Today, I've released Lullaby for Siwar, a collaboratively-made single with all proceeds (after Bandcamp's fees) going to @gazasoupkitchen.bsky.social, a charity in Gaza running multiple meal distribution locations, feeding 3,000 people a day. youarewolf.bandcamp.com/track/lullab...

Pretty savage that DYCP applicants got an email saying their decision letters are ready but Grantium is down so no-one can see them 😵‍💫

An island of community. An island of interconnectedness. An island of home. It was nice to be on telly this morning - CBBC reran the BBC Ten Pieces episode on 'Home', starting with my piece No Place Like. Look at that pink hair! www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... (1/2)

I hear Labour are furious about the Pride ban. Good morning everybody!

Happy Hare Moon Day! Hares are shapeshifters and liminal creatures, often spotted on the edge of fields/woodlands, changing their colour according to the season and - according to farmer lore - their gender, too. My song Hare Song 1 took all of that as inspiration: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hygp...

BIGGEST PERFORMANCE EVER! Last night, 1200 kids from Camden Music performed my 'No Place Like' @royalalberthall.bsky.social. I'd worked with schools to compose new sounds, incl. 'this bus is on a diversion' & Arsenal's' North London forever...' song. Watch at 58 mins: www.youtube.com/live/FHtnedm...

Thank you so much to my fellow musician-author Claire Kohda for her words on the book! And you must all read her novel 'Woman, Eating', which has the thrilling premise of a protagonist juggling the twin nightmares of being a struggling artist and a vampire... it's ACE.

'Keep Fighting Evil & Read More Books' is the motto @booksellercrow.bsky.social ... amen to that. Enjoying popping into South London bookshops to sign books! Lovely to see We Are Together Because in the window in Crystal Palace & in your face @claphambooks.bsky.social ±! Thanks Jonathan & Roy!

Delighted to pop into my old local, @hernehillbooks.bsky.social to sign a window copy of the paperback of #WeAreTogetherBecause! In a time of increasing, depressing narrowness of thought, they're places to expand one's views. I've learnt so much about the world from buying books in this very shop.

Lovely to visit @bookcornerhx.bsky.social to sign their stock of #WeAreTogetherBecause & see it in such fine company (see 2nd pic)! Thank you to Sarah and Georgie for being so welcoming :) It's an awesome indie bookshop with a fine collection of local authors/interest, lit fic, children's books etc

It's HERE, it's (a bit) QUEER, it's bringing in the FEAR... Loving this @atlanticbooks trailer for the paperback of #WeAreTogetherBecause which is out NOW! Check it out here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/we-a...

Meta stole my novels from a piracy site along with millions of other works to train its AI. This is illegal. UK authors on average earn £7k a year (I earn less) for their work. Meta is worth trillions. Lisa Nandy and Chris Bryant, please protect your workforce. #dothewritething #metabookthieves

All of my books were stolen by Meta to train AI. I support the @societyofauthors.bsky.social protest today and demand that Meta #DoTheWriteThing and compensate authors for the work they stole. #MakeItFair #MetaBookThieves

Fab turnout at the #MetaBookThieves demo. Everyone comparing notes. "How many of yours did they steal?" Winner so far is Jenny Haddon, 55.

#metabookthieves #dothewritething #NoAI #AIistheft

Meta stole every book I’ve written to feed their Llama AI program. I’m joining with @societyofauthors.bsky.social today to demand #Meta pays for the work it stole. I call on the UK Government to support authors and uphold copyright. Please share! #MetaBookThieves #MyWordsAreNotFree #MakeItFair

Meta stole two of my books from a piracy site to train AI. I support the @societyofauthors.bsky.social protest today and demand that Meta #DoTheWriteThing and compensate authors for the work they stole. #MakeItFair #MetaBookThieves

📚 A decade on from my last job in academia, my current career is only possible because 1000s of people had faith in the power of human literature as a means to illuminate, connect, enchant. Big AI companies stealing our work threatens that. #DoTheWriteThing #MetaBookThieves

Hi @davidpintod.bsky.social, are you aware that Meta has stolen literally millions of books to train their generative AI? Please stand up for the intellectual property rights of British (Hendon!) authors, share our protest, and ask META to #DoTheWriteThing and pay for our work. #MetaBookThieves

We’ll be protesting at the Meta offices today, at 13:30, against the unlicenced use of authors works to train AI. If you can’t make it, make some noise online! Downloadable assets can be found here 👇#DoTheWriteThing #MetaBookThieves societyofauthors.org/2025/04/01/s...

#metabookthieves #SoA Date: Thursday, 3 April 2025, 1.30pm Location: Meta’s London offices (11-22 Canal Reach, London N1C 4BE, King’s Cross). Meet: Granary Square at 1.30pm. Once we have a critical mass, we will move to Meta’s offices.

This is what happens when you mess with writers. They write angry poetry. Also, they galvanise, protest, and sign petitions. Sign here. chng.it/6C6xhs6Gjq #MetaBookthieves @societyofauthors.bsky.social

Got my double sided placard ready for the @societyofauthors.bsky.social demo against #MetaBookThieves. Today, 1.30, Granary Square, King's Cross!

