Started When There Are Wolves Again by E.J. Swift today. Only two chapters in, a very promising start.

✍️ With trans rights under attack as never before, we need to show our support for the trans community. Will you join us? goodlawproject.org/s/d23a8a

And the same for authors and books

Kicking off July with The Scar by China Miéville

Just wrapped up Green City Wars by @aptshadow.bsky.social and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Nobody writes non-human characters as well as Tchaikovsky. Excellent stuff.

🌟 Sunday Spotlight 🌟 This book by @sarahchorn.bsky.social remains one of my favorite reads! It's so packed with emotion, breaking and healing, beautiful prose, and wonderful worldbuilding. Do yourself a favor and read this!   https://www.karenlykkebo.com/post/the-necessity-of-rain 📚💙

Took a trip to Abergavenny today, just me and my wife. Didn't realise their Pride event was on, so we popped in to see it. Such a vibrant, family oriented, inclusive event. A beautiful example of togetherness 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❤️🩷🧡💛💚💙🩵💜🤎🖤🩶🤍

There’s only one path to take. We’re challenging the government to take it. goodlaw.social/gngl

Should we listen to scientists, or should we listen to fossil fuel interests?

Just starting Green City Wars by @aptshadow.bsky.social

Green City Wars is out this week, US and UK covers below. A cyber/solarpunk noir detective story starring a raccoon. Available at your bookshop of choice, ebook, audio and hardback.

I've a surprise new release coming out, and I'm not mucking around: you can pre-order now, and own it in a couple of weeks (July 7) This Machine Kills Billionaires features the thrilling, multi-award-winning novella, 'The Hidden God', a triptych of bonus short stories, & more.

All of this and more. We need government to work for all people, not the super rich and powerful.

Phenomenal news. The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has reduced the risk of cervical cancer death before age 30 to effectively zero. Between 2020 and 2024, no women aged 20–24 died from the disease in England. A fantastic milestone. humanists.uk/2026/06/19/s...

Next up... 📖 Mickey7 by Edward Ashton 🎧 The Iron Jackal by Chris Wooding

Instead of locking children out of a toxic swamp, the government should force big tech to clean it up... https://goodlaw.social/5w7z

Breaking news! The Assisted Dying Bill is back! Lauren Edwards MP has announced she will be bringing back the Assisted Dying Bill. It’s correcting an injustice after it was undemocratically filibustered in the House of Lords.

Started Red City by Marie Lu

Well, that was surprisingly different and very good. A worthy pick I think by @emmanewman.bsky.social for next month's episode.if Starship Alexandria. I'm looking forward to hearing @aptshadow.bsky.social's thoughts on it.

A second piece of setting art commissioned from Peng Lu for 🪷☁️AN EMPIRE IN THE CLOUDS☁️🪷 featuring the drowning continent of Opera 🏙️ this will be another one of the art cards included in EMPIRE’s preorder campaign 👀✨(form in bio) forthcoming Sep 8 w/ @titanbooks.bsky.social 💫

In 2025, the Church of England invested around £35 million in projects to evangelise young people in school.🧵 humanists.uk/2026/06/10/c...

Excellent thread 👇🏽 Years ago, the very first negative reviews I got of my debut book were 'ugh there was NO REASON for this character being trans'. Which taught me early & hard that I do not have to please all readers. Because fuck those guys

Sections of the media are just absolute bullshit. They've always been a problem - but now they're literally lying and making up things that have never been said. The only way to defeat the billionaire media is to organise around them. Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk

After listening to this month's episode of Starship Alexandria and hearing what @emmanewman.bsky.social will be recommending in next month's episode, I remembered I have this one on audio. So guess what I'm listening to? 😄

This month on Starship Alexandria we talk about Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi, one of the best books I’ve ever read. (For patrons we also chat about Lowery’s The Green Knight)

⚠️ Reform UK are a threat to women's rights in the UK. ❌ We must stop them from ever reaching Number 10.

I always have such a blast chatting with @adrianmgibson.bsky.social and this time was SO MUCH FUN! It was great to hear about his latest book, A MURDER MOST FUNGAL 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Well worth a shot. I really enjoyed this trilogy.

✨The Shortlist 2026!✨ DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL, Matt Dinniman  THE DREAM HOTEL, Laila Lalami LUMINOUS, Silva Park THERE IS NO ANTIMEMETICS DIVISION, qntm WHEN THERE ARE WOLVES AGAIN, E.J. Swift THE SALT ORACLE, Lorraine Wilson This year’s winner will be announced on Weds 12 August.

Next up...

Rachel Bloom on a deeply humanist idea: we don't need the promise of supernatural reward or the threat of punishment to be kind to others. Building a better life and a better society is reason enough.

Whoah, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter got a Locus Award! @locusmag.bsky.social

Had a lovely walk earlier.

The Republic of Memory by @mahmudelsayed.bsky.social is a brilliant and bold debut. A richly woven, arab-centric, tapestry of life and politics aboard a generation ship I strongly recommend this to all speculative fiction readers who are looking for a fresh and innovative perspective.

The truth our politicians are too cowardly to tell you: Low birth rate in the UK inevitably means fewer young supporting ever more older people. Immigration brings in young people and eases the problem. Without it, everyone must work longer. www.newscientist.com/article/mg23...

Happy Orthodox Star Wars Day to all who celebrate. The movie that changed movies forever is 49 years old today!

Starting The Republic of Memory by @mahmudelsayed.bsky.social Great opening

Some inspiration from my infinite tbr. I wonder what my next read should be after Perdido Street Station 🤔

I enjoyed working on The Shade of Ronhu, and I look forward to seeing it published later this year. It's always lovely to hear how happy my authors are with the work I do for them. If you're looking for a proofreader you can trust to take good care of your book, drop me a line.

Starting Perdido Street Station by China Miéville

Well worth the investment.

Only 2 weeks to go until our FREE to attend live indie author event in #Shrewsbury on 23rd May (doors open 09:15am). We want to see as many people there as possible so please help spread the word by liking and sharing this post. #writingcommunity #indieauthorevent #bookevent

The living legend Sir David Attenborough turns 100 today!

📈 230,000 Green Party members and counting. 💚 People are rejecting hate and division and opting for real hope and real change. 🗳️ And that change starts by voting Green before 10pm today!

Awesome to see readers still discovering my collection, Neon Leviathan. An unknown author with an indie press (@grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social) - I don't think either of us expected it'd still be bubbling along in the punk underground, six years later.

Remember during the pandemic the phrase "new normal" was thrown around a lot. I reckon we should now be saying "new abnormal", because things are getting increasingly fucked up every day.

You know the date...

Could have been written yesterday, not 34 years ago. youtu.be/03gauuHIgME?...

What these extraordinary numbers make clear is that Reform is less a political party and more a very highly paid public-facing lobby group for oil and gas interests https://www.desmog.com/2026/04/30/reform-uk-nigel-farage-millions-donations-fossil-fuel-interests-climate-science-deniers/

Extremist is the death and destruction that Benjamin Netanyahu government brings on a daily basis. Extremist is them introducing the death penalty for Palestinians. Extremist is this apartheid, genocidal Israeli Government that our Government shamefully supports.