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🍃 An award-winning climate-positive indie publisher of classic & contemporary fiction, non-fiction, poetry & theatre. Also home to Hay Press.
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· Oct 15
And just like that… 🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈
It’s official! Five years of Renard Press! 🦊
📚 165 books published
🌲 2,500 trees planted
😳 650 writers published or anthologised
📚 renardpress.com/books/
It’s official! Five years of Renard Press! 🦊
📚 165 books published
🌲 2,500 trees planted
😳 650 writers published or anthologised
📚 renardpress.com/books/
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Out today - and do come tonight!
Bookworm 💙📚
Bookworm 💙📚
It’s very nearly time for these delicious 🍐 books to fly out into the world - join us online tomorrow evening for an unforgettable chat about this extraordinary novella with the inimitable @bookwormvaught.bsky.social! Tix from free 👇
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February 10, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Out today - and do come tonight!
Bookworm 💙📚
Bookworm 💙📚
It’s very nearly time for these delicious 🍐 books to fly out into the world - join us online tomorrow evening for an unforgettable chat about this extraordinary novella with the inimitable @bookwormvaught.bsky.social! Tix from free 👇
www.tickettailor.com/events/drann...
www.tickettailor.com/events/drann...
February 9, 2026 at 4:31 PM
It’s very nearly time for these delicious 🍐 books to fly out into the world - join us online tomorrow evening for an unforgettable chat about this extraordinary novella with the inimitable @bookwormvaught.bsky.social! Tix from free 👇
www.tickettailor.com/events/drann...
www.tickettailor.com/events/drann...
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I’m an Ambassador for this brilliant charity, Bookbanks, giving away books with food parcels at food banks. There are two part-time jobs going for Regional Leads in London and East Anglia.
Link below.
Please share far and wide :)
Link below.
Please share far and wide :)
Get Involved — Bookbanks
www.bookbanks.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 11:10 AM
I’m an Ambassador for this brilliant charity, Bookbanks, giving away books with food parcels at food banks. There are two part-time jobs going for Regional Leads in London and East Anglia.
Link below.
Please share far and wide :)
Link below.
Please share far and wide :)
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I’ve written some thoughts about writing for the @renardpress.com website, including a few words of explanation as to why the devil I wrote “Stupid Stories for Tough Times”:
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Stupid Stories for Tough Times – Renard Press
The best writing advice I know is attributed to Somerset Maugham. ‘There are three rules for the writing of a novel,’ he explained to a student. ‘Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.’ I’ve alway...
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February 7, 2026 at 5:06 PM
I’ve written some thoughts about writing for the @renardpress.com website, including a few words of explanation as to why the devil I wrote “Stupid Stories for Tough Times”:
renardpress.com/news-item/st...
renardpress.com/news-item/st...
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The magnificent @renardpress.com do a regular feature called Shuffling the Shelves, spotlighting one of their authors each month. This time, it’s me, so I’ve written a little something on the whys and wherefores behind my book “Stupid Stories for Tough Times“:
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Stupid Stories for Tough Times – Renard Press
The best writing advice I know is attributed to Somerset Maugham. ‘There are three rules for the writing of a novel,’ he explained to a student. ‘Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.’ I’ve alway...
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February 6, 2026 at 4:23 PM
The magnificent @renardpress.com do a regular feature called Shuffling the Shelves, spotlighting one of their authors each month. This time, it’s me, so I’ve written a little something on the whys and wherefores behind my book “Stupid Stories for Tough Times“:
renardpress.com/news-item/st...
renardpress.com/news-item/st...
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Out next week
10/02 with @renardpress.com
You can preorder here! renardpress.com/books/all-th...
And do please come to the launch. It’s online for access and donations only if you can. Also 10/02
www.tickettailor.com/events/drann...
10/02 with @renardpress.com
You can preorder here! renardpress.com/books/all-th...
And do please come to the launch. It’s online for access and donations only if you can. Also 10/02
www.tickettailor.com/events/drann...
February 4, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Out next week
10/02 with @renardpress.com
You can preorder here! renardpress.com/books/all-th...
And do please come to the launch. It’s online for access and donations only if you can. Also 10/02
www.tickettailor.com/events/drann...
10/02 with @renardpress.com
You can preorder here! renardpress.com/books/all-th...
And do please come to the launch. It’s online for access and donations only if you can. Also 10/02
www.tickettailor.com/events/drann...
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Lovely article by my publisher… @renardpress.com
“a big part of what makes us different, in my eyes, is that we’re looking for different, and this means looking beyond the mass of published voices”
creativewritingatleicester.blogspot.com/2026/01/five...
