Mark Bowles
@markabowles.bsky.social
Writer. All My Precious Madness published by Galley Beggar 2024; Goldsmiths Prize Shortlist, Authors Club Prize Shortlist, James Tait Black Prize shortlist. How Do People Stay the Same published 2026, Galley Beggar.
https://www.creativewritingtuition.com/
https://www.creativewritingtuition.com/
Thanks to @galleybeggars.bsky.social for their care and help at every step of the way! Can’t wait until July..
There is a new book by Mark Bowles on the way. It's called How Do People Stay The Same. It is, as you might expect, a thing of beauty and wonder. Details here: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/campaigns/vi...
How Do People Stay The Same
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February 3, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Thanks to @galleybeggars.bsky.social for their care and help at every step of the way! Can’t wait until July..
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I love these joyous GBP newsletters, especially all the overspilling PS's.
Excited to read the new @markabowles.bsky.social, didn't realise it due so soon!
Excited to read the new @markabowles.bsky.social, didn't realise it due so soon!
February 3, 2026 at 11:22 AM
I love these joyous GBP newsletters, especially all the overspilling PS's.
Excited to read the new @markabowles.bsky.social, didn't realise it due so soon!
Excited to read the new @markabowles.bsky.social, didn't realise it due so soon!
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Been following these from the off but never been to one before. What a tremendous evening that was. Great writing/readings + such a supportive vibe. Deffo going back for more. Big up Kik for organising + everyone who shared their work, terrific stuff 🙏🖤
And to top it off we have @andyandz.bsky.social @bernadettegeyer.bsky.social @jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social Miriam Otto and Julie Irigaray
a brown dog is sitting on a blanket and looking at the camera with the words `` wait what ? ''
ALT: a brown dog is sitting on a blanket and looking at the camera with the words `` wait what ? ''
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January 28, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Been following these from the off but never been to one before. What a tremendous evening that was. Great writing/readings + such a supportive vibe. Deffo going back for more. Big up Kik for organising + everyone who shared their work, terrific stuff 🙏🖤
BBC useless as ever. There are always “conflicting accounts”. Of almost anything. In this case, one account is demonstrably false.
January 26, 2026 at 4:59 PM
BBC useless as ever. There are always “conflicting accounts”. Of almost anything. In this case, one account is demonstrably false.
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Twit tweet tawooo. Early bird tickets open for Madrid salon in September! 🦅🐓🦤🐦🪶 @saloneurope.bsky.social
Early Bird Tickets for our Annual Salon in Madrid
Find out about our exciting plans and book a reduced Early Bird place
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January 26, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Twit tweet tawooo. Early bird tickets open for Madrid salon in September! 🦅🐓🦤🐦🪶 @saloneurope.bsky.social
Great introduction to the European Writers Salon, and what’s happening in September..
We were delighted to talk to @madridlitmag.bsky.social about exciting plans for our September salon in Madrid.
Listen here
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Listen here
open.spotify.com/episode/45s5...
January 24, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Great introduction to the European Writers Salon, and what’s happening in September..
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The Safekeep is one of my favourite books of the past few years, so I am very proud and happy about this news ✨️
✨️ We are beyond delighted to announce that author Yael van der Wouden will join us on Saturday night in Madrid for our main salon in September.
The Safekeep, her debut novel, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2024 and won the 2026 Women’s Prize.✨️
The Safekeep, her debut novel, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2024 and won the 2026 Women’s Prize.✨️
January 23, 2026 at 10:18 AM
The Safekeep is one of my favourite books of the past few years, so I am very proud and happy about this news ✨️
Very much looking forward to this! We’ve got some amazing writers coming, plus it’s an inspiring community of folk. #ews #madrid #creativewriting
Our Supporters will get details tomorrow of how to book early bird tickets for Madrid!
Coming to everyone else on Monday.
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Coming to everyone else on Monday.
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January 22, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Very much looking forward to this! We’ve got some amazing writers coming, plus it’s an inspiring community of folk. #ews #madrid #creativewriting
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January 22, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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Here it is again: “What we witnessed in Switzerland was not a policy address. It was an X-ray.
[…]
[Trumps supporters] They don’t tolerate the chaos; they require it. They don’t excuse the cruelty; they cheer it. […] The spectacle is the substance.”
Thoughts?
