Patrick Lenton

Patrick Lenton

Patrick Lenton is an author and culture journalist currently living in Melbourne Australia, who has regular bylines at The Guardian, SMH and The Age, the ABC and more.

He is the author of the book of short stories A Man Made Entirely of Bats (2015), the book of comedic essays Uncle Hercules and Other Lies (2019), and the full length short story collection Sexy Tales of Paleontology (2021). His debut novel, a queer rom-com called In Spite of You is out in August 2025 through Pantera Press.

He is also the editor of the queer-led independent publication Nonsense, a newsletter which covers comedy, queer news and culture. In 2024 Nonsense received a public interest journalism grant from The Walkley Foundation and Meta, to expand our coverage of queer culture and news as depicted in the media.