“a big part of what makes us different, in my eyes, is that we’re looking for different, and this means looking beyond the mass of published voices”
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Five Years of Publishing Beyond the Mainstream: On Setting Up and Running Renard Press
By Will Dady An unknown wit of years past asks, "How do you make a small fortune in publishing?" Of course the answer is, "Start with a larg...
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February 1, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Lovely article by my publisher… @renardpress.com
“a big part of what makes us different, in my eyes, is that we’re looking for different, and this means looking beyond the mass of published voices”
creativewritingatleicester.blogspot.com/2026/01/five...
“a big part of what makes us different, in my eyes, is that we’re looking for different, and this means looking beyond the mass of published voices”
creativewritingatleicester.blogspot.com/2026/01/five...
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www.tickettailor.com/events/drann... for the launch
Out 10/02 @renardpress.com
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Out 10/02 @renardpress.com
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February 1, 2026 at 4:43 PM
www.tickettailor.com/events/drann... for the launch
Out 10/02 @renardpress.com
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Out 10/02 @renardpress.com
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All The Days I Did Not Live
10/02 from the multi-award-winning @renardpress.com home now to so many of my weird children renardpress.com/books/all-th... On loneliness, taboo and the delicious, dangerous, magic of reinvention – where freedom comes at a cost and even the ghosts refuse to stay quiet…
10/02 from the multi-award-winning @renardpress.com home now to so many of my weird children renardpress.com/books/all-th... On loneliness, taboo and the delicious, dangerous, magic of reinvention – where freedom comes at a cost and even the ghosts refuse to stay quiet…
January 30, 2026 at 5:02 PM
All The Days I Did Not Live
10/02 from the multi-award-winning @renardpress.com home now to so many of my weird children renardpress.com/books/all-th... On loneliness, taboo and the delicious, dangerous, magic of reinvention – where freedom comes at a cost and even the ghosts refuse to stay quiet…
10/02 from the multi-award-winning @renardpress.com home now to so many of my weird children renardpress.com/books/all-th... On loneliness, taboo and the delicious, dangerous, magic of reinvention – where freedom comes at a cost and even the ghosts refuse to stay quiet…
🚨 Ace #bookpost to end the week! 🚨
The delicious All the Days I Did Not Live by @bookwormvaught.bsky.social
Signed bookplates en route - pre-order now 🍐
After the death of her steady, constraining husband, Catherine discovers grief can be a liberation…
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The delicious All the Days I Did Not Live by @bookwormvaught.bsky.social
Signed bookplates en route - pre-order now 🍐
After the death of her steady, constraining husband, Catherine discovers grief can be a liberation…
renardpress.com/books/all-th...
January 30, 2026 at 2:33 PM
🚨 Ace #bookpost to end the week! 🚨
The delicious All the Days I Did Not Live by @bookwormvaught.bsky.social
Signed bookplates en route - pre-order now 🍐
After the death of her steady, constraining husband, Catherine discovers grief can be a liberation…
renardpress.com/books/all-th...
The delicious All the Days I Did Not Live by @bookwormvaught.bsky.social
Signed bookplates en route - pre-order now 🍐
After the death of her steady, constraining husband, Catherine discovers grief can be a liberation…
renardpress.com/books/all-th...
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New Substack up, featuring @stuhennigan.bsky.social @ortacpress.bsky.social @galleybeggars.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @davidcollard.bsky.social @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social @renardpress.com Laurel and Hardy, Some Like it Hot. And me.
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On Being Down and Out. Almost.
It’s always interesting to see what sofa, item of rubbish, general detritus from everyday life, has appeared on my street each night.
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January 29, 2026 at 9:51 AM
New Substack up, featuring @stuhennigan.bsky.social @ortacpress.bsky.social @galleybeggars.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @davidcollard.bsky.social @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social @renardpress.com Laurel and Hardy, Some Like it Hot. And me.
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Saying a few things about my next book, novella All The Days I Did Not Live, out 10/02 with the multi-award-winning @renardpress.com 💙📚#booksky
renardpress.com/books/all-th... pre-order
And launch is free to attend and online
www.tickettailor.com/events/drann... @indiepressnetwork.bsky.social
renardpress.com/books/all-th... pre-order
And launch is free to attend and online
www.tickettailor.com/events/drann... @indiepressnetwork.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Saying a few things about my next book, novella All The Days I Did Not Live, out 10/02 with the multi-award-winning @renardpress.com 💙📚#booksky
renardpress.com/books/all-th... pre-order
And launch is free to attend and online
www.tickettailor.com/events/drann... @indiepressnetwork.bsky.social
renardpress.com/books/all-th... pre-order
And launch is free to attend and online
www.tickettailor.com/events/drann... @indiepressnetwork.bsky.social
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#ICYMI as below. Very honoured for my book Saltburn to be included in this @renardpress.com 2025 book a month 50% off sale.
