Mark Bowles

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Thank you Nick, I must revisit early Roxy Music!!

A new short piece from me: markbowles.substack.com/p/grandmaste...

Reading from and talking about How Do People Stay the Same. Oxford, Friday 16. #oxford #howdopeoplestaythesame @galleybeggars.bsky.social

Wtaf? Always remember:”“We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter.”

Excellent news!!

Love Anne Sexton

Short video on one reason why having children might help us write. Ps my workshop on Starting Late is next Tuesday at 6pm UK time. Email met for details: bowles.mark@gmail.com

Not my assembly, but a friend: the eccentric Shakespearean critic G Wilson Knight was invited to speak at their school and after quoting from King Lear, started taking his clothes off.

I’m at home feeling lugubrious and listening to Siouxsie and the Banshees. But later I’ll be reading some newly written fiction, along with @susannacrossman.bsky.social and others: www.mothervine.co.uk

I’m available for A-Level and GCSE English tuition. Please spread the word! #gcse #englishliterature

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As September opens out, it is time to return to your writing. I'm doing online tutorials and greatly enjoying it. Email me and I'll explain: bowles.mark@gmail.com

A nice essay on the great, if (or because) unclassifiable John Berger: www.arrowsmithpress.com/journal/john...

Enjoyed the launch of @markabowles.bsky.social excellent new book 'How Do People Say the Same' last night

Great evening! Thanks to all who came.

A tremendous, thoughtful review of @markabowles.bsky.social How Do People Stay The Same in @thespectator1828.bsky.social: spectator.com/article/a-su... "A fascinating formal experiment... In its very disjointedness, Bowles’s bracing book gets closer to the messy truth of life than do most novels."

How Do People Stay the Same - Nice review in The Spectator, albeit behind the paywall: “a fascinating formal experiment.. Bowles's bracing book gets closer to the messy truth of life than do most novels.” spectator.com/article/a-su...

Looking forward to seeing fellow writers and readers tomorrow for the launch of How Do People Stay the Same. I believe there’s room for a few more so please come along:

Last chance to book for this Let's get those poems out into the world ❤️

Tom Overton, John Berger: From Life - @versobooks.bsky.social o, September 2026 www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...

We're all living in man-made societies. Nothing is inevitable. All of these structure were the result of man-made choices. Other choices were - and still are - available.

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10th September at Nest and Vine, Queens Rd Peckham. If you haven’t already, please dm or email me if you’re coming. Bowles.mark@gmail.com Hope to see you there!!

Anyone fancy going to this: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/here-is-wh...

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10th September at Nest and Vine, Queens Rd Peckham. If you haven’t already, please dm or email me if you’re coming. Bowles.mark@gmail.com Hope to see you there!!

This was a brilliant discussion between @markabowles.bsky.social and @susannacrossman.bsky.social about literature, the self, memory and so much more! Well worth your time - plus a brilliant reading by Mark from his new novel, How Do People Stay the Same.

It was an absolute thought-inciting pleasure speaking to the brilliant and amusing @susannacrossman.bsky.social for the online launch of How Do People Stay the Same @galleybeggars.bsky.social, and here it is online so you can listen too: app.box.com/s/pu14ca4v5v... #howdopeoplestaythesame

I’ll be reading at this: www.saloneurope.org/event-detail...

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Still thinking about joining us in Madrid in September? Book soon. TINY number of tickets left.

Fascinating essay.

Compliments to @markabowles.bsky.social for a superb follow up to his debut. It's a stubborn book (in keeping with its narrator, Patrick) and refuses to reveal itself easily to the reader. Part of me is tempted to read it again backwards

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Don’t miss this conversation with friends of EWS @susannacrossman.bsky.social and @markabowles.bsky.social ✨

Very much enjoyed this chat with Sam and Lori. Have a listen!

Delighted to be interviewed by @susannacrossman.bsky.social for the online launch of How Do People Stay the Same. A few places left!!

Currently reading, rereading the brilliant new novel How Do People Stay The Same by Mark Bowles published by @galleybeggars.bsky.social . ❤️🔥. Highly recommend my friends.

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20 - Another brilliant read from @markabowles.bsky.social - entirely Bowlesian in every way (which is a good thing)

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Thank you! Glad you liked it.

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Nice review in the Irish Times #howdopeoplestaythesame

The new book in Waterstones Piccadilly! #howdopeoplestaythesame

"There is a sharp, bright, mordant intelligence to be enjoyed here." Review of How Do People Stay the Same in the TLS: www.the-tls.com/literature/f...