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It’s #InternationalCatDay! If you were to buy a book today, maybe The Cat Prince is the one? They’re doing signed & dedicated editions at The Portobello Bookshop. My bespoke cat stamp at the ready. Here’s most of The Cat Prince animation to wet those whiskers! 🐈‍⬛ 📚 theportobellobookshop.com/9781472156877-s

"Keep all this to yourself, or else it’ll be pure mobbed! Fringe is, after all, Edinburgh’s best kept secret." Michael Pedersen is Edinburgh's CAT PRINCE, and ahead of appearing at Edinburgh International Book Festival, provides a feline friendly guide to the city 🐈 festmag.com/edinburgh/city…

Shows in 🇮🇪 and 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 I’m rare excited aboot: 💚 19th September in Letterkenny with Hollie McNish & Eugene Kelly at Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny. 💜 13th October in Cardiff – Fantastic Racket at Llais (too many lushes to name). 🎟️ : regionalculturalcentre.com/events/hollie-… 🎫 : wmc.org.uk/en/llais/2024/…

Shows in Ireland and Wales I’m so excited about 1. with Michael Pedersen & Eugene Kelly at Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny 2. 13th October in Cardiff – Fantastic Racket with SO MANY lush people All ticket links and tour dates at: holliepoetry.com/livedates/

I’m chuffed to be hosting the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award at Edinburgh International Book Festival tonight. It’s peppered with readings by all the shortlisted writers & previous lauded wonders. Here too is a poem I wrote in response to yin of Eddy’s put to animation. We 💜 EM 💛. 🎟️ edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/w…

I’ll be signing & dedicating copies of my book tomorrow afternoon at the sublime The Portobello Bookshop! Silly, smutty, sincere or downright filthy, I’ll ink it in. Hollie McNish will be there inking her Lobster books too. & they post pretty much anywhere on 🌍. 📚 theportobellobookshop.com/9781472156877-s

Thanks to Hollie McNish & Michael Pedersen for signing copies of Lobster & The Cat Prince today 🦞🐱

‘This poem is nothing short of a testament to survival for me. Within it I am questing to understanding who we are in grief, the version of ourself that goes on living whilst a thing we have adored, loved, relished or cherished does not.’ - @scribepedersen forwardartsfoundation.org/poem/what-grie…

I’m chatting to one of the world’s finest lexical butter churners tonight at Edinburgh International Book Festival – that’s The Blindboy Podcast. Here’s Bill Drummond modelling the book we’ll be swooning over & Hollie McNish gabbing with bravura. If you’ve got tickets you’re a wise kestrel and we flock together 💜

Some incredible discussions by Irish writers at this year's Edinburgh International Book Festival supported by Culture_Ireland Colm Tóibin reflected on the call of home & the experience of the Irish abroad while The Blindboy Podcast and Michael Pedersen discussed culture, hungry cats and the joy of Limerick city

A joy to see a bustling Edinburgh International Book Festival in fantastic new surroundings Edinburgh Futures Institute. Hats off to Jenny Niven Tam Zimet & the whole team. Here’s the Spiegeltent looking splendid with Michael Pedersen presiding over a hilarious night with The Blindboy Podcast jack rooke 👋 and more. Congratulations all.

Can't think of a better way to close out this year's Edinburgh International Book Festival than in the company of Michael Pedersen & Jackie Kay. I think everyone there was given succour, could've stayed for hours at the round table. Thank you both so much! Picador Books

With the glorious Edinburgh Book Festival having drawn to a close, it’s time for a slice of Glasgow. Tomorrow 27/08 I’m reading alongside the literary supremos of the MLitt at University of Strathclyde at the CCA. It’s free with just a spit of free tickets left. 🎫 eventbrite.com/e/the-strathcl…

As festival season simmers to a close, here’s a festival in a show to close an extraordinary international Festival of Voice. So much lustre, grit & gorgeousness it’s greedy. A total thrill to guest curate this extravaganza. 13/10 Cardiff Llais — wmc.org.uk/en/llais/2024/…

Ep 5 of the Lantern caused a sensation when it came out. We got loads of DMs saying how impactful folk found it. The theme? Male Friendship; how to be a man in this day and age. Superb poets Michael Pedersen and Andrew Greig boldly explored the subject. scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/podcast/lanter…

I clambered through a portal of lexical sublimeness with The Blindboy Podcast at Edinburgh International Book Festival, captured by Shaun Murawski. It sounded like it looks, a kooky carousel of majesty 🎪🎡⛲️🌠.

🇮🇪 19/09: next up on the show roster is this glorious trebler with Hollie McNish & Eugene Kelly in Letterkenny. Most of the tickets have already gone, so if you fancy coming along zest quick. & please send any Donegal friends or floosies our way💛💜💚. 🎫 regionalculturalcentre.com/events/hollie-…

Come 12/10 I’m reading at Cheltenham Festivals with a total stunner of a line-up. Hosted & curated by joelle taylor, you’ll find us alongside the sublime Seán Hewitt Josie Giles & K Patrick. What a gush of lustre / tickets are loose noo: cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/now-tha…

Sound the pub day alarm! 📢 Been an absolute pleasure working with Rodge Glass on this gorgeous book, which you simply MUST read. Launch tonight is a sell out, but plenty more to come. Thanks to those who have supported it so far. Welcome to the world, Joshua in the Sky 🌈

Fire Engines were one of Edinburgh’s most influential post punk bands. As a definitive compilation is released, read an exclusive extract from Neil Cooper's accompanying essay, in which the group’s Davy Henderson talks about the band’s early days. heraldscotland.com/life_style/245…