Protest today at Meta’s HQ in Kings Cross. Meet in Granary Square from 1pm-ish. They’ve stolen the work of thousands of writers to train AI and now they need to #DoTheWriteThing

Just a quick one on how mad I am about big tech's slimy extractivism In support of @societyofauthors.bsky.social, who are protesting Meta in London today. societyofauthors.org/2025/04/01/s... Sign the petition here: www.change.org/p/protect-au... #MetaBookThieves #DoTheWriteThing #MakeItFA

And if you can’t get there in person, raise your voice however and whenever you can. Ironically, I’ll be ranting about it on *checks notes* insta….

On my way to the protest by authors against Meta. I didn’t bring my placard because the third draft’s proving a bit tricky.

PUBLICATION DAY! V proud of my little book, now out in paperback @atlanticbooks.bsky.social. The apocalyptic elements of it were written after I had gone down with #CFS, my own private apocalypse. Everything I experienced greatly influenced the inner lives of Luke, Connor, Thea and Violet. (1/4)

Happy paperback publication day today to my love @drkerryandrew.bsky.social - their We Are Together Because, a sultry tale of siblings, sun, sex and the apocalypse, is out now from @atlanticbooks.bsky.social!

And here are the new April paperback #SFFbooks picks! Loads to look forward to, a huge range of cozy fantasy & space opera right through to hauntings and mind-churning horror... Titles in the alt text. #Booksky 📚🪐 #SFF

First sighting of #WeAreTogetherBecause in the wild! Thanks to The Bookery, Crediton for putting my third novel out on display next to my fave book of 2024, Clear by Carys Davies. Send me pics if you see it about, especially in your local indie bookshops! It gives me a burst of joy to see it.

SUNSHINE! My husband @andrewfurlow.bsky.social suggested I set my 3rd novel somewhere sunny, as he SELFISHLY wanted to come with me for the next research trip. The South of France it was! The rest just followed, really... PS check my accidental wardrobe-book co-ord!

There's a fun book-related giveaway over on my Insta! www.instagram.com/p/DH3w37YtRW...

Had such a lovely time at Collage Club in Todmorden... so good to be able to get back to making when things feel encroached upon in my writing... (Meta/AI, I'm looking at you.) Who are we creatives if we use AI to shortcut our making? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

YES YES Y'ALL! The paperback of my third novel, #WeAreTogetherBecause, has dropped on my doorstep, and happily I was wearing an inadvertently matching outfit! You can pre-order it online at uk.bookshop.org/.../we-are-t.... and others. Out April 3rd. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/we-a...

I was a blubbing MESS. Fascinating to see what both parties gained from such a different cultural experience, and very surprising too. I loved seeing teenagers from just down the road in South London being so brave and open. Also, give Mr Walker his own doc! www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Excited to join NESS - Hayden Thorpe, Robert Macfarlane & Propellor Ensemble - again! I'll create new vocal parts with 50 extra players/singers, & coach @guildhallschool.bsky.social students in arranging existing vocal lines. Tickets will sell fast! www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...

My novels, along with the writing of thousands of authors has been stolen by Meta to train AI. Pirated. This is against UK intellectual property/copyright law, but we know how much the UK government wants to deregulate AI. I feel hollow. It is hard to stay motivated sometimes. Actions: (thread 1/3)

Really lovely time had at @royalholloway.bsky.social yesterday, with a lunchtime concert of my vocal/choral works in the splendid surrounds of the Chapel, plus a Q&A with students! My first ever composer spotlight! Thank you to Nathan James Dearden & co for having me ❤️

Please sign the petition. This crazy decision looks eminently reversible, if enough people step up. www.change.org/p/stop-the-d...

It's hard to believe this is happening. The Dartington Trust, here in South Devon, is behaving like Donald Trump: it seems to have no conception of the value it is destroying. This is its latest act of mindless vandalism. What the hell is going on? www.agroforestry.co.uk/save-darting...

I'm unbelievably proud of my @atlanticbooks.bsky.social colleagues this morning. Shortlistees for Marketing Strategy of the Year and Editor of the Year, and then to top it all, we are shortlisted for Independent Publisher of the Year. Gaun yerself, Atlantic pals.

Congrats to my publisher @atlanticbooks.bsky.social for their shortlist, woo hoo!

Happy #BandcampFriday! Today Bandcamp waive their fees so the artist gets all music sales. So, for YOU: if you buy any physical CD of my albums today (except for Keld which is sold out), I'll send you my EP 'Hunting Little Songs' for free! youarewolf.bandcamp.com

Thanks to DR/Denmark Radio for playing my upper voices choral piece Night-Time Songs this morgen! You can check out the score at scores.kerryandrew.com www.dr.dk/lyd/p2/klass...

Reposting a whole week late but probably someone should post this every week in 2025 just to keep our spirits up #guardianblinddate

Thanks to @siglodeorovocal.bsky.social @delphianrecords.com for including my choral work O Lux Beata Trinitas in their new recording! www.delphianrecords.com/products/wis...

The great Shlomo is seeking a trans movement director, if anyone knows of someone? tally.so/r/wM7bjg

Thank you to @fitzwilliamcollege.bsky.social Choir for singing my O Nata Lux in their service yesterday! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rrro...

Big thank you to awesome library audiobook app Borrowbox for including my novel SKIN in its list of 12 books for LGBTQ+ History Month! As read beautifully by @robynholdaway.bsky.social #lgbtq #lgbtqia #queerbooks #queernovels #queerfiction #lgbtqhistorymonth