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Hester L-J @starcrossed2018.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#ProdigalPrince my new #SlowShakespeare blog, reading 1 Henry IV every day, around 10 lines at a time, starts TOMORROW, 1 October! Here's one of my favourite Hals (and actors): Geoffrey Streatfeild @the-rsc.bsky.social 2007-8, with David Warner as Falstaff.

A photograph of a play in performance. An older man with luxuriant white hair and beard is looking past the camera, holding up both his hands. He's wearing a crumpled white shirt and a reddish-brown leather jerkin, undone and unkempt, over an ample belly, with a jaunty red scarf. Sitting behind him, feet up on a bed, is a younger man with slicked down blond hair, wearing cream trousers tucked into black boots, a messy white shirt and cream jerkin. And quite a lot of eyeliner.

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allen bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Why is there a plot in The Uprising about having to write really fast

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allen bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

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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 · 14/04/2026

Got the postcard, dm and let me know where to send it?

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allen bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I live in dublin and can send you one if you like!

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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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allen bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Not surprised that A Month in the Country is first on the list. Good luck, Gayle!

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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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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 · 11/11/2025

There's so much to work with in Henry IV Pts 1 and 2 especially -- Poins' peach-coloured stockings and Hal's bloody favours and the horse that frets like a gummed velvet. Excited to see all of the Henriad stuff in your book.

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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

!! Hope you have fun! I enjoyed following your slow Shakespeare Richard II a while back.

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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 · 22/08/2025

Putting HBCUs and Hispanic Serving institutions at the beginning of the list and Asian Americans at the end of it thinking people will just skim and be like ah yes very progressive and miss the 'make x x again' stuff in the middle lol like why even try at this point we all know the score

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

Also found this beautiful edition of SJ Naudé's Fathers and Fugitives which I read and enjoyed as an ARC last year

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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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allen bratton @allenbratton.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Very interesting, thanks for sharing. Would red legs continue to proliferate if importation was limited, or is the population being sustained purely by repeated seasonal imports?

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