Brian Langan
@brianlangan.bsky.social
Editor and Literary Agent.
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Day 19/20 of the #Lightborne Chronology is a big one - 431 years ago today, #christophermarlowe was k*lled by Ingram Frizer in Deptford.
Tomorrow: an investigation is launched, but the results bring more questions than answers. @Brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙 📚
Tomorrow: an investigation is launched, but the results bring more questions than answers. @Brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙 📚
May 30, 2024 at 9:26 AM
Day 19/20 of the #Lightborne Chronology is a big one - 431 years ago today, #christophermarlowe was k*lled by Ingram Frizer in Deptford.
Tomorrow: an investigation is launched, but the results bring more questions than answers. @Brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙 📚
Tomorrow: an investigation is launched, but the results bring more questions than answers. @Brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙 📚
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We're on Day 18/20 of the #Lightborne Chronology! With the Queen's spies closing in, a desperate #christophermarlowe flees to Deptford.
Tomorrow, Marlowe meets his end at the hands of the unlikeliest of k*llers, and an enduring mystery is born.
@brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙 📚
Tomorrow, Marlowe meets his end at the hands of the unlikeliest of k*llers, and an enduring mystery is born.
@brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙 📚
May 29, 2024 at 11:33 AM
We're on Day 18/20 of the #Lightborne Chronology! With the Queen's spies closing in, a desperate #christophermarlowe flees to Deptford.
Tomorrow, Marlowe meets his end at the hands of the unlikeliest of k*llers, and an enduring mystery is born.
@brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙 📚
Tomorrow, Marlowe meets his end at the hands of the unlikeliest of k*llers, and an enduring mystery is born.
@brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙 📚
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We've made it to Day 17/20 of the #Lightborne Chronology. The de*th of #christophermarlowe in 1593 coincided with a heatwave, plague, solar eclipse, and political unrest.
Tomorrow, Marlowe makes a run for Deptford, but his journey will end there. @Brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙 📚
Tomorrow, Marlowe makes a run for Deptford, but his journey will end there. @Brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙 📚
May 28, 2024 at 9:36 AM
We've made it to Day 17/20 of the #Lightborne Chronology. The de*th of #christophermarlowe in 1593 coincided with a heatwave, plague, solar eclipse, and political unrest.
Tomorrow, Marlowe makes a run for Deptford, but his journey will end there. @Brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙 📚
Tomorrow, Marlowe makes a run for Deptford, but his journey will end there. @Brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙 📚
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It's Day 15/20 of the #Lightborne Chronology! Today marks a turning point in #christophermarlowe 's story. On 26/5/1593, the infamous document known as the "Baines Note" was delivered.
Tomorrow, Marlowe begins planning an escape. #booksky 💙📚 @Brianlangan.bsky.social
Tomorrow, Marlowe begins planning an escape. #booksky 💙📚 @Brianlangan.bsky.social
May 26, 2024 at 9:12 AM
It's Day 15/20 of the #Lightborne Chronology! Today marks a turning point in #christophermarlowe 's story. On 26/5/1593, the infamous document known as the "Baines Note" was delivered.
Tomorrow, Marlowe begins planning an escape. #booksky 💙📚 @Brianlangan.bsky.social
Tomorrow, Marlowe begins planning an escape. #booksky 💙📚 @Brianlangan.bsky.social
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We're on Day 14/20 of the #Lightborne Chronology! #christophermarlowe 's poem 'Hero & Leander' queers a familiar love story.
Tomorrow, 5/26, Marlowe’s nemesis Richard Baines delivers a note to the authorities that will seal Marlowe’s fate.
@Brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙 📚
Tomorrow, 5/26, Marlowe’s nemesis Richard Baines delivers a note to the authorities that will seal Marlowe’s fate.
@Brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙 📚
May 25, 2024 at 9:27 AM
We're on Day 14/20 of the #Lightborne Chronology! #christophermarlowe 's poem 'Hero & Leander' queers a familiar love story.
Tomorrow, 5/26, Marlowe’s nemesis Richard Baines delivers a note to the authorities that will seal Marlowe’s fate.
@Brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙 📚
Tomorrow, 5/26, Marlowe’s nemesis Richard Baines delivers a note to the authorities that will seal Marlowe’s fate.
@Brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙 📚
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It's Day 13/20 of the #Lightborne Chronology, and time to meet Robin Poley, one of the Elizabethan era's most notorious spies.
Tomorrow, we'll take a look at #ChristopherMarlowe ’s epic poem, "Hero & Leander." Was it left unfinished at his d*ath?
@Brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙 📚
Tomorrow, we'll take a look at #ChristopherMarlowe ’s epic poem, "Hero & Leander." Was it left unfinished at his d*ath?
@Brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙 📚
May 24, 2024 at 12:09 PM
It's Day 13/20 of the #Lightborne Chronology, and time to meet Robin Poley, one of the Elizabethan era's most notorious spies.
Tomorrow, we'll take a look at #ChristopherMarlowe ’s epic poem, "Hero & Leander." Was it left unfinished at his d*ath?
@Brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙 📚
Tomorrow, we'll take a look at #ChristopherMarlowe ’s epic poem, "Hero & Leander." Was it left unfinished at his d*ath?
@Brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙 📚
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It's Day 12/20 of the #Lightborne Chronology! Time to tackle one of the biggest questions behind #christophermarlowe 's final days: who was Ingram Frizer?
Tomorrow, we dive into the most sinister figure in this story: spy and assassin Robin Poley.
@Brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙 📚
Tomorrow, we dive into the most sinister figure in this story: spy and assassin Robin Poley.
@Brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙 📚
May 23, 2024 at 11:37 AM
It's Day 12/20 of the #Lightborne Chronology! Time to tackle one of the biggest questions behind #christophermarlowe 's final days: who was Ingram Frizer?
Tomorrow, we dive into the most sinister figure in this story: spy and assassin Robin Poley.
@Brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙 📚
Tomorrow, we dive into the most sinister figure in this story: spy and assassin Robin Poley.
@Brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙 📚
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It's Day 11/20 of the #Lightborne Chronology! #christophermarlowe is now under investigation, and the Privy Council has a witness - Richard Baines, Marlowe’s former mentor turned enemy.
Tomorrow: who was Ingram Frizer?
@brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙 📚
Tomorrow: who was Ingram Frizer?
@brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙 📚
May 22, 2024 at 10:06 AM
It's Day 11/20 of the #Lightborne Chronology! #christophermarlowe is now under investigation, and the Privy Council has a witness - Richard Baines, Marlowe’s former mentor turned enemy.
Tomorrow: who was Ingram Frizer?
@brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙 📚
Tomorrow: who was Ingram Frizer?
@brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙 📚
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It's already Day 10/20 of the #Lightborne Chronology, and #christophermarlowe is now held on bail by the Privy Court.
Tomorrow: who is Richard Baines, and what is the secret he knows that could spell Marlowe's doom?
@brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙📚
Tomorrow: who is Richard Baines, and what is the secret he knows that could spell Marlowe's doom?
@brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙📚
May 21, 2024 at 1:12 PM
It's already Day 10/20 of the #Lightborne Chronology, and #christophermarlowe is now held on bail by the Privy Court.
Tomorrow: who is Richard Baines, and what is the secret he knows that could spell Marlowe's doom?
@brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙📚
Tomorrow: who is Richard Baines, and what is the secret he knows that could spell Marlowe's doom?
@brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙📚
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It's Day 9/20 of the #Lightborne Chronology! From this day forward, #christophermarlowe 's time is running out.
Tomorrow, Marlowe begins making his daily reports to the Privy Council, as proof that he remains within London.
@brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 📚💙
Tomorrow, Marlowe begins making his daily reports to the Privy Council, as proof that he remains within London.
@brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 📚💙
May 20, 2024 at 9:33 AM
It's Day 9/20 of the #Lightborne Chronology! From this day forward, #christophermarlowe 's time is running out.
Tomorrow, Marlowe begins making his daily reports to the Privy Council, as proof that he remains within London.
@brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 📚💙
Tomorrow, Marlowe begins making his daily reports to the Privy Council, as proof that he remains within London.
@brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 📚💙
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It's Day 8/20 of the #Lightborne Chronology! 431 years ago yesterday, a warrant was issued for #christophermarlowe 's arrest. By 20 May, guards will have tracked Marlowe to Scadbury, an estate owned by his friend and patron Thomas Walsingham.
Tomorrow, Marlowe is arrested.
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Tomorrow, Marlowe is arrested.
@brianlangan.bsky.social
May 19, 2024 at 9:09 AM
It's Day 8/20 of the #Lightborne Chronology! 431 years ago yesterday, a warrant was issued for #christophermarlowe 's arrest. By 20 May, guards will have tracked Marlowe to Scadbury, an estate owned by his friend and patron Thomas Walsingham.
Tomorrow, Marlowe is arrested.
@brianlangan.bsky.social
Tomorrow, Marlowe is arrested.
@brianlangan.bsky.social
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It's Day 7/20 of the #Lightborne Chronology, and this is when the clock begins to run out for #christophermarlowe.
Tomorrow, I'll talk about Thomas Walsingham's complicated role in this story. Was he friend or foe to Marlowe?
@brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 📚💙
Tomorrow, I'll talk about Thomas Walsingham's complicated role in this story. Was he friend or foe to Marlowe?
@brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 📚💙
May 18, 2024 at 8:18 AM
It's Day 7/20 of the #Lightborne Chronology, and this is when the clock begins to run out for #christophermarlowe.
Tomorrow, I'll talk about Thomas Walsingham's complicated role in this story. Was he friend or foe to Marlowe?
@brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 📚💙
Tomorrow, I'll talk about Thomas Walsingham's complicated role in this story. Was he friend or foe to Marlowe?
@brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 📚💙
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Onto Day 6/20 of the #Lightborne Chronology, and it's time to dig into one of the biggest controversies in the life of #ChristopherMarlowe - was Marlowe a spy?
Tomorrow: Marlowe is arrested and brought to London. Who will he trust now? #booksky 💙📚 @brianlangan.bsky.social
Tomorrow: Marlowe is arrested and brought to London. Who will he trust now? #booksky 💙📚 @brianlangan.bsky.social
May 17, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Onto Day 6/20 of the #Lightborne Chronology, and it's time to dig into one of the biggest controversies in the life of #ChristopherMarlowe - was Marlowe a spy?
Tomorrow: Marlowe is arrested and brought to London. Who will he trust now? #booksky 💙📚 @brianlangan.bsky.social
Tomorrow: Marlowe is arrested and brought to London. Who will he trust now? #booksky 💙📚 @brianlangan.bsky.social
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It's Day 5/20 of the #Lightborne Chronology! Today I'm diving into #ChristopherMarlowe 's Edward II. Fun fact: the title Lightborne comes from the name of the brutal k*ller hired to "take care" of King Edward in Marlowe's play.
Tomorrow: was Marlowe a spy? @brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙📚
Tomorrow: was Marlowe a spy? @brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙📚
May 16, 2024 at 2:38 PM
It's Day 5/20 of the #Lightborne Chronology! Today I'm diving into #ChristopherMarlowe 's Edward II. Fun fact: the title Lightborne comes from the name of the brutal k*ller hired to "take care" of King Edward in Marlowe's play.
Tomorrow: was Marlowe a spy? @brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙📚
Tomorrow: was Marlowe a spy? @brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙📚
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Welcome to Day 4/20 of the #Lightborne Chronology! Today it's all about #christophermarlowe as a playwright.
