Michael Pedersen
@michaelpedersen.bsky.social
Maker of Books / Edinburgh Makar (Poet Laureate) / Writer in Residence at Edinburgh Uni 💜📚💫 www.michaelpedersen.co.uk
https://linktr.ee/muckleflugga
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It’s the official publication date of MUCKLE FLUUGA. I would adore it if you lassoed a copy / shared / recommended. It truly means the world 🥲 🌍.
📚 linktr.ee/muckleflugga
💛 ’Extraordinary’ The Scotsman
💖 ‘A dream’ My Weekly
💛 ‘A thing of magic’ The Skinny
💖 ‘Book of The Month’ Gutter
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💛 ’Extraordinary’ The Scotsman
💖 ‘A dream’ My Weekly
💛 ‘A thing of magic’ The Skinny
💖 ‘Book of The Month’ Gutter
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If you were a subscriber, you'd already have the @michaelpedersen.bsky.social
Speakeasy Zine! Instead, enjoy this glorious snapshot, designed by @joshmoirart.bsky.social ...but if you subscribe this week, we'll do a special mailout of this gorgeous final zine of the season www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
Speakeasy Zine! Instead, enjoy this glorious snapshot, designed by @joshmoirart.bsky.social ...but if you subscribe this week, we'll do a special mailout of this gorgeous final zine of the season www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
If you were a subscriber, you'd already have the @michaelpedersen.bsky.social
Speakeasy Zine! Instead, enjoy this glorious snapshot, designed by @joshmoirart.bsky.social ...but if you subscribe this week, we'll do a special mailout of this gorgeous final zine of the season www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
Speakeasy Zine! Instead, enjoy this glorious snapshot, designed by @joshmoirart.bsky.social ...but if you subscribe this week, we'll do a special mailout of this gorgeous final zine of the season www.shamisspeakeasy.co.uk
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Tickets for my final event of this here year. Sharing the stage @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social in London with the lovely @michaelpedersen.bsky.social Join us this wknd! www.ticketsource.co.uk/standrewsboo...
www.ticketsource.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Tickets for my final event of this here year. Sharing the stage @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social in London with the lovely @michaelpedersen.bsky.social Join us this wknd! www.ticketsource.co.uk/standrewsboo...
Yes, me & Hollie went to the Christmas market. & yes, I was giddy to see this banner for Muckle Be The Light on 01/01 at Porty Town Hall with: Shirley Manson @garbage.com & @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social & Norman Blake + a pop up from @portybooks.bsky.social.
Come ✨ 🎟️: edwinterfest.com/hogmanay/wha...
Come ✨ 🎟️: edwinterfest.com/hogmanay/wha...
November 24, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Yes, me & Hollie went to the Christmas market. & yes, I was giddy to see this banner for Muckle Be The Light on 01/01 at Porty Town Hall with: Shirley Manson @garbage.com & @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social & Norman Blake + a pop up from @portybooks.bsky.social.
Come ✨ 🎟️: edwinterfest.com/hogmanay/wha...
Come ✨ 🎟️: edwinterfest.com/hogmanay/wha...
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Tickets for my final event of the year. Sharing the stage with the lovely @michaelpedersen.bsky.social @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social www.ticketsource.co.uk/standrewsboo...
www.ticketsource.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Tickets for my final event of the year. Sharing the stage with the lovely @michaelpedersen.bsky.social @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social www.ticketsource.co.uk/standrewsboo...
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'People will try to capitalise upon the..things that pull us apart rather than the many..commonhoods that draw us together. So always, always focus on the joy and rally back towards the light' @michaelpedersenoyster ends our first series with hope. Full episode here podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
November 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
'People will try to capitalise upon the..things that pull us apart rather than the many..commonhoods that draw us together. So always, always focus on the joy and rally back towards the light' @michaelpedersenoyster ends our first series with hope. Full episode here podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
Words of Muckle Flugga lushness from two of the world’s foremost storytellers. I absolutely adore Ocean Vuong and Irvine Welsh’s writing, to have their glistering critiques on my novel makes the heart do-so-do 💚💖💜💛.
