Drew Gummerson
@drewgum.bsky.social
Writer of The Lodger, Me and Mickie James, Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel. Lambda Award Finalist. Leicestershire Short Story Prize winner. Saltburn - Feb 2025.
Indie Press supporter.
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MD ANT
📍Enderby,UK
https://linktr.ee/drewgum
Indie Press supporter.
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MD ANT
📍Enderby,UK
https://linktr.ee/drewgum
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Drew Gummerson
@drewgum.bsky.social
· Apr 19
My new book Saltburn now has its own site.
With links to buy, reviews, soundtrack and interviews.
#BookSky
(And I recommend LinkTree to writers as it’s quick to set up and maintain.)
linktr.ee/SaltburnBook
With links to buy, reviews, soundtrack and interviews.
#BookSky
(And I recommend LinkTree to writers as it’s quick to set up and maintain.)
linktr.ee/SaltburnBook
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My December newsletter is sent out to around two thousand clued-up subscribers tomorrow. If you're not already on the mailing list and would like a free copy, contact me via my website (scroll dowjn for email address): davidjcollard.wixsite.com/my-site
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November 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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I’ve given up on Train Dreams. It’s really quite dull. Like other people’s dreams. It’s a shame, the book is so good.
I also tried The Beast in Me this week. Awful.
Both of these just fail to have anyone in them you might even care about a tiny bit.
www.netflix.com/gb/title/820...
I also tried The Beast in Me this week. Awful.
Both of these just fail to have anyone in them you might even care about a tiny bit.
www.netflix.com/gb/title/820...
Watch Train Dreams | Netflix Official Site
A logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental change in early 20th-century America.
www.netflix.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I’ve given up on Train Dreams. It’s really quite dull. Like other people’s dreams. It’s a shame, the book is so good.
I also tried The Beast in Me this week. Awful.
Both of these just fail to have anyone in them you might even care about a tiny bit.
www.netflix.com/gb/title/820...
I also tried The Beast in Me this week. Awful.
Both of these just fail to have anyone in them you might even care about a tiny bit.
www.netflix.com/gb/title/820...
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Today could be a really good day to buy a copy of Birding from an independent bookshop, or perhaps even its poor neglected older sibling This Is Yesterday
Black Friday reminder: You can support independent bookstores and get great deals without lining the pockets of billionaires 😌
November 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Today could be a really good day to buy a copy of Birding from an independent bookshop, or perhaps even its poor neglected older sibling This Is Yesterday
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November 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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November 28, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Black Friday is here. Our subs are 33% off. What are you waiting for? SUBSCRIBE.
(Discount applied at checkout)
store.mcsweeneys.net/t/categories...
(Discount applied at checkout)
store.mcsweeneys.net/t/categories...
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Black Friday is here. Our subs are 33% off. What are you waiting for? SUBSCRIBE.
(Discount applied at checkout)
store.mcsweeneys.net/t/categories...
(Discount applied at checkout)
store.mcsweeneys.net/t/categories...
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Do you hate black Friday like a normal person?
Do you love books?
Two of mine are still on sale on the @srlpublishing.bsky.social website!
Belonging hardback for just £10.49:
srlpublishing.co.uk/product/belo...
Great Romances ebook for just £2.49:
srlpublishing.co.uk/product/grea...
Do you love books?
Two of mine are still on sale on the @srlpublishing.bsky.social website!
Belonging hardback for just £10.49:
srlpublishing.co.uk/product/belo...
Great Romances ebook for just £2.49:
srlpublishing.co.uk/product/grea...
Great Romances of the 20th Century – Robert Welbourn - SRL Publishing
We're all looking for The One. We all want to meet that one special person, fall in love, and live happily ever after, just like the movies. But what if it isn't?
srlpublishing.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Do you hate black Friday like a normal person?
Do you love books?
Two of mine are still on sale on the @srlpublishing.bsky.social website!
Belonging hardback for just £10.49:
srlpublishing.co.uk/product/belo...
Great Romances ebook for just £2.49:
srlpublishing.co.uk/product/grea...
Do you love books?
Two of mine are still on sale on the @srlpublishing.bsky.social website!
Belonging hardback for just £10.49:
srlpublishing.co.uk/product/belo...
Great Romances ebook for just £2.49:
srlpublishing.co.uk/product/grea...
November 28, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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we open for submissions of fiction, essays and experimental texts for a month starting Monday* ...
*in addition to rolling subs for reviews, interviews, extracts, textos en español & more
all info here:
oleada.io/publication/...
*in addition to rolling subs for reviews, interviews, extracts, textos en español & more
all info here:
oleada.io/publication/...
Oleada - A Submission Platform
A submission platform for small presses and magazines.
oleada.io
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 AM
we open for submissions of fiction, essays and experimental texts for a month starting Monday* ...
*in addition to rolling subs for reviews, interviews, extracts, textos en español & more
all info here:
oleada.io/publication/...
*in addition to rolling subs for reviews, interviews, extracts, textos en español & more
all info here:
oleada.io/publication/...
