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Mark Bowsher

@markbowsher.bsky.social
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Makes films/writes things. Author, The Boy Who Stole Time. Runs Rabbit Island Productions. Proudly #dyspraxic. Fish Publishing Anthology 2023. He/him.

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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Submitted at the 11th hour as always. Quite pleased with the 8 mins sample script in the end. But the treatment for a 2nd show that they ask you to submit is totally what I actually want to be writing. I’m not confident I’ll get in, but got to be in it to win it!
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
I was today years old when I learned that Prince Harry’s name is actually Henry
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Watching the best film ever made
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Wonderful review of The Dream-Pedlars’ Parade just dropped!
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Lovely day out in Devil’s End
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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
🍉💔🇵🇸
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
I was on BBC Radio Bristol last night chatting about the Myrthali books - listen back on BBC Sounds, starts at 7.20pm
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
I’ll be on after the next song!
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Folks, I’ll be on the radio talking books & stuff tonight - BBC Radio Gloucestershire & BBC Radio Wiltshire from 6pm & from 7pm on BBC Radio Bristol & BBC Radio Somerset!
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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
The piece is a society-wide call to arms, but I'm wondering now what levers I possess, and the levers publishing can pull. How can we help parents enjoy reading to their kids? (Given all the pressures on them that government needs to fix eg providing secure, well-paid employment w reasonable hours)
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Rejigged my showreel for an application. Not perfect yet - needs different music, cutting to the beat & a few brief sound bites, but I’m glad to show off some material from a few recent short film projects. #filmmakerslife
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
A quick Sunday morning reading from The Boy Who Stole Time #yafantasybooks
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
The best thing about a new series of Race Across the World is there first ten minutes when you’re trying to work siblings or fking.
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
😆
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Really not enjoying all these Doctor Who cancellation rumours. Enjoying the idea that Ncuti Gatwa has already filmed a regeneration scene even less. But whoever suggested Ambika Mod as the next Doctor…5 stars. Just don’t give me less than 3 Gatwa seasons & some specials pls
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Bonus points if it’s not in English!
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Film friends! I have a question for a thing: Can you think of a film focussing around an often solitary character whose sense of reality is warped completely out of shape during the night, leading to profound consequences. Thinking of Taxi Driver, Odd Man Out or Censor. Thoughts?
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Film question - can people of films where the last shot is of someone smiling…but the smile isn’t what you think? It could be forced, insincere, twisted. Especially when they’re a female character. I’m thinking of Midsommar or Censor. Doesn’t have to be horror, but dark is good! Thanks!
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Well, The Well was bloody good. Very dark, intense, concentrated. Starts off as Aliens, ends up as The Thing. A certain element has made some folk go ‘wouldn’t it have worked just as well without this?!’ & I was honestly fine with it. Great stuff, Doctor Who!
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Finished the edit for my comedy-drama Agents in the @wshed.bsky.social cafe this afternoon. Still got colour/sound/music to sort but it’s getting there!
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Happy birthday to Antonia Tootill! Featured here being awesome in the badge scene of our sitcom pilot, It’s All Lies. V v strong language, soz!
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Micah @rincewind.run · 22/04/2025
Discworld QOTD, from Pyramids
The role of listeners has never been fully appreciated. However, it is well known that most people don’t listen. They use the time when someone else is speaking to think of what they’re going to say next. True Listeners have always been revered among oral cultures, and prized for their rarity value; bards and poets are ten a cow, but a good Listener is hard to find, or at least hard to find twice.
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Our garden looking glorious yesterday
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
New Pratchett fan incoming
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Wow. Though honestly, I need something for scale here. Like a cat. Or Richard Osman. Whichever’s nearest. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Colossal squid filmed by scientists for first time in ocean
Stunned scientists say the extremely rare squid can weigh up to 500kg (1,100lb).
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Helen Tamblyn-Saville (she/her) @helentamblyn.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
I've just been made aware of The Yasmine McClory Foundation who fund counselling for LGBTQ+ youth. I think this is really important to share, especially today. www.yasminemccloryfoundation.org.uk/our-work/lgb...
yasminemccloryfoundation.org.uk
The Yasmine McClory Foundation - LGBTQ+ Support
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
I honestly think the last good decision Katy Perry made was to kiss a girl.
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Lovely review of The Dream-Pedlars’ Parade from my friend Ayaka. Keep those reviews coming, folks! #yafantasybooks
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Morning fellow humans!
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
A quick puppet-infused reminder that if you leave an author a review, they will love you forever. #yafantasybooks
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Mum found this when going through her stuff - think I got this at the Doctor Who Christmas Party in 199something
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
JLR, my client for the last couple of months, in the news at present.
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Happy to announce the glove puppet adaptation of The Boy Who Stole Time, coming soon to all respectable seaside towns (not Ramsgate). There will be fun, laughter & existential dread for all the family. (As long as they don’t live in Ramsgate.) You will get wet. (NOT Ramsgate.)
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
The celebrate (commiserate?!) the clocks going forward, here are some time facts. #yafantasybooks
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Folks, if anyone wants to buy a copy of one or both of the Myrthali books, today’s the date to do it. It’s deadline day for a script competition & I can’t afford the entrance fee as I don’t get paid until Thursday. So if you were after a copy, just give me a shout!
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Stephanie Bretherton @brethertonwords.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
And what a cracking way to start a cracking story!
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Barbie movie calling from 2023: So, how’s it going? Is patriarchy over yet?? Me: Well, tech bros are simultaneously destroying the planet & democracy, trad wives is a thing, & Mother’s Day is an hour shorter. But how’s Ken?
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Today’s the day. The day the story begins. The day the hour was stolen from Krish. #theboywhostoletime #yafantasybooks #myrthali
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MiMi Aye @meemalee.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
A reminder that Myanmar isn’t just dealing with natural disasters #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Myanmar #Burma
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Every UK pub in the lead-up to Mother’s Day: Mate, she wants to go to the pub. Trust us.
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Disney really are incapable of releasing a Snow White film at any other time than during the rise of the Nazis.
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Showing my little companion all of time & space
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Morning fellow humans! Anyone reading a Myrthali book today? If you are, do remember to give a review on Amazon when you’re done. It’s honestly the most helpful thing you can do to help an author’s book get found online. Thanks! #yafantasybooks
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
I was always very happy with this opening line!
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
2 x ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reviews for The Dream-Pedlars’ Parade already! Please do post a review on Amazon, especially if you need in the next month. Reviews make such a difference & help people find the book.
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
YES! Let’s go motherflipper!
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Thanks so much, @rashmiwriting.bsky.social! I really hope you enjoy it
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
I mainly got through the horror of yesterday thanks to another kids author buying me cake.
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
This is a section from The Dream-Pedlars’ Parade where characters chat open how borders work (or don’t!) in their own worlds. In Ilir, borders aren’t really a thing! #yafantasybooks
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Mark Bowsher @markbowsher.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
2025’s centenary celebrations for the publication of Mein Kampf are off the hook, honestly.
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