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 14
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 2
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 17/09/2026Guys, Dolly Parton wants to ghostwrite my next novel 370 7
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 4
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 6
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 18/08/2026How was it seeing the first moving picture? 1878 — you were, what, 23? 100 1
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 26/07/2026My first child was born Friday morning. She’s beautiful. Here’s the opening chapter to my second novel (in progress), “The Sound of Many Waters.” It felt appropriate to share. 3110 11
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 21/07/2026Without a doubt the sickest book signature I’ve ever seen @malarkeybooks.bsky.social 0152 15
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 15/07/2026Daniel Mason rocks. I will read whatever he chooses to write. 030 3
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 11/07/2026Yall mind if I sell books in front of the Criterion Collection and the Children’s Section of this Barnes & Noble? 1120 12
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 25/06/2026I wrote a get-rich-quick guide for small press authors. Step one: sell this guide for $100. open.substack.com/pub/olddream... 1152 15
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 22/06/2026I got more copies of my book to sell. $20! Incredible deal: You get the Southern Literary Review’s read of the month, I get money to feed my soon-to-be first child. 063 6
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 05/06/2026Yesterday was very cool for the book (see: my last post) and it finished off with this great review unsponsoredbookreviews on IG. 183 8
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 04/06/2026I found out because someone read it and emailed me that they’re buying a copy now. Ah!! 071 7
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 03/06/2026Newsletter up this morning w/ a little announcement for accountability purposes. open.substack.com/pub/olddream... 000 0
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 18/05/2026This rocked! Read the final third in one sitting this morning. The single sentence, and and and format becomes this beautiful way to move the story along. It’s gorgeous and gory and lovely Also — shoutout @eveninghouse.bsky.social for being the only bookstore on earth to have a copy pre-award 161 6
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 16/05/2026I read most of this in one sitting last night and to say it touched my soul would be taking it too lightly. 020 2
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 12/05/2026A legit unbelievable review of my book just dropped 0133 13
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 07/05/2026Bookstagram review of The Walls up this morning. It’s cool, to say the least, to see people talk fondly about George. 020 2
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 26/04/2026Indie Bookstore Day was very cool. The Walls sold out of its first printing. Daughters Coffee & Books was packed (only been open for a year!). People were buying all sorts of books!! Even my little historical / lit fic thing. Enough doomerism! Life rocks! 060 6
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 23/04/2026Hey! DC people! Lovers of all things @malarkeybooks.bsky.social! Reminder to come see me, @joeyhedger.bsky.social, @austinross.bsky.social, and Benjamin Warner at Kramers on May 8 for A Night of Malarkey! 0104 10
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 20/04/2026The duality of man @joeyhedger.bsky.social @alexmiller77.bsky.social 240 4
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 19/04/2026Woke up to an Instagram message from a reader who had just finished chapter 6 of my book and was “utterly entranced” 040 4
Trent Brown @joshuatrentbrown.com · 14/04/2026ANNOUNCEMENT: new cover for the upcoming second printing of my book @malarkeybooks.bsky.social 3184 18
