Mark Bridgman
@markbridgman.bsky.social
I like art and generally find the people who make it, talk about it or love it interesting. Music is my bag. Books are my catnip
I had hoped this BBC piece was about the enigmatic and mysterious Beaver Supermoon of 70’s folk-psych band Bonfire Night making an unexpected (but welcome) resurgence in popularity in the latter stages of this year. Sadly it turned out to be an article on the weather
November 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I had hoped this BBC piece was about the enigmatic and mysterious Beaver Supermoon of 70’s folk-psych band Bonfire Night making an unexpected (but welcome) resurgence in popularity in the latter stages of this year. Sadly it turned out to be an article on the weather
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Hello! My CEO Roscoe and I are giving away TWO signed copies of my novel 1983 to two randomly selected people who repost this & pop a reply below. You also get a free postcard of this illustration of Roscoe by my mum.
It’s been called “Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut & Sue Townsend”…
It’s been called “Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut & Sue Townsend”…
November 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Hello! My CEO Roscoe and I are giving away TWO signed copies of my novel 1983 to two randomly selected people who repost this & pop a reply below. You also get a free postcard of this illustration of Roscoe by my mum.
It’s been called “Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut & Sue Townsend”…
It’s been called “Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut & Sue Townsend”…
Woke up at 3am. Couldn’t get back to sleep so continued reading Jesus Christ Kinski that I’d started the evening before. It’s brilliant! The juxtaposition between Kinski mid on-stage breakdown and the writer on the writing is fantastic. It is superbly put together @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social Bravo.
October 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Woke up at 3am. Couldn’t get back to sleep so continued reading Jesus Christ Kinski that I’d started the evening before. It’s brilliant! The juxtaposition between Kinski mid on-stage breakdown and the writer on the writing is fantastic. It is superbly put together @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social Bravo.
Hi @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social, I’ve just finished Everything Will Swallow You and thought it brilliant. It made me smile and laugh and go hah! exactly the right amount (in my opinion). Thanks for writing it, and for persevering through all the shit. It’s a wonderful book
October 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Hi @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social, I’ve just finished Everything Will Swallow You and thought it brilliant. It made me smile and laugh and go hah! exactly the right amount (in my opinion). Thanks for writing it, and for persevering through all the shit. It’s a wonderful book
I passed Paul Whitehouse on the escalators in the Virgin Megastore on Oxford Street, exchanging the slightest of nods.
I was going up, he was going down, and had the look of a man satisfied with his purchase.
I was going up, he was going down, and had the look of a man satisfied with his purchase.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I passed Paul Whitehouse on the escalators in the Virgin Megastore on Oxford Street, exchanging the slightest of nods.
I was going up, he was going down, and had the look of a man satisfied with his purchase.
I was going up, he was going down, and had the look of a man satisfied with his purchase.
Packing for a week in the sun. 7 days, 7 @weare1of100.bsky.social tees. Feat. @mrrichardnorris.bsky.social, @thequietus.com, @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social, @verdantbrew.bsky.social, Richard Milward, David Holmes
#Natty
#Natty
May 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Packing for a week in the sun. 7 days, 7 @weare1of100.bsky.social tees. Feat. @mrrichardnorris.bsky.social, @thequietus.com, @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social, @verdantbrew.bsky.social, Richard Milward, David Holmes
#Natty
#Natty
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Too late…And I’ll tell you why. They’ve already cloned you. Why? To *fight* you. After all, who knows you better than you? Your weaknesses. Your strengths. Your valour. Your vices. Oh yes. It’s too late! Signed up for this? You’re going to fight yourself on Mars in a dome for oligarch entertainment.
If you have used 23AndMe, you are advised by California’s AG to delete your DNA right now from the company’s database as it has declared bankruptcy
Column | Delete your DNA from 23andMe right now
The genetic information company declared bankruptcy on Sunday, and California’s attorney general has issued a privacy “consumer alert.”
www.washingtonpost.com
March 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Too late…And I’ll tell you why. They’ve already cloned you. Why? To *fight* you. After all, who knows you better than you? Your weaknesses. Your strengths. Your valour. Your vices. Oh yes. It’s too late! Signed up for this? You’re going to fight yourself on Mars in a dome for oligarch entertainment.
Exciting looking #bookpost courtesy of @charcopress.com’s 2025 Fiction Bundle
March 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Exciting looking #bookpost courtesy of @charcopress.com’s 2025 Fiction Bundle
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Something for BlueSky weekend☀️
Twenty recent drawings in a Hardback book. (Signed - (if you really wish!))
Free post to EU UK USA CANADA ..
Repost this for a chance to win it ..
@minxyowlwriter.bsky.social will dip into the hat (yes!) and draw the WINNER 🏆 to be announced on Monday morning..
