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allen bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Went to jerpoint abbey where richard ii was, then viewed the eclipse surrounded by confusedly mooing cows

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The London Magazine @thelondonmagazine.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The London Magazine Short Story Prize 2026 is now open for entries. Further details and entry link here: thelondonmagazine.org/short-story-...

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allen bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUT6... God what did we do to deserve another muddy grubby desaturated beige log footage medieval movie

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THE UPRISING Official Trailer (2026) Andrew Garfield

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allen bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Was glad to have a chance to see the Queer Spectrum Film Festival's 'Living with HIV' short flm programme at the IFI today. If you're in Dublin, there are more films on tonight and tomorrow: ifi.ie/queer-spectr...

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QUEER SPECTRUM FILM FESTIVAL 2026 - Irish Film Institute

Powerful stories and moving images from LGBTQIA+ migrants and queer people of colour around the world. From June 12th-14th 2026 Welcome to the third edition of the Queer Spectrum Film Festival (QSFF) ...

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allen bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

'Christ is incarnate in solidarity with the worst things that can happen to our flesh. This means contemplating the mystery that our pain and shame is an ikon of the crucifixion and resurrection. It means being intimate with horror, with the things which make us cringe away lest they happen to us.'

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allen bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

the hollow is now filled with Richard II

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allen bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Of course we all yearn for the days of AIDS and Section 28, that's why we're doing traditional moral values again

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Kit Fryatt @kitfryatt.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Delighted to be taking part in this new festival, please do share. It's a zero-budget operation with no outside funding so much depends / upon / ticket sales

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allen bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

'Gay English Catholic man' ? or 'English Catholic gay man' ?

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The Baffler @thebaffler.com · 14/04/2026

“Picture of Nobody” follows a young poet navigating the literary scene of interwar London. It’d be a simple autofictional exercise, except the “nobody” in question has a very familiar namesake: William Shakespeare.

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What’s in a Name? | Nico Taylor

“Picture of Nobody” puts forth a hard-boiled theory of what makes for literary success in a rapacious capitalist society.

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allen bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Philip Owens' Picture of Nobody, published first by Jonathan Cape in 1936 & second, with foreword by myself, by McNally Editions today - an intricate modernist black comedy in which protag Will Shakespere struggles to write as another modern war approaches. www.mcnallyeditions.com/books/p/pict...

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allen bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

So excited that this is so close to coming out -- hope you enjoy

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allen bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

There's a scene in Hamnet of William Shakespeare contemplating suicide and I was like please don't start reciting 'to be or not to be' and then he did

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Unnamed Press @unnamedpress.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Get 20% off all titles at unnamedpress.com until 1/1!

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Kit Fryatt @kitfryatt.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Chuffed for all the people who are posting saying they outsold Nuzzi but even Nuzzi numbers are all but unimaginable for small press poetry, buy my and Harry's new book, help us dream: veer2.org/Kit-Fryatt-H...

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Kit Fryatt & Harry Gilonis - Book of Inversions — Veer2.org

Kit Fryatt & Harry Gilonis - Book of Inversions Veer2 Publication 050 [ISBN:...

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allen bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

I had a dream last night that I made a post telling everyone to stop rating books on a numerical scale

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allen bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Henry Henry's US publisher @unnamedpress.bsky.social is currently running their big holiday sale -- if you want a discounted copy of HH, hardback or paperback, without ordering from Am*z*n, now's your chance. unnamedpress.com

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Unnamed Press

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Kit Fryatt @kitfryatt.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

A must-have! Dulcibella agrees. First print run (which admittedly was not on the scale of, like, Byron's Don Juan) is nearly sold out, get your copy here: veer2.org/Kit-Fryatt-H...

Black and white cat on blue and grey sofa cushions with copy of Book of Inversions

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allen bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

This French website will only let me choose Connacht, Leinster, Munster or Ulster as the region for my shipping address

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allen bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Yeah I've really been getting into Richard Nixon. Has anyone heard of him. Crazy guy

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allen bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Massively enjoyed my evening with the DCU book club -- thanks so much for the warm welcome and the insightful questions. I was very touched that at least one person liked Hal and wanted him to be happy.

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allen bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Sick of having to be in someone's vlog every time I go to Trinity

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Dublin City University @dublincityuni.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Allen Bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social will join us for a Book Club event to discuss his novel 'Henry, Henry' on Thursday, the 16th of October. To register, please go to: launch.dcu.ie/3J0qZLg

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allen bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Dubliners: on 16 October I'll be joining the Dublin City University book club to talk about Henry Henry with a very special interlocutor, Dr Kit Fryatt -- professor, husband, & indispensable literary collaborator. Free and open to all, but please register ahead of time: www.dcu.ie/dcuartsandcu...

