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Inkandescent is a publishing venture from Justin David and Nathan Evans focussing on queer and outsider voices. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 🍉✊🏿✊🏾
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November 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Giving you all the heads up that tomorrow Martin Sherman is the Listed Londoner #guest on Robert Elms BBC Radio London show. Do #tunein – it's going to be a good one.Kicks off 10am with Martin on around midday. 📻
bit.ly/4hPvsh3
November 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
With @nathanevansarts.bsky.social's third #poetry collection HOMOGRAPHY on the horizon, you might want to explore our first ever publication THREADS. This is a stunning book of Nathan's heartfelt and funny poems side by side with @justindavid.bsky.social's bespoke photographs. amzn.to/3LMFgbC
November 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
We are delighted to see Mark Ward in the news talking about his memoir BLEEDING FABULOUS – a life story that we are very proud of publishing. This #bloodscandal #mustread is available in all formats here: amzn.to/4fu3uFp
bit.ly/47cw0tD
Infected blood scandal: Peacehaven activist releases memoir
Mark Ward, from Peacehaven, was 14 when he was diagnosed with HIV and hepatitis C.
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October 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Are you in need of a new #playlist as the nights draw in and the temperatures descend? Here's the music that features in Martin Sherman's memoir ON THE BOARDWALK. A selection that starts in 1930s Atlantic City, visits Woodstock and ends at the premiere of his play BENT on Broadway.
bit.ly/4nQWGpQ
October 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Please do support @arachnepress.bsky.social crowd funder if you can.👇 A #queer resistance anthology-yes please!
Our crowdfunder for Up//Roar poems of Queer Resistance is live! This anthology of #LGBTQ+ #poems will be edited by Cherry Potts and Jeremy Dixon (Hazard Press). Help get our tiger roaring! submissions (UK/RoI only) still open til 1st nov www.crowdfunder.co.uk/uproar-poems-of-queer-resistance
October 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Happy #Diwali 🎆
October 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
🌈📚Have you read @nathanevansarts.bsky.social ALL THE YOUNG QUEERS? You haven't? Easily solved at the flick of a finger here: bit.ly/3IJJnYu #queerbooks
October 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Happy Birthday TRADE! Can it really be 35 years. Wishing you the wildest celebrations today/tonight with many, many returns! #legendary #club
October 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Martin Sherman's memoir ON THE BOARDWALK, is a must-read for a multitude of reasons: it's moving, funny and because Martin–who wrote the seminal play BENT–was and still is a game-changer. His life story must be spread far and wide.
🌈📚 amzn.to/4mHz0n7
October 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Oscar Wilde's library card reissued by British Library 130 years after being revoked over gay conviction www.scenemag.co.uk/oscar-wildes...
Oscar Wilde's library card reissued by British Library 130 years after being revoked over gay conviction
The British Library will symbolically reinstate the Reader Pass that belonged to the renowned poet and writer Oscar Wilde. As revealed in a Trustees’ entry in the British Museum’s Standing Committee P...
www.scenemag.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Gorgeous #capture of @IanMcKellen and Tom Bell performing in BENT. Read about playwright Martin Sherman's passage to this ground-breaking piece of theatre in his #memoir ON THE BOARDWALK. Available at all good bookshops and online platforms. amzn.to/4mHz0n7
October 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
It was wonderful tuning into PRIVATE PASSIONS @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social yesterday to hear Martin Sherman talking about his life, the book we published about it and of course his music choices. For those who missed the show it is now on iPlayer. Here's the link: bit.ly/46Mo2as
October 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Good morning!It's #bookshopday so the perfect excuse to take yourself to @gaystheword.bsky.social and nab yourself a #signed copy of MartIn Sherman's memoir ON THE BOARDWALK. #booklovers #happyplace
October 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Something for the weekend? Don't mind if we do listen to the music that features in Martin Sherman's memoir ON THE BOARDWALK . A selection that take us from 1930s Atlantic City through Woodstock and up to the premier of his play BENT on Broadway in the 1970s. #soundup #Enjoy
bit.ly/4nQWGpQ
October 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Forward thinking from Ireland. We can only hope other countries will do similar.
bit.ly/3ICgT3m
Irish government to start paying musicians basic income of €325 a week
The scheme aims to support 2,000 artists and creative workers, starting in September 2026
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October 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Save the date! This Sunday October 12 Martin Sherman is Michael Berkeley's guest on Private Passions @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social. #tunein at midday.📻
October 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Would you like to see the #books that inspired Martin Sherman when he was writing his #memoir ON THE BOARDWALK? Of course you do! Follow the link👇to host bookshop.org and find out if you have any matches or maybe discover some #mustreads. Enjoy! bit.ly/4odIbfx
October 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Have you got your copy of Martin Sherman's #audacious memoir ON THE BOARDWALK? It is widely available at all good bookshops and online platforms or at the flick of a finger here: amzn.to/4mHz0n7
October 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Good morning! Thank you so much to Bob the Bookerer for including Martin Sherman's memoir ON THE BOARDWALK in his weekly round up. Check out his #vlog here: bit.ly/42ra9vO
October 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Drum roll please for a cover reveal! HOMOGRAPHY is the third #poetry collection from @nathanevansarts and edited by Joelle Taylor. This #bold publication will be out to celebrate #LGBTQIA+HistoryMonth2026. Please do reserve your copy here: bit.ly/3WrHDXe
October 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Find your copy of Martin Sherman's 'absolutely mesmerising' #memoir ON THE BOARDWALK at all good bookshops and outlets or follow this link: amzn.to/4mHz0n7
October 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
A taste of Martin Sherman’s On the Boardwalk is now live on @PewterWolf! Huge thanks to Andrew for sharing this extract. Discover the memoir everyone’s talking about via our linktree or here 👉 thepewterwolf.blogspot.com/2025/09/on-b...
On The Broadwalk Extract
EXTRACT TIME! Oh yes, I have something fun to share, from a book that was released yesterday! On the Broadwalk: A Memoir by Martin Sherman ...
thepewterwolf.blogspot.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Celebrate #nationalpoetryday2025 and treat yourself to THREADS a collection of poems by @nathanevansarts and bespoke photographs by @Justin_Writer.Threads was our first ever release and now sports a #newcover. bit.ly/3KAUyn8
October 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
What a gorgeous shot of two #legends! Vanessa Redgrave and Martin Sherman at the launch of Martin's memoir ON THE BOARDWALK and yes, we are still pinching ourselves! Find your copy of this #mustread at all good #bookshops and online platforms.
September 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM