Patrick Kincaid
@patrickkincaid.bsky.social
Doctor of Shakespeare, Master of Writing. Author of THE CONTINUITY GIRL. Novelist, editor, teacher. Submitting new novel now.
Here’s where I’ll be all day. Do not disturb sign on the door.
November 16, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Here’s where I’ll be all day. Do not disturb sign on the door.
In the Middle Ages, Kenilworth Castle was rose out of a mere. Today it does so again. Extraordinary.
November 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
In the Middle Ages, Kenilworth Castle was rose out of a mere. Today it does so again. Extraordinary.
This was sent to me and I don’t know what it’s from, but honestly I think my least favourite thing about del Toro’s rubbish Frankenstein film is that there’s more Percy Shelley and Byron in it than there is Mary Wollstonecraft.
November 7, 2025 at 9:55 AM
This was sent to me and I don’t know what it’s from, but honestly I think my least favourite thing about del Toro’s rubbish Frankenstein film is that there’s more Percy Shelley and Byron in it than there is Mary Wollstonecraft.
Can’t capture it, but it’s all Long-tailed Tits and Chaffinches this morning.
November 7, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Can’t capture it, but it’s all Long-tailed Tits and Chaffinches this morning.
My God this book hits hard.
November 5, 2025 at 11:29 AM
My God this book hits hard.
Two rare instances of actual wit on Threads.
November 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Two rare instances of actual wit on Threads.
Why the absolute fuck would Facebook think I’d be interested in posts by this evil piece of shit?
![Rupert Lowe [Reform MP for Great Yarmouth]
Now is the time to restore the ultimate deterrent.
The death penalty.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vm3hsqbdnofuoklgbhp7aob6/bafkreifaedgcv4a5xuxenyq32h6iztrwt7vmiu7tc2wsvh7bnufot3a3b4@jpeg)
November 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Why the absolute fuck would Facebook think I’d be interested in posts by this evil piece of shit?
How’s this for a title? Seeing Caroline Lea at Stratford Literary Festival on Friday. She’s a great interviewee — was funny and informative when I invited her to my writing workshop a couple of years back. Looking forward to asking her about the del Toro film if someone else doesn’t get there first.
October 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
How’s this for a title? Seeing Caroline Lea at Stratford Literary Festival on Friday. She’s a great interviewee — was funny and informative when I invited her to my writing workshop a couple of years back. Looking forward to asking her about the del Toro film if someone else doesn’t get there first.
Photo my sister-in-law took while the whole family were holidaying on Mull eight years ago.
October 29, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Photo my sister-in-law took while the whole family were holidaying on Mull eight years ago.
This is tremendous by the way. It’s the only Booker shortlisted novel I’ve read this year. I read another that was longlisted, and it wasn’t as good as this. So, the committee is on the right track as far as that goes.
October 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
This is tremendous by the way. It’s the only Booker shortlisted novel I’ve read this year. I read another that was longlisted, and it wasn’t as good as this. So, the committee is on the right track as far as that goes.
If you see this, post a Frankenstein.
October 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
If you see this, post a Frankenstein.
Guillermo del Toro writing Frankenstein (2025).
October 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Guillermo del Toro writing Frankenstein (2025).
Oscar Isaacs in Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro, 2025).
October 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Oscar Isaacs in Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro, 2025).
At HMP Downview today with children’s author Smriti Halls for Stratford Literary Festival’s Workshops in Prisons.
October 22, 2025 at 6:22 AM
At HMP Downview today with children’s author Smriti Halls for Stratford Literary Festival’s Workshops in Prisons.
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
Saw After Sunday by Sophia Griffin at Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre last week. Deeply moved by it, since it resonated with what I’ve encountered during outreach work in prisons. Whole cast outstanding, but David Webber (from Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths) out of this world. Goes to Bush Theatre next month.
October 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Saw After Sunday by Sophia Griffin at Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre last week. Deeply moved by it, since it resonated with what I’ve encountered during outreach work in prisons. Whole cast outstanding, but David Webber (from Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths) out of this world. Goes to Bush Theatre next month.
Whatever the particulars of this story, here’s some Murdoch click bait that’ll kill a few folk.
October 19, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Whatever the particulars of this story, here’s some Murdoch click bait that’ll kill a few folk.
This is top tier Maigret.
October 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This is top tier Maigret.
Bookshop Day haul:
Hunger Stone by Kat Dunn and The Poison King by Katherine Rundell (from Kenilworth Books); The Once and Future King by TH White and Whisky Galore by Compton Mackenzie (Treehouse Bookshop — the White was a quid!); and folk horror anthology These Our Monsters (Kenilworth Castle).
Hunger Stone by Kat Dunn and The Poison King by Katherine Rundell (from Kenilworth Books); The Once and Future King by TH White and Whisky Galore by Compton Mackenzie (Treehouse Bookshop — the White was a quid!); and folk horror anthology These Our Monsters (Kenilworth Castle).
October 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Bookshop Day haul:
Hunger Stone by Kat Dunn and The Poison King by Katherine Rundell (from Kenilworth Books); The Once and Future King by TH White and Whisky Galore by Compton Mackenzie (Treehouse Bookshop — the White was a quid!); and folk horror anthology These Our Monsters (Kenilworth Castle).
Hunger Stone by Kat Dunn and The Poison King by Katherine Rundell (from Kenilworth Books); The Once and Future King by TH White and Whisky Galore by Compton Mackenzie (Treehouse Bookshop — the White was a quid!); and folk horror anthology These Our Monsters (Kenilworth Castle).
Trespassers on the line between Birmingham New Street and Birmingham International.
October 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Trespassers on the line between Birmingham New Street and Birmingham International.
John Woodvine’s portrait in the Dirty Duck.
October 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
John Woodvine’s portrait in the Dirty Duck.
These signs always get my hopes up that I might spot a hare. No luck yet.
October 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
These signs always get my hopes up that I might spot a hare. No luck yet.
This is a very good little Instagram account for Peter Sellers fans. Unfortunately I’ve now read Roger Lewis’s biography, so now this photo makes me shudder (but also, my regard for Britt is sky high).
October 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This is a very good little Instagram account for Peter Sellers fans. Unfortunately I’ve now read Roger Lewis’s biography, so now this photo makes me shudder (but also, my regard for Britt is sky high).
When my A level students found out I was publishing a novel.
October 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
When my A level students found out I was publishing a novel.
Alexei Sayle’s memoir is excellent by the way. Except for the title (Thatcher Stole My Trousers), which is almost demanding that you prejudge it as the sort of thing someone who hates Alexei Sayle might imagine it would be.
October 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Alexei Sayle’s memoir is excellent by the way. Except for the title (Thatcher Stole My Trousers), which is almost demanding that you prejudge it as the sort of thing someone who hates Alexei Sayle might imagine it would be.