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Orla Owen
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Author of The Lost Thumb, PAH, and Christ On A Bike | Longlisted Dublin Literary Award 2025 | Rep: Susan Armstrong at C&W
Website: www.orlaowen.com
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davidcollard.bsky.social
If you see this please share (i.e. repost, not just like)! The Barbellion Prize is a unique award for writers with disabilities. We need to raise £20k to secure its future, so please make a donation, no matter how large, no matter how small, here: barbellionprize.org/donate/ Thank you!
donate | The Barbellion Prize
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December 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
orlaowenwriting.bsky.social
LOVED #TASK - if you liked Ozark you’ll love it ,and Tom Pelphrey is once again, phenomenal, as are all the cast, and what a perfect ending 👏👏👏👏👏
Poster for Task on tv.
December 2, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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jancarsonwrites.bsky.social
Exciting News!!!

Belfast launch for #FewAndFarBetween will be Tuesday 7th April

Dublin Launch Thursday 9th April

More info to come and more exciting events dates too. Currently taking bookings for festivals and events from April 7th onwards.
December 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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louiestowell.bsky.social
After the sudden death of Jonathan Main at @booksellercrow.bsky.social, some local authors decided to organise a Christmas signing to help the bookshop make some much-needed ££. If you'd like to help, come on down! And preorder books! booksellercrow.co.uk/shop-tag/lou... I'm on at 2pm!
A graphic for CHRISTMAS AT THE CROW: Saturday 6th December at Bookseller Crow on the Hill, 50 Westow Street, Crystal Palace. Preorder online to avoid disappointment. The authors listed are David Nichols, 10.30am, Holly Jackson, 12.30pmm Lucy Mangan 1pm, me 2pm and Jessie Burton 3pm.
December 1, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
Good morning and on this 'Blue Friday.'

If you are able, please do buy your books from bricks and mortar bookshops or: Bookshop.org.uk

They pay all their taxes and don't waste money on phallic space dreams.

@thebookseller.com
Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
Bookshop.org
November 28, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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cdrose.bsky.social
London and environs - come along!
November 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
orlaowenwriting.bsky.social
Incredibly lovely to see Justine at @booksellercrow.bsky.social yesterday. They have the best book selection & are amazing-please visit them!

And so honoured to be sign some books & be given a new tote bag:

Keep fighting evil - read books 📚❤️📚

booksellercrow.co.uk

#books #CrystalPalace
3 books sitting on a tote bag that says Bookseller Crow Keep Fighting Evil Read Books 4 paperback copies of Christ On A Bike by Orla Owen
November 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
orlaowenwriting.bsky.social
Love, love, LOVED #TheBenefactors by the wonderful @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social Highly recommend you read it 👏📚📚👏

#books #booksky @sceptrebooks.bsky.social
Cover of a book called The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine.
November 27, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
Good morning and many thanks to all the librarians who made the launch of

Orca and Bird by Anna Chilvers such a brilliant success last night at Hebden Bridge Library.

Marvelous

@thebookseller.com
@theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM
orlaowenwriting.bsky.social
Well, this will be wonderful. How I wish I could be there. For you all readers and writers in #Glasgow 💙📚💙

@ronanhession.bsky.social being interviewed on Wednesday 17 December 📚💙📚

#books #booksky @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
ofmooseandmen.bsky.social Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 13d
Here's a wonderful opportunity to be in the audience and listen to @ronanhession.bsky.social being interviewed by James Naughtie for BBC Radio 4 ' Book Club on Wednesday 17th December in Glasgow.

@waterstones.bsky.social

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BBC Radio 4 - Bookclub - Come to a Recording
Join the audience for an edition of Bookclub
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November 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
orlaowenwriting.bsky.social
Lots of new words written plus website updated after putting it off for a wee while - big tick 💙📚💙

www.orlaowen.com
Screenshot of the home page of Orla Owen’s website.
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
orlaowenwriting.bsky.social
Much needed time away from the laptop, climbing the sparkling hills. Turns out wearing spikes makes all the difference ⛰️☀️⛰️
3 walkers climbing a snowy hill in the sunshine.
November 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
orlaowenwriting.bsky.social
Very excited to start #TheBenefactors by @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social - reckon it’ll be good company for a long train journey North💛📚💛

#books #BookSky
Cover of a book called The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine.
November 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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dublinlitaward.bsky.social
The nominations for the 2026 Dublin Literary Award have been revealed! 📚🎉

The 69 nominated novels were selected by 80 libraries across 36 countries, showcasing an exceptional range of contemporary fiction.

Explore the full list of nominations here: dublinliteraryaward.ie/the-library/...
November 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
orlaowenwriting.bsky.social
So happy they took this risk - love reading their books. Thank you @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social 💙📚💙

#books #booksky
ofmooseandmen.bsky.social Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 22d
20 years ago today Heth and I remortgaged our house and Incorporated Bluemoose Books as a publishing company.

Many thanks to the wonderful librarians, booksellers, reviewers and readers who've promoted and hand sold our books.

Magic!

@thebookseller.com
@waterstones.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
20 years ago today Heth and I remortgaged our house and Incorporated Bluemoose Books as a publishing company.

Many thanks to the wonderful librarians, booksellers, reviewers and readers who've promoted and hand sold our books.

Magic!

@thebookseller.com
@waterstones.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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susannacrossman.bsky.social
The excellent Jonathan Crain interviewed me about my novel The Orange Notebooks (@pressassembly.bsky.social & @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social). We talked about reclaiming the lost language of mourning, my hospital work, bees, the colour orange, lost libraries & more.
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Writing Against Silence: Susanna Crossman and the Radical Honesty of "The Orange Notebooks"
When Susanna Crossman speaks about her new novel The Orange Notebooks, she talks about process, practice, and experimentation—terms that suggest not a tidy narrative but a living, breathing act of cre...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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irishlittimes.bsky.social
via @faberbooks.bsky.social
Christine Falls by John Banville is the One Dublin One Book choice for 2026,
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
orlaowenwriting.bsky.social
So wonderful to see. Thank you so much @ronanhession.bsky.social for recommending #ChristOnABike to Steve, who loves your books! 💛👏👏💛

#books #booksky #GhostMountain @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social 💙💙
ultrasteve.bsky.social Ultrasteve @ultrasteve.bsky.social · 26d
As well as writing some of my favourite books of all time, @ronanhession.bsky.social recommended Christ on a Bike by @orlaowenwriting.bsky.social - it was a belter of a recommendation. Proper old-school playground scrap between that and Ghost Mountain for my favourite read of the year.
November 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
orlaowenwriting.bsky.social
Another day, another friend who LOVED Crow Lake by Mary Lawson & is now off to read all her other books & recommend them to all her friends. Her books are absolutely incredible 💛👏📚👏💛

#books #booksky
@penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
Cover of a book called Crow Lake by Mary Lawson.
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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womenintranslation.bsky.social
We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation in 2025! "Each of these books arrives in English in expert and accessible translations that honour the art and voice of their original authors."
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A photograph of the 6 titles shortlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation in 2025. The books are stood on their side on a wooden table with wood panelling backdrop. The six titles photographed are: Johanna Ekström and Sigrid Rausing, And the Walls Became the World All Around, translated from Swedish (Sweden) by Sigrid Rausing (Granta) Evelyne Trouillot, Désirée Congo, translated from French (Haiti) by M.A. Salvodon (University of Virginia Press) Maylis Besserie, Francis Bacon's Nanny, translated from French (France) by Clíona Ní Ríordáin (The Lilliput Press) Krisztina Tóth, My Secret Life, translated from Hungarian (Hungary) by George Szirtes (Bloodaxe Books) Liliana Corobca, Too Great A Sky, translated from Romanian (Romania) by Monica Cure (Seven Stories Press UK) Han Kang, We Do Not Part, translated from Korean (South Korea) by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris (Hamish Hamilton, Penguin Random House UK)
November 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
orlaowenwriting.bsky.social
Thank you so much to everyone in Ireland who borrowed #ChristOnABike from their library. Lovely to get a PLR statement & enough to buy a wee treat. Love #readers Love #libraries ❤️📚❤️

#books #booksky
Cover of a book called Christ On A Bike by Orla Owen.
November 11, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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jancarsonwrites.bsky.social
Delighted to reveal the beautiful cover of my next novel, Few and Far Between designed by the brilliant Irene Martinez Costa. Proofs are arriving next week. Preorders open now. Can’t believe I sat down 20 years ago to have a stab at writing a short story and now I have nine books in the world.
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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regretteruane.bsky.social
This is tomorrow, I know it is staying in, eating soup, watching telly weather but do please come along, we promise to do our utmost to delight you & tickets are free, although you can also order a book with one included
regretteruane.bsky.social Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · Oct 17
Glasgow loves please join me & @benpester.bsky.social at Mount Florida Books on the 6th of November to talk about the marvel that is The Expansion Project.
Everyone* is saying it’s going to be the real fireworks night

*No one is saying that. But it will be good
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Green text on cream background reads The Expansion Project, Ben Pester, 6th November with Rose Ruane
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
orlaowenwriting.bsky.social
Hugely excited for this! Am such a big fan of @sharonduggal.bsky.social brilliant writing! This is great news. 👏💛💛👏

#books #BookSky
ofmooseandmen.bsky.social Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · Nov 4
We're delighted to be publishing Sharon Duggal's new novel.

LIGHT ON THE PLAIN - September - 2026.

Her 3rd with Bluemoose.

Should We Fall Behind, her second novel was short listed for @rsliterature.bsky.social Encore Prize and selected for BBC Two - Between The Covers.

@thebookseller.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM