Adam Barrett
@adambarrettwrites.bsky.social
Sid Chaplin Award winner at the Northern Writers' Awards 2024. Poetry pamphlet THE FIRST THIRTY YEARS EP out with Broken Sleep Books. County Durham. Rep: Peters Fraser + Dunlop.
My debut pamphlet, The First Thirty Years EP, is out now. www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
'Barrett writes with formal agility and emotional charge, drawing lines between private collapse and public failure without sacrificing lyrical control.'
'Barrett writes with formal agility and emotional charge, drawing lines between private collapse and public failure without sacrificing lyrical control.'
Adam Barrett - The First Thirty Years EP | Broken Sleep Books
Adam Barrett’s The First Thirty Years EP is a taut, propulsive collection that fuses poetic memoir with political indictment, navigating masculinity, class, and grief through the lens of North East En...
www.brokensleepbooks.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:49 AM
My debut pamphlet, The First Thirty Years EP, is out now. www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
'Barrett writes with formal agility and emotional charge, drawing lines between private collapse and public failure without sacrificing lyrical control.'
'Barrett writes with formal agility and emotional charge, drawing lines between private collapse and public failure without sacrificing lyrical control.'
I’ve abandoned this for a while.
This week my debut poetry pamphlet comes out with @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social. Please buy, read it, take a photo of it and post it, whatever you can to support writers and small presses.
This week my debut poetry pamphlet comes out with @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social. Please buy, read it, take a photo of it and post it, whatever you can to support writers and small presses.
August 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I’ve abandoned this for a while.
This week my debut poetry pamphlet comes out with @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social. Please buy, read it, take a photo of it and post it, whatever you can to support writers and small presses.
This week my debut poetry pamphlet comes out with @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social. Please buy, read it, take a photo of it and post it, whatever you can to support writers and small presses.
Can't wait to see this develop. Shout out @newwritingnorth.bsky.social
We're launching The Bee magazine today because the UK publishing and writing industries have a bit of a class problem.
May 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Can't wait to see this develop. Shout out @newwritingnorth.bsky.social
I love you Durham but fuck me. We could have kept Darren Grimes in his ma’s basement.
May 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I love you Durham but fuck me. We could have kept Darren Grimes in his ma’s basement.
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📢 Every working class writer belongs in their union!
📚 In a survey by The Bookseller a staggering 78% of working-class authors said their background had hindered their career. [1]
www.thebookseller.com/news/survey-...
📚 In a survey by The Bookseller a staggering 78% of working-class authors said their background had hindered their career. [1]
www.thebookseller.com/news/survey-...
April 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
📢 Every working class writer belongs in their union!
📚 In a survey by The Bookseller a staggering 78% of working-class authors said their background had hindered their career. [1]
www.thebookseller.com/news/survey-...
📚 In a survey by The Bookseller a staggering 78% of working-class authors said their background had hindered their career. [1]
www.thebookseller.com/news/survey-...
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Hi you lovely muggy boneheads.
I've joined Bluesky.
I've joined Bluesky.
March 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Hi you lovely muggy boneheads.
I've joined Bluesky.
I've joined Bluesky.
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Isn't this wonderful!
@thebookseller.com
@waterstones.bsky.social
@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
#BritishBookAwards
@thebookseller.com
@waterstones.bsky.social
@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
#BritishBookAwards
March 12, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Isn't this wonderful!
@thebookseller.com
@waterstones.bsky.social
@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
#BritishBookAwards
@thebookseller.com
@waterstones.bsky.social
@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
#BritishBookAwards
Holding a sign or refusing to clap as Trump walks past isn’t resistance. It’s a pathetic attempt to get your face on social media, especially when many of those ‘resisting’ are appalled by the treatment of Ukraine but are more than happy to see Israel kill children.
March 6, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Holding a sign or refusing to clap as Trump walks past isn’t resistance. It’s a pathetic attempt to get your face on social media, especially when many of those ‘resisting’ are appalled by the treatment of Ukraine but are more than happy to see Israel kill children.
People who aren't fans of wrestling have woken up today thinking it was a normal weekend, blissfully unaware that John Cena is a horrible man.
March 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
People who aren't fans of wrestling have woken up today thinking it was a normal weekend, blissfully unaware that John Cena is a horrible man.
CM Punk wearing a teachers’ union tee on WWE on Netflix… voice of the voiceless.
February 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
CM Punk wearing a teachers’ union tee on WWE on Netflix… voice of the voiceless.
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30% of arts leaders in England were privately educated, compared with 7% national average. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Working-class creatives don’t stand a chance in UK today, leading artists warn
Exclusive: Analysis by the Guardian shows a third of major arts leaders were educated privately
www.theguardian.com
February 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
30% of arts leaders in England were privately educated, compared with 7% national average. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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Seals, sharks and spiny squat lobsters: Underwater Photographer of the Year 2025 – in pictures
Seals, sharks and spiny squat lobsters: Underwater Photographer of the Year 2025 – in pictures
The annual competition draws thousands of entries from across the world and brings together images from below the water’s surface that show the diversity and challenges of subaquatic life
www.theguardian.com
February 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Seals, sharks and spiny squat lobsters: Underwater Photographer of the Year 2025 – in pictures
Insane longlist. Great to see Northern writers getting some well-deserved love for their work!
www.walterscottprize.co.uk/the-2025-wal...
www.walterscottprize.co.uk/the-2025-wal...
