Michael Pedersen
@michaelpedersen.bsky.social
Maker of Books / Edinburgh Makar (Poet Laureate) / Writer in Residence at Edinburgh Uni 💜📚💫 www.michaelpedersen.co.uk
https://linktr.ee/muckleflugga
https://linktr.ee/muckleflugga
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It’s the official publication date of MUCKLE FLUUGA. I would adore it if you lassoed a copy / shared / recommended. It truly means the world 🥲 🌍.
📚 linktr.ee/muckleflugga
💛 ’Extraordinary’ The Scotsman
💖 ‘A dream’ My Weekly
💛 ‘A thing of magic’ The Skinny
💖 ‘Book of The Month’ Gutter
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💛 ’Extraordinary’ The Scotsman
💖 ‘A dream’ My Weekly
💛 ‘A thing of magic’ The Skinny
💖 ‘Book of The Month’ Gutter
Cold Turkey’s Honey Roast Hope has less than 20 tickets left as we announce the sensational @mhairiblack.bsky.social as our special guest. She joins me, @holliemcnish.bsky.social, Withered Hand, & Gemma Cairney for the festive fandango 💖💜💛.
Edinburgh, 05/12, 🎫 : www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cold-turke...
Edinburgh, 05/12, 🎫 : www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cold-turke...
November 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Cold Turkey’s Honey Roast Hope has less than 20 tickets left as we announce the sensational @mhairiblack.bsky.social as our special guest. She joins me, @holliemcnish.bsky.social, Withered Hand, & Gemma Cairney for the festive fandango 💖💜💛.
Edinburgh, 05/12, 🎫 : www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cold-turke...
Edinburgh, 05/12, 🎫 : www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cold-turke...
01/01: Edinburgh! Let’s start the year with splendour. Me & the wonder Shirley Manson @garbage.com are taking over Porty Town Hall for Edinburgh Hogmanay. Our special guests are glorious: @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social & Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub) 💖
Come be & beam: edwinterfest.com/hogmanay/wha...
Come be & beam: edwinterfest.com/hogmanay/wha...
November 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
01/01: Edinburgh! Let’s start the year with splendour. Me & the wonder Shirley Manson @garbage.com are taking over Porty Town Hall for Edinburgh Hogmanay. Our special guests are glorious: @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social & Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub) 💖
Come be & beam: edwinterfest.com/hogmanay/wha...
Come be & beam: edwinterfest.com/hogmanay/wha...
💜 Lush London Lovers 💜
Me & the glorious @damianbarr.bsky.social are appearing together on 29/11 at @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social. It’s a zesty Saturday afternoon show at 15:30. Come join the coddle 💘💚💘💚💘
🎫: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/lon...
Me & the glorious @damianbarr.bsky.social are appearing together on 29/11 at @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social. It’s a zesty Saturday afternoon show at 15:30. Come join the coddle 💘💚💘💚💘
🎫: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/lon...
November 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
💜 Lush London Lovers 💜
Me & the glorious @damianbarr.bsky.social are appearing together on 29/11 at @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social. It’s a zesty Saturday afternoon show at 15:30. Come join the coddle 💘💚💘💚💘
🎫: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/lon...
Me & the glorious @damianbarr.bsky.social are appearing together on 29/11 at @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social. It’s a zesty Saturday afternoon show at 15:30. Come join the coddle 💘💚💘💚💘
🎫: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/lon...
Glasgow you glorious beings. Catch me & Gordon Buchanan (nature’s heartthrob) at Aye Write Festival at The Mitchell Library come 13/11 at 19:45. And we’ll be chatting with the fantabulous @nicolameighan.bsky.social 💛💜🩵.
🎫 : www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/muck...
🎫 : www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/muck...
November 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Glasgow you glorious beings. Catch me & Gordon Buchanan (nature’s heartthrob) at Aye Write Festival at The Mitchell Library come 13/11 at 19:45. And we’ll be chatting with the fantabulous @nicolameighan.bsky.social 💛💜🩵.
🎫 : www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/muck...
🎫 : www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/muck...
Wow, @waterstones.bsky.social have put their special edition of Boy Friends into their clearance for £2 ! ! !
It’s the *generally sold out* hardback edition & has exclusive content ft me & Shirley Manson chatting about friendship 💛💚🩵
📚: www.waterstones.com/book/boy-fri...
It’s the *generally sold out* hardback edition & has exclusive content ft me & Shirley Manson chatting about friendship 💛💚🩵
📚: www.waterstones.com/book/boy-fri...
