Ian Hagues

Reading Independent Publishers Month 2026 This page is to collect together all of the reviews of books published by Independent Publishers during #readindies month 2026! Please do let me know about your posts in the comments below and I wi…

February and Reading Independent Publishers Month #ReadIndies are over, but we should be reading and supporting independent presses all year round. If you want some ideas of what to read next, check out my page with a massive amount of links! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/reading-inde...

New podcast: talking about #Satie #Vexations with Andrew Brixey-Williams. I liked our conversations about performing the piece (around 16'50" and 22'30"): open.spotify.com/episode/6nyK...

'Don't Make Art' made for forthcoming music video project.
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The #resonancefm fundraising auction ends 9PM today Sun 1 March with great stuff to bid for! —including breakfast on me in a top London greasy spoon, with a stroll round Holborn locations and a signed copy of my new novel sent to you on publication 🍳📚📻✊
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A tiny woollen flamingo stands on a shelf holding a sign. Positive Flamingo I may be a tiny flamingo, but 1 believe in you! Go do your thing Stand Tall and Be Flamazing

"Drew Gummerson is one of the funniest writers around - the PG Wodehouse of the flophouse. Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel is a riot. A crazy pink tribute - the most under of underdogs." Rónán Hession, author of Leonard and Hungry Paul ٨٠٨ "A gut-wrenching masterpiece of booze-sodden tragicomedy and a genuine cult classic. Drew Gummerson is an incredibly skilful and versatile writer, coming across in Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel like the ghost of Charles Bukowski with a rainbow flag hanging out of his arse pocket." Stu Hennigan, author of Ghost Signs "Probably the most original, exciting and creatively invigorating book I've read this year - like On The Buses meets lain Banks." Jamie Mollart, author of Kings of a Dead World DREW GUMMERSON SEVENNIGHTS# FLAMINGO HOTEL "This is it. You are awake. Hotel Flamingo's resident dishwasher."

If you missed it the first time, the flamingo is back.

Be more flamingo.

Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel

Bookings open:

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Book post👍

We have 4 #SIGNED copies of My Gardening Life 🌿✨

In her heartfelt new book, Mary Berry shares her lifelong love of gardening, from childhood veg patches to a lifetime of growing and learning.

£3 off too… Be quick! 💚

www.foxlanebooks.co.uk/product-page...

Cherry blossom blue sky

@kvind.bsky.social Next up👍

Fundraiser 2026 - Resonance Auction See even more items on eBay for Charity.This auction supports the Resonance Fundraiser 2026. Our target is to raise £30k between 14-28 February to sustain independent, experimental ad-free broadcastin...

Loads of great items to bid for in the
#resonancefm fundraising auction - including breakdfast on me in a top London greasy spoon and a wander around Holborn, with a signed and dedicated copy of my new novel sent to you on publication 🍳📚📻✊ www.zeffy.com/en-GB/ticket...

The Resonance fundraising auction closes 9pm Sunday 1 March, so hurry! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃🏻💨

February – a marvellous month of #ReadIndies! February has been quite a month, and I have so enjoyed hosting Reading Independent Publishers Month. This is the sixth time the event has taken place, and I missed having my lovely co-host Lizzy th…

It's the last day of #ReadIndies month, and I share my February reads here: kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/02/28/f... Don't forget to leave a comment and share your own reads!

YouTube video by ClassicVideos80s Fern Kinney - Together We Are Beautiful (1980)

Morning all👍 youtu.be/pjh-isziS6c?...

Many thanks to Natalie and Ian at

@waterstones.bsky.social Leeds

For the launch of

Blackshroud by JM Campbell.

‘A life affirming book about death.’

@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
@foylesforbooks.bsky.social

A terrific choice of stories, and a generous commentary. A Personal Anthology and a Green by-election victory on the same day - things are looking up!

Greyhound – Joanna Pocock Joanna Pocock’s ‘Greyhound’ is a wonderful work of hybrid literature that artfully combines memoir, travel writing, reportage, and social commentary seen through the prism of her Greyhound bus journey...

My new blog post on Joanna Pocock's GREYHOUND - a wonderful, gripping narrative that is a blend of memoir, travel writing, reportage, and social commentary. I loved it @joannapocock.bsky.social.
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Currently reading it. Is excellent 👍

Good luck👍

YouTube video by Translators Aloud Charlotte Mandell reads from Mathias Énard’s THE DESERTERS (Fitzcarraldo/New Directions, 2025)

Here's a clip of me reading from my translation of Mathias Énard's THE DESERTERS, from @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social and New Directions, recently longlisted for the @thebookerprizes.com , for Translators Aloud @translatorsaloud.bsky.social :

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The Agony of Pierre Boulez The Last of 2025: 1

New Substack post
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Fresh books have just hit our Non-Fiction Sale shelves - history, nature, memoir, politics, the lot. The photo only shows the first few rows… trust us, there’s plenty more where they came from!

Have a rummage, fill your boots (and your bookcase): www.foxlanebooks.co.uk/non-fiction-...

#BookSky💙📚

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A list of good independent presses for those looking for something a bit different. Compiled by @causticcovercritic.bsky.social, a man with many books.

Sunderland Point - Double Gates Here's another drawing from my Sunderland Point comic in progress.

Here's another drawing from my Sunderland Point comic in progress robjacksoncomics.blogspot.com/2026/02/sund...

The cover of Roddy Doyle's book "Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha" shows a young boy about to let himself drop down from a wall, which he's still holding with one hand. Born in Dublin in 1958, Roddy Doyle has written a number of novels, books for children, plays and screenplays, and lots of short stories. "Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha" was the winner of the Booker Prize in 1993. The story, told by a ten year old boy, doesn't follow the usual rules of a novel as there are no chapters, just a series of Paddy's thoughts which don't follow in chronological order. In spite of this, you do sense the passage of time as the book progresses. Like any ten year old, Paddy's thoughts jump quickly from one subject to another, with the subjects seemingly unrelated. The book describes a lost world where children roam freely around the area where they live, constantly getting into mischief. The early part of the book focuses on this fun and mischief before real life begins to intrude. I won't give any more detail as I don't want to spoil the story for any potential reader.

"Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha" by Roddy Doyle is a story told by a ten year old boy living in Barry Town, North Dublin, in 1968.
It's a wonderful read - and I highly recommend it!
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#books #booksky #IrishAuthors #IrishWriting #IrishLiterature

Wednesday 🐈‍⬛

#SIGNED and #sprayededge editions of Nonesuch by Francis Spufford

A spell-binding fantasy novel set during the Blitz, from the author of Golden Hill.
 
'What a joy! A novel with endless ingenuity and enormous heart.' Kaliane Bradley

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#BookSky i've read an ARC of this and it's absolutely brilliant, deffo needs to be on the radar.