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[Trumps supporters] They don’t tolerate the chaos; they require it. They don’t excuse the cruelty; they cheer it. […] The spectacle is the substance.”
Thoughts?
January 22, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Here it is again: “What we witnessed in Switzerland was not a policy address. It was an X-ray.
[…]
[Trumps supporters] They don’t tolerate the chaos; they require it. They don’t excuse the cruelty; they cheer it. […] The spectacle is the substance.”
Thoughts?
[…]
[Trumps supporters] They don’t tolerate the chaos; they require it. They don’t excuse the cruelty; they cheer it. […] The spectacle is the substance.”
Thoughts?
Genet, on why he didn't steal in 30's Germany: "“In Nazi Germany I no longer felt the urge to break the law, because the law itself had become criminal. The regime was committing the crime. History had taken over my role, and I was dispossessed of my vocation.”" #fascism #trump
January 21, 2026 at 4:29 PM
In the interval between Trumps, I’d almost forgotten the drip drip of gibberish and petulance. The 8 wars thing. And of course he wouldn’t be able to name the combatants in these “wars” nor point to them on a map. It’s less a dictatorship than a Bebocracy.
January 12, 2026 at 3:11 PM
In the interval between Trumps, I’d almost forgotten the drip drip of gibberish and petulance. The 8 wars thing. And of course he wouldn’t be able to name the combatants in these “wars” nor point to them on a map. It’s less a dictatorship than a Bebocracy.
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Ridiculous Keshed blurbs in my profile here from folk like @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social @jamesscudamore.bsky.social @heidijames.bsky.social @susannacrossman.bsky.social @regretteruane.bsky.social @markabowles.bsky.social @leebrackstone.bsky.social
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January 9, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Ridiculous Keshed blurbs in my profile here from folk like @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social @jamesscudamore.bsky.social @heidijames.bsky.social @susannacrossman.bsky.social @regretteruane.bsky.social @markabowles.bsky.social @leebrackstone.bsky.social
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Censorship of books in the US has always been predominantly from the right. The whole “cancel culture” debate (it was scarcely a debate) rested on a this very basic error.
The works of Plato are now being banned at schools in the United States.
Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔
Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔
Plato Has Been Censored; What Next?
PEN America condemns and calls absurd Texas A&M censoring Plato readings and discussions related to race and gender
pen.org
January 8, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Censorship of books in the US has always been predominantly from the right. The whole “cancel culture” debate (it was scarcely a debate) rested on a this very basic error.
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Join author Mark Bowles for 4 writing workshops tracing how we write what resists language: trauma, rage, madness, silence—and finding form, vitality, or even grace within that tension ⚡
January 8, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Join author Mark Bowles for 4 writing workshops tracing how we write what resists language: trauma, rage, madness, silence—and finding form, vitality, or even grace within that tension ⚡
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Great review of Telenovela just arrived in the Irish Times: www.irishtimes.com/culture/book... "a convincing portrait of the darkest period in Chile’s modern history, which, by homing in on those on the wrong side of history, reflects the subtle weaponry of silence and language"
Telenovela by Gonzalo C. Garcia: Chile’s dark era revisited through a family drama
Novel examines the moral compromises of ordinary Chileans living under Pinochet’s dictatorship
www.irishtimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Great review of Telenovela just arrived in the Irish Times: www.irishtimes.com/culture/book... "a convincing portrait of the darkest period in Chile’s modern history, which, by homing in on those on the wrong side of history, reflects the subtle weaponry of silence and language"
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“We will need writers who remember freedom.” https://youtu.be/TW0VhpETLeE?si=Pn5zAv9jib28ikwk
January 5, 2026 at 6:03 AM
“We will need writers who remember freedom.” https://youtu.be/TW0VhpETLeE?si=Pn5zAv9jib28ikwk
Starting Soon! DM me for details and rates.
January 4, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Starting Soon! DM me for details and rates.
Rage, Trauma, Madness, Silence- what more could you want!?
Join us to write what can't be said!
A series of workshops with @markabowles.bsky.social starting with Writing and Trauma on 21 January.
Join the whole series (trauma, rage, madness, and silence) or pick individual sessions.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-wh...
A series of workshops with @markabowles.bsky.social starting with Writing and Trauma on 21 January.
Join the whole series (trauma, rage, madness, and silence) or pick individual sessions.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-wh...
January 4, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Rage, Trauma, Madness, Silence- what more could you want!?