November 1, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Wow, @waterstones.bsky.social have put their special edition of Boy Friends into their clearance for £2 ! ! !
It’s the *generally sold out* hardback edition & has exclusive content ft me & Shirley Manson chatting about friendship 💛💚🩵
📚: www.waterstones.com/book/boy-fri...
It’s the *generally sold out* hardback edition & has exclusive content ft me & Shirley Manson chatting about friendship 💛💚🩵
📚: www.waterstones.com/book/boy-fri...
The more wee Jessie Lee encounters the better – one of life’s true joy merchants. This is my amazing granny. I’ve tried to get her to do a silly book advert for each of my last few tomes and it never goes according to plan – far from it 😹 and aw the more brilliant for it 💓💜
📚 linktr.ee/muckleflugga
📚 linktr.ee/muckleflugga
October 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The more wee Jessie Lee encounters the better – one of life’s true joy merchants. This is my amazing granny. I’ve tried to get her to do a silly book advert for each of my last few tomes and it never goes according to plan – far from it 😹 and aw the more brilliant for it 💓💜
📚 linktr.ee/muckleflugga
📚 linktr.ee/muckleflugga
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The 2025 shortlists for Scotland's Saltires awards have been revealed, and feature a "wealth and depth of talent" 👇 #BookSky
Scotland's Saltires 2025 prize shortlists revealed
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October 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The 2025 shortlists for Scotland's Saltires awards have been revealed, and feature a "wealth and depth of talent" 👇 #BookSky
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I've been struggling with my concentration recently so took a while to get through this book, but I loved it nevertheless. Muckle Flugga by Michael Pedersen.
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Review by geraldinerowe - Muckle Flugga
This book is set on Muckle Flugga, one of the Shetland islands. Although there is a lighthouse...
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October 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I've been struggling with my concentration recently so took a while to get through this book, but I loved it nevertheless. Muckle Flugga by Michael Pedersen.
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/10ae...
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/10ae...
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We are so pleased that Michael Pedersen’s Muckle Flugga has been shortlisted for Scotland’s Fiction Book of the Year 🎉
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October 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
We are so pleased that Michael Pedersen’s Muckle Flugga has been shortlisted for Scotland’s Fiction Book of the Year 🎉
thesaltires.org.uk/
thesaltires.org.uk/
SWOONS GALORE – Muckle Flugga has been shortlisted for Fiction Book of the Year at the @saltirebookawards 😭. Such splendiferous news plays me like a flute. Here’s me & my granny about to mambo in jubilation. It’s a gorgeous coddle of a shortlist / I adore it & the Saltires 💜💛 @faberbooks.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
SWOONS GALORE – Muckle Flugga has been shortlisted for Fiction Book of the Year at the @saltirebookawards 😭. Such splendiferous news plays me like a flute. Here’s me & my granny about to mambo in jubilation. It’s a gorgeous coddle of a shortlist / I adore it & the Saltires 💜💛 @faberbooks.bsky.social
The rest of the show year is looking gorgeous as a gambol of grapefruit. A treble Edinburgh dollop, Glasgow, Oxford, London, Norwich, Birnam & beyond. Heaps with Hollie McNish plus Damian Barr, Gordon Buchanan, & other heartthrobs.
🎟️: www.michaelpedersen.co.uk/events
🎟️: www.michaelpedersen.co.uk/events
October 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The rest of the show year is looking gorgeous as a gambol of grapefruit. A treble Edinburgh dollop, Glasgow, Oxford, London, Norwich, Birnam & beyond. Heaps with Hollie McNish plus Damian Barr, Gordon Buchanan, & other heartthrobs.
🎟️: www.michaelpedersen.co.uk/events
🎟️: www.michaelpedersen.co.uk/events
Edinburgh you swank beauties. Here’s two me & @holliemcnish.bsky.social event doublers. One on 23/10 at Porty Town Hall for Hollie’s book launch (we’ll be over 500 strong on the night). The other, lushly intimate, on 08/11 on the stunning Fingal Boat for PTBO.
🎟️: www.michaelpedersen.co.uk/events
🎟️: www.michaelpedersen.co.uk/events
October 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Edinburgh you swank beauties. Here’s two me & @holliemcnish.bsky.social event doublers. One on 23/10 at Porty Town Hall for Hollie’s book launch (we’ll be over 500 strong on the night). The other, lushly intimate, on 08/11 on the stunning Fingal Boat for PTBO.
