Mark Bowles
@markabowles.bsky.social
Writer. All My Precious Madness published by Galley Beggar 2024; Goldsmiths Prize Shortlist, Authors Club Prize Shortlist, James Tait Black Prize shortlist. How Do People Stay the Same published 2026, Galley Beggar.
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More from Work in Progress: Or, the Tadpole Eyes of Dunphy
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More from Work in Progress: Or, the Tadpole Eyes of Dunphy
From Sligeach
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December 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
More from Work in Progress: Or, the Tadpole Eyes of Dunphy
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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.
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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...
1961: Frank O'Connor's Cork | Monitor | Writers and Wordsmiths | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
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November 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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...
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
This morning, we are co-writing in Soho at Bar Termini and drinking the absolute best coffee ever (no dispute)
November 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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!
Delighted to have @markabowles.bsky.social read now.
Always a pleasure
Always a pleasure
November 27, 2025 at 9:09 AM
It was a delight to be there!
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We've reduced the price of the paperback for a while too: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/paperback-sh...
ALL MY PRECIOUS MADNESS — Galley Beggar Press
‘Unapologetically erudite and frequently brutal... a devastating satire on the way in which class, education and masculinity act as a kind of trap.’ — The Telegraph READ THE FIRST CHAPTER HERE...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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:
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Finding Your First Novel: From Chaos to Completion
Help emerging writers transform scattered ideas, fears, fragments, or half-drafts into a coherent creative plan! Over 4 weeks.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Booking are open: my four week online course on writing your first novel. Starts January:
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www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/finding-yo...
👇🏻!!
All My Precious Madness by Mark Bowles JUST WON best audiobook fiction at The Speakies! This is delightful! So pleased for @markabowles.bsky.social , @spiracleaudiobooks.bsky.social , wonderful reader Paul Hilton. And for us! www.thebookseller.com/british-audi...
Best Audiobook: Fiction Shortlist | The British Audio Awards
The shortlist for the Best Audiobook: Fiction category at The British Audio Awards 2025
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November 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
👇🏻!!
A bit more from my current work-in-progress (or one of them), what I'm calling the Irish novel, or Sligeach:
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#ireland #Beckett #newnovel #newwriting
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#ireland #Beckett #newnovel #newwriting
From Estragon to Oestrogen
More from Sligeach.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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
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#ireland #Beckett #newnovel #newwriting
www.spiracleaudiobooks.com/articles/sam...
Nice interview with my esteemed publisher @galleybeggars.bsky.social
Nice interview with my esteemed publisher @galleybeggars.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Nice interview with my esteemed publisher @galleybeggars.bsky.social
Nice interview with my esteemed publisher @galleybeggars.bsky.social
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✨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
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
October 7, 2025 at 9:56 AM
✨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
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).
🎤 Our next salon is LONDON 26 November 🎤
Only 4 tickets left now so don't tarry. We always do sell out.
2 reading spots left.
Only 4 tickets left now so don't tarry. We always do sell out.
2 reading spots left.
November 16, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Do come along (I’ll be reading a short passage from the new book).
Already looking forward to this!
💌 Check your inboxes!
Our November newsletter is out, combining our events listings with our monthly roundup of events and opportunities
With open mics, residencies, grants and competitions, there are so many ways for you to explore your creativity ✨
With opportunities from....
Our November newsletter is out, combining our events listings with our monthly roundup of events and opportunities
With open mics, residencies, grants and competitions, there are so many ways for you to explore your creativity ✨
With opportunities from....
It's official: dates and location for Annual Salon 2026!
Plus a roundup of events and opportunities across Europe
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November 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Already looking forward to this!
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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 ❤️
Exciting to have the first meeting of our new Steering Group! We've got lots of exciting plans for 2025/6 and beyond and such great people to help make it happen ✨️
Who can you spy? 🔎🔎
Who can you spy? 🔎🔎
November 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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 ❤️
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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.
One of the aspects I like most about this prize is the solidarity between the writers. I felt the guys on stage, last night, were generous & thoughtful & responsive to one another. Definitely a northern feel to the Goldie this year! Good luck, all. X
@benpester.bsky.social, Sarah Hall, @cdrose.bsky.social & @ericawgnr.bsky.social on stage last night @southbankcentre.bsky.social.
Colwill Brown, @yrsadaleyward.bsky.social & Charlie Porter contributed in virtual form.
Thanks to everyone for a stimulating evening of readings and discussion.
Colwill Brown, @yrsadaleyward.bsky.social & Charlie Porter contributed in virtual form.
Thanks to everyone for a stimulating evening of readings and discussion.
October 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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/...
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2025: Identity Stamps
Two new startups, Books by People and Amlet, aim to certify a book’s authenticity in the AI era
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October 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Looking forward to reading this!
And please! If you want to support us - and get a wonderful book - we're taking pre-orders: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/paperback-sh...
Waterstones too: www.waterstones.com/book/telenov...
And bookshop.org : uk.bookshop.org/p/books/tele...
Or your local bookshop.
Waterstones too: www.waterstones.com/book/telenov...
And bookshop.org : uk.bookshop.org/p/books/tele...
Or your local bookshop.
TELENOVELA — Galley Beggar Press
This is a pre-order . Telenovela will be shipped on publication, in November 2025. All pre-orders will be signed first editions, and come with a book mark and three limited edition postcards. RE...
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October 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Looking forward to reading this!
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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.
But lots of spaces at the salon after. Do join us! Come read your work (or listen) and make new writer friends.
October 14, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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.
But lots of spaces at the salon after. Do join us! Come read your work (or listen) and make new writer friends.