Tomorrow I'll talk more about Edward II and it's important legacy in the queer literary canon. #booksky 💙📚
@brianlangan.bsky.social
Tomorrow I'll talk more about Edward II and it's important legacy in the queer literary canon. #booksky 💙📚
@brianlangan.bsky.social
May 15, 2024 at 10:38 AM
Welcome to Day 4/20 of the #Lightborne Chronology! Today it's all about #christophermarlowe as a playwright.
Tomorrow I'll talk more about Edward II and it's important legacy in the queer literary canon. #booksky 💙📚
@brianlangan.bsky.social
Tomorrow I'll talk more about Edward II and it's important legacy in the queer literary canon. #booksky 💙📚
@brianlangan.bsky.social
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It's Day 3/20 of the #Lightborne Chronology, and today we're looking at a few of the suspects, esp the enigmatic Ingram Frizer. Was he just the man holding the 🗡, or was he something more?
Tomorrow, it's all about Marlowe's plays! #booksky 💙📚
@brianlangan.bsky.social
Tomorrow, it's all about Marlowe's plays! #booksky 💙📚
@brianlangan.bsky.social
May 14, 2024 at 9:12 AM
It's Day 3/20 of the #Lightborne Chronology, and today we're looking at a few of the suspects, esp the enigmatic Ingram Frizer. Was he just the man holding the 🗡, or was he something more?
Tomorrow, it's all about Marlowe's plays! #booksky 💙📚
@brianlangan.bsky.social
Tomorrow, it's all about Marlowe's plays! #booksky 💙📚
@brianlangan.bsky.social
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It's Day 2 of 20 of the #Lightborne Chronology, where I take you through the real-life people and events from my debut #novel! Join me every day till 1 June for historical tidbits and excerpts from the book, which is out now in the UK & Ireland. #booksky 💙📚
@brianlangan.bsky.social
@brianlangan.bsky.social
May 13, 2024 at 8:59 AM
It's Day 2 of 20 of the #Lightborne Chronology, where I take you through the real-life people and events from my debut #novel! Join me every day till 1 June for historical tidbits and excerpts from the book, which is out now in the UK & Ireland. #booksky 💙📚
@brianlangan.bsky.social
@brianlangan.bsky.social
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It's Day 1 of 20 of the #Lightborne Chronology, where I take you through the real-life people and events from my debut #novel! Join me every day till 1 June for historical tidbits and excerpts from the book, which is out now in the UK & Ireland. @brianlangan.bsky.social 📚💙 #booksky
May 12, 2024 at 10:14 AM
It's Day 1 of 20 of the #Lightborne Chronology, where I take you through the real-life people and events from my debut #novel! Join me every day till 1 June for historical tidbits and excerpts from the book, which is out now in the UK & Ireland. @brianlangan.bsky.social 📚💙 #booksky
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Yup, I'm that nerd! Bc all of the major events of my novel #Lightborne take place from 12 - 31 May 1593, I went ahead and created a full timeline complete with excerpts from the book! Through 1 June, please follow along for daily historical tidbits and more. @brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙📚
May 11, 2024 at 9:17 AM
Yup, I'm that nerd! Bc all of the major events of my novel #Lightborne take place from 12 - 31 May 1593, I went ahead and created a full timeline complete with excerpts from the book! Through 1 June, please follow along for daily historical tidbits and more. @brianlangan.bsky.social #booksky 💙📚
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One more blog post for #LGBTQ+HistoryMonth!
In which I offer a crash course on Anglo-American queer history and dissect the debate over queer identity while dunking on Gore Vidal.
Come with me, learn how we became the big, weird, queer family we are today!
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In which I offer a crash course on Anglo-American queer history and dissect the debate over queer identity while dunking on Gore Vidal.
Come with me, learn how we became the big, weird, queer family we are today!
hessephillips.com/2024/02/22/r...
Research Diary #2: Becoming “Queer”
For LGBTQ+ History Month: Let's look at how queer-signifying language has changed over the last four centuries in the English-speaking world, and some of the reasons why.
