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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Kickstarter is now live for Share & Enjoy, the graphic novel I’ve written about the improbable life and times of Douglas Adams, creator of The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. With illustrations by the mighty Martin Geraghty! www.kickstarter.com/projects/roo...

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Have finally got around to framing this sketch of Douglas Adams by the legendary Rod Lord, used as the basis of a picture in one of the animated sequences in the 1981 TV series of The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. (I bought it from Rod last year, hence the 2025 date on the signature sticker.)

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Posing with the Gower Street Dalek. The Doctor Who anthology featuring my story “The Boy and the Dalek” is now available in paperback.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

“LOVE YOUR ENEMY!” Revisiting Potter’s ‘Son of Man’ after our visit to the Forest of Dean and Colin Blakeley’s furious, subversive Christ is still breathtaking.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Out now in paperback! This collection features Doctor Who stories by me, Paul Magrs, Katy Manning, Janelle McCurdy and others. Run, slither or teleport to your local independent bookseller to order one today.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Today I’m visiting the Dennis Potter archive at the Dean Heritage Centre, seeing incredible handwritten manuscripts for works like The Singing Detective, Traitor, A Beast with Two Backs and Vote, Vote, Vote for Nigel Barton.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Research/inspiration for my new play Hair of the Dog. See it at the Seven Oaks, Manchester 24-29 March. Tickets: www.fatsoma.com/p/room-5064-...

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

This will be IMMENSE but it was worth buying just to see the look of bafflement on the face of the young guy serving in the charity shop.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

🦆My play about Douglas Adams’s struggles to write So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish is now available as a download from the good people at Payhip: payhip.com/b/YbmCy

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Happy PLR statement day to those who celebrate. If you’re an author and you haven’t registered your books for Public Lending Right payments, you could be missing out.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

My new play Hair of the Dog opens in Manchester in March. It’s a tale of booze and murder in ‘80s Soho. Tickets on sale here: www.fatsoma.com/p/room-5064-...

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Looking for a Christmas gift for the young bookworm in your life? The Griffiths/Powers oeuvre offers everything you need!* *Provided they like humorous science fiction stories, Doctor Who spin-offs and Narnia with jokes.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

While pollution and the greenhouse effect kill off life on Earth, tech-bros plot to save themselves. Ben Elton’s brilliant autobiography sent me back to this, his first novel from 1989, and it’s eerily prescient.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Cinderella narrated by David Frost with Beryl Reid, Babs Windsor, Una Stubbs and Nicky Henson? Yes please!

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Ah yes. The much-coveted (and much in need of a tidy) media section.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Come to the Seven Oaks, Manchester on Sat 22 Nov for much Who-adjacent tomfoolery.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Out today! I’ve written a story for this brand new #DoctorWho anthology.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

I’ve written a sequel to the classic David Tennant story The Christmas Invasion. It’s out on Thursday in this brand new anthology of sequels to favourite TV adventures, alongside stories by Who superstars like Paul Magrs, Carole Ann Ford and Katy Manning. #DoctorWho

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Catch the last two performances of my play Philip Larkin: Masterspy at the Seven Oaks, Manchester this week on Thursday & Friday. Tickets: www.fatsoma.com/p/room-5064-...

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Few things more redolent of an English autumn than the traditional willow diplodocus.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

A mere 26 years after their last album, this legendary lost beast by Cardiacs has now bounded into the world, lovingly completed by main songwriter Tim Smith’s friends and family. And it’s about the most startling and joyous 80 minutes of music you could ever wish to tickle your tympanic cavity.

Cover of Cardiacs’ LP LSD showing an unlikely painting of a kangaroo holding flowers.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

I’m in Hull because tonight my play Philip Larkin: Masterspy begins its tour at the Gulbenkian Centre at Hull University. Tickets here: fatsoma.com/e/e1h0h3rv/phi…

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Astonishing scenes at the launch of Cardiacs’ new ‘long-player’ in London yesterday. My head wasn’t big enough to contain all the massive tunes I was hearing. How Tim Smith managed to compose them is nothing short of miraculous.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Thrilled to have a story in this brilliant anthology of Eighth Doctor tales published by Obverse Books. Huge thanks to @paulmagrs.bsky.social & @stuartdouglas.com for asking me to contribute. #DoctorWho #eighthdoctor

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

One man proggy musical version of Dune? All over this. One of the highlights of this year’s Fringe.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

My play Philip Larkin: Masterspy hits the road this autumn with performances in London, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Oldham and, most excitingly of all, the University of Hull.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

No cheating. Your last saved celebrity photo is your therapist. Who is it?

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

“Been in the wars, have we?“

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

now playin this not inconsiderable banger bruv #Cardiacs

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

What perfect albums came out when you were 16?* *OK, one’s a ‘mini-album’ but, well, shut up.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

It’s the ‘Books by the side of the sofa to peruse when the adverts come on’ pile.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Thrilled, chuffed, stoked and tickled five shades of pink to have a story in this forthcoming #DoctorWho anthology of sequels to beloved TV adventures.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Post yourself from a different era…

Old newspaper story featuring a teenage me writing comedy for the BBC.

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Mark Griffiths @markauthor.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Susan and Jo! Me with a couple of my co-writers on a forthcoming #DoctorWho anthology at the Penguin Random House children’s authors party last night.