Mark Bowles

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Sarah Hall and Charlie Porter among writers on ‘genre-defying’ Goldsmiths prize shortlist The £10,000 award, whose judges include Mark Haddon and Megan Nolan, recognises ‘mould-breaking’ fiction

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On a peach background with black text: Online Course. Exploring Poetic Concepts and Forms: a Poetry Workshop Series with Julie Irigaray. 26 Oct 2025-17 May 2026. Can be taken together or separately. In the bottom right corner, a photo of the author.

✨ONLINE COURSE✨

Following the success of Julie’s Prose Poetry Workshop, we’re delighted to bring you our first longer course:

Exploring Poetic Concepts and Forms: A Poetry Workshop Series

Meet us in Paris?

Only a few tickets left for our intimate Paris salon.
There will be:

🎤 Fantastic readings
🍷 Wine included
🥘 Friendly dinner after
🖼 Writing in Place des Vosges Friday morning
🤝 New friends and connections

All for a tiny price
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Art that matters Galley Beggar Mail

Our latest newsletter contains the chance to get some beautiful signed artwork from @jamesnunnart.bsky.social , news of an All My Precious Madness t-shirt, massive glaring typos and more of the things we hope you love and expect: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/campaigns/vi...

Oh, I have to ask, is it in Birmingham!?

The British Audio Awards shortlists revealed for inaugural year The shortlists for the inaugural year of The British Audio Awards, also known as The Speakies, have been revealed and include industry names such as Hamza Yassin, AF Steadman, and Dr Rangan Chatterjee...

Delighted that the audiobook version of All My Precious Madness, read by Paul Hilton and produced by @spiracleaudiobooks.bsky.social has been shortlisted for a Speakie in the best fiction audiobook category: www.thebookseller.com/news/the-bri...

In a cafe listening to this woman with her laptop setup take a zoom call like it’s her living room and thinking of @markabowles.bsky.social and All My Precious Madness (@galleybeggars.bsky.social)

Hilarious. Don’t resort to the same measures as Henry!

Kik smiling, wearing headphones on a zoom chat with other attendees across the top of the screen

Couldn’t make it to Brussels?

Miss your besties from #EWSBrussels2025?

Our free quarterly online salon is next month, as usual hosted by our illustrious @kiklodge.bsky.social

🗓️ 28 Oct 19:00 CET

Link below!

Gonzalo’s swag has arrived - almost as fine as the book!

At @shakespeareandcompany.com yesterday, more than delighted to see my book #allmypreciousmadness @galleybeggars.bsky.social As they have a camera ban, I asked them to make an exception. They obliged and asked my to sign the books.

Fundraiser: Authors Read for Gaza Please join us for an evening of rolling author readings to raise funds for two essential organisations in Gaza: The Sameer Project and APN.

On 25 September, I'll be reading at this Gaza fundraiser @pagesofhackney.bsky.social along with several other authors, including Zena Agha who I had the pleasure of meeting recently @edbookfest.bsky.social. All fees will go to The Sameer Project & the Arab Group for the Protection of Nature.

Come to this! Even sloppy latte drinkers welcome.

Thanks, glad you liked it!

Wonder if any SE London people can identify where in Peckham this is?

Still a handful of tickets left. Come share/learn/shop/tour/dine/hang with us!

Too many amazing presenters to name, but we've got great sessions from @kitdewaal.com @desperatelit.bsky.social @dilyswt.bsky.social @drpragyaagarwal.bsky.social @kiklodge.bsky.social @mlmcguinness.bsky.social @norami.bsky.social @markabowles.bsky.social & so many more.

My lifelong love of Samuel Beckett

'A writer also makes sense in relation to other writers. As the years went by, I would come across premonitions or echoes of Beckett in others.'

Tim Parks: My lifelong love of Samuel Beckett

Where was this, I feel like I’ve seen it?

Really looking forward to this!

This was fun!

Many thanks! I couldn't see a gmail btw. Mine is bowles.mark@gmail.com. the links you've provided are great, thank you again.

Very much wish I could have gone!

Writer and reader friends, does anyone (preferably in London) have a copy or have access to a copy of the Moncrieff translation of Proust, before the Kilmartin and Enright additions? #proust #translation OR if not, anyone that could help me identify the French originals of particular quotes? Ta

London people!
Join us for a trip to @europeanpoetryfest.bsky.social on 30 June to see some Estonian poetry.

Want to come? Just DM or email contact@saloneurope.org or see you there