Paul Read

Novelist. Pedant. Highly caffeinated. Author of The Art Teacher and Blame, published by @legend_times_
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[Paul Read @paulreadauthor]

It's been a while since I touted my babies on here, so:

BLAME: A grieving son attempts to escape the ghost of his father.🗽

THE ART TEACHER: A teacher is pushed too far and reacts with unforgivable violence.🔫

#amreading #crimefiction #books
LINK HERE👇 https://t.co/KxLQX5jZ1B

[Paul Read @paulreadauthor]

This beauty is still only £9 in hardback at the following link, ladies and gents: https://t.co/wLn9W4y4am
#reading #books #amreading #BookLovers

[Paul Read @paulreadauthor]

Posted this on my heritage account by mistake. Oops. Feel free to follow my new one at @paulwarnerbooks. Thanks!!

[Paul Read @paulreadauthor]

Author copies arrived the other day and they are 🔥🔥🔥🔥! #reading #writing #writingcommunity #books

[Paul Read @paulreadauthor]

New X account. This one is no longer used. Thanks everyone!

[Paul Read @paulreadauthor]

It's been almost a year since I last posted on Twitter (do I really have to call it X?). Here you go: latest book purchases. #books #BookTwitter

[Paul Read @paulreadauthor]

A piece I wrote on the false promise of writing under the influence. But purple prose is better than beige. https://t.co/p20uzE8MOr
#amwriting #blogging #WritingCommunity #alcohol #writing

[Penguin Books UK @PenguinUKBooks]

We are devastated at the death of our author and friend, Martin Amis. Our thoughts are with all his family and loved ones, especially his children and wife Isabel. He leaves a towering legacy and an indelible mark on the British cultural landscape, and will be missed enormously.

[Paul Read @paulreadauthor]

Some local jollity on #Coronation day round our way.

[Paul Read @paulreadauthor]

Honoured that today's #wordle is a homage to one of my books. #Wordle632

[Paul Read @paulreadauthor]

My article on what James Bond, Breaking Bad, The Godfather and Star Wars owe to Macbeth. You can make an old man happy by clicking here: https://t.co/7ASLde3g7T #WritingCommunity #blog #StarWars #JamesBond #BreakingBad

[Paul Read @paulreadauthor]

My flailing attempt to justify comic books as highbrow literature. You can shovel it deep into your eyes here:
https://t.co/ETxWIUjVe0 #WorldBookDay #WorldBookDay2023 #WritingCommunity #comicbooks #fiction

[Paul Read @paulreadauthor]

I wrote this a few months ago, but I hear it's #ValentinesDay today. My piece on #love as a handy subplot in fiction. #14february #writing #WritingCommunity https://t.co/nPQiAEqAlI

[Paul Read @paulreadauthor]

#wordle is one for the #English teachers this morning. #teacher5oclockclub

[Paul Read @paulreadauthor]

14 people saw this tweet. That's viral, right?

[Paul Read @paulreadauthor]

Good morning England.

[Jennifer Thomas @JThomasABC]

Word that’s making me smile today: inkslinger. It’s 19th century slang for a writer.

[Paul Read @paulreadauthor]

For #Halloween2022, an attempt to understand my love of certain classics of the supernatural genre.
#blog #WritingCommunity #horror
https://t.co/9g74AMZfQr

[Paul Read @paulreadauthor]

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.
#PMQs #Shakespeare

[Paul Read @paulreadauthor]

Very excited about this year's Booker.
(Haven't read any of the books yet, but that sassy disco-pop goddess Dua Lipa's going to be there so it's already lit 👌)
#BookerPrize2022
https://t.co/w96hLOMA6B

[Paul Read @paulreadauthor]

*shudders*