The ‘gorgeous and provocative’ The Shape of Guilt by Lisa Fransson ‘emotionally complex’ ‘beautifully weird’ epoquepress.com/online-store/T… #epoquepresstitles #epoquepressauthors #bookcommunity #BookRecommendations

As a thank you to the hundreds of you that have emptied our stock of some new titles, we're having a sale next week. Ease the end of the holidays with a book or 3, including all the items in our shop! Add the code SUMMER25 at checkout in our webstore share.google/texj2hWdD1ihsn…

Thrilled to be a part of the Short Story September Festival run by the incredible Farhana Shaikh 🍉 Join us for a weekend of talks and workshops on mastering #shortstories. Check out the full schedule and book your early bird ticket by 26/8. eventbrite.co.uk/e/short-story-…

And the book plug...

Highsmith likes using parallels—fluke incidents, random strangers—to show ordinary characters a hypothetical vision of their inner murderer. Then she lets the idea stew, deliciously. DEEP WATER is another of these psychological noirs, and it’s one of her best. Highly recommended.

This blog is the one you tell all your friends about. Excited and full of beans. Only they don’t hear you. No one ever does. Are you shouting into the void? ‘On a word of mouth success’. The Flamingo Hotel story. open.substack.com/pub/drewgummer…

We are in Chesterfield Waterstone's with Valeriya Salt for a book signing! Please do come down if you can!

Today’s blog is an inland beach holiday. Cooked up by some marketing executive. Who smugly answers complaints. Who promised you the sea? In, “On reading above yourself.” Don Quixote, Nick Hornby and a loaf of Flamingo Hotel stories. open.substack.com/pub/drewgummer…

Beginning naturalistically sweet and hopeful, this tale goes on to reveal itself as something much darker. Enjoy! abctales.com/story/rosslowe…

🚨SALE🚨 THIS WEEK: ANY ORDER OF ANY TITLE (INCLUDING PREORDERS) IS 25% OFF. Just add the code SUMMER25 at checkout in our store. share.google/kC4fK1OahoV3JF…

Some fab books available cheap!

For the price of a Coffee you can get one of the most sought after books of the summer, and also contribute to the author's ability to buy coffee. Bank holiday sale at Northodox Press. northodox.co.uk/product-page/r… Just add code SUMMER25 at checkout 🦡🖤🦡🖤🦡🖤🦡🖤🦡🖤🦡

Hey writing community! A British bank holiday is the perfect time to follow and check out the work of these talented folks from the UK. Daniel Hinds Carmella de Keyser Bridget Walsh Huw Langridge Ann E Brockbank - Author Drew 🧂🔥Gummerson Alexander Way-B & Daisy B 📚📖 Bex Hainsworth

If anyone is interested in some of the books that helped inform GREYHOUND, here is a short list. As summer comes to an end, there is still time for one more road trip, even if it's a literary one... fitzcarraldoeditions.com/2025/08/joanna… #readinglists #research #greyhound #roadtrips

Today’s blog, ‘On being indecently Bukowskian’ open.substack.com/pub/drewgummer…

Submissions to our next é-zine on the theme Freedom close on 30th Aug. Not long to go to submit #shortstories #poetry #spokenword #music #art #photography #shortfilm Why not take a look at some of our past editions for inspiration: epoquepress.com/past-editions

Issue 3 of Frazzled Lit Frazzled Lit *Open! Short Story Award*, our special competition issue, will land on Sunday morning. Here's the cover as a wee tease. What an amazing line-up!