Feels very pointed

THE SECRET PROJECT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS IS FINALLY LIVE CHECK IT OUT outsidersartsclub.com

This time 23 years ago I was on my way from Scotland to London in a van with everything I owned in it, hoping to make it as a writer. Funny how things turn out.

I’d eat a kg of Jacob Rees-Mogg’s earwax if Karen Hauer asked me to

“Turd concerned about being associated with toilet.”

BEREFT. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wisQ...

Always a pleasure to find myself in Euston station, brimming with all the charm of a disused abattoir

It’s my pleasure to share my review of The Glorious Dead by @theguyliner.bsky.social out from @dialoguepublishing.bsky.social Renegade lindasbookbag.com/2025/09/30/t...

If you’re in Manchester tomorrow evening and want to see me squirm on a high stool and talk about The Glorious Dead and lots of other stuff, please come to Social Refuge at 7pm. Tickets here: www.socialrefuge.com/event-detail...

@theguyliner.bsky.social - One chapter into “The Glorious Dead” and I fucking love it already. So so good!

The Glorious Dead in the wild and drinking wine without me?!?

Just saw my favorite take on an unlikeable main character: It's a novel, not a date. I so love an unlikeable character.

Hello Londoners. there are signed copies of The Glorious Dead (new novel, out last week, darker than the others) at @gaystheword.bsky.social and @waterstones.bsky.social Tottenham Ct Rd if you fancy one. (One in Foyles too and another in Waterstones Lewisham.)

This has inspired me to watch Alexandra Burke win The X Factor again

I want Karen Hauer to empty a bowl of gazpacho over my head

In 2019, my world was blown apart by the death of my best friend Nichola. This week I wrote about how much she meant to me, and the specific challenges that come with grieving a close friend, in @theguardian.com

Brand new on Dirty Feed: to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Fawlty Towers, here's a look at all the various parodies of the show over the years. "Yes madam, I am frightfully tall." www.dirtyfeed.org/2025/09/herr...

I was interviewed by the lovely Jill’s Book Café and reveal my sock obsession, a disturbing fact about my toes, and my biggest regret – the mullet I got at Toni & Guy in 2003. And much more!

Walking round H&M these days is like being trapped inside a packet of bourbons.

Happy Publication Day to @theguyliner.bsky.social! 💐📚 His new novel, The Glorious Dead, is excellent: buy it forthwith.

It’s publication day for The Glorious Dead, my dark, twisted melodrama on grief, greed, and deceit. Buy it wherever you like. And if you enjoy it, please leave a review on Amazon (even if you don’t buy it there, it helps a lot). Links to buy: geni.us/TheGloriousDead ♥️♠️♦️♣️

I hate the Glambot

TONIGHT. COME! www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

The bestselling phenomenon @amateuradam.bsky.social – alongside the not quite as phenomenal but still very personable me – will be hosting an evening of book chat and furthering the gay agenda at Waterstones TCR on Wed 17 Sept. Do come and see us! www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

In this week's Guardian Blind Date: A hundred words for no + nani puri confusion. My review digs deep:

This used to be my autoplay song on my MySpace profile. 🥶

In this week's Guardian Blind Date: A hundred words for no + nani puri confusion. My review digs deep:

What are you doing on Weds 17th? INCORRECT! You're coming to hear me talk to @theguyliner.bsky.social about his SENSATIONAL new novel. @WaterstonesTCR 7pm. Only £7! What can you get for £7? I paid more than that for a Cornish pasty at the station yesterday. www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

The bestselling phenomenon @amateuradam.bsky.social – alongside the not quite as phenomenal but still very personable me – will be hosting an evening of book chat and furthering the gay agenda at Waterstones TCR on Wed 17 Sept. Do come and see us! www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

The urge to eat an orange Toblerone all in one go is almost incapacitating today

Very strange to be releasing a book during a dress rehearsal for the apocalypse but here we are. THE GLORIOUS DEAD out a week today. Pre-orders to an author are like crash helmets for cyclists, WD40 for uncles, and vodka martinis for Joan Collins – they save our lives! Please do if you can!

The Glorious Dead Tour (Blond Ambition II: The Revenge) kicks off a week today at @waterstones.bsky.social TCR, with bestselling king @amateuradam.bsky.social next week! With Waterstones Leeds and QueerLit Manchester dates to follow. Tickets at geni.us/TheGloriousDead

The Glorious Dead by @theguyliner.bsky.social is out from @quercusbooks.bsky.social Renegade on 18th September and sounds brilliant. Thanks so much for sending me a signed copy 📚💙x www.dialoguebooks.co.uk/titles/justi...

I saw someone ranting about Coldplay the other day and I thought, look, these are decent, humane, good-humoured people who actively support refugees, climate activism, LGBTQ rights, inclusivity, etc. Even if you hate their songs, they're really not the bad guys in 2025

IYKYKK #nicheoneforthezippernerds

Wuthering Heights is one of my favourite books but I've never bothered with any of the onscreen adaptations – it's too bonkers a book to fully capture. The new version looks fun, though! Do we need another straight adaptation? Probably not! Can't wait to hear the ACCENTS!

Happy publication day to the Two Roberts! Welcome back to the world, which loved you then almost forgot you and is now turning towards you again. My novel is a celebration of them and their bravery and brilliance, as artists, lovers, outsiders. 🖼️ 🌈 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🧑‍🎨 🧑‍🎨 📕 buythebook.online/the-two-robe...

My new book The Glorious Dead is out two weeks today! It’s darkly funny, twisty, and is about a bunch of terrible people. My publisher calls it “Gay ‘Rebecca’ meets ‘The Talented Mr Ripley’ via ‘Notes on a Scandal’”. I love it and maybe you will too. Preorder if you can! geni.us/TheGloriousD...

It’s been one of those days so I choose to believe this is about me.

I wrote about the joy and pain of visiting a very crap branch of high street staple Boots.

The most relaxing thing I did all summer was move house

What happened before, during, and after a hurricane, flood, and lies and racist violence hit Katrina should be remembered accurately, even though it was narrated with wild, destructive inaccuracy at the time, by government officials and mainstream media. Wrote about it here, five years after:

OMG. open.spotify.com/track/3G06ao...

I love pre-ordering books because I always forget I did it, then future-me gets a magic surprise present. Anyway, pre-order @theguyliner.bsky.social's book because there's just enough time for you to forget you did it so your future self can be pleasantly surprised geni.us/TheGloriousD...

I think it’s totally fine for taste to be partly performative when you’re young. Books, records, movies, posters: it’s all part of identity formation and telling people who you want to be. The line between authentic and inauthentic is blurry at that age

*branches of my Christmas tree twitch in anticipation*

I got my first inkling life wasn’t going to go my way when Starburst merged the lemon and lime chews into one

In this week's Guardian Blind Date, some gonk at the next table butts in, plus an American flavour, and a gentleman's zero. My review:

Reminded by this (excellent, as always) GBD review to pre-order Justin Myers' latest book! He's rapidly becoming one of my favourite authors, so much so that I'm actually springing for the hardback 🤣 uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

In this week's Guardian Blind Date, some gonk at the next table butts in, plus an American flavour, and a gentleman's zero. My review: