Mark Stay
@markstay.bsky.social
Author, screenwriter and podcaster. https://markstaywrites.com/all-the-links/
Join me and the Authorized gang as we join the Beatles on a deep dive into the chaotic cult classic Magical Mystery Tour...
Come on a Magical Mystery Tour
Join me and the Authorized gang as we join the Beatles on a deep dive into the chaotic cult classic Magical Mystery Tour...
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Ivy Ngeow is the award-winning author of The American Boyfriend, Heart of Glass, White Crane Strikes, Overboard and more, she writes gripping, page-turning fiction and she’s also a musician and expert on interior design and can probably solve world peace. Join us 12th August, 8pm BST!
Ivy Ngeow on the Creative Difference Livestream
Ivy Ngeow is the award-winning author of The American Boyfriend, Heart of Glass, White Crane Strikes, Overboard and more, she writes gripping, page-turning fiction and she’s also a musician and expert on interior design and can probably solve world peace. She is definitely an author that you’ll want to catch live as she is a ton of fun. Join us live: WEDNESDAY 12TH AUGUST, 8PM BST
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OUT NOW! It was never novelized, but we couldn’t do a Beatles season and not watch Magical Mystery Tour. @markstay.bsky.social joins to help us understand why this oddity is much maligned, but the rest of us are more inclined to believe it’s coming to take you away. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
I am sure you will agree that Ben Baldwin has given us another magnificent cover for Dan Mackmain’s latest adventure. Dan and Fin are off to Ireland – a trip I know many readers have been keen to see. The Green Man’s Debt will be published by Wizard’s Tower Press on 10th September 2026. #BookSky
Just when you think you’ve had your fill of superhero movies, something like this comes along. A big emotional rollercoaster with actors who completely own these roles. The audience applauded at the end of this screening!
Working on a second draft and taking note of some evergreen advice I heard from @juliecohen.bsky.social at a conference, and was recently reminded of by @jeevanicharika.bsky.social (and I’m paraphrasing: it might be “go deeper”, but the sentiment is the same).
On Friday @4hundredblows.bsky.social begins his Edinburgh run at 9.45am. There will be nothing better to do on the planet at 9.45am that day and on the many subsequent days. Tickets are here: www.thespaceuk.com/shows/2026/t...
The Umbrella Man: What We Talk About When We Talk About the JFK Assassination (Martin Fitzgerald)
Dallas, 22 November 1963. The main event is supposed to be on Main Street - crowds fifty deep, a blizzard of ticker tape. A few blocks away in Dealey Plaza, the scene is quieter: a handful ...
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Had a great weekend at 🧚♀️Kent's Magical Market🧚♀️ and it was the first outing for my official “author” badge. Oh, they don’t just give these to anyone y’know… No, you have to buy them on Etsy.
Restocked and ready for day two of 🧚♀️Kent's Magical Market🧚♀️ in Faversham!
BOOK BIRTHDAY BOOK BIRTHDAY!! Armor of Annwn is OUT NOW!
The good people of Faversham came and bought almost all of my stock today at 🧚♀️Kent's Magical Market🧚♀️ — big stock top coming tomorrow for day two!!📚
Fully stocked and ready to rock at the Magical Market in the Assembly Rooms in Faversham all weekend!
Tim Sullivan, author of the bestselling DS George Cross series talks about his latest book The Tailor, his extraordinary career in film, TV and crime fiction... LISTEN: www.buzzsprout.com/2399041/epis... YOUTUBE: youtu.be/SrzD-VcfHzU?...
A really lively and fun RHLSTP Book Club with Martin Fitzgerald about my favourite book of the year so far "The Umbrella Man" looking at the people who witnessed the JFK assassination shows.acast.com/rhlstp/episo... Clip www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1_q... Buy the book! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Martin Fitzgerald on The Umbrella Man and Other Stories - Book Club | Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (RHLSTP)
RHLSTP Book Club 190
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Tim Sullivan, author of the bestselling DS George Cross series talks about his latest book The Tailor, his extraordinary career in film, TV and crime fiction...