Twenty recent drawings in a Hardback book. (Signed - (if you really wish!))
Free post to EU UK USA CANADA ..
Repost this for a chance to win it ..
@minxyowlwriter.bsky.social will dip into the hat (yes!) and draw the WINNER 🏆 to be announced on Monday morning..
February 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Something for BlueSky weekend☀️
Twenty recent drawings in a Hardback book. (Signed - (if you really wish!))
Free post to EU UK USA CANADA ..
Repost this for a chance to win it ..
@minxyowlwriter.bsky.social will dip into the hat (yes!) and draw the WINNER 🏆 to be announced on Monday morning..
Twenty recent drawings in a Hardback book. (Signed - (if you really wish!))
Free post to EU UK USA CANADA ..
Repost this for a chance to win it ..
@minxyowlwriter.bsky.social will dip into the hat (yes!) and draw the WINNER 🏆 to be announced on Monday morning..
I have been playing around with the audiobook loan facility from my local library (recommended) and am listening to Mrs Death Misses Death by @salenagodden.bsky.social and, oh my god, there can be no better way to absorb this book than having Salena read it to you. Utterly magical
February 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I have been playing around with the audiobook loan facility from my local library (recommended) and am listening to Mrs Death Misses Death by @salenagodden.bsky.social and, oh my god, there can be no better way to absorb this book than having Salena read it to you. Utterly magical
I’ve been looking forward to this. It’s going straight to the top of the TBR pile #Booksky @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social
February 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I’ve been looking forward to this. It’s going straight to the top of the TBR pile #Booksky @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social
My local library in Easingwold is fantastic. It’s primarily run by volunteers who are all really invested in what they do. The children’s section is brilliant and there are lots of events organised to get kids into reading too
February 11, 2025 at 11:40 AM
My local library in Easingwold is fantastic. It’s primarily run by volunteers who are all really invested in what they do. The children’s section is brilliant and there are lots of events organised to get kids into reading too
Hi @juliansimpson.bsky.social I recently found and listened to your brilliant Aldrich Kemp series. It was the first thing of yours that I have, and I loved it. So obviously I went straight to The Lovecraft Investigations and The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. Also fantastic, and I am hooked. But…
February 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Hi @juliansimpson.bsky.social I recently found and listened to your brilliant Aldrich Kemp series. It was the first thing of yours that I have, and I loved it. So obviously I went straight to The Lovecraft Investigations and The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. Also fantastic, and I am hooked. But…
Today I finished listening to the last episode of the last Aldrich Kemp series (Aldrich Kemp & the Rose of Pamir) by @juliansimpson.bsky.social & a brilliant cast. Now I am sad & elated in equal measure. They are so good. All available on BBC Sounds. Treat yourself www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Limelight - Who Is Aldrich Kemp? - Introducing Who Is Aldrich Kemp? - BBC Sounds
Exciting new drama, set in a glamorous world of Euro-villains and murderous housekeepers.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Today I finished listening to the last episode of the last Aldrich Kemp series (Aldrich Kemp & the Rose of Pamir) by @juliansimpson.bsky.social & a brilliant cast. Now I am sad & elated in equal measure. They are so good. All available on BBC Sounds. Treat yourself www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
@elfoginho.bsky.social Howdy. Hope all is well in your world.
I see your cat, and raise you a meerkat.
I see your cat, and raise you a meerkat.
January 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
@elfoginho.bsky.social Howdy. Hope all is well in your world.
I see your cat, and raise you a meerkat.
I see your cat, and raise you a meerkat.
Just finished the latest @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social novel which is just as atmospheric and absorbing as his other writing and left me feeling like the walls of my reality softened and flexed in an exceptionally delightful way
December 15, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Just finished the latest @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social novel which is just as atmospheric and absorbing as his other writing and left me feeling like the walls of my reality softened and flexed in an exceptionally delightful way
Finally got to visit @vocebooks.bsky.social while travelling for work this week. Brilliant shop, so thoughtfully curated.
Picked up a couple of books I’ve been after for a while @markabowles.bsky.social @galleybeggars.bsky.social @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
Picked up a couple of books I’ve been after for a while @markabowles.bsky.social @galleybeggars.bsky.social @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
December 13, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Finally got to visit @vocebooks.bsky.social while travelling for work this week. Brilliant shop, so thoughtfully curated.
Picked up a couple of books I’ve been after for a while @markabowles.bsky.social @galleybeggars.bsky.social @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
Picked up a couple of books I’ve been after for a while @markabowles.bsky.social @galleybeggars.bsky.social @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
We’ve seen a great idea that we’re going to arrange for our baby next Christmas.
A book advent calendar.
Wrap up 24 Christmas books and unwrap and read one each day. Same books every year.
