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This week on The Writer’s Gauntlet with Sadie Kaye Art Witch and playwright Lindsey McAlister starts glitter-fuelled revolution in teen mental health! The vibes are immaculate but impossible to vacuum…

This is my second detour down memory lane (as an alumnus of the HKYAF) with local legend Lindsey. We were caught waving frantically at life in Cha in July!

https://thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-vs-lindsey-mcalister

The weekly reprint (with permission of The Hooghly Review) has just gone live in BUZZ:

https://hongkongbuzz.hk/2026/08/battle-of-the-wits-sadie-kaye-versus-lindsey-mcalister

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For the past few weeks I’ve been working with poet Shikha S. Lamba on a conversation piece we hope will find a home soon! The conversation explores her journey as a poet and Afghan women’s rights advocate. The poetry collection she curated that inspired the conversation has just been published in The Candyman’s Trumpet. The striking artwork is by Zuhra Nadem. It can also be read on Mental Ideas here:

 https://mentalideas.org/2026/08/10/shikha-lamba-poetry-for-afghanistan/

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To Love A Narcissist has received a review by author and journalist Chris Maden who attended the VIP screening of the film at Century Club in May 2026. A prolific journalist for the Hong Kong Free Press, Chris relocated from Hong Kong to London in 2024. He’s the author of Price’s Price. Cheers, Chris!

https://chrismaden.com/to-love-a-narcissist

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This week on The Writer’s Gauntlet with Sadie Kaye bearded enviable teacher Kev Harrison is expelled for promoting pagan rituals and blames his cat overlords!

His latest dark fiction novel, Pyres, is newly published by Northern Republic. His debut novel, Shadow of the Hidden, won the Independent Press Award for Horror 2025.

https://thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-vs-kev-harrison

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Joãowow Lucas survived a near-fatal choking by American crime novelist Chuck Palahniuk (author of Fight Club) to duel with me on this week’s rendition of The Writer’s Gauntlet! The first rule of The Writer’s Gauntlet is you cannot talk about The Writer’s Gauntlet….

https://thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-vs-joaowow-lucas

@jhlucas03 @chuckalahniuk @kayesadie @thehooghlyreview

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This week on The Writer’s Gauntlet with Sadie Kaye, my opponent is the effortlessly erudite and witty Mat Ricardo – showman, best dressed juggler, and America’s Got Talent loser who wrote a book for kids about how to be criminals (The Magic in You, published by Faber!)

https://thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-vs-mat-ricardo 

He’s also been my guest on RTHK Radio 3 in my Mental Ideas Podcast and doc As Bad As It Gets and is an ambassador for Mental Ideas!

https://hongkongbuzz.hk/2026/07/battle-of-the-wits-sadie-kaye-versus-mat-ricardo

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To Love A Narcissist was released digitally in North America by Freestyle Digital Media 19 May 2026. The film, which I produced for Contro Vento Films, is directed by Raffaello Degruttola and stars Lyndsey Marshal, Sule Rimi, Stephen Campbell Moore, Andrea Lowe and Ed Hayter alongside him. Sadie Frost and Ted Field are executive producers.

The film will be released worldwide on digital and streaming platforms by Freestyle and Cardinal XD three months later. View the trailer, read Freestyle’s press release and grab the links from the logos below!

The film world premiered at SRFF in New York and won awards at festivals in Ariano & Seoul in 2025. Its London premiere was held at the Everyman Cinema 8 May 2026. A screening for members and VIP guests was held at Century Club 9 May.

Please note the links below will only work in North America. If you are travelling to the US or Canada over the summer, or have friends and family in North America who you think might enjoy this toxic love story, please encourage them to watch!

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Thanks to the EVERYMAN CINEMA, the talented cast & crew of To Love A Narcissist and all the invited guests for a memorable London premiere Friday 8 May! We mixed, we mingled, we watched, we drank, we fell over (well, I did) and then we got up and did it all again the next day at Century Club! 

So incredibly proud of my old pal and ‘almost sibling’ Raffaello Degruttola and star Lyndsey Marshal (no superlatives exist that do her performance justice!) It’s an honour to be part of Team Contro Vento!

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To Love A Narcissist has been making headlines today with the release of US distributor Freestyle‘s ‘intriguing’ trailer trending on comingsoon.net. The film premiered in London 8 May 2026 ahead of its digital release in North America 19 May 2026.

https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/2128092-psychological-drama-movie-to-love-a-narcissist-trailer-exclusive