So excited that this is so close to coming out -- hope you enjoy
Exciting new book post from @mcnallyeditions.com with a foreword from the wonderful @allenbratton.bsky.social! Alternative history Shakespeare set in 1930s London, what a dream.
February 8, 2026 at 4:01 PM
So excited that this is so close to coming out -- hope you enjoy
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
January 23, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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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Get 20% off all titles at unnamedpress.com until 1/1!
December 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Get 20% off all titles at unnamedpress.com until 1/1!
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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...
December 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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...
I had a dream last night that I made a post telling everyone to stop rating books on a numerical scale
December 8, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I had a dream last night that I made a post telling everyone to stop rating books on a numerical scale
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
unnamedpress.com
Unnamed Press
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November 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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
unnamedpress.com
Yes!!! Yes!!!
From Dinah Brooke, the “brilliant forgotten novelist” behind the “ferocious” Lord Jim at Home (The Telegraph) comes Love Life of a Cheltenham Lady, a searing tale of a young woman’s unravelling beneath the unforgiving Tuscan sun.
November 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Yes!!! Yes!!!
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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...
November 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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...
This French website will only let me choose Connacht, Leinster, Munster or Ulster as the region for my shipping address
October 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This French website will only let me choose Connacht, Leinster, Munster or Ulster as the region for my shipping address
Yeah I've really been getting into Richard Nixon. Has anyone heard of him. Crazy guy
We'll finish with book recommendations from our @dublincityuni.bsky.social Book Club author Allen Bratton- Richard Nixon: A Life, Picture of Nobody and Kitchen Venom.
October 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Yeah I've really been getting into Richard Nixon. Has anyone heard of him. Crazy guy
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.
Allen Bratton reads from his novel Henry Henry at tonight's @dublincityuni.bsky.social Book Club in DCU Library - a response in fiction to characters in Shakespeare's Henriad
October 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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.
Sick of having to be in someone's vlog every time I go to Trinity
October 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Sick of having to be in someone's vlog every time I go to Trinity
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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
October 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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
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...
Free and open to all, but please register ahead of time: www.dcu.ie/dcuartsandcu...
DCU Book Club with Allen Bratton | dcuartsandculture
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October 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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...
Free and open to all, but please register ahead of time: www.dcu.ie/dcuartsandcu...
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.
Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for Gay Fiction: Henry Henry by Allen Bratton! @allenbratton.bsky.social @unnamedpress.bsky.social
#Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
#Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
October 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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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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-...
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-...
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.
thelondonmagazine.org
September 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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-...
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-...
Signed a few copies of Henry Henry in Heffers and Waterstones Cambridge
August 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Signed a few copies of Henry Henry in Heffers and Waterstones Cambridge
Spotted Henry Henry in the front window of my beloved Hodges Figgis
August 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Spotted Henry Henry in the front window of my beloved Hodges Figgis
I'm always hearing about these
August 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I'm always hearing about these
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Minister Patrick O’Donovan has announced a 6-month extension to the Pilot Scheme for Basic Income for the Arts.
The NCFA are raising the profile of the sector call to Retain, Extend and Expand Basic Income for the Arts
🔗 ncfa.ie/2025/06/19/j...
/ email info@ncfa.ie link with your local constituency
The NCFA are raising the profile of the sector call to Retain, Extend and Expand Basic Income for the Arts
🔗 ncfa.ie/2025/06/19/j...
/ email info@ncfa.ie link with your local constituency
August 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Minister Patrick O’Donovan has announced a 6-month extension to the Pilot Scheme for Basic Income for the Arts.
The NCFA are raising the profile of the sector call to Retain, Extend and Expand Basic Income for the Arts
🔗 ncfa.ie/2025/06/19/j...
/ email info@ncfa.ie link with your local constituency
The NCFA are raising the profile of the sector call to Retain, Extend and Expand Basic Income for the Arts
🔗 ncfa.ie/2025/06/19/j...
/ email info@ncfa.ie link with your local constituency
Finally faced a long-standing fear (watched Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back past the scene where Han Solo gets frozen in carbonite that scared me so much when I was like six that I had to turn the VHS off)
August 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Finally faced a long-standing fear (watched Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back past the scene where Han Solo gets frozen in carbonite that scared me so much when I was like six that I had to turn the VHS off)
'The upcoming general election' was the one in 1945
July 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
'The upcoming general election' was the one in 1945
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The London Magazine Short Story Prize 2025 is now open!
We are delighted to announce that Gurnaik Johal, Ben Pester and CAA’s Erika Price will be this year’s judges for the prize.
Enter here: thelondonmagazine.org/short-story-...
We are delighted to announce that Gurnaik Johal, Ben Pester and CAA’s Erika Price will be this year’s judges for the prize.
Enter here: thelondonmagazine.org/short-story-...
July 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The London Magazine Short Story Prize 2025 is now open!
We are delighted to announce that Gurnaik Johal, Ben Pester and CAA’s Erika Price will be this year’s judges for the prize.
Enter here: thelondonmagazine.org/short-story-...
We are delighted to announce that Gurnaik Johal, Ben Pester and CAA’s Erika Price will be this year’s judges for the prize.
Enter here: thelondonmagazine.org/short-story-...