Hit the link and fill your book bags. Or tell a friend.
#SupportIndiePublishing
For some fab books.
Hit the link and fill your book bags. Or tell a friend.
#SupportIndiePublishing
For some fab books.
#ICYMI we’re not done with 2025 yet!
We’ve highlighted a book a month - fab books that might have passed you by. They’re half price – this last week only – so do swing by – and if you missed any, fill yer boots! The 2026 You will appreciate it… 😁
renardpress.com/renard-press... (Link in bio)
We’ve highlighted a book a month - fab books that might have passed you by. They’re half price – this last week only – so do swing by – and if you missed any, fill yer boots! The 2026 You will appreciate it… 😁
renardpress.com/renard-press... (Link in bio)
January 25, 2026 at 4:06 PM
#ICYMI as below. Very honoured for my book Saltburn to be included in this @renardpress.com 2025 book a month 50% off sale.
Hit the link and fill your book bags. Or tell a friend.
#SupportIndiePublishing
For some fab books.
Hit the link and fill your book bags. Or tell a friend.
#SupportIndiePublishing
For some fab books.
#ICYMI we’re not done with 2025 yet!
We’ve highlighted a book a month - fab books that might have passed you by. They’re half price – this last week only – so do swing by – and if you missed any, fill yer boots! The 2026 You will appreciate it… 😁
renardpress.com/renard-press... (Link in bio)
We’ve highlighted a book a month - fab books that might have passed you by. They’re half price – this last week only – so do swing by – and if you missed any, fill yer boots! The 2026 You will appreciate it… 😁
renardpress.com/renard-press... (Link in bio)
January 25, 2026 at 11:40 AM
#ICYMI we’re not done with 2025 yet!
We’ve highlighted a book a month - fab books that might have passed you by. They’re half price – this last week only – so do swing by – and if you missed any, fill yer boots! The 2026 You will appreciate it… 😁
renardpress.com/renard-press... (Link in bio)
We’ve highlighted a book a month - fab books that might have passed you by. They’re half price – this last week only – so do swing by – and if you missed any, fill yer boots! The 2026 You will appreciate it… 😁
renardpress.com/renard-press... (Link in bio)
Delighted to wish a very happy birthday to the extraordinary #VirginiaWoolf, born #onthisday in 1882. Here’s our homage to the great writer, publisher, thinker 🙌
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#woolf #otd
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#woolf #otd
January 25, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Delighted to wish a very happy birthday to the extraordinary #VirginiaWoolf, born #onthisday in 1882. Here’s our homage to the great writer, publisher, thinker 🙌
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#woolf #otd
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#woolf #otd
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On @renardpress.com This year alone with them, I have a new novella: risk, form & compression that smaller publishers do so well. I love novella form and hope you’ll love the new one, out 10/02.
In March, they’re republishing the memoir that went out of print when its publisher suddenly closed
In March, they’re republishing the memoir that went out of print when its publisher suddenly closed
January 23, 2026 at 10:01 PM
On @renardpress.com This year alone with them, I have a new novella: risk, form & compression that smaller publishers do so well. I love novella form and hope you’ll love the new one, out 10/02.
In March, they’re republishing the memoir that went out of print when its publisher suddenly closed
In March, they’re republishing the memoir that went out of print when its publisher suddenly closed
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We’re starting the new year with a round-up of some of the finest titles on the indie scene last year 🙌 🥳
Find the full list on our website. Shop with your local indie or bookshop.org to support the book trade, not Silicon Valley 😁
indiepressnetwork.com/best-of-2025/
Find the full list on our website. Shop with your local indie or bookshop.org to support the book trade, not Silicon Valley 😁
indiepressnetwork.com/best-of-2025/
January 21, 2026 at 2:54 PM
We’re starting the new year with a round-up of some of the finest titles on the indie scene last year 🙌 🥳
Find the full list on our website. Shop with your local indie or bookshop.org to support the book trade, not Silicon Valley 😁
indiepressnetwork.com/best-of-2025/
Find the full list on our website. Shop with your local indie or bookshop.org to support the book trade, not Silicon Valley 😁
indiepressnetwork.com/best-of-2025/
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10/02/2026
The chilling new novella from Anna Vaught
All The Days I Did Not Live
From the multi award-winning @renardpress.com
Pre-order the book
renardpress.com/books/all-th...
Attend the online launch - free (suggested donations to MAP)
www.tickettailor.com/events/drann...
The chilling new novella from Anna Vaught
All The Days I Did Not Live
From the multi award-winning @renardpress.com
Pre-order the book
renardpress.com/books/all-th...
Attend the online launch - free (suggested donations to MAP)
www.tickettailor.com/events/drann...
