Mark Dudley
@markdudley.bsky.social
Author.
'High Water' - shortlisted: 2024 Yeovil Novel Prize, longlisted: 2025 Retreat West Opening Lines: Top 100 Bath Novel Award
'Dead Wood' - longlisted: 2022 Exeter Novel Prize and 2023 Grindstone Literary Prize
https://linktr.ee/markdudleyauthor
'High Water' - shortlisted: 2024 Yeovil Novel Prize, longlisted: 2025 Retreat West Opening Lines: Top 100 Bath Novel Award
'Dead Wood' - longlisted: 2022 Exeter Novel Prize and 2023 Grindstone Literary Prize
https://linktr.ee/markdudleyauthor
Oh yes. Nightmare territory.
November 21, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Oh yes. Nightmare territory.
Beware that one - it looks like Alan Garner's Brollachan to me.
November 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Beware that one - it looks like Alan Garner's Brollachan to me.
The black hole in Durham County Council’s budget has grown by £11.1mn in the past two months under the control of Reform UK.
Its cabinet has been forced to approve a £10mn list of cuts.
But the measures will still leave the county council with a deficit of £72mn over the coming four years
Its cabinet has been forced to approve a £10mn list of cuts.
But the measures will still leave the county council with a deficit of £72mn over the coming four years
Reform cabinet backs £10mn cuts to start filling Durham’s growing black hole
Reform is now learning that running a big council is not as easy as it probably thought
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Difficult to know how to answer without sounding simplistic or overblown. The closest I can come is the portrayal of the desire to capture that elusive moment. I'm writing something at the moment which is either the best thing I have ever managed, or the worst. Told you it would sound rubbish!
November 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Difficult to know how to answer without sounding simplistic or overblown. The closest I can come is the portrayal of the desire to capture that elusive moment. I'm writing something at the moment which is either the best thing I have ever managed, or the worst. Told you it would sound rubbish!
I recommended Beast to my writing friends this afternoon and made sure they all wrote it down. I really enjoyed it and it made me think about my own work in a different way. Thank you.
November 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I recommended Beast to my writing friends this afternoon and made sure they all wrote it down. I really enjoyed it and it made me think about my own work in a different way. Thank you.
My father died in July, and I received a letter from DWP reclaiming overpaid pension of less than a hundred pounds, yet Mone gets away with this?
November 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
My father died in July, and I received a letter from DWP reclaiming overpaid pension of less than a hundred pounds, yet Mone gets away with this?
Just finished the brilliant 'Beast' by @luluallison.bsky.social. It is supposed to be a reread of Iris Murdoch's 'The Sea, The Sea' next, but I'm a little daunted by its heft.
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Just finished the brilliant 'Beast' by @luluallison.bsky.social. It is supposed to be a reread of Iris Murdoch's 'The Sea, The Sea' next, but I'm a little daunted by its heft.