I'm absolutely delighted to share Communion has found a home across the Atlantic, doubly so because it's with a house I've long admired in @graywolfpress.bsky.social.

Coming May 2027

Arena Thursday 2 April 2026 Daily arts and popular culture show. Presented by Ciara King.

You can listen to it here: www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

I was on the @rteone.rte.ie show Arena last night, chatting with Ciara King about Communion. It was my first experience on live radio, but it meant a lot to spread the word across the sea to Ireland.

I might have some news to share soon on a US publication. I'll keep you posted!

Also it was great to hold the launch party last night in a venue that has some importance in the novel. Eternal gratitude to
@elaine-canning.bsky.social for being such a kind and considered host, and @covertocoveruk.bsky.social
for manning the tills.

It's publication day for COMMUNION. There are too many people to thank, but I want to mention Alan Bilton & everyone at @swanseauni.bsky.social for the early support, Literature Wales, Tom Bullough, Kasim Ali, James Roxburgh (& everyone at @atlanticbooks.bsky.social) & the unparalleled Emma Paterson

O Father, where art thou? Literature still looks to the clergy for answers

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Communion will be released a week today, & I couldn't have asked for a better first review than this piece by Rowan Williams (yes, *the* Rowan Williams) in the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social, which positions my work within a small contemporary uptick in fiction that features clergymen in some way.

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 ...

You can read more about it here: atlantic-books.co.uk/book/communi...

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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