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Ian Hagues @ianhagues.bsky.social · 10h

Should have tried Bumph😀

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Rob Jackson @robjacksoncomics.bsky.social · 10h

Here's two more rows of panels from my troll comic in progress robjacksoncomics.blogspot.com/2025/10/what...

'What a Tiny Troll'

Here's two more rows of panels from my trolls comic.

robjacksoncomics.blogspot.com

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Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com · 10h

Happy Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

#cansky

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Drew Gummerson @drewgum.bsky.social · 19h

A very happy 5th Birthday to Renard Press. Me and Saltburn are very honoured to be part of the family.

Keep up the brilliant work!

As you say, things are tough for indie publishers so please everyone give them a follow, spread the word, and buy a book or two if you can.

🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳🍾🍾🍾🙌🙌🙌

Cover of my book Saltburn. A seal sits under a beach umbrella.

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Charlotte Mandell @avecsesdoigts.bsky.social · 21h

Reading Robert Kelly

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Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · 1d

Had a great time chatting to @robinallender.bsky.social
Do please have a listen loves💖✨💕

Robin Allender @robinallender.bsky.social · 1d

This month on The Allender Calendar I’m delighted to be joined by the fabulous author @regretteruane.bsky.social to discuss her brilliant novels Birding and This is Yesterday. Lots of Manics chat too!

The Allender Calendar: Episode 14: Rose Ruane

This month on The Allender Calendar I talk to the fabulous writer Rose Ruane. Rose has published two novels, Birding (2024), which was longlisted for the 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction, and This is...

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 1d

We publish the books that others won’t – brave, beautiful writing that deserves to be read. Help us keep going. 💫

Every donor gets 33% off all Salt books as thanks for standing with indie publishing. Offer ends 31 October.

👉 gofund.me/d45b821c8
#SupportIndies #BookSky

Donate to Keep Indie Publishing Thiving – Support Salt Books 2026, organized by Christopher Hamilton-Emery

New books and reprints arrive daily at Salty Towers – and we'… Christopher Hamilton-Emery needs your support for Keep Indie Publishing Thiving – Support Salt Books 2026

gofund.me

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 1d

An amazing response to Sasha Butler’s scintillating debut, The Marriage Contract! Available from booksellers everywhere.

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Clare Pollard @poetclare.bsky.social · 1d

Fiona Benson. And an incredible poem by Artur Dron at the end. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

‘After the reading, the poets hold each other’: what happens when Ukraine’s largest literary festival comes under Russian attack

Fiona Benson was invited to Lviv’s BookForum by Ukrainian poet-soldier Artur Dron’. She recounts falling in love with the city and its thriving literary culture, before an air raid siren sounds

www.theguardian.com

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Colossive Press @colossive.com · 1d

Or subscribe to Series Twelve at bit.ly/colossiveS12 and get all six #zines in the set for just a tenner plus postage

Colossive Cartographies: Series Twelve (#67-72) • Colossive Press

Colossive Cartographies Series Twelve Turkish map-fold book art zines by Taran Taylor, Michelle Kent, Mel Gale and three more creators to be announced

bit.ly

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Colossive Press @colossive.com · 1d

NEW LAUNCH! Our 69th Colossive Cartography, A Fragile Obsession, sees returning Cartographer @melgale.bsky.social revisit her old habit of bidding for vintage glassware on eBay - and never* spending more than she'd intended.

*OK, maybe sometimes. 😉

Grab the #zine for £2 at bit.ly/colossive69

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Ian Hagues @ianhagues.bsky.social · 1d

A bit brutal but representative of his more direct earlier style. For me, his later works lose this grittiness.

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Ian Hagues @ianhagues.bsky.social · 1d

From 'Not Not While The Giro'.

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Ian Hagues @ianhagues.bsky.social · 1d

The earlier collections are great. The Burn and The Good Times.

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Ian Hagues @ianhagues.bsky.social · 1d

James Kelman 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Ian Hagues @ianhagues.bsky.social · 2d

Hope you are well👍

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ies or no zines @iesornozines.bsky.social · 2d

Also, if you like cheap caffs, The Street Cafe is one of the best in Brighton. Good tea, better bacon sandwiches!

Cartoon County @cartooncounty.bsky.social · 2d

This Saturday October 18, Cartoon County is in residence at the undercover Open Market on London Road, Brighton
Meet over 20 great cartoonists and comickers and pick up some great reading
10am till 5:30pm
#comics #brighton

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Rob Jackson @robjacksoncomics.bsky.social · 2d

Anyone want a comic? Why not have a look in my comics shop rob-jackson-comics.sumupstore.com and at my blog to see what they are robjacksoncomics.blogspot.com cheers. My latest one got reviewed here www.brokenfrontier.com/silent-planet/ by Broken Frontier.

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Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com · 3d

(This is not my actual pitch for my book, which I’m pretty proud of. You can buy it here!)

linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...

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Lucy Sullivan @lucysullivan.bsky.social · 3d

Find me at C9 in COMICOLOGY
I’m in a lovely section alongside @averyhill.bsky.social

Thought Bubble Festival @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social · 3d

WHO LIKES MAPS?!

Here are the full maps for all four halls of Thought Bubble Comic Convention 2025, including the full listings of all exhibitors, publishers, guests and more!

Take a look: www.thoughtbubblefestival.com/maps

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Ian Hagues @ianhagues.bsky.social · 3d

Sounds like me up a mountain ⛰️ 😀

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Colossive Press @colossive.com · 3d

If you’ve read the first two issues of Fractures, you’ll know what an amazing visual imagination Wolf has

If you haven’t… colossive.com/product-tag/...

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Colossive Press @colossive.com · 3d

Ugh! Monday! Anyone else wish they could get away from it all - even if just for one minute?

Well now you can. Sort of. Our new Colossive Cartography - Hit Escape by Michelle Kent - is a little holiday you can carry round in your pocket.

Buy the #zine for just £2 at bit.ly/colossive68

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Rob Jackson @robjacksoncomics.bsky.social · 3d

Here's another row of panels from my trolls comic in progress robjacksoncomics.blogspot.com/2025/10/splo...

'Splot Splort'

Here's another row of panels from this new comic.

robjacksoncomics.blogspot.com

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A Wolfgang Crowe @awolfgangcrowe.bsky.social · 3d

FRACTURES WIP'S

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