The 2025 Walter Scott Prize Longlist -
The Longlist for the sixteenth Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction has been announced by The Abbotsford Trust. The twelve novels contending for the £25,000 Prize are: THE HEART IN WINTER Kevin B...
www.walterscottprize.co.uk
February 18, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Insane longlist. Great to see Northern writers getting some well-deserved love for their work!
www.walterscottprize.co.uk/the-2025-wal...
www.walterscottprize.co.uk/the-2025-wal...
Nothing punk about anything this man does. He's like the kid at a house party when you're 16 who shows up when you did everything to avoid them finding out about it.
February 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Nothing punk about anything this man does. He's like the kid at a house party when you're 16 who shows up when you did everything to avoid them finding out about it.
Read this in two sittings. A harrowing exploration of how people can descend into unspeakable evil and one I’ll be recommending from now on. @northodoxpress.bsky.social
February 8, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Read this in two sittings. A harrowing exploration of how people can descend into unspeakable evil and one I’ll be recommending from now on. @northodoxpress.bsky.social
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WE WON'T BE HOME FOR TEA
February 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
WE WON'T BE HOME FOR TEA
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February is #ReadIndies month - read books from small independent publishers.
So… here’s a few to follow:
@renardpress.bsky.social
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
@galleybeggars.bsky.social
@ortacpress.bsky.social
@charcopress.com
@northodoxpress.bsky.social
@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
So… here’s a few to follow:
@renardpress.bsky.social
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
@galleybeggars.bsky.social
@ortacpress.bsky.social
@charcopress.com
@northodoxpress.bsky.social
@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
January 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
February is #ReadIndies month - read books from small independent publishers.
So… here’s a few to follow:
@renardpress.bsky.social
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
@galleybeggars.bsky.social
@ortacpress.bsky.social
@charcopress.com
@northodoxpress.bsky.social
@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
So… here’s a few to follow:
@renardpress.bsky.social
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
@galleybeggars.bsky.social
@ortacpress.bsky.social
@charcopress.com
@northodoxpress.bsky.social
@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
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And as well as being a supporter of Indie Presses for years. I might just have my own book out with an indie press in February.
Saltburn.
Book your visit now.
It’s a place you’ll never forget.
renardpress.com/books/saltbu...
Saltburn.
Book your visit now.
It’s a place you’ll never forget.
renardpress.com/books/saltbu...
Saltburn – Renard Press
May the residents of the real Saltburn-by-the-Sea and neighbouring towns forgive my mermaids, my nuclear power stations, my foetus museums and so on and so on. They were written with love. Welcome to ...
renardpress.com
January 30, 2025 at 8:58 AM
And as well as being a supporter of Indie Presses for years. I might just have my own book out with an indie press in February.
Saltburn.
Book your visit now.
It’s a place you’ll never forget.
renardpress.com/books/saltbu...
Saltburn.
Book your visit now.
It’s a place you’ll never forget.
renardpress.com/books/saltbu...
Well this is minging.
A writing competition judged by artificial intelligence (AI) and dubbed the “first-of-its-kind" has launched with backing by tech companies MyPoolitzer and Quantifiction with Canadian publisher Blue Denim Press 👇 #BookSky
MyPoolitzer launches AI writing competition with Quantifiction and Blue Denim Press
www.thebookseller.com
February 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Well this is minging.
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Wow, look, they all seem to have a certain look, dont they?
Maybe it's cultural.
WE NEED A NATIONAL INQUIRY ANYTHING LESS IS A COVER-UP.
Maybe it's cultural.
WE NEED A NATIONAL INQUIRY ANYTHING LESS IS A COVER-UP.
January 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Wow, look, they all seem to have a certain look, dont they?
Maybe it's cultural.
WE NEED A NATIONAL INQUIRY ANYTHING LESS IS A COVER-UP.
Maybe it's cultural.
WE NEED A NATIONAL INQUIRY ANYTHING LESS IS A COVER-UP.
There's no debate -- this argument has one side / Humanity over bigotry every single time / Why do they care how other people choose to live? / I yearn to know, but I have zero fucks left to give.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1zk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1zk...
Fucked Up - Disabuse (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Fucked Up
www.youtube.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:31 AM
There's no debate -- this argument has one side / Humanity over bigotry every single time / Why do they care how other people choose to live? / I yearn to know, but I have zero fucks left to give.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1zk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1zk...
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‘Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.’ ~Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own.
Tomorrow’s #BookWormSat is Woolf’s birthday ~ we’ll be celebrating her work and that of her female contemporaries.
Tomorrow’s #BookWormSat is Woolf’s birthday ~ we’ll be celebrating her work and that of her female contemporaries.
January 24, 2025 at 7:16 AM
‘Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.’ ~Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own.
Tomorrow’s #BookWormSat is Woolf’s birthday ~ we’ll be celebrating her work and that of her female contemporaries.
Tomorrow’s #BookWormSat is Woolf’s birthday ~ we’ll be celebrating her work and that of her female contemporaries.