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DCU Book Club with Allen Bratton | dcuartsandculture

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allen bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Truly shocked, but so happy to be able to share the honour with my agent, Martha, my editor, Brandon, and everyone at Unnamed Press and Jonathan Cape -- and my husband & constant collaborator, Kit, who's been helping me to create this world and these characters from the very beginning.

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The London Magazine @thelondonmagazine.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Last day to submit! Judged by Gurnaik Johal, Ben Pester and CAA’s Erika Price, the winning stories will receive cash prizes and publication in The London Magazine. Submissions close at midnight. More details here: thelondonmagazine.org/short-story-...

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The London Magazine Short Story Prize 2025 - The London Magazine

The London Magazine Short Story Prize 2025 is now open for submissions. We are looking for unpublished short fiction, no longer than 4000 words.

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allen bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Signed a few copies of Henry Henry in Heffers and Waterstones Cambridge

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allen bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Spotted Henry Henry in the front window of my beloved Hodges Figgis

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The Stinging Fly @stingingfly.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Minister Patrick O’Donovan has announced a 6-month extension to the Pilot Scheme for Basic Income for the Arts. The NCFA are raising the profile of the sector call to Retain, Extend and Expand Basic Income for the Arts 🔗 ncfa.ie/2025/06/19/j... / email info@ncfa.ie link with your local constituency

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allen bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Finally faced a long-standing fear (watched Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back past the scene where Han Solo gets frozen in carbonite that scared me so much when I was like six that I had to turn the VHS off)

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allen bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

'The upcoming general election' was the one in 1945

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The London Magazine @thelondonmagazine.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

The London Magazine Short Story Prize 2025 is now open! We are delighted to announce that Gurnaik Johal, Ben Pester and CAA’s Erika Price will be this year’s judges for the prize. Enter here: thelondonmagazine.org/short-story-...

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allen bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Hello, my virtual Q&A with Itinerant Literate's Henry Henry book club is going to be livestreamed on youtube tomorrow, Jul 15th, 7:30 pm EDT Everyone's welcome to tune in, tho if you're near N Charleston SC, you can attend the in-person dinner/book club www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lMs...

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Henry Henry by Allen Bratton - Interview with the Author

YouTube video by Itinerant Literate Books

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allen bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Oh that's lovely my partner was a bookseller at Heffers many years ago. He took me there last summer and showed me his dim basement corner

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gaystheword.bsky.social @gaystheword.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Gay’s the Word pop-up is NOW OPEN and just in time for Pride London. So come pay a visit at our temporary and rather spacious new premises at 58-60 Marchmont Street (10 seconds from our usual location) and say hi. Please note over the Summer of 2025 we will be closed on Mondays! Happy Pride!

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Interior featuring our new layout and lots of books.

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LRB Bookshop @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk · 03/07/2025

t.s. eliot gave a jellytot he had found on the ground to ezra pound

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allen bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

If anyone's in Dublin, I've just signed a few Henry Henry paperbacks at Dubray Grafton St

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Alice Wickenden @awickenden.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

hello. if you work at a university please ask your library to buy my book. it is all about books and libraries and also plants, museums, the Royal Society, and the ways we learn. I think it will be interesting to lots of people, hopefully. thank you www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

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Hans Sloane's Library Collection and the Production of Knowledge | Cambridge University Press & Assessment

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allen bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

South Carolinians: Henry Henry is July's pick for Itinerant Literate's Get Lit literary salon, where you can enjoy discussion over wine and a three-course meal. Afterwards I'll join via video call to chat & answer questions. Only a few tickets left: www.eventbrite.com/e/get-lit-a-...

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allen bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Buy the @unnamedpress.bsky.social paperback of Henry Henry for your cat: www.unnamedpress.com/all-books/p/...

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allen bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Just finished Waist Deep by Linea Maja Ernst, translated by Sherilyn Hellberg. The perfect summer novel for the kind of person who can't stop wondering whether they'll ever find their own Bloomsbury Group. Beautifully translated prose. @jonathancape.bsky.social @vintagebooks.bsky.social

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Unnamed Press @unnamedpress.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

HENRY HENRY is now in PAPERBACK! It's the debauched party you don't want to miss. Available anywhere books are sold and at unnamedpress.com

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allen bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

I will post a newsletter tomorrow to commemorate a year of Henry Henry buttondown.com/allenbratton

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son and heir

by allen bratton. news, thoughts, photos, a little light gossip.

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