Michael Pedersen

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

A show on a boat in Paris. Come join me & Hollie McNish on 15/11: a Sunday afternoon aboard @nanna.paris – the literary barge 💖 🎟️: nanna-paris.fr/event/lectur...

Spanish Book Launches! Tonight (Wednesday 14th October) I’m in Madrid and Friday 16th October I’m in Barcelona. Both events are free and will be glorious. Please send friends and lovers our way 💛🖤💙💛🖤💙.

Did you know that we have commissioned a special birthday poem from @michaelpedersen.bsky.social to celebrate 5 years of Manderley Press? Join us at @goldenharebooks.bsky.social to hear Michael unveil this exciting new work on Dec 2. In the meantime, his novel Muckle Flugga is my morning must read!

Over on Insta, we're giving away free signed copies of @michaelpedersen.bsky.social new book. Comp is open til Saturday night so if you're just waking up and reading this, you still have time! @faberbooks.bsky.social #freebooks #signedcopies #freestuff #prizesgalore

Tomorrow / Sunday 4th I’m at Portobello Book Festival with this luscious gang. Tickets are free and can be scooped up from Porty Library. There are only a few left so seek them out and come thrum our way. 💛🖤🩵💙💜

You are invited to our birthday party! We're celebrating turning five with a Robert Louis Stevenson event led by @michaelpedersen.bsky.social at @goldenharebooks.bsky.social in Edinburgh. Come and join us! Tickets here: tinyurl.com/48absuxx

"Le phare de l'impossible" de @michaelpedersen.bsky.social chez Buchet-Chastel Un livre que j'ai trouvé exigeant mais touchant. Ici, les relations humaines sont à l'image de cette île : parfois violentes mais aussi belles. Une dualité dans l'écriture qui donne à ce roman une grande originalité.

This week’s update. Celebrated with one of my favourite author’s RF Kuang (who was so lush about Muckle Flugga) and my sister got a new kitten – so new to the world he’s currently unnamed. It’s looking like Christopher, Paulie, or Toni (a Sopranos theme). 💚💜💛

Muckle Flugga is out today in Spanish 🇪🇸 as La isla final with the superb Mapa. We’ll be launching on the 14/10 in Madrid and the 16/10 in Barcelona ¡Mamá, es mi libro en español 😭 🖤💛🖤💛. 📚: www.editorialmapa.com/products/la-...

After seeing @michaelpedersen.bsky.social speak at Latitude, I had to read Muckle Flugga. So glad I did. Heavy themes told with beauty and magic. Straight on the staff recommends shelf!

We are launching this gorgeous wee book ‘Ten Poems about Edinburgh’ this Wednesday 9th September at Waterstones Princes Street. Readings from Janette Ayachi, Marjorie Lotfi, and me. Plus words for Edinburgh UNESCO City of Lit. Come thrum our way. 🎟️: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ten-poems-...

Edinburgh! We have just announced Cold Turkey #9 – with Hollie McNish, Withered Hand, Ivo Graham, Gemma Cairney, & me. At Assembly Roxy on 03/12. The tickets are already absolutely zooming 💫💚❤️💚❤️. 🎫: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cold-turke...

Le Phare de l’Impossible Roman de Michael Pedersen. À paraître le 27 août 2026. L’île de Muckle Flugga est la plus septentrionale du Royaume-Uni. Son phare est géré par le Père, un homme aride à la tendresse depuis la disparition de la Mère. « Un gardien irascible, détruit par le chagrin, avec une…

@edbookfest.bsky.social is now open 🎉! Here’s the fabulous thrust of my shows. They’re on 23rd, 27th and 29th August. 💜💚👩🏼‍🎤🧑🏼‍🎤💚💜. The number of literary beacons I’m sharing stages with is feather fluttering 💫💫💫 🎫: www.michaelpedersen.co.uk/events

I’m running a wee online poetry workshop tomorrow for the heartthrobs at @redroompoetry. Beam in from anywhere on earth. 10am UK time, 7pm Sydney time (only 90 mins). Beginners and newbies most welcome 💛💜💚🩵 events.humanitix.com/workshop-ani...

