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Adam Byatt

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Adam Byatt is a high school English teacher, developing artist, and occasional drummer sifting through the ennui, minutiae and detritus of life and cataloguing them as potential story ideas. He describes his writing as ‘suburban realism' exploring the stories behind the brick and fibro ...more

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Average rating: 4.53 · 159 ratings · 45 reviews · 12 distinct works

	The best of Vine Leaves Literary Journal 2012 by Jessica Bell (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Dawn Ius (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Adam Byatt (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.71 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nothing but Flowers: Tales of Post Apocalyptic Love by Jodi Cleghorn (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sam Adamson (Contributing author), Rebecca Dobbie (Contributing author) 4.44 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eighty Nine by Jodi Cleghorn (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rebecca L. Dobbie, Laura Eno (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vine Leaves Literary Journal: A Collection of Vignettes from Across the Globe by Jessica Bell (Goodreads Author) (Editor), C. Wade Bentley (Contributor), Adam Byatt (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tincture Journal, Issue Six, Winter 2014 by Daniel Young (Editor), Stuart Barnes (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Meg Henry (Contributor) 4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Postmarked Piper's Reach by Adam Byatt (Goodreads Author), Jodi Cleghorn (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mount Pleasant 4.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best of Friday Flash Volume Two by J.M. Strother (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rachel Blackbirdsong (Editor), Timothy Collard 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trinity: The Cookbook: Behind The Door 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Adam Byatt rated a book it was amazing This Season's Draft by Jason Gent	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jason Gent's YA verse novel "This Season's Draft" sends the ball high and long to a contest and a strong mark is taken Leo Barry-style (for those old enough to remember the Swans GF win of 2005) for an enthralling read. The verse novel reads brillian ...more
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Adam Byatt rated a book it was amazing Drawing Nudes While Making Other Plans by Zoe Gaetjens	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is an absolutely delightful YA rom-com set in Sydney, Australia. Chloe is approaching her last year of high school and is attending a 4-week life drawing course at the encouragement of her parents. She relies on the handwritten notes from her old ...more
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Adam Byatt rated a book really liked it We Saw What You Started by Carla Salmon	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Adam Byatt rated a book it was amazing A Kind of Magic by Anna Spargo-Ryan (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A Kind of Magic by Anna Spargoryan is a brutally honest memoir that allows the reader an insight into what mental illness and mental ill-health can look like. Everyone's mental health journey is specific to the individual but by comparing notes, you ...more
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Adam Byatt rated a book it was amazing Because I'm Not Myself, You See: A Memoir of Motherhood, Madness and Coming Back From the Brink by Ariane Beeston	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
When what is expected to be positively life-changing and bringing about exultations of joy: pregnancy, childbirth and bonding with your newborn, turns into a darkness that tears your mind into pieces, the cognitive dissonance is a cacophony. Ariane B ...more
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Adam Byatt rated a book it was amazing Me‚ Her‚ Us by Yen-Rong Wong	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Adam Byatt rated a book it was amazing Excitable Boy by Dominic Gordon	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
In this collection of essays, life is parsed through the various perspectives and collated and collaged experiences of the author. It tells life as it is for the author, with clarity and specificity but it doesn't take you behind the curtain to know ...more
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Adam Byatt rated a book it was amazing Slipstream by Kristyn J Saunders	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A slipstream is the space behind an object, to be caught in the flow of air directly behind it, drawn along, compelled to stay in that space, pulled along, caught in the eddies of air. This masterful debut pulls you into a parent's perspective of the ...more
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