P. P. Hartnett
Peter Paul Hartnett | |
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 PP Hartnett, 2017 | |
| Born | London, UK |
| Pen name | PP Hartnett (formerly stylised P-P Hartnett until 2005) |
| Occupation | Writer, photographer, musician[1] |
| Period | 1976–present |
| Genre | Fiction, fashion, lifestyle, novel, short story, poetry, transgressive |
| Notable works | << deletion >>, Call Me Rock 'n' Roll Suicide, Sixteen, I Want to Fuck You |
| Notable awards | North West Arts Award |
| Website | |
| hartnett | |
Peter Paul Hartnett, writing as PP Hartnett (born 1958), is a London Irish writer, spoken word performer, and photographer currently based at the edge of a forest near coastal Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. His fiction focuses upon trauma and its consequences. His most notable works include Call Me, I Want to Fuck You, Rock 'n' Roll Suicide and Sixteen.[2][3][4][5][6]
PP Hartnett's recent download titles, published by Autopsy, include << deletion >> and Full Screen, as well as the collected works series SEX : MALE that includes Call Me, I Want to Fuck You, Mmm Yeah, Sixteen, Rock 'n' Roll Suicide, POZMEUP, You... and Needs Discussion.
PP Hartnett has produced two spoken word albums of his fiction, Ferris Wheel Kiss and The Very Idea. Hartnett also fronts a band named << deletion >> (formerly known as Child R*pe Photos) and has released an album entitled Tripod, Camera, Self-Timer (Autopsy), which focuses on long-term sexual abuse within the Catholic Church. PP Hartnett was educated by the Benedictine monks of St Benedict's School, Ealing, West London.[7]
Poetry
[edit]PP Hartnett has published a number of signed limited edition hardback works via Autopsy, such as date of birth, time of death (January 2017), three men, in tears (July, 2017), gentle and tender, act of confession (May, 2018), with works i shouldn't, must stop (January 2019).[8]
Spoken word
[edit]2018 releases include schoolboysoul and none of god's business, a two-track download spoken word double A-side (January 2018), and gentle and tender, act of confession, a five-track download spoken word EP (March, 2018).
Photography
[edit]Peter Paul Hartnett initially made his name as a photographer on the underground gay club scene, developing and printing his own work. Hartnett took his first nightclub photograph of punk icon Soo Catwoman at Bang Disco, London, in October 1976. He worked at London hotspots such as Leigh Bowery's Taboo, publishing his photography in publications such as i-D, Dazed & Confused, V-Man, Vision, XLR8R, Fused, The Observer Magazine, The Independent Magazine, The Sunday Telegraph Magazine and The Sunday Times Magazine, among others.
Hartnett's access to non-mainstream alternative spaces offered a view into a previously unseen part of this undocumented subculture. Although his work was journalistic in approach, he claims he has always attempted to capture real life from a moral perspective, saying, 'I tend not to take photographs that are in any way manipulative or exploitative. When I have, for example, photographed someone who has been drunk or drug-fucked, I will often edit these out of a presentation as they can be demeaning. I do not do nudes. Sometimes I have photographed dancers who look so lost, and these images tend not to get published as I feel a camera can be invasive and that is not my intention. I feel very protective about my subjects.'[9]
Hartnett regularly documents London Fashion Week, Graduate Fashion Week, Free Range, plus music festivals, with his favourite being the annual Rebellion Punk Festival.[10]
As a collector of vintage photography, Hartnett has until very recently been a major contributor to the Photographic Youth Music Culture Archive, with his work now represented by Lee Dalton at Photoshot / Avalon.[11][12]
His broadcasting work has included MTV, VH1, RTL, BBC, Channel 4 and Discovery / TLC.
