Jon Doyle

Communion by Jon Doyle | Waterstones Buy Communion by Jon Doyle from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

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There's never been a better time to pre-order Communion, because I'm reliably informed you can get 25% off on the @waterstones.bsky.social online shop this week with the code FEB26. Offer lasts up to 23:59 Friday 20th February and not a minute longer. Grab 'em while they're hot.

Port Talbot is a crucible: Jon Doyle on writing faith, masculinity and the weight of a place Gosia Buzzanca Each year at the end of January, The Observer selects its list of the best debut novelists. It is the announcement I look forward to reading, because among the authors and books selecte...

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I had a chat with Gosia Buzzanca for @nation.cymru about all things Port Talbot and the background of my debut novel, Communion.

The best debut novelists of 2026 | The Observer Featuring a GP, a teacher, a former zoologist and a pair of poets, The Observer’s list of rising stars reveals the eight names to watch this year

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I'm honoured to be included among @theobserveruk.bsky.social's Best Debut Novelists of 2026. Huge thanks to everyone involved.

Love book news on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY? Editorial assistant @jondoyle.bsky.social’s novel COMMUNION will be published in April 2026 via @atlanticbooks.bsky.social 👏 Mark it on your calendar!

Thanks so much Patrick!

Thanks so much Ruby. Circuitous path but I got there in the end.

Thanks to @thebookseller.com and @bookbrunch.bsky.social for sharing the news.

Communion by Jon Doyle | Waterstones Buy Communion by Jon Doyle from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

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Communion – Atlantic Books You didn’t go to the seminary to become a priest, the rector had explained on their first morning. You went to learn what God was asking of you. When Mack O’Brien left his home in Port Talbot for the ...

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I'm excited to share my debut novel Communion will be released in April 2026 via @atlanticbooks.bsky.social.

More on this soon (albeit under a different title)

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Judge Kasim Ali had some very kind words (!)

Thrilled and a little stunned to have won the W&A Working-Class Writers' Prize 2023 with my novel-in-progress, TENEBRAE. Feeling very lucky!

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It's going to be a long while yet haha. But yes!

Work in progress.

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