Sweat Drenched Presss 🔖is on the cusp of publishing a new book by Christopher Owens.
BOOK
LAUNCH
Coming Soon @ Christopher Owens
After the success of his debut collection A
Vortex of Securocrats, Belfast based author/poet Christopher Owens will be
releasing his debut novella on Saturday 24th February via the Brighton based
experimental publishing company Sweat Drenched Press.
Entitled “dethrone god”, it is an amusing,
poignant and thought-provoking tale where the reader follows the unnamed
narrator as he tries to get home from Belfast city centre from a night out.
Along the way he annoys horny teenagers, gets a milkshake thrown at him and
reminisces about is life. Crucially, he is also hiding a very dark secret.
Will he tell us what it is?
As much a character study as it is a love
letter to the modern Belfast, “dethrone god” delivers on the promise evident in
A Vortex of Securocrats and sets a high bar for Northern Ireland fiction in
2024 as well as an amazing cover from Belfast based artist Duncan Ross.
2
"An excellent book that gradually
reveals its purpose. It made me want to read it again, which I was more than
happy to do."
Gary Mundy (Ramleh, Kleistwahr)
"An intellectual, street corner
treatise on Belfast and surviving its mean streets. Beautifully written,
intelligent without losing any of its grit. Highly recommended."
Tony Nesca (author of About A Girl)
"Trainspotting through the lens of
Bukowski."
Alexander Kattke (author of On the
Compassion of Spiders)
“Belfast Noir par fheabhas.”
Brandon Sullivan, reviewing for The Pensive
Quill
⏩ Christopher Owens was a reviewer for Metal Ireland and finds time to study the history and inherent contradictions of Ireland. He is currently the TPQ Friday columnist.
Sweat Drenched Presss 🔖is on the cusp of publishing a new book by Christopher Owens.
BOOK
LAUNCH
Coming Soon @ Christopher Owens
After the success of his debut collection A
Vortex of Securocrats, Belfast based author/poet Christopher Owens will be
releasing his debut novella on Saturday 24th February via the Brighton based
experimental publishing company Sweat Drenched Press.
Entitled “dethrone god”, it is an amusing,
poignant and thought-provoking tale where the reader follows the unnamed
narrator as he tries to get home from Belfast city centre from a night out.
Along the way he annoys horny teenagers, gets a milkshake thrown at him and
reminisces about is life. Crucially, he is also hiding a very dark secret.
Will he tell us what it is?
As much a character study as it is a love
letter to the modern Belfast, “dethrone god” delivers on the promise evident in
A Vortex of Securocrats and sets a high bar for Northern Ireland fiction in
2024 as well as an amazing cover from Belfast based artist Duncan Ross.
2
"An excellent book that gradually
reveals its purpose. It made me want to read it again, which I was more than
happy to do."
Gary Mundy (Ramleh, Kleistwahr)
"An intellectual, street corner
treatise on Belfast and surviving its mean streets. Beautifully written,
intelligent without losing any of its grit. Highly recommended."
Tony Nesca (author of About A Girl)
"Trainspotting through the lens of
Bukowski."
Alexander Kattke (author of On the
Compassion of Spiders)
“Belfast Noir par fheabhas.”
Brandon Sullivan, reviewing for The Pensive
Quill
⏩ Christopher Owens was a reviewer for Metal Ireland and finds time to study the history and inherent contradictions of Ireland. He is currently the TPQ Friday columnist.
Former IRA volunteer and ex-prisoner, spent 18 years in Long Kesh, 4 years on the blanket and no-wash/no work protests which led to the hunger strikes of the 80s. Completed PhD at Queens upon release from prison. Left the Republican Movement at the endorsement of the Good Friday Agreement, and went on to become a journalist. Co-founder of The Blanket, an online magazine that critically analyzed the Irish peace process. Lead researcher for the Belfast Project, an oral history of the Troubles.
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