Ein Buch, das Muckle Flugga heißt!!!! 😍

I’m reading at @latitudefestival.bsky.social today at 15:55 alongside the ace Jan Carson. Come all you lexical butter churners and dandelion whisperers. Then we can all go watch Self Esteem and Lewis Capaldi 💚💜💛.

‘Muckle Flugga is an anthem for the summer’ @thetimes.com. Awwww, a thrill supreme to see Muckle Flugga recommended in The Times by the truly glorious Jaffe and Neal Bookshop. Long live the indies and their brigade of brilliant booksellers. My humungous thanks! 💚💛💚💛

Aberdeenshire beauties I’m coming to Banchory on 1st August! Anyone you can send our way would be soooo lushly appreciated – friends or lovers, exes or aunties. Love rockets 🚀💖. 🎟️: thebarnarts.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

ᴛᴇɴ ᴘᴏᴇᴍs ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴇᴅɪɴʙᴜʀɢʜ has arrived – I had the supreme thrill of editing this stunning wee anthology for Candlestick Press. Ft: Norman MacCaig, Jackie Kay, Edwin Morgan, Robert Louis Stevenson, Marjorie Lotfi, Hollie McNish, Janette Ayachi, me, & more. www.candlestickpress.co.uk/pamphlet/ten...

𝘉𝘰𝘺 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 came out 4 years back (July 2022) and has very much changed the currents of my life. I am so grateful for aw the soppy splendour it’s brought my way. To the dreamboats who read it or gifted it to those they love, thank you – you have giving it value beyond what I thought possible 🥹

💜 29th June 2012 🐇 This was Scott Hutchison’s first performance at Neu! Reekie! (a night I used to run with chums). I loved him then and I love him still 💚.

Tickets for these two glorious @edbookfest.bsky.social shows in August are now live. Find me alongside the likes of Hollie McNish, Douglas Stuart, Gordon Buchanan, & beauties beyond. 23/08 www.edbookfest.co.uk/events/the-c... 29/08: www.edbookfest.co.uk/events/micha...

Personally, I also have to give very special mention to: Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix Muckle Flugga by Michael Pedersen The New Age of Sexism by Laura Bates Three books I am SO glad judging made me read properly! @booksaremybag.bsky.social #IndieBookAwards2026 #GoAllIn 3/3

Thank you, @michaelpedersen.bsky.social for coming to Dunbar! We had a wonderful evening listening to words from and about Muckle Flugga as well as poetry and reflections from The Cat Prince and Boyfriends. Thank you to Dunbar Library and Dunbar Community Council for your invaluable support.

I’m The Sunday Poem in today’s Observer New Review with a bespoke illustration by the ace Chris Riddell. You can gulp it back all inky or swatch it online: observer.co.uk/culture/book...

I’ve a new poem in Sunday’s Observer New Review with a bespoke illustration to boot. Here it is in emoji form first: 🏊‍♀️ 🦅 ✈️ 🌊 ⛰️ 🐐 🐶 🥎

London this glorious beast is tonight – The Dead Bard Supper Society. A summoning of the ghost of Robert Louis Stevenson (with readings) plus a luscious three course meal by a fancy chef. All at the sublime Bard Books. 💜 📚💚👻 🏴‍☠️ 🎟️ : www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dead-bard-...

💙🤍❤️ Voila, my very first French translation: 𝗟𝗲 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲 𝗹’𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 (The Impossible Lighthouse). You better believe I was summoned over to Paris to pose by the Seine. 📚 This stunning edition will be published by the sublime Buchet Chastel on 27th August. 📚 www.buchetchastel.fr/catalogue/le...

