Add Malc’s Boy to your pre-order list today and take your first step into the story with an exclusive sneak peek at the first page…
Pre-order here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/malc...
Out 23rd April
@smwwriting.bsky.social #BookSky #Bookish #AmReading #BookCommunity #IndieAuthor
📄 An excerpt from Malc’s Boy was published by Granta in 2024.
📚 His work featured in Kit de Waal’s Common People (Unbound, 2019).
🎓 Shaun holds a PhD in Creative Writing and has taught at Northumbria and Teesside Universities.
@smwwriting.bsky.social #MalcsBoy #AuthorSpotlight
The Author >> The Book >> The First Page
It’s time to meet @smwwriting.bsky.social, the mind behind #MalcsBoy 👀📖
Here’s five fun facts about Shaun:
🏡 He was born in 1980 and raised in Wigton, Cumbria.
🏆 An early draft of Malc’s Boy won a Northern Writers’ Award in 2021.
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#Newcastle #Booklovers, here's an event for you!
@smwwriting.bsky.social will be in conversation with Will Mackie of @newwritingnorth.bsky.social for the North of England launch of #MalcsBoy at @waterstones.bsky.social Newcastle!
🎟️ www.waterstones.com/events/malcs...
#BookEvent #BookSky #Debut
@smwwriting.bsky.social will be launching his #Debut novel, Malc's Boy at @thesociallondon.bsky.social on the 21st April and we would LOVE to see you all there to celebrate.
Tickets are FREE. Register here: thesocial.seetickets.com/event/condui...
#LondonEvents #BookLaunch #London
On Thursday 23rd April @ 6:30pm, @smwwriting.bsky.social will be in conversation with Sam Mills, author of The Watermark, at Owl Bookshop, London.
Purchase your ticket today!
🎟️ owlbookshop.co.uk/product/shau...
#LondonEvents #London #BookSky
BOOK TOUR ALERT! 📖
@smwwriting.bsky.social is hitting the road for the #MalcsBoy book tour this spring. From London launches to conversations in Manchester, it’s a chance to hear about the story behind the book, meet the author, and celebrate the launch!
#London #Newcastle #Manchester #BookEvents
Acker = fucking genius. She's on The List 🤘
uk.bookshop.org/lists/how-to...
First Line Friday 📖🖊
In 48 days we publish our very first title @smwwriting.bsky.social's incredible #Debut, MALC'S BOY, and we can't wait for you to read it!
Available to pre-order: www.conduitbooks.co.uk/books/p/malc...
Here's a sneak peek 📖
#FirstLineFriday #LiteraryFiction #Cumbria #Malcsboy
We will have to check her out!! Thank you for the recommendation!
All of this! We love what you've said here, especially 'part of that wonderful slow cooked soup of everything you’ve ever read' sums it up perfectly. We really must pick up one of Karl's books!
Have you read any of these?
#Authors, which books have inspired your writing?
#Writingcommunity #ReadingCommunity #MalcBoy #BooksThatInspire #ReadTheWorld #LiteraryFiction #Literature #QOTD #BookCommunity #Readers #Authors #AmWriting #AmReading #LitFic
📖 To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life by Hervé Guibert
📖 Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
📖 Blood and Guts in High School by Kathy Acker
📖 Factotum by Charles Bukowski
📖 A Death in the Family by Karl Ove Knausgaard
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #Books
#Books that Inspire 📖
#Reading is a vital part of the writing process, offering inspiration, guidance, and a deeper understanding of the craft of #Storytelling.
We asked @smwwriting.bsky.social which five books inspired his #Debut novel #MalcsBoy, and these were the titles he highlighted (1/3)
The reviews are starting to come in for Shaun Wilson's incredible debut novel #MalcsBoy and we are over the moon with these words from the award-winning author of #Saltwater, Jessica Andrews
A son’s struggle and friendship with his father amidst a legacy of toxic masculinity and violence.
23.04.26
Proofs of Shaun Wilson's debut, Malc's Boy, are in and we have a handful available for UK #Book influencers who love:
📖 Personal #LitFic
📌 Northern LitFic
👟 Working class fiction
Let us know if you would like a copy 👇
🎬 Reel credit: @smwwriting.bsky.social
#BookSky #Cumbria #AutoFiction #Debut
Thank you so much, Dan for reading Malc's Boy and for including it in this fabulous stack!