Banned works
[edit]Dennis Nilsen has provided illustrations for much of Hartnett's work, such as within SEX : MALE and Full Screen.[13] The spoken word album accompanying his roman a clef << deletion >> was banned by Tunecore for its content – a fictional television documentary detailing four accounts of child abuse by Catholic priests within a fictional Catholic school in West London.[14] Apple's iBooks Store rejected Full Screen as containing prohibited explicit or objectionable content.[15] Hartnett said his intent was not to shock but to "shine a light into areas that are usually kept dark".[13]
Awards and honours
[edit]Hartnett has won a North West Arts Award.[16]
In 2007, Hartnett was also declared winner of The Manchester Monologues Manchester Metropolitan University Literary Competition, in collaboration with Urbis Offcut at The Manchester Fringe Festival.
References
[edit]- ^ "Time of love, time of death: the poetry of PP Hartnett – Features, Culture". London: PETRIe. Archived from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ "P-P Hartnett: 'I had that black suit on three times a week' – Features, Books". The Independent. London. Retrieved 27 December 2010.[dead link]
- ^ Carrie O'Grady (30 November 2002). "Review: Rock'n'Roll Suicide by PP Hartnett | Books". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
- ^ Garratt, Sheryl (10 May 1997). "Night Fever – News". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
- ^ The Advocate – Google Books. Here. 31 March 1998. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
- ^ Brookes, Les (14 July 2008). Gay male fiction since Stonewall ... – Google Books. ISBN 9780203892206. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
- ^ "Sexual abuse addressed in a new novel". Telegraph & Argus. Bradford. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ "hartnett.uk.com". London: hartnett.uk.com. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ "'Paul Hartnett's Creatures of the Night' – News". London: XLR8R. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ "'The Style Stalker in Search of What's New & Next' – News". London: PMYCA. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ "'THE STYLE HERITAGE OF YOUTH CULTURE > PYMCA' – News". London: Fused. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ "hartnett.uk.com". London: hartnett.uk.com. Archived from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ a b "'Haworth writer using art of a serial killer' – News". Keighley News. London. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "'Hartnett's controversial album banned as book released' – News". London: Vada Magazine. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ "Electronic books website Apple iBooks rejects new work by Haworth author Paul Hartnett". Keighley News. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
- ^ Hartnett, P. P. (17 August 2015). "Google Books: Full Screen". London. ISBN 9780993194115. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
External links
[edit]- An interview at Bent Magazine
- 'Hartnett returns and has the Catholic church in his sights' at Vada Magazine
- An interview at The Independent
- Feature at Reflekt Magazine
- London Fashion Week photography by PP Hartnett writing as Paul Hartnett in Metro
- 'Sexual abuse addressed in a new novel' at Telegraph & Argus
- 'Hartnett: Raw Power, Real Fiction' at Vada Magazine
- 'From Fashion Week to Fiction Freak' at Fused magazine
- 'Interview with PP Hartnett' (pp.82-88) at GCN
- 'Poetry and Predators | PP Hartnett' at Northern Life Magazine
- 'The collected works of author PP Hartnett' at WhatsOn
- 'book review: date of birth, time of death: pp hartnett' at Gscene
- 'Haworth man attacks "failings" of Catholic school after former priest found guilty of sexual abuse' at Keighley News
- 'Life after death for Haworth poet PP Hartnett' at Craven Herald
- 'SEX : MALE THE COLLECTED WORKS OF PP HARTNETT' at Fused
- 'Review: three men in tears' (p.49) at Gscene
- 'PP Hartnett: three men, in tears' at Bradford Equity Partnership
- 'Pervert's Poetry?' at QX Magazine'
- hartnett.uk.com
| International | |
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| National | |
- Living people
- 1958 births
- English gay writers
- English LGBTQ novelists
- 20th-century English novelists
- English short story writers
- 21st-century British novelists
- People from Ealing
- Irish novelists
- Irish male writers
- English male short story writers
- English male novelists
- 20th-century British short story writers
- 21st-century British short story writers
- 20th-century English male writers
- 21st-century English male writers