January 22, 2026 at 4:49 PM
10/02/2026
The chilling new novella from Anna Vaught
All The Days I Did Not Live
From the multi award-winning @renardpress.com
Pre-order the book
renardpress.com/books/all-th...
Attend the online launch - free (suggested donations to MAP)
www.tickettailor.com/events/drann...
The chilling new novella from Anna Vaught
All The Days I Did Not Live
From the multi award-winning @renardpress.com
Pre-order the book
renardpress.com/books/all-th...
Attend the online launch - free (suggested donations to MAP)
www.tickettailor.com/events/drann...
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Great to see Saltburn in @luluallison.bsky.social books of year.
And it’s currently 50% off at @renardpress.com
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And it’s currently 50% off at @renardpress.com
renardpress.com/books/saltbu...
January 21, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Great to see Saltburn in @luluallison.bsky.social books of year.
And it’s currently 50% off at @renardpress.com
renardpress.com/books/saltbu...
And it’s currently 50% off at @renardpress.com
renardpress.com/books/saltbu...
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10/02 @renardpress.com
A new novella from Anna Vaught
renardpress.com/books/all-th...
Launch online www.tickettailor.com/events/drann...
A new novella from Anna Vaught
renardpress.com/books/all-th...
Launch online www.tickettailor.com/events/drann...
January 21, 2026 at 9:56 PM
10/02 @renardpress.com
A new novella from Anna Vaught
renardpress.com/books/all-th...
Launch online www.tickettailor.com/events/drann...
A new novella from Anna Vaught
renardpress.com/books/all-th...
Launch online www.tickettailor.com/events/drann...
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Have you read FLEDGING, the 2024 debut novel by @citylit.bsky.social alumna Rose Diell?
"A stunning debut from a writer I'm excited to read more from."
"Fizzing with ideas and beautifully told."
Available now from @renardpress.com!
"A stunning debut from a writer I'm excited to read more from."
"Fizzing with ideas and beautifully told."
Available now from @renardpress.com!
January 19, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Have you read FLEDGING, the 2024 debut novel by @citylit.bsky.social alumna Rose Diell?
"A stunning debut from a writer I'm excited to read more from."
"Fizzing with ideas and beautifully told."
Available now from @renardpress.com!
"A stunning debut from a writer I'm excited to read more from."
"Fizzing with ideas and beautifully told."
Available now from @renardpress.com!
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Keeping it topical.
My latest substack post.
On Traitors, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and Annexing Iceland.
@renardpress.com
@beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/drewgumm...
My latest substack post.
On Traitors, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and Annexing Iceland.
@renardpress.com
@beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/drewgumm...
On Traitors, the Nobel Prize for Literature and Annexing Iceland
You think about going on Traitors. It would be a good advertisement for your books. But you don’t know if you are the right kind of gay, well-dressed and personable. Able to pull off the obligatory cu...
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January 20, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Keeping it topical.
My latest substack post.
On Traitors, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and Annexing Iceland.
@renardpress.com
@beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/drewgumm...
My latest substack post.
On Traitors, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and Annexing Iceland.
@renardpress.com
@beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/drewgumm...
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And meanwhile my follow up, Saltburn, remains 50% off in @renardpress.com 2025 Book Promotion.
You can get a copy of that for £5 here and go the full Gummerson.
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You can get a copy of that for £5 here and go the full Gummerson.
renardpress.com/books/saltbu...
Saltburn – Renard Press
May the residents of the real Saltburn-by-the-Sea and neighbouring towns forgive my mermaids, my nuclear power stations, my foetus museums and so on and so on. They were written with love. Welcome to ...
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January 15, 2026 at 6:40 PM
And meanwhile my follow up, Saltburn, remains 50% off in @renardpress.com 2025 Book Promotion.
You can get a copy of that for £5 here and go the full Gummerson.
renardpress.com/books/saltbu...
You can get a copy of that for £5 here and go the full Gummerson.
renardpress.com/books/saltbu...
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And finally! The latest arrival from @renardpress.com as part of my subscription. What fascinating books they do put out and I highly recommend subbing with them! Now I just need to decide what to read next!!
January 17, 2026 at 2:28 PM
And finally! The latest arrival from @renardpress.com as part of my subscription. What fascinating books they do put out and I highly recommend subbing with them! Now I just need to decide what to read next!!
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If you haven't got a copy of Interlude yet, now is the time! Renard Press are offering 50% off Interlude in their January sale. I would truly love your support for this little book and my poems 🧡❤️🧡 @renardpress.com renardpress.com/renard-press...
January 8, 2026 at 7:44 PM
If you haven't got a copy of Interlude yet, now is the time! Renard Press are offering 50% off Interlude in their January sale. I would truly love your support for this little book and my poems 🧡❤️🧡 @renardpress.com renardpress.com/renard-press...