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?

[Voce Books @vocebooks]

🗣️ ALAN BEARD: AFTERNOON DRINKING
🎤 in conversation with WENDY ERSKINE
📚 published by FLOODGATE PRESS

🗓️ THURSDAY 6TH NOVEMBER 2025

📸 PERI CIMEN

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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!

[Helen Cross @helenxwriter]

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!

[Grace @graceveronica__]

My dad’s got a book coming out. Afternoon Drinking, autumn 2025. What a title. What a talent! Short stories par excellence, people are saying. Mark your cals

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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

[Alan Beard @AlanBeard4]

@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.