Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 26/09/2026Just got a “oh I have that one! It’s so good!” about Gloria Patri @malarkeybooks.bsky.social 081
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 26/09/2026First sale: Square app not working, lady has cash Asks for signature, my pen is missing, she pulls out a pen and tells me to keep it Thank you Miss Sue 050
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 26/09/2026Do I have A second tablecloth? ❌ A sexy booth? ❌ A small smattering left of Malarkey Books and a dream? ✅ 1142
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 21/09/2026Any NC folks (or southern VA), I’ll be slinging books at the biggest book festival in NC this Saturday. Come see me. 021
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 17/09/2026Guys, Dolly Parton wants to ghostwrite my next novel 370
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 11/09/2026Fun Trent fact: I worked for a mcclatchy paper to start my career and my fellowship ended right as they went bankrupt. So then I left news. 040
Reposted by Trent BrownSpencer Fleury @spencerfleury.bsky.social · 03/09/2026static.klipy.comMan Crying 'It's So Beautiful' in TheaterALT: Man Crying 'It's So Beautiful' in Theater 061
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 02/09/2026I have received 8 fake solicitations from fake editors since posting this 340
Reposted by Trent BrownJonathan Danielson @jonathanin2k.bsky.social · 01/09/2026static.klipy.comShut Up And Take My Money - Fry MemeALT: Shut Up And Take My Money - Fry Meme 151
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 01/09/2026Does an agent or publisher want to get in on the ground floor of my second novel about a boy who lives through an electrocution and believes himself to be a miracle worker and a prophet (It’s only partially written / I’m reworking it / it will most certainly not be easily sellable) 070
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 31/08/2026My book has 39 Goodreads reviews (4.41 average!) which is awesome but also a very aggravating number—pls make it 40 someone. Or even 50. Maybe 1,000. 021
Reposted by Trent BrownPatrick Nevins @patricknevins.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Really enjoyed this conversation @joshuatrentbrown.com & @ljabouttown.bsky.social 153
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 29/08/2026I haven’t read any of the actual reviews in this hullabaloo but I’d like to say that I read Rachel Kusk’s first novel and it was good and fun to read 000
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 29/08/2026Folks, it’s a great day to wake up and watch your college team kickoff the football season in your favorite place on earth. Even if they embarrass themselves when there are no other games on. 000
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 29/08/2026Lost in the mix of the @lazyandentitled.bsky.social book club of THE WALLS — the fellas gave some glowing praise of John’s unbelievable cover. And I couldn’t agree more. Look at this! 042
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 28/08/2026Some quotes about my book from this podcast: “I kept thinking to myself, how much suffering am I gonna endure before this guy dies?” “I don’t know if I’ve ever really read a thing like this” “A masterful journey” 🙂🙂🙂 021
Reposted by Trent BrownMalarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026New episode of Malarkey Public Radio, this time with @ljabouttown.bsky.social and @joshuatrentbrown.com! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...podcasts.apple.comAs Long as a Dog's TailPodcast Episode · Malarkey Public Radio · August 24 · 46m 0118
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 25/08/2026I personally hate my voice so please tell me if this is good 071
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 24/08/2026Growing up is realizing that picking basketball, or any sport, as my lifelong fortress of solitude was a terrible decision 020
Reposted by Trent Brownthe lakeshore monk @thecorlew.bsky.social · 20/08/2026there’s a scene in @joshuatrentbrown.com ‘s THE WALLS ARE CLOSING IN ON US where two white men, one with a knife, attack an Indigenous man. Yellin slurs, sayin they’re gonna kill him, but as soon as he gets the knife, they start cryin. “We didn’t mean it” that is the entire history of the U.S. 271
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 19/08/2026I don’t expect to win awards but I do still get giddy when they post my book 061
Reposted by Trent Brownthe lakeshore monk @thecorlew.bsky.social · 19/08/2026A SECRET *cackles* nah just playin it’s THE WALLS ARE CLOSING IN ON US by @joshuatrentbrown.com 131
Reposted by Trent Brownthe lakeshore monk @thecorlew.bsky.social · 19/08/2026A SECRET *cackles* nah just playin it’s THE WALLS ARE CLOSING IN ON US by @joshuatrentbrown.com 011
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 18/08/2026Watched Inception last night and then Phoebe had her best night of sleep yet. I don’t know if that means she liked the film or not 010
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 11/08/2026Getting away from the world of magazine submissions and always chasing publication has been so positive for my mental health. At some point you have to remove the process of writing from external validation. Anyways, PLEASE REVIEW MY BOOK 061
Reposted by Trent BrownAlan @alanallanallen.bsky.social · 07/08/2026I’ve edited and proofed all of these books, did the layout on all but two, pretty proud of all of them and want everyone to be able to read them. 1167
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 07/08/2026I’m gonna be tabling at book festival that includes Emily Wilson and John Green lmao 140
Reposted by Trent BrownMalarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Hello friends and happy Friday we are making all our ebooks free today with code FREEFRIDAY malarkeybooks.com/ebooksmalarkeybooks.comEbooks — Malarkey 34744
Reposted by Trent BrownMalarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Copies available at asterism asterismbooks.com/product/the-...asterismbooks.comThe Walls Are Closing In On Us | Asterism BooksCircus performers. Mountain lions. A fight to the death. A half deer/half man. Love and death. A cabin in the woods. A fictional retelling of a mysterious ancestor. The Walls Are Closing In On Us is a... 111
Reposted by Trent BrownMalarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Just recommended Trent for a prize and whether it works out or not the real prize is getting to know and work with this fabulous writer. Also the book is a prize and you deserve a copy, or twenty copies. 2102
Reposted by Trent BrownElliott Perkins @elliottperkins.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Malarkey Books sent me a sticker, three poetry chapbooks, and a fiction chapbook after I responded to a post where they gave away a returned copy of The Walls Are Closing in on Us by Joshua Trent Brown. The sticker is great, and so are the poetry chapbooks. You should support Malarkey Books. 1124
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 05/08/2026Messaging people about jobs on Li**e**n today. Please say a prayer for me that I don't spontaneously combust from embarrassment or some other thing. 030
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 28/07/2026I’ll say it: I don’t think Emily Wilson even likes movies 100
Reposted by Trent BrownLJ Pemberton @ljabouttown.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Just had THE LOVELIEST conversation with @joshuatrentbrown.com for Malarkey Public Radio, and I am 90% sure my Southern accent was more prominent than usual on account of his. You know how it can be. Coming soon! 1112