What I’ve read so far this year. Thanks to all the writers, publishers and enthusiasts, including @lesfugitivespress.bsky.social @stuhennigan.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social @conduitbooks.bsky.social @smwwriting.bsky.social @judecook.bsky.social @pippayork.bsky.social @backlisted.bsky.social
Our debut author, @smwwriting.bsky.social, author of the upcoming Malc's Boy, has written an incredible substack piece 'Too Male?' about his experience of finding a publisher and the challenges that came with it before finding a home at Conduit Books.
Read the full piece here: shorturl.at/N0oW9
When Malc is attacked by an old enemy, Shaun is forced to confront his father’s past and escape the life he’s been expected to lead.
@smwwriting.bsky.social's #MalcsBoy is NOT to be missed!
Out 23rd April 📖
Pre-order today: shorturl.at/aujYp
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#Literary #BookSky #NorthernLit #AutoFiction
'Original, fierce, funny, poignant and real'
David Keenan, author of For the Good Times
Malc's Boy by @smwwriting.bsky.social is a slice of #Autofiction that explores fathers, sons, complicated family bonds and legacies we inherit while touching upon themes of class, toxic masculinity and violence.
Thrilled to announce the launch of @conduitbooks.bsky.social's first title, MALC'S BOY, the brilliant debut novel by @smwwriting.bsky.social will be held at @thesociallondon.bsky.social on Tuesday 21st April, 7-midnight.
FREE ENTRY! - reserve a place here: thesocial.seetickets.com/event/condui...
New event alert: Do come along to the
@owlbookshop.bsky.social
in Kentish town on Thursday 23rd April to hear Shaun Wilson and Sam Mills talk about his brilliant debut novel MALC'S BOY (it's publication day too so should be great!) Tickets here: owlbookshop.co.uk/product/shau...
New event alert: Do come along to the @owlbookshop.bsky.social in Kentish town on Thursday 23rd April to hear Shaun Wilson and Sam Mills talk about his brilliant debut novel MALC'S BOY (it's publication day too so should be great!) @conduitbooks.bsky.social Tickets: owlbookshop.co.uk/product/shau...
Thrilled to announce the launch of Conduit Books' first title, MALC'S BOY, the brilliant debut novel by @smwwriting.bsky.social will be held at @thesociallondon.bsky.social on Tuesday 21st April, 7-midnight.
FREE ENTRY! - reserve a place here: thesocial.seetickets.com/event/condui...
Only another 24-hours to get 25% off RRP on pre-orders of
@conduitbooks.bsky.social's launch title, MALC'S BOY, the stunning debut novel by Shaun Wilson!
@smwwriting.bsky.social
Link: www.waterstones.com/book/malcs-b...
Use code FEB26
Offer must end tomorrow at midnight, Friday 20th Feb!
As of today, you can get 25% off RRP on pre-orders of
@conduitbooks.bsky.social's launch title, MALC'S BOY, the stunning debut novel by Shaun Wilson!
@smwwriting.bsky.social
Follow the link here: www.waterstones.com/campaign/feb...
Use code FEB 26
Offer must end Friday 20th Feb!
As of today, you can get 25% off RRP on pre-orders of @conduitbooks.bsky.social's launch title, MALC'S BOY, the stunning debut novel by Shaun Wilson! @smwwriting.bsky.social
Follow the link here: www.waterstones.com/campaign/feb...
Use code FEB 26
Offer must end Friday 20th Feb!
Thrilled to reveal the cover of Conduit Books' first title, MALC'S BOY by Shaun Wilson, designed by Michal Kuzmierkiewicz, with an image by legendary photographer of working-class life, Tom Wood. Publishing April 2026. Available for preorder here: www.conduitbooks.co.uk
Delighted to announce that MALC'S BOY by Shaun Wilson will be Conduit Books' first title! Coming April 2026. Read the Bookseller announcement here: www.thebookseller.com/rights/condu...