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February 22, 2024 at 6:53 PM
One more blog post for #LGBTQ+HistoryMonth!
In which I offer a crash course on Anglo-American queer history and dissect the debate over queer identity while dunking on Gore Vidal.
Come with me, learn how we became the big, weird, queer family we are today!
hessephillips.com/2024/02/22/r...
In which I offer a crash course on Anglo-American queer history and dissect the debate over queer identity while dunking on Gore Vidal.
Come with me, learn how we became the big, weird, queer family we are today!
hessephillips.com/2024/02/22/r...
It's here!! Check out @hessephillips.bsky.social excellent blog post with the (gorgeous, sumptuous) cover reveal for #Lightborne, published on 2 May by Atlantic Books.
My #debut #novel LIGHTBORNE finally has a cover! 😱
Check out my latest blog post for the big reveal, a shout-out to the hardworking crew at the 7AM Novelist Podcast, and my ramblings on how to survive as a soon-to-debut author.
#writingcommunity #histfic #booksky 📚💙
Check out my latest blog post for the big reveal, a shout-out to the hardworking crew at the 7AM Novelist Podcast, and my ramblings on how to survive as a soon-to-debut author.
#writingcommunity #histfic #booksky 📚💙
Lightborne Updates: Cover Reveal!
Before we get into the thing you're actually here for, let me start this one off by saying, if you're not listening to the 7AM Novelist Podcast with Michelle Hoover, then start now - not just because ...
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January 10, 2024 at 10:40 PM
It's here!! Check out @hessephillips.bsky.social excellent blog post with the (gorgeous, sumptuous) cover reveal for #Lightborne, published on 2 May by Atlantic Books.
There's an interview with me in the Books Are My Business column in today's @irishexaminer. Thanks to Marjorie Brennan for translating my rambling.
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Books are my business: literary agent Brian Lengan
The Co Meath-based agent worked with various publishers in-house between 1997 and 2017 before setting up Storyline Editorial Services and Storyline Literary Agency
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January 6, 2024 at 11:16 AM
There's an interview with me in the Books Are My Business column in today's @irishexaminer. Thanks to Marjorie Brennan for translating my rambling.
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A great listen, some excellent insights from @hessephillips.bsky.social into the many revisions of LIGHTBORNE.
Had a blast today on the 7AM Novelist Podcast talking with Michelle Hoover and Timothy Deer about how to find your way out of the woods of an unruly rough draft. #writingcommunity 💙📚
Dealing with Uncertainty with Timothy Deer and Hesse Phillips
From the "What's Holding You Back?" Writing Challenge Series
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January 4, 2024 at 3:00 PM
A great listen, some excellent insights from @hessephillips.bsky.social into the many revisions of LIGHTBORNE.
This will be one of the best novels of 2024...
Pursued by spies and accused of treason, playwright Christopher Marlowe finds himself alone with a stranger who is obsessed with his plays, and who will, within ten days’ time, become first Marlowe’s lover, and then his killer.
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December 30, 2023 at 10:43 PM
This will be one of the best novels of 2024...
Great blog post by @HessePhillips, on discovering something unexpected in the course of research. #Lightborne coming in May from @AtlanticBooks
New blog post up on my site! "Research Diary #1: Spies, Schemers, and Straight-up Bullshit"
I got a bee in my bonnet about an obscure letter from a spy written in 1586 and how it might change the way we tell the story of Christopher Marlowe's murder. #writersky
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I got a bee in my bonnet about an obscure letter from a spy written in 1586 and how it might change the way we tell the story of Christopher Marlowe's murder. #writersky
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Research Diary #1: Spies, Schemers, and Straight-up Bullsh*t
I may be technically "done" with LIGHTBORNE, my first novel, but it seems like the research just isn't done with me. After years - too many years - spent scanning documents for familiar names, I am pr...
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December 21, 2023 at 6:31 PM
Great blog post by @HessePhillips, on discovering something unexpected in the course of research. #Lightborne coming in May from @AtlanticBooks