Alan Beard
@alanbeard.bsky.social
Short Story/Flash writer. Third collection Afternoon Drinking out November 6th from Floodgate Press. Previous collections: Taking Doreen out of the Sky (Picador, 1999); You Don’t Have to Say (Tindal Street Press, 2010).
Photos from the launch: 1) Wendy Erskine interviews me about the book. 2) Voce Books outside. 3) Post launch with Clare and daughters Chloe and Grace outside the Kilder bar. 4) more post launch antics with Nigel, Jonathan, Hazel and Ashok.
More coming..
More coming..
November 10, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Photos from the launch: 1) Wendy Erskine interviews me about the book. 2) Voce Books outside. 3) Post launch with Clare and daughters Chloe and Grace outside the Kilder bar. 4) more post launch antics with Nigel, Jonathan, Hazel and Ashok.
More coming..
More coming..
The book exists! So happy.
October 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The book exists! So happy.
Front and back cover of my new story collection, coming out November (launch on the 6th at Voce Books, Birmingham 7pm). Floodgate Press have done such a great job!
October 12, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Front and back cover of my new story collection, coming out November (launch on the 6th at Voce Books, Birmingham 7pm). Floodgate Press have done such a great job!
Pleased to announce (to no one) that I came third in the Cambridge Prize competition and my story will soon be published on theshortstory.co.uk site. theshortstory.co.uk/competitions...
August 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Pleased to announce (to no one) that I came third in the Cambridge Prize competition and my story will soon be published on theshortstory.co.uk site. theshortstory.co.uk/competitions...
Delighted to be on the shortlist for the Cambridge Short Story prize: theshortstory.co.uk
August 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Delighted to be on the shortlist for the Cambridge Short Story prize: theshortstory.co.uk
Fantastic night last night at the Birmingham Hospice Shop with 6 short story readings and a take home pamphlet and all for a good cause. Thanks charlie hill for organising!
April 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Fantastic night last night at the Birmingham Hospice Shop with 6 short story readings and a take home pamphlet and all for a good cause. Thanks charlie hill for organising!
Come and see some great short story writers - and me - at the Birmingham Hospice Shop in Harborne on Thursday. Details:
April 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Come and see some great short story writers - and me - at the Birmingham Hospice Shop in Harborne on Thursday. Details:
Yay! My copy of Best British Short Stories 2024 has arrived. Full of great stuff. My third appearance in this series if you count the earlier iteration ‘Best Short Stories’ (ed Gordon Giles). Ideal Christmas present for readers…
November 16, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Yay! My copy of Best British Short Stories 2024 has arrived. Full of great stuff. My third appearance in this series if you count the earlier iteration ‘Best Short Stories’ (ed Gordon Giles). Ideal Christmas present for readers…