And it’s Free Shipping for Saltburn and all other books on @bookshop.org from 28th November to 1st December.
So please share and celebrate #IndieBlackFriday
So please share and celebrate #IndieBlackFriday
Lovely to see my book Saltburn on this @bookshop.org #IndieBlackFriday list @renardpress.com - click on the link and browse some indie publishing delights. Amazon doesn’t need ALL our money. 😂🙌
uk.bookshop.org/lists/an-ind...
uk.bookshop.org/lists/an-ind...
An Indie Black Friday
While the billionaire retailers fall over themselves to sell us tat at bargain prices, independent publishers remain committed to putting out brilliant books.
uk.bookshop.org
November 28, 2025 at 7:49 AM
And it’s Free Shipping for Saltburn and all other books on @bookshop.org from 28th November to 1st December.
So please share and celebrate #IndieBlackFriday
So please share and celebrate #IndieBlackFriday
Lovely to see my book Saltburn on this @bookshop.org #IndieBlackFriday list @renardpress.com - click on the link and browse some indie publishing delights. Amazon doesn’t need ALL our money. 😂🙌
uk.bookshop.org/lists/an-ind...
uk.bookshop.org/lists/an-ind...
An Indie Black Friday
While the billionaire retailers fall over themselves to sell us tat at bargain prices, independent publishers remain committed to putting out brilliant books.
uk.bookshop.org
November 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Lovely to see my book Saltburn on this @bookshop.org #IndieBlackFriday list @renardpress.com - click on the link and browse some indie publishing delights. Amazon doesn’t need ALL our money. 😂🙌
uk.bookshop.org/lists/an-ind...
uk.bookshop.org/lists/an-ind...
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
And now five years and one day old! Thanks to everyone who liked and reposted.
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A very very happy 5th birthday to Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel.
🎉🥳🎈🎊🎉🥳🎂🎁🎈🎊🎈🎁🎂
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Thanks to @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social for believing in me, getting it out there, and releasing a brand new edition!
www.beardedbadgerpublishing.com/online-store...
🎉🥳🎈🎊🎉🥳🎂🎁🎈🎊🎈🎁🎂
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Thanks to @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social for believing in me, getting it out there, and releasing a brand new edition!
www.beardedbadgerpublishing.com/online-store...
November 27, 2025 at 8:28 AM
And now five years and one day old! Thanks to everyone who liked and reposted.
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A very very happy 5th birthday to Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel.
🎉🥳🎈🎊🎉🥳🎂🎁🎈🎊🎈🎁🎂
🦩🏩
Thanks to @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social for believing in me, getting it out there, and releasing a brand new edition!
www.beardedbadgerpublishing.com/online-store...
🎉🥳🎈🎊🎉🥳🎂🎁🎈🎊🎈🎁🎂
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Thanks to @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social for believing in me, getting it out there, and releasing a brand new edition!
www.beardedbadgerpublishing.com/online-store...
November 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
A very very happy 5th birthday to Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel.
🎉🥳🎈🎊🎉🥳🎂🎁🎈🎊🎈🎁🎂
🦩🏩
Thanks to @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social for believing in me, getting it out there, and releasing a brand new edition!
www.beardedbadgerpublishing.com/online-store...
🎉🥳🎈🎊🎉🥳🎂🎁🎈🎊🎈🎁🎂
🦩🏩
Thanks to @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social for believing in me, getting it out there, and releasing a brand new edition!
www.beardedbadgerpublishing.com/online-store...
A very very happy 5th birthday to Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel.
🎉🥳🎈🎊🎉🥳🎂🎁🎈🎊🎈🎁🎂
🦩🏩
Thanks to @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social for believing in me, getting it out there, and releasing a brand new edition!
www.beardedbadgerpublishing.com/online-store...
🎉🥳🎈🎊🎉🥳🎂🎁🎈🎊🎈🎁🎂
🦩🏩
Thanks to @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social for believing in me, getting it out there, and releasing a brand new edition!
www.beardedbadgerpublishing.com/online-store...
November 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
A very very happy 5th birthday to Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel.
🎉🥳🎈🎊🎉🥳🎂🎁🎈🎊🎈🎁🎂
🦩🏩
Thanks to @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social for believing in me, getting it out there, and releasing a brand new edition!
www.beardedbadgerpublishing.com/online-store...
🎉🥳🎈🎊🎉🥳🎂🎁🎈🎊🎈🎁🎂
🦩🏩
Thanks to @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social for believing in me, getting it out there, and releasing a brand new edition!
www.beardedbadgerpublishing.com/online-store...
After my calamitous bike accident had my first physio today. At a training centre with a lovely young man. I’ll see you out, he said at the end. Turn right and you end up in the morgue.
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
After my calamitous bike accident had my first physio today. At a training centre with a lovely young man. I’ll see you out, he said at the end. Turn right and you end up in the morgue.
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We have some amazing authors leaving us at the end of the year. This is the last chance to grab some of these incredible titles and support them for the foreseeable future.
