Bluemoose Books is an independent publisher based in

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, West Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 2006 by Kevin and Hetha Duffy. Kevin Duffy has said that the name was inspired by the Blue Pig pub at nearby

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and the saxophone player Bull Moose Johnson who featured in

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''Sweet Soul Music''. It has published award-winning titles including Benjamin Myers' 2012 ''Pig Iron'', first winner of the

Gordon Burn Prize Gordon Burn (16 January 1948 – 17 July 2009) was an English writer born in Newcastle upon Tyne and the author of four novels and several works of non-fiction. Background Burn's novels deal with issues of modern fame and faded celebrity as l ...

. The company decided to publish only books by women during the year 2020, hoping to shine a spotlight on the work of older or not-yet-established female authors, who face being sidelined because of the publishing industry's usual focus on youth and celebrity. The selected authors were Heidi James, Anna Chilvers and Sharon Duggal Publishing no more than 10 titles a year, Bluemoose was the North England winner in the 2023 Small Press of the Year awards.

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Small presses are the coral reefs of publishing, attracting the most colourful fish': Kevin Duffy of Bluemoose Books argues that independent publishers are vital but at risk"
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