"Fascinating, beautiful and emotional... will have an
impact on the reader well after they close the book"
ADRIAN BEAN
Adrian Bean was born in Cardiff, Wales, in 1960 and grew up in rural Nottinghamshire. He read English Literature at the University of Leicester, where his first play Exquisite Corpse was staged. Whilst directing in the professional theatre he also wrote original plays and adaptations for the stage, before joining the BBC, first as a Radio Drama Producer, and later directing Television Drama.
He has had many radio and television scripts produced, but only recently moved into writing fiction and creative non-fiction.
His first two books L FOR LANC (Another Small Press 2023) and WHAT HAPPENED (Another Small Press 2024) reflect his passionate interest in aviation, military history and telling compelling and emotional human stories.
He lives in Nottinghamshire.
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Bookshop
My books are available to buy online from Amazon but I hope readers would prefer to order direct from the publisher Another Small Press and help to keep independent publishing alive. To order a copy simply click on the book image and you'll be directed to the Another Small Press bookshop.
All of the Another Small Press titles are available to purchase from the independent Newark Bookshop on Queens Head Court.
fiction
SHORT STORIES
"A wizard read!" Dan Ellin, International
Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln
ISBN 978-0-99-571271-3
119 pages
£7.99
nonfiction
creative
"Beautifully written... a great story, sensitively told"
ISBN 978-0-99-571275-1
349 pages
£9.99
News and events
Never Mind The Dambusters podcast
Available to download from August 2025
Adrian joins hosts Jane and James on the popular RAF Bomber Command podcast to talk about his books L FOR LANC and WHAT HAPPENED. They also discuss Adrian's next book, and chat about BOMBER, the BBC Radio 4 production of Len Deighton's ground-breaking novel, which he directed in 1995.