DUNBAR * LONDON * NORTH BERWICK * LATITUDE * ABERDEENSHIRE 💛 Yes, I’m supposed to be on a writing break over June & July but, you know, sometimes lush things happen and new shows spiral out / bluebells thrusting up in floral defiance of their concrete overlords. 🎫 www.michaelpedersen.co.uk/events

Happy 1 year of Muckle Flugga by @michaelpedersen.bsky.social !! My favourite book from last year, so beautifully written. Thrilled to have the indie paperback and hardback version! I created a Norman Osborn meme shortly after reading & loving the book! I’ve done two sets of themed nails! 🌊✨💙💛💖

I finished Muckle Flugga this morning - could have read it more quickly but didn't want it to end! Very nearly started again the minute I'd finished. What a wonderful book. Gorgeous writing. Going to miss it. Still pondering the ending - not in a critical way, just thinking about it all! #BookSky

Yikes! 𝘔𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦 𝘍𝘭𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 and it’s truly changed the orbit of my being. A veritable riptide of thanks & gratitude to everyone who has read it, recommended it, shared a post or come to an event. What a gorgeous gaggle of humans I’ve got to quest with along the way. 🩵💛💙💖💜🩷💚🖤🤍❤️🧡 🌊💫✨

The shortlists for 2026's Indie Book Awards are here! The Indies are the only book awards curated exclusively by independent bookshops. This year, our Pao was part of the jury for the fiction and non-fiction categories. Check out the shortlists on our website!

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Die Sätze mancher Romane sind so durchdrungen von Poesie, dass man von ihnen regelrecht wortbesoffen werden kann. Romane, die man eigentlich hören muss, anstatt sie zu lesen, um ganz in ihren unablässigen Sog einzutauchen wie in eine heranrollende Flut.

Exciting news! We are looking forward to welcoming Edinburgh Makar and prize-winning Scottish author @michaelpedersen.bsky.social to Dunbar on 10 June. Details here - tyneandeskwriters.org.uk/meet-the-aut... #writing #authorevent

Joyous awards news for Michael Pedersen's debut novel Muckle Flugga, shortlisted today for the Fiction of the Year Award at the Indie Book Awards 2026! Congratulations to Michael and all the shortlisted authors 💫

Hearing that Muckle Flugga has been shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards just rang my heart like a bell 🔔💖. Humungous thanks to all the brilliant booksellers and lush indies that championed Muckle Flugga and hosted me along the tour run – I will swoon your way forever. 💛💜💚🤎💙🧡🩵

I’m off to the skies for a month long tour of Australia & New Zealand. Send lovers & friends, exes & aunties my way please. Melbourne, Wellington, Auckland, Sydney, Brisbane / I’m repping all my books & tendernesses beyond 💚🩵💜. 🎟️ : www.michaelpedersen.co.uk/events

Short Works: A Timeshare in the Heart Currently available on BBC Sounds A tale of wonder, heartbreak and tenderness during one boy’s trip to the Scottish seaside. Original short story by @michaelpedersen.bsky.social. Read by Russell Tovey. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

My new short story read by the gorgeous human Russell Tovey has just aired on @bbcradio4. You can listen back on @bbcsounds. It’s called ‘A Timeshare in the Heart’ and follows the story of a young Oliver Brockett on holiday in Ullapool. Please listen & share 🌊🦀🩵. 📻: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

🎉We are so excited to announce that @michaelpedersen.bsky.social will be our first guest author at our Silent Reading Group! 📚 He will be joining us on Monday the 27th for a special reading and signing of his debut novel, Muckle Flugga. 🔗Get your tickets now at www.tickettailor.com/events/publi...

Muckle Flugga is the Scottish Book of the Month at the glorious @blackwells.bsky.social 💙🩵🤍. Look out for our zesty stacks in Edinburgh & Aberdeen (& beyond). Plus I’ve an event to celebrate at Blackwells Edinburgh come 29/04 (chaired by Gordon Buchanan). 🎟️ : www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/michael-pe...

A thrill to be on @arte.tv’s leading culture show TWIST. This has already gone out on TV in France & Germany (in French & German) and is now available to catch up on their arte player. I got to talk Muckle Flugga / Der letzte Leuchtturm and soppy male friendship. 📺 www.arte.tv/de/videos/12...