a pile of more Pity from the postman

If you liked White Spines, you’ll like Shadow Lines. If you weren’t sure about White Spines, don’t worry, Shadow Lines is completely different. Out next month from SALT · Independent trade publisher, est. 1999

Here's me interviewed for The New Yorker(!) by Simon Parkin It's a chaotic story about a chaotic person (Jack Hilton), relayed by another chaotic person (me) and Simon could not have done a better job newyorker.com/books/page-tur…

MOTHER NAKED proofs are preparing to creep into the world: A song for serfs in Middle Ages Grain and ghost and plough and plot Tangle up within these pages A vanish't world That's also not

Fascinating insights from our fabulous guest Ruby Cowling! New episode: https://www.youtub youtube.com/watch?v=f8BDLK… Bloomsbury Books UK Sheila Armstrong Cath Staincliffe Nicholas Royle Professor Debbie Jane Williams Publishing @ MMU Mario Antonio Caldara Theresa Tomlinson Matthew Adamson Granta Books

HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY! to Nicholas Royle for his new memoir “Shadow Lines”! 🎉🥳🍾🎂 Discover more saltpublishing.com/products/shado…

Island stories and other fictions — ⁦Indifference Engine⁩ delivers a fabulous piece on the wonderful ⁦bookanista.com⁩ bookanista.com/island-stories…

The day is nearly upon us. Tomorrow evening I will be chatting with Nick about his new book, Shadow Lines.

Thank you to hosts red 𓆧 BlackwellsManchester and ace interviewer Matthew Adamson for last night & all those who came & listened & bought books.

It may look calm, but it’s been a very busy first hour at Northern Publishers Fair. Thanks to Matthew Adamson for pic.

Star-studded film adaptation of Manchester Metropolitan University lecturer’s atmospheric novel to be released to cinemas. Matt Smith (Dr Who) and Morfydd Clark (Lord of the Rings) star in our Andrew Hurley’s Starve Acre. #McrMetProud #EnglishCreates mmu.ac.uk/news-and-event…

Mother Naked is out in a couple of weeks. Thank you to Peninsula Press and everyone who has helped make it a reality. In the meantime, pre-orders really help. So if you want some fancy some Middle Ages weirdness, the link is below. But if not, just enjoy the cover!

'I plot in advance and let research dictate the story, rather than try to impose research on preconceived ideas. You can’t win against historical precedent.’ Glen James Brown gets (very!) comfy in our Shelf Life chair. A compelling read! Peninsula Press lunate.co.uk/features/glen-…

I'm posting a lot (unlike me) but it's PUBLICATION DAY for 💚 MOTHER NAKED 💚 (!) [1/4]

'Mother Naked is a dazzling work of speculative fiction: the author has taken the barest scrap of historical detail [and] built a story of fear, violence and class tension.' Thank you to the The Irish Times and Neil Hegarty for his wonderful and perceptive review of Mother Naked.

ANNOUNCEMENT! The next book in our collaboration series is a collection of stories by Mike Fox, with photos by Nicholas Royle. Pre-orders open soon, but in the meantime, whet your whistle with some of Mike’s fiction in issues 8 & 12 of Confingo Magazine. confingopublishing.uk/shop

THREE WEEKS! We’ll be launching The Book of Joys by John Saul and Albert Irvin on Wednesday 25 September, 7.30pm, free entry, at Saul Hay Gallery Gallery – book your place here… eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-book-of-…