms2ds3hc
New Modern #1
@delamitri.bsky.social
Our first book - ‘The Tremolo Diaries’ by Justin Currie - is out 28th August.
You can order a copy here:
R: tinyurl.com/hc7w6a5c
HMV: tinyurl.com/466uv2pv
A: tinyurl.com/2b3yb4u9
W: tinyurl.com/ms2ds3hc
New Modern #1
@delamitri.bsky.social
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Feeling the heat? It's like Ibiza out there... timely, to announce:
@Mike_and_claire Manumission in conversation
The Motel: High Times in 90s Ibiza - An acid-dipped love letter to a lost Ibiza.
Sat 15 Nov, 8.15pm @innsideuk #Manchester.
All tickets: tinyurl.com/43ja7xd7
@Mike_and_claire Manumission in conversation
The Motel: High Times in 90s Ibiza - An acid-dipped love letter to a lost Ibiza.
Sat 15 Nov, 8.15pm @innsideuk #Manchester.
All tickets: tinyurl.com/43ja7xd7
June 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Feeling the heat? It's like Ibiza out there... timely, to announce:
@Mike_and_claire Manumission in conversation
The Motel: High Times in 90s Ibiza - An acid-dipped love letter to a lost Ibiza.
Sat 15 Nov, 8.15pm @innsideuk #Manchester.
All tickets: tinyurl.com/43ja7xd7
@Mike_and_claire Manumission in conversation
The Motel: High Times in 90s Ibiza - An acid-dipped love letter to a lost Ibiza.
Sat 15 Nov, 8.15pm @innsideuk #Manchester.
All tickets: tinyurl.com/43ja7xd7
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Being part of the whole Unbound saga has not been fun; one consolation has been the support of the many other authors involved.
And so, in that spirit, we've put together a list of some of the great books that now need publishers and agents. Please do share!
open.substack.com/pub/therebou...
And so, in that spirit, we've put together a list of some of the great books that now need publishers and agents. Please do share!
open.substack.com/pub/therebou...
June 10, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Being part of the whole Unbound saga has not been fun; one consolation has been the support of the many other authors involved.
And so, in that spirit, we've put together a list of some of the great books that now need publishers and agents. Please do share!
open.substack.com/pub/therebou...
And so, in that spirit, we've put together a list of some of the great books that now need publishers and agents. Please do share!
open.substack.com/pub/therebou...