Dreaming of a world full of daffodils, peonies, forests and mountains, and delightfully round little hamsters and foxes and penguins and dragons. And there’s chocolate rocks and neverending tacos and sushi and pasta, and NOBODY NEEDS MONEY and there’s no hate. I don’t want to live in reality anymore

Just 4 weeks to go! There’s a few slots left, so please do come if you’d fancy more weird & wondrous poetry in your life 💚

This actually might be the reviewing hill I die on. The longer I do it, the more I feel this should be the heart of the endeavor. Not a service to readers or authors but a process of self-exploration that the reviewer is willing to share with other readers.

Details of the Beware of Ghosts event! www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26...

This book is AMAZING, and say so having had the privilege to read it already!! Soooo thrilled for @erisyoung.bsky.social — an incredible writer, person & friend 💙 💜 🔥

In other news, my cat looks like Jennifer Coolidge. I am not worthy

*sigh* tapping the sign again

Happy to be part of #Pride Programme with @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social this year, facilitating a #QueerShortStory course in autumn. Other interesting events too such as: Writing Queer Irish Womanhood: Katherine O’Donnell & Rosamund Taylor in Conversation: irishwriterscentre.ie/announcing-t...

This book is AMAZING, and say so having had the privilege to read it already!! Soooo thrilled for @erisyoung.bsky.social — an incredible writer, person & friend 💙 💜 🔥

While we're announcing things im very excited to finally be able to say my debut lesbian vampire novel HUNGER IN THE BLOOD is coming out with @torbooksuk.bsky.social next May!! HitB is a queer, dark, crunchy, gory novel that I hope you will enjoy!! www.thebookseller.com/rights/tor-u... now go vote!!

Delighted to announce that my poem “Toward a Cladistic Analysis of Hauntings,” from my collection TIME TRAVEL IS EASY, is a long form Rhysling finalist! Thank you so much to AJ, Jordan, and everyone else involved!

The Fifth Element was released 29 years ago today! This is probably THE film that I discovered, thanks to this account, is very popular. Way more than I expected.

I’m teaching a speculative poetry workshop at @cymerafestival.co.uk on June 7th— tickets and weekend passes on sale now! If you’re in Edinburgh and want to write more weird, wondrous poems, please come along! www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26...

Learning this is a boomer take because some people do write on their phones, but wait until I tell you kids about printing the whole thing out and editing it by hand like you live in the 1800s because that shit works. Grab a candle and a quill if you want to do this right

Every guy in a videogame:

Just 4 weeks to go! There’s a few slots left, so please do come if you’d fancy more weird & wondrous poetry in your life 💚

Fantastic news! With a week left to go, we've hit our first stretch goal for ARB's fundraiser! Thank you to everyone who's chipped in and/or helped spread the word; let's see how far we can get in our final week! Rewards and more still available:

You wake up in Britain. Take 1d12 psychic damage.

RIP freud. you would’ve loved whatever this is.

A great thing about sabbatical is having the time to read and think about things that you normally don't have time for. Last summer I read three books about big tech and @academemagazine.bsky.social was kind enough to publish some of my thoughts on them.

How I decide where my poems go in my collection:

Definitely a solid tie between Kelly Link’s “Magic for Beginners”, Sofia Samatar’s “Tender: Stories” & Carmen Machado’s “Her Body & Other Parties”

LIVESTREAM today at 5pm UK/noon EDT with Anna Goldfield @drthinglearner.bsky.social to decode science news headlines! youtube.com/live/F6qC5Rh...

They own everything now, I have nothing

My neighbour is blasting ‘The Real Thing’ by Faith No More and tbh I forgot how hilarious it is

It's Pub Day for my debut novel, THE REPUBLIC OF MEMORY. It's an Arabfuturist story of a revolution set on a generation ship with lots of linguistic shenanigans. Chapeau to tu!

I'm Lead Judge of the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction, awarded at University of Edinburgh since 1919 and due to be announced this month. But the university is currently withholding 100% of my pay for participating in a marking and assessment boycott. So, at present, there will be no prize.

Cymera Festival 2026 is just 1 month away 🤩 A few more authors have snuck onto the festival line-up since our programme announcement – swipe through to see the new additions! View the full programme and grab your tickets, Weekend or Day Passes on our website: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26

Turns out Mancunian bathos meeting batshit American UFOlogy is a diverting combo — enjoyed this!

So thrilled to see ‘Midnight at the Saltmarsh’ @thegallerypress.bsky.social reviewed in The Irish Times. Enormous gratitude to Declan Ryan 🙏🙏🙏

Check out my friend @erisyoung.bsky.social’s story in the forthcoming issue of Extra Teeth. Sexy gay antiquing? Yes pls!

!!!YES!!! Very happy to be joining the Cool Kids Club and publishing a story in Extra Teeth!!🦷 I'm super proud of my nasty, faggy, creepy and I think maybe sensual????? contribution to this issue xxx

Samuel Delaney's review of the original Star Wars:

Thinking of this Mary Ruefle poem today.

Thinking of this Mary Ruefle poem today.

Bluesky nerds! Can you help me get in touch with someone who works on East Indian languages, specifically in the 18th century?

some people are absolutely going to love the thing you make, and others just aren't. there is no one thing people universally love. people even hate chocolate and cheese. bro, i hate to tell you, but the thing you are making? it's going to have haters. and that's GREAT! means it gave folks feelings

My child is beautiful and perfect and I won’t let anyone tell me otherwise, even the vet who laughed because I mistook impacted poop for a life-death emergency

Fantastic exhibition to learn about a man who was a master of Hiberno-English, a visionary & a poet who speaks to everyone. The NLI has one of the great collections in Western Europe. Heaney’s poetry is a heart-drop.

“Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life before Gay Liberation” @cornellupress.bsky.social featured in the Guardian! 🥹 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Time is ticking! Vote here >> forms.gle/BtaVimzvYGgT... Nominate to be a juror here >> forms.gle/Kv1JTHBeSXaJ...

Every time I set foot in New Haven, a chunk of my soul dissipates and I think about becoming an Animorph. On the bright side, cucumber sorbet and tamales 🫔 !

please read my insanely embarrassing piece in the NYT "It's Bad—Why I Revised My Thoughts Regarding Poo Poo" that I was paid $90000 to write

this is so incredibly cool: my @lightspeedmagazine.com story from Jan 2025, "Tell Them a Story to Teach Them Kindness," has been translated into Spanish by the lovely folks at @vocesinsolito.bsky.social!! thank you so much to the Voces editors & translator @carlabestruch.bsky.social!!

Destiny, dir by Youssef Chahine (1997, Egypt-France) www.dailymotion.com/video/x8sxl4i

Mamdani calls on King Charles to return Koh-i-Noor diamond

When people ask, "How can I promote my art when the world is going to shit" I hear that as, "How do I have the right to make art when the world is going to shit" And... We need art more than ever during such times. You need to be making art more than ever during such times.

Loving reminder from the Muppets that your compassion for others and desire for a better world is never a bad thing even if it feels most people disagree

My child is beautiful and perfect and I won’t let anyone tell me otherwise, even the vet who laughed because I mistook impacted poop for a life-death emergency