📚 : linktr.ee/muckleflugga
📚 : linktr.ee/muckleflugga
November 17, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Words of Muckle Flugga lushness from two of the world’s foremost storytellers. I absolutely adore Ocean Vuong and Irvine Welsh’s writing, to have their glistering critiques on my novel makes the heart do-so-do 💚💖💜💛.
📚 : linktr.ee/muckleflugga
📚 : linktr.ee/muckleflugga
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Need a mid-week pick-me-up? Warm, witty and wonderful - Michael Pedersen is in the Speakeasy this week. Listen to the full episode podfollow.com/shamis-speak... and his beautiful first novel, Muckle Flugga, is available in all good bookshops. www.faber.co.uk/author/micha...
#ScottishFiction
#ScottishFiction
November 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Need a mid-week pick-me-up? Warm, witty and wonderful - Michael Pedersen is in the Speakeasy this week. Listen to the full episode podfollow.com/shamis-speak... and his beautiful first novel, Muckle Flugga, is available in all good bookshops. www.faber.co.uk/author/micha...
#ScottishFiction
#ScottishFiction
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"I convinced myself I was studying literature within the realms of law and it was very easy to do so because it is a celebration in almost a flamboyance of language." is there anything that @michaelpedersen.bsky.social can't make beautiful?
Listen to the full episode podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
Listen to the full episode podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
November 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
"I convinced myself I was studying literature within the realms of law and it was very easy to do so because it is a celebration in almost a flamboyance of language." is there anything that @michaelpedersen.bsky.social can't make beautiful?
Listen to the full episode podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
Listen to the full episode podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
It’s Robert Louis Stevenson Day (this being his birthday). Here’s a wee snippet of the sublime Jack Lowden voicing the ghost of RLS in my novel Muckle Flugga. RLS serves as a life coach & confidant to the lighthouse keeper’s otherworldly son, Ouse.
MF by JL audiobook available everywhere 🎧 📚💛💜
MF by JL audiobook available everywhere 🎧 📚💛💜
November 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It’s Robert Louis Stevenson Day (this being his birthday). Here’s a wee snippet of the sublime Jack Lowden voicing the ghost of RLS in my novel Muckle Flugga. RLS serves as a life coach & confidant to the lighthouse keeper’s otherworldly son, Ouse.
MF by JL audiobook available everywhere 🎧 📚💛💜
MF by JL audiobook available everywhere 🎧 📚💛💜
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'I was trying to experience this grief as the last reverberation of loving someone' @michaelpedersen.bsky.social explains the process of writing the beautiful book Boy Friends in the wake of his dearest friend, Scott Hutchinson's, passing. Listen to the full episode now podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
November 13, 2025 at 8:31 AM
'I was trying to experience this grief as the last reverberation of loving someone' @michaelpedersen.bsky.social explains the process of writing the beautiful book Boy Friends in the wake of his dearest friend, Scott Hutchinson's, passing. Listen to the full episode now podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
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'I was obsessed with friendship. I was obsessed with emotionally vulnerable friendships....I wanted a piece of that friendship pie' @michaelpedersen.bsky.social talks about the most delicious kind of pie, that we all deserve a generous slice of. Full episode podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
November 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM
'I was obsessed with friendship. I was obsessed with emotionally vulnerable friendships....I wanted a piece of that friendship pie' @michaelpedersen.bsky.social talks about the most delicious kind of pie, that we all deserve a generous slice of. Full episode podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
Cold Turkey’s Honey Roast Hope has less than 20 tickets left as we announce the sensational @mhairiblack.bsky.social as our special guest. She joins me, @holliemcnish.bsky.social, Withered Hand, & Gemma Cairney for the festive fandango 💖💜💛.
Edinburgh, 05/12, 🎫 : www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cold-turke...
Edinburgh, 05/12, 🎫 : www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cold-turke...
November 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Cold Turkey’s Honey Roast Hope has less than 20 tickets left as we announce the sensational @mhairiblack.bsky.social as our special guest. She joins me, @holliemcnish.bsky.social, Withered Hand, & Gemma Cairney for the festive fandango 💖💜💛.
Edinburgh, 05/12, 🎫 : www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cold-turke...
