Patrick Lenton

Haha yes

Melbourne! Wanna come join me at my book launch? It’s this Friday, @readingsbooks.bsky.social Carlton

I fucking hate that song

Sometimes when I’m surfin’ the web, I’ll sing “new tab” to the tune of The Shin’s seminal hit “new slang”. Little bit of whimsy that doesn’t hurt anyone, and hey, could even make you smile

I passed your little test, special broadcasting service

Thank you!

If you’re an ebook jockey, In Spite of You is currently featured on the Apple Books store!

They didn’t think of this when they built all those tiny houseboats for cats

I’m so proud of Sydney, this is epic

You sound like my dog

There needs to be a law against iPhone alarms in tv shows, I don’t need to get my morning shot of panic when I’m eating dinner

Omg

When you are a kid and you visit your friend’s house who has four brothers:

Omg thank you, I’m obsessed

Just finished @patricklenton.bsky.social ‘s In Spite of You. Came for the chaotic queers and scenes that made me cackle loudly enough to wake my dog. Stayed for the surprising sweet story about self acceptance

Ahh thank you!

I like Macklemore, this isn’t shade, but I realised that he’s basically doing the same music as The Lonely Island without any jokes.

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Robert Goodman on Silvia Moreno-Garcia's witchy new novel The Bewitching
Michael Jongen on Patrick Lenton's debut romcom In Spite of You
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In spite of you cover

Hooray! Today is release day of my debut novel, a queer rom-com called In Spite of You. I’m very excited and happy. You should go buy it and help a special boy

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I just really ship Addison and dr dreamy. Ambivalent about Meredith tbh

This is a LOVELY review, thank you so much @michaeljongen.bsky.social!

Journalists aping content creators is a real tail wags the dog type of thing

In Spite of You by Patrick Lenton Patrick Lenton’s In Spite of You is a gloriously sharp and sparkling addition to the rom-com genre – one that swaps out grand romantic gestures for petty revenge plots, emotional avoidance, and a whol...

I have woken up to this gorgeous review of In Spite of You from @readingsbooks.bsky.social
“proudly queer, effortlessly funny, and refreshingly honest about the messiness of moving on.”
www.readings.com.au/reviews/in-s...

You can’t spell eugenics without you

A unifying experience for uow grads from that time

some fun early patrick lenton lore - once i got drunk at the uni bar and started heckling a young liberal who was doing some cringe student politics stuff and me and my friends were asked to leave. that young liberal? convicted sex offender gareth ward

We are only DAYS away from official release 😬

In Spite of You by Patrick Lenton Patrick Lenton’s In Spite of You is a gloriously sharp and sparkling addition to the rom-com genre – one that swaps out grand romantic gestures for petty revenge plots, emotional avoidance, and a whol...

I have woken up to this gorgeous review of In Spite of You from @readingsbooks.bsky.social
“proudly queer, effortlessly funny, and refreshingly honest about the messiness of moving on.”
www.readings.com.au/reviews/in-s...

Net zero is when my DAD bans me from using the internet because I TALKED BACK at the HARDROCK CAFE

Ahaha I drank it like it could fix me