Jon Doyle

COMMUNION out now via @atlanticbooks, coming May 2027 via @graywolfpress. Agent: Emma Paterson @AitkenAlexander.

[Jon Doyle @Jon_Doyle]

I'm honoured to be included among The Observer's Best Debut Novelists of 2026. Huge thanks to everyone involved.

https://t.co/dVPf9Qt98o

[Jon Doyle @Jon_Doyle]

I mean, if you take The Observer's word for it, a quarter of the most notable debuts of 2026 are Catholic in one form or another. https://t.co/dVPf9Qt98o

[Jon Doyle @Jon_Doyle]

We're still here!
https://t.co/tpik0qapVl

[Anne Oatley @AnneOatley]

Whatever happened to the Catholic novelist? Waugh & Greene have lasted of course, Anthony Burgess is now just Clockwork Orange to most, Piers Paul Read given up on fiction, David Lodge turned to campus novels, prize-winning Anne Redmon forgotten.

[Jon Doyle @Jon_Doyle]

All jokes aside, The Telegraph ran several articles on this topic recently too, all while ignoring the books actually being published. What happened to the Catholic novelists? Well, have a look at contemporary fiction and find out.

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https://t.co/3ERadGKSHX

[Jon Doyle @Jon_Doyle]

Made the BBC! Though I hasten to add I hold no responsibility for the claims of the headline.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

We must, then, avoid the “Babel syndrome,” namely the idolatry of profit that sacrifices the weak, a uniformity that neutralizes differences, and the pretense that a single language — even a digital one — can translate everything, including the mystery of the person, into data and performance. This is the risk of dehumanization: building a future that excludes God and reduces the other to a means.

[Kate Aronoff @KateAronoff]

"Rahmstorf, who has studied the Amoc for 35 yrs, has said a collapse must be avoided 'at all costs'. 'I argued this when we thought the chance of an Amoc shutdown was maybe 5% &even then we were saying that risk is too high given the massive impacts. Now it looks like it’s >50%'"

[Jon Doyle @Jon_Doyle]

https://t.co/Uk1nR2IzXJ

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And I was bowled over by the generosity of this piece by Jude Rogers in The Observer. Couldn't have asked for a more thoughtful, enthusiastic review.

[Jon Doyle @Jon_Doyle]

Though I would say, if spoilers are an issue for you, maybe skip this one.

https://t.co/x8e7UgBKP7

[Jon Doyle @Jon_Doyle]

Delighted to get such an engaged review of Communion by Barney Norris in the @guardian. Big respect for taking the bleakest possible reading of the novel.

[Jon Doyle @Jon_Doyle]

@ellafox_m @picadorbooks Congratulations Ella!

[Jon Doyle @Jon_Doyle]

I'm absolutely delighted to share Communion has found a home across the Atlantic, doubly so because it's with a house I've long admired in @GraywolfPress.

Coming May 2027

[Jon Doyle @Jon_Doyle]

It has come to my attention that Communion is about to have a doppelganger

[Jon Doyle @Jon_Doyle]

You can listen back to the show here: https://t.co/IiH6DRwXsn

[Jon Doyle @Jon_Doyle]

I was on @RTEArena last night, chatting with @iamCiaraKing about Communion. It was my first experience on live radio, but it meant a lot to spread the word across the sea to Ireland.

[Jon Doyle @Jon_Doyle]

Also it was great to hold the launch party last night in a venue that has some importance in the novel. Eternal gratitude to @elaine_canning for being such a kind and considered host, and @CovertoCoverUK for manning the tills.

[Jon Doyle @Jon_Doyle]

It's publication day for COMMUNION. There are too many people to thank, but I wanted to mention @ABiltonAuthor & everyone at @SwanseaUni for the early support, @LitWales, Tom Bullough, Kasim Ali, James Roxburgh (& everyone at @atlanticbooks) and the unparalleled Emma Paterson

[Cultural Institute - Swansea University @Culture_SwanUni]

🎉 Happy Publication Day! 🎉 to @Jon_Doyle on the release of 'Communion' (@AtlanticBooks)

Buy now: https://t.co/kUS06DOHn3

[Jon Doyle @Jon_Doyle]

@DanMattingly87 @NewStatesman Cheers Dan! I was thrilled with the piece. A blurb would be grand!

[Jon Doyle @Jon_Doyle]

Communion is out in a week, & I couldn't have asked for a better first review than this piece by Rowan Williams (yes, *the* Rowan Williams) in the @newstatesman, which positions my work within a small contemporary uptick in fiction that features clergymen.