Edinburgh, 05/12, 🎫 : www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cold-turke...
01/01: Edinburgh! Let’s start the year with splendour. Me & the wonder Shirley Manson @garbage.com are taking over Porty Town Hall for Edinburgh Hogmanay. Our special guests are glorious: @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social & Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub) 💖
Come be & beam: edwinterfest.com/hogmanay/wha...
Come be & beam: edwinterfest.com/hogmanay/wha...
November 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
01/01: Edinburgh! Let’s start the year with splendour. Me & the wonder Shirley Manson @garbage.com are taking over Porty Town Hall for Edinburgh Hogmanay. Our special guests are glorious: @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social & Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub) 💖
Come be & beam: edwinterfest.com/hogmanay/wha...
Come be & beam: edwinterfest.com/hogmanay/wha...
💜 Lush London Lovers 💜
Me & the glorious @damianbarr.bsky.social are appearing together on 29/11 at @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social. It’s a zesty Saturday afternoon show at 15:30. Come join the coddle 💘💚💘💚💘
🎫: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/lon...
Me & the glorious @damianbarr.bsky.social are appearing together on 29/11 at @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social. It’s a zesty Saturday afternoon show at 15:30. Come join the coddle 💘💚💘💚💘
🎫: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/lon...
November 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
💜 Lush London Lovers 💜
Me & the glorious @damianbarr.bsky.social are appearing together on 29/11 at @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social. It’s a zesty Saturday afternoon show at 15:30. Come join the coddle 💘💚💘💚💘
🎫: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/lon...
Me & the glorious @damianbarr.bsky.social are appearing together on 29/11 at @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social. It’s a zesty Saturday afternoon show at 15:30. Come join the coddle 💘💚💘💚💘
🎫: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/lon...
Glasgow you glorious beings. Catch me & Gordon Buchanan (nature’s heartthrob) at Aye Write Festival at The Mitchell Library come 13/11 at 19:45. And we’ll be chatting with the fantabulous @nicolameighan.bsky.social 💛💜🩵.
🎫 : www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/muck...
🎫 : www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/muck...
November 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Glasgow you glorious beings. Catch me & Gordon Buchanan (nature’s heartthrob) at Aye Write Festival at The Mitchell Library come 13/11 at 19:45. And we’ll be chatting with the fantabulous @nicolameighan.bsky.social 💛💜🩵.
🎫 : www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/muck...
🎫 : www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/muck...
Wow, @waterstones.bsky.social have put their special edition of Boy Friends into their clearance for £2 ! ! !
It’s the *generally sold out* hardback edition & has exclusive content ft me & Shirley Manson chatting about friendship 💛💚🩵
📚: www.waterstones.com/book/boy-fri...
It’s the *generally sold out* hardback edition & has exclusive content ft me & Shirley Manson chatting about friendship 💛💚🩵
📚: www.waterstones.com/book/boy-fri...
November 1, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Wow, @waterstones.bsky.social have put their special edition of Boy Friends into their clearance for £2 ! ! !
It’s the *generally sold out* hardback edition & has exclusive content ft me & Shirley Manson chatting about friendship 💛💚🩵
📚: www.waterstones.com/book/boy-fri...
It’s the *generally sold out* hardback edition & has exclusive content ft me & Shirley Manson chatting about friendship 💛💚🩵
📚: www.waterstones.com/book/boy-fri...
The more wee Jessie Lee encounters the better – one of life’s true joy merchants. This is my amazing granny. I’ve tried to get her to do a silly book advert for each of my last few tomes and it never goes according to plan – far from it 😹 and aw the more brilliant for it 💓💜
📚 linktr.ee/muckleflugga
📚 linktr.ee/muckleflugga
October 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The more wee Jessie Lee encounters the better – one of life’s true joy merchants. This is my amazing granny. I’ve tried to get her to do a silly book advert for each of my last few tomes and it never goes according to plan – far from it 😹 and aw the more brilliant for it 💓💜
📚 linktr.ee/muckleflugga
📚 linktr.ee/muckleflugga
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The 2025 shortlists for Scotland's Saltires awards have been revealed, and feature a "wealth and depth of talent" 👇 #BookSky
Scotland's Saltires 2025 prize shortlists revealed
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October 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The 2025 shortlists for Scotland's Saltires awards have been revealed, and feature a "wealth and depth of talent" 👇 #BookSky
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I've been struggling with my concentration recently so took a while to get through this book, but I loved it nevertheless. Muckle Flugga by Michael Pedersen.