So.
What are your favourite Christmas books for kids?
#booksky
A book advent calendar.
Wrap up 24 Christmas books and unwrap and read one each day. Same books every year.
So.
What are your favourite Christmas books for kids?
#booksky
November 30, 2024 at 4:33 PM
We’ve seen a great idea that we’re going to arrange for our baby next Christmas.
A book advent calendar.
Wrap up 24 Christmas books and unwrap and read one each day. Same books every year.
So.
What are your favourite Christmas books for kids?
#booksky
A book advent calendar.
Wrap up 24 Christmas books and unwrap and read one each day. Same books every year.
So.
What are your favourite Christmas books for kids?
#booksky
This is a really great intro to some lovey folk doing cool things with books and writing in the North.
Thanks @beckreads.bsky.social
Great to find my favourite York bookshop in here too @littleapplebkshop.bsky.social
Thanks @beckreads.bsky.social
Great to find my favourite York bookshop in here too @littleapplebkshop.bsky.social
Hello new followers 👋🏼
I work at @saraband-books.bsky.social on all things marketing & publicity
Passionate about publishing in the North I co-host the Northern Connection Podcast and co-lead Children's Books North
Check out my Northern publishing starter pack:
go.bsky.app/GUaTcf5
#booksky
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I work at @saraband-books.bsky.social on all things marketing & publicity
Passionate about publishing in the North I co-host the Northern Connection Podcast and co-lead Children's Books North
Check out my Northern publishing starter pack:
go.bsky.app/GUaTcf5
#booksky
📚💙
November 19, 2024 at 3:57 PM
This is a really great intro to some lovey folk doing cool things with books and writing in the North.
Thanks @beckreads.bsky.social
Great to find my favourite York bookshop in here too @littleapplebkshop.bsky.social
Thanks @beckreads.bsky.social
Great to find my favourite York bookshop in here too @littleapplebkshop.bsky.social
@dimorphodons.bsky.social nice to find you here. I love The Villager. A wonderful album. Perfectly accompanies Tom’s book.
November 17, 2024 at 9:48 AM
@dimorphodons.bsky.social nice to find you here. I love The Villager. A wonderful album. Perfectly accompanies Tom’s book.
Yesterday saw the release of @mrrichardnorris.bsky.social’s fuzzed out compilation Weird Scenes from the Hangout which is every bit as good as I had hoped. Not available on streaming services, but some kind soul has created a playlist of its tracks open.spotify.com/playlist/1Lg...
November 16, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Yesterday saw the release of @mrrichardnorris.bsky.social’s fuzzed out compilation Weird Scenes from the Hangout which is every bit as good as I had hoped. Not available on streaming services, but some kind soul has created a playlist of its tracks open.spotify.com/playlist/1Lg...
This is a really useful starter for UK and Irish indie publishers.
Glad to find @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social and @charco.bsky.social on here
Thanks @phenryward.bsky.social
Glad to find @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social and @charco.bsky.social on here
Thanks @phenryward.bsky.social
These are the main UK and Irish indies I recognise / can find on here. Quite a few haven't made the leap yet (Influx, Fitzcarraldo, Zero/Repeater) or have dormant accounts.
go.bsky.app/E2gz1Ya
go.bsky.app/E2gz1Ya
Has anyone done an independent publisher starter pack yet?
November 14, 2024 at 9:46 PM
This is a really useful starter for UK and Irish indie publishers.
Glad to find @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social and @charco.bsky.social on here
Thanks @phenryward.bsky.social
Glad to find @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social and @charco.bsky.social on here
Thanks @phenryward.bsky.social
Post a banger that’s not in English
This has to be one of my favourite tracks of all time. Never fails to bring about a great mood
youtu.be/TpqSU4-g1uE?...
This has to be one of my favourite tracks of all time. Never fails to bring about a great mood
youtu.be/TpqSU4-g1uE?...
November 14, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Post a banger that’s not in English
This has to be one of my favourite tracks of all time. Never fails to bring about a great mood
youtu.be/TpqSU4-g1uE?...
This has to be one of my favourite tracks of all time. Never fails to bring about a great mood
youtu.be/TpqSU4-g1uE?...
Business Opportunity!
Do you want to be part of my new business idea? It’s for people who need to get hold of the basis of many sauces, fast. I’m calling it Deliveroux
Do you want to be part of my new business idea? It’s for people who need to get hold of the basis of many sauces, fast. I’m calling it Deliveroux
November 14, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Business Opportunity!
Do you want to be part of my new business idea? It’s for people who need to get hold of the basis of many sauces, fast. I’m calling it Deliveroux
Do you want to be part of my new business idea? It’s for people who need to get hold of the basis of many sauces, fast. I’m calling it Deliveroux