Do these people see children as a product they've released or something? Why have them at all?

Finally finding a copy was all the more special for discovering an enigmatic little note between the pages when I got it home

Lemme separate this one out.

I was once yelled at by a Greek Orthodox priest in a "holy house" in Cyprus for smudging a supposed miracle drawing.

We've finally resumed "The West Wing" and... how wonderful it is to hear witty, "unrealistic" dialogue.

To celebrate South Asian Heritage Month, we've picked out a handful of Booker-nominated books that celebrate the region and its diaspora, and explore themes of love, war and the human experience. 🔗 Tap the link for the full article.

Happy birthday, fellow bisexuals! 🎂

🚨Event!🚨 I'm really looking forward to joining the Edinburgh Gay Men's Book Group on Wed 22 July to talk about Blurred Faces at The Outhouse. It's a fabulous group, very welcoming, and the discussion always lively. Come along if you can. Details: edgaybookgroup.wordpress.com/july-2026/ 😍

Selling our house means getting to indulge in my favourite hobby: viewing houses.

Wait, I'm coming up with a new novel here

Heartbreaking: Biblically accurate Cyclops still only has one eye.

In a fit of WTFery, somebody is driving through my neighbourhood blasting a bass-heavy "Here Comes the Sun" into the very earth.

And I've seen a few writers say their ideas have been "stolen". Like, no, you've just also lived in the world as this other writer has.

Forget IMAX, you need to experience The Odyssey as it was intended: sung in a high, intense tone for days on end by a poet-philosopher.

Didn't know how much I needed this.

Foot of the mountain , Yamaguchi Kayo, 1982.

It's been so long since I was last able to write that when I sat down to do it just now, I couldn't even think how to start. As in, I couldn't remember how to find and open the document. 💀

One thing in favour of humans is that we have the capacity to love and care for other species, even if they're furry little despots.

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On the 5th August, the EHRC's Code of Practice becomes statutory guidance. It will make life even harder for many trans & non-binary people. It's unworkable & harmful. The Good Law Project is challenging & wants to hear from people affected by these exclusions. goodlawproject.org/discriminato...

Just over two months to go before the print edition of The Shape of Monsters is running feral! Preorders here! www.panmacmillan.com/authors/cl-h...

On my own, I eat like Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone or an old man whose wife has just died

Do these people think only white people can act —[checks notes]— hobbits and elves?

Our house is on the market, and one of us snuck into the virtual tour.

We used to live in Crystal Palace so would pop in on them regularly. These ridiculous grotesques are firmly rooted in my heart, so this makes me very happy.

Because I'm busy AF, I've decided it's now a great time to sell our house and move.

If you’re feeling blue this morning, this is still a world with Dolly Parton in it.

Signal boost!

i actually think most men havent broken in to a woman's house and raped her. i dont think most men have done that

Oh no, the football is on. [Runs to hide.]

A young woman at a book club proudly said she refuses to read any book by a man, and idk, it just made me sad. Like, it's hard enough getting friends to support my work, so to know there are total strangers already opposed to it for reasons other than genre taste is... dispiriting.

ONE NIGHT ONLY @camdenfringe.bsky.social! Film, artifice, power and the Devil. Come and experience "You Oughta Be In Pictures", the show that has made audiences around the country look over their shoulders. Wed 5 Aug, 9pm Rosemary Branch Theatre London 🎟 camdenfringe.com/events/you-o...

I don't care who you are, Where you're from, What you did, But stopping in a public doorway as you figure out your next movements / life is supremely annoying, FFS just take yourself off to the side somewhere

Another day without a phone call informing me that I've inherited Button House.

There's no bottom to this bigot's barrel.

When you're driving, do you also think of "Mario Kart"?

this is where your money goes when you buy harry potter stuff. rowling isn’t shy about it. amnesty wrote an even-handed report that laid out what anti-rights groups do; rowling uses her billions & clout to suppress it. when you give rowling money; she spends it on stealing people’s human rights.

It's 25% off all titles at the digital Bat store this week! Use coupon code BUYINDIE at the checkout - and go wild in the aisles! (All likes and shares very much appreciated :) )

Happy International Non-Binary People's Day! You can learn more about non-binary folk through my novels: PROUD PINK SKY is speculative fiction exploring non-binary life in the world's first gay nation. THE GIDDY DEATH is a touching story of non-binary identity in Wales. Get your copy today! 💛🤍💜🖤

Two versions of the same email. The folklore that inspired it is clearly stated in both the blurb and on the very first page of the book,you grifting AI c💘nt.

Some lovely audience feedback, too (thanks, @christos-k17.bsky.social 🫶). Last chance to catch "You Oughta Be In Pictures" @buxtonfringe.bsky.social on Mon 20th Jul at 2.30pm, @undergroundvenues.bsky.social

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"A strong story very well told. An absorbing production." — @britishtheatreguide.info on my li'l show 🥹

Hello, I enjoy compliments. Thank you.

I think Labour might have a humiliation kink.

Caught this one at the fringe last year and it is great!

Scariest thing about this show actually is how tiny my audiences are this summer.