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Review by geraldinerowe - Muckle Flugga
This book is set on Muckle Flugga, one of the Shetland islands. Although there is a lighthouse...
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October 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I've been struggling with my concentration recently so took a while to get through this book, but I loved it nevertheless. Muckle Flugga by Michael Pedersen.
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/10ae...
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/10ae...
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We are so pleased that Michael Pedersen’s Muckle Flugga has been shortlisted for Scotland’s Fiction Book of the Year 🎉
thesaltires.org.uk/
thesaltires.org.uk/
October 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
We are so pleased that Michael Pedersen’s Muckle Flugga has been shortlisted for Scotland’s Fiction Book of the Year 🎉
thesaltires.org.uk/
thesaltires.org.uk/
SWOONS GALORE – Muckle Flugga has been shortlisted for Fiction Book of the Year at the @saltirebookawards 😭. Such splendiferous news plays me like a flute. Here’s me & my granny about to mambo in jubilation. It’s a gorgeous coddle of a shortlist / I adore it & the Saltires 💜💛 @faberbooks.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
SWOONS GALORE – Muckle Flugga has been shortlisted for Fiction Book of the Year at the @saltirebookawards 😭. Such splendiferous news plays me like a flute. Here’s me & my granny about to mambo in jubilation. It’s a gorgeous coddle of a shortlist / I adore it & the Saltires 💜💛 @faberbooks.bsky.social
The rest of the show year is looking gorgeous as a gambol of grapefruit. A treble Edinburgh dollop, Glasgow, Oxford, London, Norwich, Birnam & beyond. Heaps with Hollie McNish plus Damian Barr, Gordon Buchanan, & other heartthrobs.
🎟️: www.michaelpedersen.co.uk/events
🎟️: www.michaelpedersen.co.uk/events
October 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The rest of the show year is looking gorgeous as a gambol of grapefruit. A treble Edinburgh dollop, Glasgow, Oxford, London, Norwich, Birnam & beyond. Heaps with Hollie McNish plus Damian Barr, Gordon Buchanan, & other heartthrobs.
🎟️: www.michaelpedersen.co.uk/events
🎟️: www.michaelpedersen.co.uk/events
Edinburgh you swank beauties. Here’s two me & @holliemcnish.bsky.social event doublers. One on 23/10 at Porty Town Hall for Hollie’s book launch (we’ll be over 500 strong on the night). The other, lushly intimate, on 08/11 on the stunning Fingal Boat for PTBO.
🎟️: www.michaelpedersen.co.uk/events
🎟️: www.michaelpedersen.co.uk/events
October 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Edinburgh you swank beauties. Here’s two me & @holliemcnish.bsky.social event doublers. One on 23/10 at Porty Town Hall for Hollie’s book launch (we’ll be over 500 strong on the night). The other, lushly intimate, on 08/11 on the stunning Fingal Boat for PTBO.
🎟️: www.michaelpedersen.co.uk/events
🎟️: www.michaelpedersen.co.uk/events
Aberdeen you beauties – today at 14:30 I’m talking Muckle Flugga at Wayward Festival. I’m alongside Chris McQueer and chaired by the wonder Nicola Sturgeon. Tickets are pay what you can (including free). ‘Mon let’s do the book boogie.
🎟️ : www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/abe...
🎟️ : www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/abe...
October 4, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Aberdeen you beauties – today at 14:30 I’m talking Muckle Flugga at Wayward Festival. I’m alongside Chris McQueer and chaired by the wonder Nicola Sturgeon. Tickets are pay what you can (including free). ‘Mon let’s do the book boogie.
🎟️ : www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/abe...
🎟️ : www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/abe...
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Just started. Outstanding opening. Irresistible language. Can't wait to see where this one goes.
October 3, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Just started. Outstanding opening. Irresistible language. Can't wait to see where this one goes.