Gina Waggott
@ginawag.bsky.social
Food geek. TV Industry Escapee. Writer. Scatman John biographer.
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Discover the story of Scatman John with author Gina Waggott, in conversation with journalist and broadcaster Krupa Padhy at @waterstones.bsky.social Gower Street.
📍 London | Thurs., June 25 at 6:30 pm (GMT)
🎟 Book now: https://bit.ly/4eCSffV
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📍 London | Thurs., June 25 at 6:30 pm (GMT)
🎟 Book now: https://bit.ly/4eCSffV
🎧#MusicSky @bloomsburymedia.bsky.social
June 18, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Discover the story of Scatman John with author Gina Waggott, in conversation with journalist and broadcaster Krupa Padhy at @waterstones.bsky.social Gower Street.
📍 London | Thurs., June 25 at 6:30 pm (GMT)
🎟 Book now: https://bit.ly/4eCSffV
🎧#MusicSky @bloomsburymedia.bsky.social
📍 London | Thurs., June 25 at 6:30 pm (GMT)
🎟 Book now: https://bit.ly/4eCSffV
🎧#MusicSky @bloomsburymedia.bsky.social
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If you were alive and stuttering in the '90s, your life was touched by Scatman John, who turned his stutter into scat singing and achieved a brief, glorious flash of stardom. @ginawag.bsky.social has written this tender, intimate biography, based on extensive interviewing and deep archival research.
Scatman John
John Larkin – a fast-living, hard-playing, stuttering jazz pianist – overcame abuse, addiction, ageism, and obscurity to stage one of the most improbable debuts…
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June 20, 2026 at 3:58 PM
If you were alive and stuttering in the '90s, your life was touched by Scatman John, who turned his stutter into scat singing and achieved a brief, glorious flash of stardom. @ginawag.bsky.social has written this tender, intimate biography, based on extensive interviewing and deep archival research.
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On the one hand, it’s the story of how a jazz musician became a global scat-singing 90s pop phenomenon.
More significantly though, Scatman John is a rewarding tale of a man who stutters and his journey to self-acceptance, beautifully told by @ginawag.bsky.social
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More significantly though, Scatman John is a rewarding tale of a man who stutters and his journey to self-acceptance, beautifully told by @ginawag.bsky.social
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#BookSky 📚💙
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April 29, 2026 at 5:11 PM
On the one hand, it’s the story of how a jazz musician became a global scat-singing 90s pop phenomenon.
More significantly though, Scatman John is a rewarding tale of a man who stutters and his journey to self-acceptance, beautifully told by @ginawag.bsky.social
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#BookSky 📚💙
#MusicSky
More significantly though, Scatman John is a rewarding tale of a man who stutters and his journey to self-acceptance, beautifully told by @ginawag.bsky.social
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#BookSky 📚💙
#MusicSky
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After winning a 2024 Literary Auction for Change “Ask Me Anything” consultation with me, Gina Waggott went on to sell her biography SCATMAN JOHN to Bloomsbury — and last week launched the book to a full house at McNally Jackson Seaport: www.mcnallyjackson.com/book/9798881...
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February 16, 2026 at 6:46 PM
After winning a 2024 Literary Auction for Change “Ask Me Anything” consultation with me, Gina Waggott went on to sell her biography SCATMAN JOHN to Bloomsbury — and last week launched the book to a full house at McNally Jackson Seaport: www.mcnallyjackson.com/book/9798881...
#Libraries #Publishing
#Libraries #Publishing
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Gina Waggott (r.) celebrated the launch of her new biography, Scatman John: The Remarkable Story of the World’s Unlikeliest Popstar (Bloomsbury Academic), at the Last Bookstore in Studio City, Calif., Scatman John’s hometown. Joining Waggott was the bookstore’s manager, Joe Castro (l.).
February 13, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Gina Waggott (r.) celebrated the launch of her new biography, Scatman John: The Remarkable Story of the World’s Unlikeliest Popstar (Bloomsbury Academic), at the Last Bookstore in Studio City, Calif., Scatman John’s hometown. Joining Waggott was the bookstore’s manager, Joe Castro (l.).
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Folks, I was just alerted to the existence of this book, I am going to purchase it immediately and I highly encourage you to do the same
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February 15, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Folks, I was just alerted to the existence of this book, I am going to purchase it immediately and I highly encourage you to do the same
www.bloomsbury.com/us/scatman-j...
www.bloomsbury.com/us/scatman-j...
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The Millions featured @ginawag.bsky.social’s “Scatman John” in their winter 2026 Most Anticipated preview.
Check out the full list: https://bit.ly/4qyEZwA
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Check out the full list: https://bit.ly/4qyEZwA
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The Millions' Great Winter 2026 Preview
Winter demands that we slow down, take stock, rest. And while we hibernate, books can keep us company. Luckily, this season, there are plenty of noteworthy new reads to fill these cold, short days. Be...
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January 25, 2026 at 7:00 PM
The Millions featured @ginawag.bsky.social’s “Scatman John” in their winter 2026 Most Anticipated preview.
Check out the full list: https://bit.ly/4qyEZwA
#BookSky #MusicSky @bloomsburymus.bsky.social
Check out the full list: https://bit.ly/4qyEZwA
#BookSky #MusicSky @bloomsburymus.bsky.social
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Join Hannah Murray for 'TRE in the Afternoon' - live from 16.00CET, with Elizabeth Vartkessian's 'The Deserving:Humanity, Justice and Hope for the Condemned', and @ginawag.bsky.social on 'Scatman John: The Remarkable Story of the World's Unlikeliest Popstar'. Then its Charlie Brougham's sport
February 9, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Join Hannah Murray for 'TRE in the Afternoon' - live from 16.00CET, with Elizabeth Vartkessian's 'The Deserving:Humanity, Justice and Hope for the Condemned', and @ginawag.bsky.social on 'Scatman John: The Remarkable Story of the World's Unlikeliest Popstar'. Then its Charlie Brougham's sport