Patrick Marlborough
@cormacmccafe.bsky.social
writer, comedian, musician based in Walyalup, WA.
The Yeah Nah Review on substack
co-host of The Battler
debut novel NOCK LOOSE out NOW!!!
The Yeah Nah Review on substack
co-host of The Battler
debut novel NOCK LOOSE out NOW!!!
in Wicked 3: Green Girls Can't Melt, the cast are going to be literal skeletons
November 26, 2025 at 5:16 AM
in Wicked 3: Green Girls Can't Melt, the cast are going to be literal skeletons
"ABC Chair" is a kind of make-a-wish job for Australian media boomers who the industry is trying to put out to pasture (the compromise being a nice office where they can dribble on themselves in peace)
November 26, 2025 at 5:07 AM
"ABC Chair" is a kind of make-a-wish job for Australian media boomers who the industry is trying to put out to pasture (the compromise being a nice office where they can dribble on themselves in peace)
why do so many bad Australian books get so much marketing???
(I know the answer, but still!!!)
(I know the answer, but still!!!)
November 26, 2025 at 4:28 AM
why do so many bad Australian books get so much marketing???
(I know the answer, but still!!!)
(I know the answer, but still!!!)
another rave review of NOCK LOOSE, this time in the final ever edition of Meanjin. see replies for my full statement haha
November 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM
another rave review of NOCK LOOSE, this time in the final ever edition of Meanjin. see replies for my full statement haha
go out and buy the final every issue of Meanjin (which may or may not contain a rave review of the greatest Australian novel of all time...NOCK LOOSE)
November 24, 2025 at 7:18 AM
go out and buy the final every issue of Meanjin (which may or may not contain a rave review of the greatest Australian novel of all time...NOCK LOOSE)
i'm in a tricky position: i do not condone Pauline Hanson's terrible racism, but I would pay serious bucks to never have to see her horrid mug again. hmm....!
November 24, 2025 at 6:41 AM
i'm in a tricky position: i do not condone Pauline Hanson's terrible racism, but I would pay serious bucks to never have to see her horrid mug again. hmm....!
Reposted by Patrick Marlborough
This year I stood among 25,000 non-conforming, neurodiverse, LGBTQIA+, multicultural, HAPPY people, and recognised my people.
@cormacmccafe.bsky.social gets it.
“Everyone welcomed me with the joke that ‘It’s cheaper than therapy.’"
@cormacmccafe.bsky.social gets it.
“Everyone welcomed me with the joke that ‘It’s cheaper than therapy.’"
After 10 years talking to knights, squires and wizards, I understand why ren fairs are booming
As the loneliness epidemic worsens, young people are finding themselves and each other through the thriving culture of medieval and renaissance fairs
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:20 PM
This year I stood among 25,000 non-conforming, neurodiverse, LGBTQIA+, multicultural, HAPPY people, and recognised my people.
@cormacmccafe.bsky.social gets it.
“Everyone welcomed me with the joke that ‘It’s cheaper than therapy.’"
@cormacmccafe.bsky.social gets it.
“Everyone welcomed me with the joke that ‘It’s cheaper than therapy.’"
they're filming a rom-com in Freo, and last night I almost accidentally hit Mia Wasikowska with my Jimney
November 22, 2025 at 3:59 AM
they're filming a rom-com in Freo, and last night I almost accidentally hit Mia Wasikowska with my Jimney
please consider putting NOCK LOOSE on your “books of the year” / “books to buy for Christmas” lists
It’s really good and I’m really broke, cheers
It’s really good and I’m really broke, cheers
November 18, 2025 at 8:17 AM
please consider putting NOCK LOOSE on your “books of the year” / “books to buy for Christmas” lists
It’s really good and I’m really broke, cheers
It’s really good and I’m really broke, cheers
Reposted by Patrick Marlborough
Trump: And you know, we got rid of the drip drip water, we call it the drip drip, where it drip drips out of the sink, states with tremendous water, so much water they have nothing but problems getting rid. They had restrictions on water. It comes down from heaven, right?
