Alan Beard

Short story/flash writer - 2 collections: Taking Doreen out of the Sky (Picador 1999); You Don't Have to Say (Tindal Street Press, 2010). Tom Gallon award

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Affairs, drink, unemployment, drugs. Damaged houses. Low wages. Single mothers. A wrecked car up on bricks. Yes, it’s an Alan Beard story.

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@ElephantsRule Think I have now… can you check?

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@ElephantsRule Trying to, but not good at tech stuff. Can you try?

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@ElephantsRule @vocebooks @FloodgatePress Shahida! I’m good, how are you and Anthony? Been a while (think last time was London after the first anti-Trump protest - 2018?) Be good to catch up. I’m not really on X now, migrated to Blue Sky - are you on there?

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See this Instagram post by @vocebooks https://t.co/8PI6PSyNpV

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I’ve stopped posting on X for obvious reasons, but allow me to be a hypocrite and promote my forthcoming book of stories ‘Afternoon Drinking’ launched on Nov 6th. A long way off, but you can buy tickets now! (Link in comments if I can work out how to paste)…

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I am also reading!

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This event is on Thursday. please join us to hear new stories, share literary chat, have fun and raise lots of funds for the @brumshospice.

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@nicholasroyle @SkoobBooks @TheLondonMag Yes, me also. Thanks.

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Check out #GoodreadsYearinBooks @goodreads to discover the 73 books I read in 2024! https://t.co/rgt4OzX17m

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Christmas haul.

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@LMariHarris @trampset I’m there too.

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@LukeKennard Can’t wait to read.

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Support from an unbiased daughter!

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@writemeave @FloodgatePress Thank you, Maeve!

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It’s official. My next book - my third collection of stories - will be published in Autumn 2025 by Floodgate Press. It will be called ‘Afternoon Drinking’. Currently doing research for it down the pub. Thanks @FloodgatePress

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What's next for Floodgate.
https://t.co/d6fdazj8TB

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@TheWritingAlan @FloodgatePress Thank you, Alan.

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AFTERNOON DRINKING - we’ll be publishing a new collection of short fiction from Brum-based writer and regular Floodgate contributor Alan Beard. Called Afternoon Drinking, you can expect the same raw, emotional, heartfelt prose that characterised Alan’s earlier collections.

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@CharcoPress Great book.

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@RaefWrites Thank you, Raef!

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My copy has finally arrived! My 3rd appearance in this series, if you count the earlier iteration ‘Best Short Stories’ (ed Giles Gordon). (I was in the 1991 edition).
If you’re looking for a Christmas present for a reader, this will do the trick! Full of great stuff.