I finished Muckle Flugga this morning - could have read it more quickly but didn't want it to end! Very nearly started again the minute I'd finished. What a wonderful book. Gorgeous writing. Going to miss it. Still pondering the ending - not in a critical way, just thinking about it all! #BookSky
The shortlists for 2026's Indie Book Awards are here!
The Indies are the only book awards curated exclusively by independent bookshops. This year, our Pao was part of the jury for the fiction and non-fiction categories.
Check out the shortlists on our website!
Thank you, @michaelpedersen.bsky.social for coming to Dunbar! We had a wonderful evening listening to words from and about Muckle Flugga as well as poetry and reflections from The Cat Prince and Boyfriends.
Thank you to Dunbar Library and Dunbar Community Council for your invaluable support.
London this glorious beast is tonight โ The Dead Bard Supper Society. A summoning of the ghost of Robert Louis Stevenson (with readings) plus a luscious three course meal by a fancy chef. All at the sublime Bard Books. ๐ ๐๐๐ป ๐ดโโ ๏ธ
๐๏ธ : www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dead-bard-...
Iโm The Sunday Poem in todayโs Observer New Review with a bespoke illustration by the ace Chris Riddell.
You can gulp it back all inky or swatch it online: observer.co.uk/culture/book...
DUNBAR * LONDON * NORTH BERWICK * LATITUDE * ABERDEENSHIRE ๐ Yes, Iโm supposed to be on a writing break over June & July but, you know, sometimes lush things happen and new shows spiral out / bluebells thrusting up in floral defiance of their concrete overlords.
๐ซ www.michaelpedersen.co.uk/events
Yikes! ๐๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ถ๐จ๐จ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ and itโs truly changed the orbit of my being. A veritable riptide of thanks & gratitude to everyone who has read it, recommended it, shared a post or come to an event. What a gorgeous gaggle of humans Iโve got to quest with along the way.
๐ฉต๐๐๐๐๐ฉท๐๐ค๐คโค๏ธ๐งก ๐๐ซโจ
Iโve a new poem in Sundayโs Observer New Review with a bespoke illustration to boot. Here it is in emoji form first:
๐โโ๏ธ ๐ฆ โ๏ธ ๐ โฐ๏ธ ๐ ๐ถ ๐ฅ
๐๐คโค๏ธ Voila, my very first French translation: ๐๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐นโ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ (The Impossible Lighthouse). You better believe I was summoned over to Paris to pose by the Seine. ๐ This stunning edition will be published by the sublime Buchet Chastel on 27th August.
๐ www.buchetchastel.fr/catalogue/le...
Happy 1 year of Muckle Flugga by @michaelpedersen.bsky.social !!
My favourite book from last year, so beautifully written. Thrilled to have the indie paperback and hardback version! I created a Norman Osborn meme shortly after reading & loving the book! Iโve done two sets of themed nails! ๐โจ๐๐๐
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Tyne & Esk Writers
Tree House Second-hand Bookshop
Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop
Hearing that Muckle Flugga has been shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards just rang my heart like a bell ๐๐.
Humungous thanks to all the brilliant booksellers and lush indies that championed Muckle Flugga and hosted me along the tour run โ I will swoon your way forever. ๐๐๐๐ค๐๐งก๐ฉต