Tim Sullivan: Organic Red Herrings | Mark Stay’s Creative Differences
Tim Sullivan, author of the bestselling DS George Cross series talks about his latest book The Tailor, his extraordinary career in film, TV and crime fiction... WE DISCUSSWriting outside of your own experienceThe importance of titles and why character is kingAnd how to write a whodunnit without knowing who did it... LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Or watch it on Youtube...
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A bonus episode with special guest @paulardoin.bsky.social We discuss his brilliant new nonfiction book, Outlining for Novelists who don't Outline... LISTEN: www.buzzsprout.com/2399041/epis... WATCH: youtu.be/-Ylor2NWo1k
A bonus episode with special guest Paul Austin Ardoin. Paul is the author of Fenway Stevenson Mysteries and he joined me and Green Room members to discuss his brilliant new nonfiction book, Outlining for Novelists who don't Outline, which is packed with tips for panster writers...
Plotting for Writers who don’t Plot… A Green Room special with Paul Austin Ardoin
A bonus episode with special guest Paul Austin Ardoin. Paul is the author of Fenway Stevenson Mysteries and he joined me and Green Room members to discuss his brilliant new nonfiction book, Outlining for Novelists who don't Outline, which is packed with tips for panster writers who want more control over their story without losing their voice.
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There are thousands of examples of great actors being let down by a poor story or script, but only a handful of occasions has a great script been let down by a poor acting. The conclusion is obvious, writing is comparatively harder than acting, pay good writers appropriately ffs.
The previews are done, thanks so much to everyone who came to them. Next stop Edinburgh. Tickets here - www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
Such a treat to see @4hundredblows.bsky.social pre-Edinburgh show based around his brilliant book The Umbrella Man. No conspiracy theories here, but human stories about the people who just happened to be in Dealey Plaza when those shots rang out.
Love this film. A big influence on the Witches of Woodville books…
David Willoughby@davidwilloughby.bsky.social · 2w agoOnce more, its Thora Hird taking out Nazis o’clock on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social Harrowing, gripping Wartime drama ‘Went the Day Well’, adapted from a short story from Graham Greene, is screening 13:30 this afternoon
I’m selling and signing m’books at the Maidstone Museum Steampunk Festival today! Cheeky photo courtesy of @thetunnelsbook.bsky.social
I’m going to be in Maidstone Faversham, Tunbridge Wells, Canterbury and For the Love of Fantasy and Scifi at the Excel in London! More here…  markstaywrites.com/diary-and-ap...
OUT NOW! We've had cases where it's bizarre that a movie exists. We've had cases where it's bizarre that a novelization was attempted. Here we've got both. So if we may introduce to you the act you've known for all these years, it's Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band! Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
Marathon Man tonight. A far more controlled performance from Olivier in this, and the dentistry scenes are still excruciating to watch. “Is it safe…?”
Great to see people finally talking about the culture of bullying at Hachette/Orion. I was never much of a victim of it myself, but it was a real thing… www.thebookseller.com/news/the-boo...
The Bookseller's Bullying Survey: staff welfare an issue for sector, as Hachette and Sweet Cherry are singled out for criticism
The Bookseller’s investigation into bullying in the book trade has raised concerns about the sector’s approach to staff welfare, with reports of a culture of denial within some businesses, a sense of ...
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Something has died in the garden (we live in the country: it happens) and the whiff of death has been distracting me, so it’s time to light up the Nag Champa Dragon’s Blood incense for a smoking writing session this morning…🔥
A research rabbit hole (about former fascists absconding to South America) has brought me to The Boys from Brazil, which I haven’t seen in decades and I realise now has been mashed up in my mind with Marathon Man, which I’ll also have to rewatch.
MY BRILLIANT AI BOYFRIEND is a romcom about how love can’t be replicated by machines - and you can get 25% off at @waterstones.bsky.social for the next few days! Use code SUMMER 26 at check out. www.waterstones.com/campaign/jul...
