Yvonne

Leonard and Hungry Paul - first look images and further casting details revealed The new comedy drama starrng Alex Lawther, Laurie Kynaston and Jamie-Lee O’Donnell will be coming soon to BBC iPlayer, BBC Two and BBC Northern Ireland

Coming to your screens this autumn.

Yes, it's landing.

www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

Irish surgeon Dr Morgan McMonagle on Channel 4 News on how outrageous it is that western governments are allowing apartheid Israel's genocide of Palestinians.
"Nothing can justify what's going on in Gaza right now."
#GazaGenocide

Good morning.

2025 ...so far.

The Accidental Immigrant @jomcmillan.bsky.social finalist in @orwellprize.bsky.social

Bluemoose - Northern publisher of the Year.

BBC - 6 part Drama series of Leonard and Hungry Paul by @ronanhession.bsky.social

L&HP selected for Nat Curriculum in Ireland.

I think we may be the only Indie publisher to have had

Two books adapted for drama series on the BBC in the last two years.

The Gallows Pole by @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social

Leonard and Hungry Paul by @ronanhession.bsky.social

@thebookseller.com
@waterstones.bsky.social

Bloody brilliant.

'National shame' isn't due to righteous rants against genocide. National shame is due to the inactivity to demand the end to genocide, and complicity in arming those who are carrying out genocide.

The BBC has chosen censorship over art. It is not a public service, it is State TV for the UK govt. Kneecap, as artists, are being censored for their agitprop. If you believe in freedom of speech, then a band, fully aware of the violence of the Union Jack & flags must be allowed raise this debate.

I’ve just been alerted that someone is pretending to be from Bluemoose asking for people to edit scripts and to send them
their bank details for payment.

We have our own editorial
team and this is a scam.

Take care.

Kevin.

Publishing’s Class Problem When you’re a child, your social class doesn’t determine how good you are at reading and writing. Yet half of our published writers are from middle-class backgrounds, and only 10 per cent are working ...

Publishing has a serious class problem.

It is one of the most socially exclusive of all creative industries.

Please, if you can, read this.

@thebookseller.com
@ipghq.bsky.social

thebeemagazine.com/publishings-...

A Swift in fast, direct flight towards a building, aiming for a small nest site entrance under the eaves. These returning birds rely on clear access to their summer nesting spots, obstructions, like scaffolding, can block them out entirely - adding pressure to a species already at risk.

Swifts are on their way back...and many are trying to reach the same nest sites they’ve used for years.

But scaffolding can block the way.

Check before you build & keep entrances clear. ❗

Their active nests are protected by law. Let them in.

Good morning.

Please support writers and artists and musicians.

The Tech bros don't give an algorithm for creative folk.

All they're interested in is your cash.

Here is a books by a very talented human.

Good morning.

I know, I know, its a sin and all that to go and on.

But bloody & thunder.

Northern Publishers of the year 2025 !

#BritishBookAwards

@thebookseller.com
@theguardian.com
@thetimes.com
@prospectmagazine.co.uk
@visithebdenbridge.bsky.social

Thanks to Mark Foster at Artifice Design
artifice-design.co.uk
my website is now updated for my latest News, upcoming Events including tour of a one-man show, plus a poetry workshop idea for you at the button 'Blog'.
Hope you take a look:
www.michaelrosen.co.uk

A two-year investigation has found that @wwf.org.uk have been lobbying for the continued international trade of polar bear fur , all while using imagery of these beautiful animals for their fundraising . Despicable .

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A brilliant night out with special nieces to see #CarlosAcosta's #NutcrackerinHavana at the #LowryTheatre.

There are a few hours of daylight left to do the @rspb.bsky.social excellent #BigGardenBirdwatch so if you haven’t - please do ! And if you are struggling to identify birds then this informative key from @vizcomic.bsky.social will be an enormous help . . .

If you want to read a story with young people (aged between 7 and 15) which conveys what WW2 felt like to two young Jewish boys, one in London, one in Poland, I wrote 'Please Write Soon' (@scholasticuk ) based on my father and his cousin in Poland. They write to each other.

Want to see how everyone else's #BigGardenBirdwatch is getting on?

We've set up a feed just for that: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Here to stay! X deleted.

A luminous full moon, known as the Wolf Moon, shines brightly in the dark blue sky-the first full moon of 2025. Its glowing surface reveals intricate craters and shadowy patches. On the left, the silhouettes of bare, leafless tree branches stretch upward, adding a quiet, wintry feel to the scene.

The Wolf Moon rises tonight... 🌕🐺

Named by Native Americans for wolves howling in the depths of winter, January's full moon was also called the 'Ice Moon' and 'Moon after Yule' in Europe.

Look out for Mars glowing close by, its brightest in two years.

Moonrise: 15:13*

BOOK LAUNCH: The Accidental Immigrants by Jo McMillan Join Jo McMillan and local publisher Bluemoose Books for the launch of Jo's new novel The Accidental Immigrants.

You are all cordially invited to the world book launch of:

The Accidental Immigrants by @jomcmillan.bsky.social

In @bookcornerhx.bsky.social on Thursday 23rd January.

The event is free and you can book here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

Relentless. But no one will surely wonder at your grief. Your loss does not diminish. Neither does your love x

Line up for 2025.

Jan - The Accidental Immigrants @jomcmillan.bsky.social
Apr - Ghost Mountain - Pbk - @ronanhession.bsky.social
May - The Orange Notebooks @susannacrossman.bsky.social
July - Beasts - Lulu Allison
Sept - Celeste - Colette Snowden
Nov - Orca & Bird - Anna Chilvers

Magic!

Please , if you are able , support Independent publishers who are doing most of the heavy lifting in finding great new writers!

@littletollerbooks.bsky.social
@saraband-books.bsky.social
@influxpress.bsky.social
@galleybeggars.bsky.social
@peepaltreepress.bsky.social

And many more

Nina’s Law - Enable Carers to Continue Care Visits for Disabled Patients in Hospitals Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

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Last episode of this series of #BetweenTheCovers is on tomorrow night @bbctwo.bsky.social at 7pm Sara Cox is joined by @richardosman1.bsky.social Ranvir Singh, Alex Jones and Ben Miller. They review The Kellerby Code by Jonny Sweet and share their BYOBs. Please tune in!

Caroline Lucas of the Green Party reckons that Water needs to be Renationalised.

RT if you know it has to be.

Happy Blue Friday.

If you are able, please buy your Bluemoose Books direct from our website.

Mr Bezos has enough money to fly to the moon and back.

www.Bluemoosebooks.com

Thank you you. Kevin, Leo and Panda.

Currently working on my contribution to this anthology to be published by @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social and @littletollerbooks.bsky.social - about bogs, obvs, and birds (also obvs), and T. Llew Jones's Tân ar y Comin. Please do support this project if you can!

Bluemoose is an AI free Publisher.

Stories by humans, edited by humans for humans.

www.bluemoosebooks.com

@serenitybookshop.bsky.social
@waterstones.bsky.social
@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
@samreadbookseller.bsky.social
@thebookerprizes.bsky.social

Hi friends, I help to organise a book festival on the West coast of Scotland and we’ve just set up our #BlueSky profile! I’d be so grateful if you could give @hburghbookfest.bsky.social a follow and if you were able to share the post below I’ll be your best friend! ⬇️ #BookSky 💙📚