All books in our store are 25% with the code NORTHODOXMAS until the new year
www.northodox.co.uk/bookstore
All books in our store are 25% with the code NORTHODOXMAS until the new year
www.northodox.co.uk/bookstore
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
We have some amazing authors leaving us at the end of the year. This is the last chance to grab some of these incredible titles and support them for the foreseeable future.
All books in our store are 25% with the code NORTHODOXMAS until the new year
www.northodox.co.uk/bookstore
All books in our store are 25% with the code NORTHODOXMAS until the new year
www.northodox.co.uk/bookstore
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some sad news for a Monday 💔 indie publishing is tough and no one wanted this news.
on a practical note, if you've been thinking about getting a copy of Cacoethes please order sooner rather than later as when she's gone, she's gone: www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
on a practical note, if you've been thinking about getting a copy of Cacoethes please order sooner rather than later as when she's gone, she's gone: www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
November 24, 2025 at 10:24 AM
some sad news for a Monday 💔 indie publishing is tough and no one wanted this news.
on a practical note, if you've been thinking about getting a copy of Cacoethes please order sooner rather than later as when she's gone, she's gone: www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
on a practical note, if you've been thinking about getting a copy of Cacoethes please order sooner rather than later as when she's gone, she's gone: www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
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Currently, there are 75 copies of A Short History of the Future with the distributors, (@gardnersbooks.bsky.social) and an unknown number at @northodoxpress.bsky.social. When they're sold, that's it - no new print runs!
If you ever wanted a print copy - get one before they're all gone!
If you ever wanted a print copy - get one before they're all gone!
November 24, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Currently, there are 75 copies of A Short History of the Future with the distributors, (@gardnersbooks.bsky.social) and an unknown number at @northodoxpress.bsky.social. When they're sold, that's it - no new print runs!
If you ever wanted a print copy - get one before they're all gone!
If you ever wanted a print copy - get one before they're all gone!
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🚨STATEMENT🚨
We know there have been rumours circulating and we've been investigating all avenues to continue in extremely difficult circumstances, both industry-wise and within the team.
The support from our readers and writers means the world to us.
We know there have been rumours circulating and we've been investigating all avenues to continue in extremely difficult circumstances, both industry-wise and within the team.
The support from our readers and writers means the world to us.
November 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM
🚨STATEMENT🚨
We know there have been rumours circulating and we've been investigating all avenues to continue in extremely difficult circumstances, both industry-wise and within the team.
The support from our readers and writers means the world to us.
We know there have been rumours circulating and we've been investigating all avenues to continue in extremely difficult circumstances, both industry-wise and within the team.
The support from our readers and writers means the world to us.
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Very honoured that my story Collateral has received a Pushcart Nomination. Thank you! Best of luck to all the nominees.
You can read Collateral here - revolutionjohnjournal.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/s...
You can read Collateral here - revolutionjohnjournal.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/s...
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Very honoured that my story Collateral has received a Pushcart Nomination. Thank you! Best of luck to all the nominees.
You can read Collateral here - revolutionjohnjournal.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/s...
You can read Collateral here - revolutionjohnjournal.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/s...
Very honoured that my story Collateral has received a Pushcart Nomination. Thank you! Best of luck to all the nominees.
You can read Collateral here - revolutionjohnjournal.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/s...
You can read Collateral here - revolutionjohnjournal.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/s...
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Very honoured that my story Collateral has received a Pushcart Nomination. Thank you! Best of luck to all the nominees.
You can read Collateral here - revolutionjohnjournal.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/s...
You can read Collateral here - revolutionjohnjournal.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/s...
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30% off everything in the @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social winter sale too. The non-fic list is peerless (and EXTENSIVE), there's some of the best books of recent times in here so have a look and see what you can find 💥🔥
fitzcarraldoeditions.com/shop/
fitzcarraldoeditions.com/shop/
November 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
30% off everything in the @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social winter sale too. The non-fic list is peerless (and EXTENSIVE), there's some of the best books of recent times in here so have a look and see what you can find 💥🔥
fitzcarraldoeditions.com/shop/
fitzcarraldoeditions.com/shop/
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And finally I'm reposting my starter pack of Novelists. Some of my favourite people on BlueSky are in here @kitdewaal.com @regretteruane.bsky.social @drewgum.bsky.social @susannacrossman.bsky.social @jnraeside.bsky.social And many more. Please follow and repost if you can #writingcommnuity #booksky
November 22, 2025 at 10:27 AM
And finally I'm reposting my starter pack of Novelists. Some of my favourite people on BlueSky are in here @kitdewaal.com @regretteruane.bsky.social @drewgum.bsky.social @susannacrossman.bsky.social @jnraeside.bsky.social And many more. Please follow and repost if you can #writingcommnuity #booksky
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Just realised that the physical edition of this magazine is the first time I’ve had a print ad for my book. And it features a quote from @jenniegauthor.bsky.social too. 🎷🎷🎷
November 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Just realised that the physical edition of this magazine is the first time I’ve had a print ad for my book. And it features a quote from @jenniegauthor.bsky.social too. 🎷🎷🎷