November 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Trump: And you know, we got rid of the drip drip water, we call it the drip drip, where it drip drips out of the sink, states with tremendous water, so much water they have nothing but problems getting rid. They had restrictions on water. It comes down from heaven, right?
i know i've asked this before, but: could any of my showbiz adjacent mutuals help me get a line to Magda Szubanski? I have tried her management, but no luck. I just want to send her a gift copy of NOCK LOOSE because she inspired it and it literally wouldn't exist without her. I want her to have it!
November 17, 2025 at 7:14 AM
i know i've asked this before, but: could any of my showbiz adjacent mutuals help me get a line to Magda Szubanski? I have tried her management, but no luck. I just want to send her a gift copy of NOCK LOOSE because she inspired it and it literally wouldn't exist without her. I want her to have it!
with the first cinephile Pope, it's nice to have the Catholic church supporting a different kind of "-phelia"
November 17, 2025 at 7:12 AM
with the first cinephile Pope, it's nice to have the Catholic church supporting a different kind of "-phelia"
god please let the “my life with adhd” type memoir/guide come to its well deserved end.
November 16, 2025 at 6:59 AM
god please let the “my life with adhd” type memoir/guide come to its well deserved end.
Reposted by Patrick Marlborough
This is a sharp, diamond cut piece, delicious to read. As a boomer, I loved it!
Wrote about the incoming extinction event, and how Australia doesn’t know what to do next
open.substack.com/pub/yeahnah/...
open.substack.com/pub/yeahnah/...
The Death of the Dinosaurs
Is Australian politics ready for an extinction level event?
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
This is a sharp, diamond cut piece, delicious to read. As a boomer, I loved it!
Reposted by Patrick Marlborough
November 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Wrote about the incoming extinction event, and how Australia doesn’t know what to do next
open.substack.com/pub/yeahnah/...
open.substack.com/pub/yeahnah/...
The Death of the Dinosaurs
Is Australian politics ready for an extinction level event?
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Wrote about the incoming extinction event, and how Australia doesn’t know what to do next
open.substack.com/pub/yeahnah/...
open.substack.com/pub/yeahnah/...
how it feels being a critically acclaimed Australian novelist
November 14, 2025 at 4:22 AM
how it feels being a critically acclaimed Australian novelist
i emailed a bunch of Australia's 'top' literary podcasts to see if they wanted to talk about NOCK LOOSE and every single one of them was pay for play.
what an absolute farce.
what an absolute farce.
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 AM
i emailed a bunch of Australia's 'top' literary podcasts to see if they wanted to talk about NOCK LOOSE and every single one of them was pay for play.
what an absolute farce.
what an absolute farce.
They like fucking kids and he’s the guy that helps them do that?
Something that’s so striking in these emails is how…unimpressive Epstein is. He comes off as a pompous, sub-literate lech. Yes everyone is so mortifyingly solicitous of him! All fawning and flattery! Why?????
November 13, 2025 at 4:03 AM
They like fucking kids and he’s the guy that helps them do that?
does anyone have any leads on Australian literary agents who are 1) young 2) hip 3) alternative 4) (most important) have a sense of humour/like funny prose?
or American agents that'd take an Australian writer in?
or American agents that'd take an Australian writer in?
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 AM
does anyone have any leads on Australian literary agents who are 1) young 2) hip 3) alternative 4) (most important) have a sense of humour/like funny prose?
or American agents that'd take an Australian writer in?
or American agents that'd take an Australian writer in?
Gough Whitlam was Australia's Princess Di
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Gough Whitlam was Australia's Princess Di
Richo is getting a state funeral? What state, Switzerland?
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Richo is getting a state funeral? What state, Switzerland?
someone gave out my private mobile number to the greens re that crikey piece. please don't do this. if you have a problem, you go through the publication, not the freelance journo. I have a stalker and don't love my number being 'out there' etc. Cheers!
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
someone gave out my private mobile number to the greens re that crikey piece. please don't do this. if you have a problem, you go through the publication, not the freelance journo. I have a stalker and don't love my number being 'out there' etc. Cheers!
Richo and Laws were two decrepit grotesques who could only succeed in a media/political ecosystem as middling and venal as Australia’s. Dunderhead pigs.
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Richo and Laws were two decrepit grotesques who could only succeed in a media/political ecosystem as middling and venal as Australia’s. Dunderhead pigs.