🎟️: www.michaelpedersen.co.uk/events
🎟️: www.michaelpedersen.co.uk/events
Aberdeen you beauties – today at 14:30 I’m talking Muckle Flugga at Wayward Festival. I’m alongside Chris McQueer and chaired by the wonder Nicola Sturgeon. Tickets are pay what you can (including free). ‘Mon let’s do the book boogie.
🎟️ : www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/abe...
🎟️ : www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/abe...
October 4, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Aberdeen you beauties – today at 14:30 I’m talking Muckle Flugga at Wayward Festival. I’m alongside Chris McQueer and chaired by the wonder Nicola Sturgeon. Tickets are pay what you can (including free). ‘Mon let’s do the book boogie.
🎟️ : www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/abe...
🎟️ : www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/abe...
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Just started. Outstanding opening. Irresistible language. Can't wait to see where this one goes.
October 3, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Just started. Outstanding opening. Irresistible language. Can't wait to see where this one goes.
Braemar Literary Festival – you’re next – Sunday 28th Sept 11:30. That’s me & Peter Mackay & Gemma Cairney. Edinburgh Makar x Scottish Makar x Arts Supremo. 💛💚💖🖤
🎫: www.tickettailor.com/events/thefi...
🎫: www.tickettailor.com/events/thefi...
September 27, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Braemar Literary Festival – you’re next – Sunday 28th Sept 11:30. That’s me & Peter Mackay & Gemma Cairney. Edinburgh Makar x Scottish Makar x Arts Supremo. 💛💚💖🖤
🎫: www.tickettailor.com/events/thefi...
🎫: www.tickettailor.com/events/thefi...
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Took Muckle Flugga for some photos too!
I did my thumb nails Muckle Flugga inspired tartan 💅🏽 @michaelpedersen.bsky.social
I did my thumb nails Muckle Flugga inspired tartan 💅🏽 @michaelpedersen.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Took Muckle Flugga for some photos too!
I did my thumb nails Muckle Flugga inspired tartan 💅🏽 @michaelpedersen.bsky.social
I did my thumb nails Muckle Flugga inspired tartan 💅🏽 @michaelpedersen.bsky.social
Cold Turkey’s Honey Roast Hope is in the oven. That’s @holliemcnish.bsky.social, Withered Hand, Gemma Cairney, me & a super special guest TBA. 05/12 in Edinburgh. That’s unfiltered soppiness & joy with a dose of aw that glisters. Early Bird Tickets out now.
🎫: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cold-turke...
🎫: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cold-turke...
September 24, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Cold Turkey’s Honey Roast Hope is in the oven. That’s @holliemcnish.bsky.social, Withered Hand, Gemma Cairney, me & a super special guest TBA. 05/12 in Edinburgh. That’s unfiltered soppiness & joy with a dose of aw that glisters. Early Bird Tickets out now.
🎫: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cold-turke...
🎫: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cold-turke...
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@michaelpedersen.bsky.social & Peter Mackay in conversation with Gemma Cairney about their work, their love of language, & the inspiration they draw from Scotland’s landscapes, contemporary culture & ways of living
28 Sept, Braemar. Tickets £10
www.tickettailor.com/events/thefi...
28 Sept, Braemar. Tickets £10
www.tickettailor.com/events/thefi...
Buy tickets – Michael Pedersen and Peter Mackay in conversation with Gemma Cairney – St Margaret's
Michael Pedersen and Peter Mackay in conversation with Gemma Cairney – St Margaret's, Sun 28 Sep 2025 - Join us for what promises to be an extraordinary event with award-winning poet, author, and curr...
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September 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
@michaelpedersen.bsky.social & Peter Mackay in conversation with Gemma Cairney about their work, their love of language, & the inspiration they draw from Scotland’s landscapes, contemporary culture & ways of living
28 Sept, Braemar. Tickets £10
www.tickettailor.com/events/thefi...
28 Sept, Braemar. Tickets £10
www.tickettailor.com/events/thefi...
Sublime to have Muckle Flugga included in this Shortlist Magazine guide to essential new fiction alongside the likes of Sarah Hall, Ian McEwan, RF Kuang, Annie Ernaux, and dear Damian Barr.
🗞️ : www.shortlist.com/health-and-f...
📚: linktr.ee/muckleflugga
🗞️ : www.shortlist.com/health-and-f...
📚: linktr.ee/muckleflugga
September 21, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Sublime to have Muckle Flugga included in this Shortlist Magazine guide to essential new fiction alongside the likes of Sarah Hall, Ian McEwan, RF Kuang, Annie Ernaux, and dear Damian Barr.
