Ridiculous Keshed blurbs in my profile here from folk like @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social @jamesscudamore.bsky.social @heidijames.bsky.social @susannacrossman.bsky.social @regretteruane.bsky.social @markabowles.bsky.social @leebrackstone.bsky.social uk.bookshop.org/shop/Stu_Hen...

Censorship of books in the US has always been predominantly from the right. The whole “cancel culture” debate (it was scarcely a debate) rested on a this very basic error.

John Berger on Ramallah: www.threepennyreview.com/a-place-weep...

Join author Mark Bowles for 4 writing workshops tracing how we write what resists language: trauma, rage, madness, silence—and finding form, vitality, or even grace within that tension ⚡

Great review of Telenovela just arrived in the Irish Times: www.irishtimes.com/culture/book... "a convincing portrait of the darkest period in Chile’s modern history, which, by homing in on those on the wrong side of history, reflects the subtle weaponry of silence and language"

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“We will need writers who remember freedom.” https://youtu.be/TW0VhpETLeE?si=Pn5zAv9jib28ikwk

Starting Soon! DM me for details and rates.

Rage, Trauma, Madness, Silence- what more could you want!?

A few favourite readings from 2025.. open.substack.com/pub/markbowl...

Writing Your First Novel: 4 workshops starting January 6th. Please share! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/finding-yo...

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Really looking forward to this!

More from Work in Progress: Or, the Tadpole Eyes of Dunphy open.substack.com/pub/markbowl...

Here's a real treat. BBC just shared this 1961 Monitor interview with Frank O'Connor If I hadn't left Cork, I'm quite certain I wouldn't have been the writer I am; but I think that if I hadn't been brought up in a city like this, I wouldn't have been a writer at all. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoIh...

Twas a pleasure to introduce the @saloneurope.bsky.social to my favourite coffee place, #bartermini Old Compton St

It was a delight to be there!

We've reduced the price of the paperback for a while too: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/paperback-sh...

Booking are open: my four week online course on writing your first novel. Starts January: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/finding-yo...

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A bit more from my current work-in-progress (or one of them), what I'm calling the Irish novel, or Sligeach: open.substack.com/pub/markbowl... #ireland #Beckett #newnovel #newwriting

www.spiracleaudiobooks.com/articles/sam... Nice interview with my esteemed publisher @galleybeggars.bsky.social

✨EWS DOUBLE BILLING✨ Writing From Rage: Turning Fury Into Form with Mark Bowles 26 November 2025 6-7:30pm GMT & Pop-up Salon: London with Insurgent Press 26 November 2025 8-10pm GMT Both at: The Queens Larder, 1 Queen Square WC1N 3AR 🎟️Tickets together or separate – see below

Do come along (I’ll be reading a short passage from the new book).

Already looking forward to this!

Never going to get over that all this happened from a tweet and now here we are and I've met so many amazing people ❤️

Michael Longley #halloween

Yes! And thus is one of the few prizes I really look forward to, sure in the knowledge I’m going to discover some really interesting writing. Last night absolutely confirmed this.

My brilliant publisher @galleybeggars.bsky.social helping to pioneer the crucial Books by People initiative in an age of encroaching AI: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Looking forward to reading this!

Places for the course with @markabowles.bsky.social now SOLD OUT (you can join waitlist). But lots of spaces at the salon after. Do join us! Come read your work (or listen) and make new writer friends.

"What is at stake if we cannot continue?" Simultaneously very happy and crestfallen to be part of this Open Letter (written to the industry, as well as readers, writers, and - well - everyone who cares). Please read, and share: www.thebookseller.com/comment/open...

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Only 5 places left for Writing From Rage with @markabowles.bsky.social! Our events really do sell out fast, so don't delay if you want to come to this or the salon after. (Paris and Madrid fully sold out)

Come fellow writers, come willing to write what you’d rather burn:

Our newsletter is out! Find out where we will be next and join our community of writers meeting online and in person open.substack.com/pub/european...