🗞️ : www.shortlist.com/health-and-f...
📚: linktr.ee/muckleflugga
🗞️ : www.shortlist.com/health-and-f...
📚: linktr.ee/muckleflugga
Glorious beings of Fife – tomorrow (18/09) I’m in St Andrews for a Muckle Flugga bash. That’s at the lush Topping & Co and chaired by the literary Liger @holliemcnish.bsky.social. Come zest our way 💘💐🍓
🎫: www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/st-an...
🎫: www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/st-an...
September 17, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Glorious beings of Fife – tomorrow (18/09) I’m in St Andrews for a Muckle Flugga bash. That’s at the lush Topping & Co and chaired by the literary Liger @holliemcnish.bsky.social. Come zest our way 💘💐🍓
🎫: www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/st-an...
🎫: www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/st-an...
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Currently on BBC Sounds, recorded at the Ledbury Poetry Festival: Ian McMillan presents poetry in performance with Jackie Kay, @holliemcnish.bsky.social & @michaelpedersen.bsky.social, sharing poems of friendship, childhood, & of love in its many forms
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Verb - The Adverb from the Ledbury Poetry Festival - BBC Sounds
Ian McMillan, Jackie Kay, Hollie McNish & Michael Pedersen at the Ledbury Poetry Festival
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September 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Currently on BBC Sounds, recorded at the Ledbury Poetry Festival: Ian McMillan presents poetry in performance with Jackie Kay, @holliemcnish.bsky.social & @michaelpedersen.bsky.social, sharing poems of friendship, childhood, & of love in its many forms
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Best book I've read so far this year - Muckle Flugga by @michaelpedersen.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social annabookbel.net/muckle-flugg...
Muckle Flugga by Michael Pedersen
Sometimes a book cover calls to you – as this one did – gorgeous colours with the lighthouse’s blazing beacon, silver foam in the waves crashing against the rocks, with the added …
annabookbel.net
September 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Best book I've read so far this year - Muckle Flugga by @michaelpedersen.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social annabookbel.net/muckle-flugg...
Tonight on @bbcradio4
Catch me & @holliemcnish.bsky.social & Jackie Kay on The Verb with Ian McMillan – recorded live at @ledburypoetry – live at 9pm & then on @bbcsounds 💚💜💚
📻: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Catch me & @holliemcnish.bsky.social & Jackie Kay on The Verb with Ian McMillan – recorded live at @ledburypoetry – live at 9pm & then on @bbcsounds 💚💜💚
📻: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
September 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Tonight on @bbcradio4
Catch me & @holliemcnish.bsky.social & Jackie Kay on The Verb with Ian McMillan – recorded live at @ledburypoetry – live at 9pm & then on @bbcsounds 💚💜💚
📻: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Catch me & @holliemcnish.bsky.social & Jackie Kay on The Verb with Ian McMillan – recorded live at @ledburypoetry – live at 9pm & then on @bbcsounds 💚💜💚
📻: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Swoon to a croon! Muckle Flugga has been longlisted for the Saltire National Book Awards – Best Fiction – alongside some of the best word-jumblers in the book world’s ballpit.
Long live love & Scottish literature – you find it in fecund & fabulous form 💛🧡🩵💚🩷 @faberbooks.bsky.social
Long live love & Scottish literature – you find it in fecund & fabulous form 💛🧡🩵💚🩷 @faberbooks.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Swoon to a croon! Muckle Flugga has been longlisted for the Saltire National Book Awards – Best Fiction – alongside some of the best word-jumblers in the book world’s ballpit.
Long live love & Scottish literature – you find it in fecund & fabulous form 💛🧡🩵💚🩷 @faberbooks.bsky.social
Long live love & Scottish literature – you find it in fecund & fabulous form 💛🧡🩵💚🩷 @faberbooks.bsky.social
I got to chair one of my favourite writers last night, Ocean Vuong, and it was glorious. Two images that capture the soppy lustre / soft sapience of the night captured by @shaunmurawski.bsky.social ✨. Gooey thanks to the bookish brilliance of @portybooks.bsky.social for producing this splendour 📚.
September 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I got to chair one of my favourite writers last night, Ocean Vuong, and it was glorious. Two images that capture the soppy lustre / soft sapience of the night captured by @shaunmurawski.bsky.social ✨. Gooey thanks to the bookish brilliance of @portybooks.bsky.social for producing this splendour 📚.