You look like you need a Puffin. Have a Puffin. 📷️ Sue Wood

Literally crying right now guys

Calling a by-election over the sovereign right of every MP to take secret gifts from a convicted criminal. What a time to be alive.

Lovelies, along with our judges, I’ll be hosting two online sessions to help those who want to enter The Sareeta Domingo Prize with their submissions. The first session on what the judges are looking for will be on Tuesday 21st July. Keep checking for details. Please share as widely as possible.

A lot of people don't realise this but in the UK we have to replace our Prime Minister every two or three years or else the rights revert back to Marvel

In the end, there were just a lot more human rights abuses than I was expecting from the human rights lawyer.

Not at all surprising, but still terrifying.

Applications OPEN for THE GENTLE APPRENTICESHIP with Leone Ross - a month of Sundays starting July 5th, ONLINE, 3-6pm BST. EMAIL [email protected] for details.

basketball’s all like gimme that pumpkin i need it and tennis is all like fuck this lemon you take it.

The best season is Indian mango season.

Years ago I was on a stag weekend in Poland. We went paintballing. We were chatting to the Polish guys who ran it over beers afterwards and one casually mentioned that British dudes were the ONLY ones who ever seemed to listen and keep their eye protection on. So we explained Byker Grove to them.

It's pretty disgraceful that there has been absolutely no mention of this from the Prime Minister. It's increasingly clear that some attacks, correctly, warrant disgust, emergency measures and days of media coverage. Others seem to be met with silence.

Join us at the Manchester Small Press Fair - A Fly on the Wall Press and Seesaw collaboration! Come and discover new books, meet publishers & writers, and explore the incredible work being produced by independent presses! #Manchestersmallpressfair #ManchesterLiterature #ManchesterEvents

So, I've finally updated my blog for the first time in over a year... Here's a big rambling writing update on The Novel, including twice being longlisted in the @mslexia.bsky.social Novel Competition! #writingcommunity dipikawrites.wordpress.com/2026/06/05/i...

your tbr after you bring another book home

Marjane Satrapi 1969-2026

Is there a word for the awful feeling you get when your 'timely' (yuck) novel-in-progress set in a historical period of rising fascism in the UK becomes even more so...?

What I read in May... Which turned out to be not much, because I was neck-deep in my own novel! But I did love The Dispossessed.

Look, plantar fascitis sucks but I think this guy has bigger issues going on

I'm on day 1 of a strict 28-day break from writing The Novel, which I've been immersed in since January. Turns out I've been very much hiding from the real world in my own fictional world for all these months... I'm not in the mood to write owt else so I suppose I'd better get back into reading, eh?

If Nigel Farage gets the right to send his racist guff pamphlets directly to my house, I should get the right to punch him directly in the face. Fair is fair.

So very proud of @mhut25.bsky.social for this amazing achievement! 🎉🎉🎉

"Leone is incredible. I couldn't have got my novel to where it is now, without her.." - Nikesh Shukla THREE TIР SUNDAYS with NOVELIST, LEONE ROSS 📕READYING THE NOVEL📕 ⏰4-5.30pm GMT/UK TIME - ONLINE Start or get back to that novel! Booking link: neuroqueercreative.com/event-details/…

I made it my life mission to reference this as many times as I can

We're thrilled to share the gorgeous new cover for upcoming anthology, 'Woman, Mapped' - a partnership between Fly on the Wall Press and the Rebecca Swift Foundation. You can read this evocative collection of poems and essays from 7th July -preorder now on our website!

💼 We’re hiring! We’re looking for someone to grow our participation and deepen our connections with young people and partners across Manchester. Deadline: 12 April 2026 Apply: https://www.youngidentity.org/get-involved#vacancies

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

My book on the history of British South Asian political activism is out this September! Available to pre-order now from all good bookshops and online.

Colloquial phrase updated for modern usage

Please don’t call it that

I can't even begin to describe what a relief it is that I didn't have to wake up to a far-right MP. Not that I got all that much sleep to wake up from, mind! Super well done to the Greens 💚💚💚

We've had 2 Green and 4 Labour people knock on today to ask how we've voted. Quite tired and confused as to why they don't communicate with their colleagues to stop bothering voters unnecessarily...? #byelectionfatigue

Anyone feeling as sick as this particular Gorton & Denton voter ahead of tomorrow may want to watch this wonderful news report on the 1978 Moss Side by-election. From the disdainful cut-glass voiceover to the Tory caravan, it's utterly fascinating. Content warning: Thatcher! youtu.be/ZaYX0Xw9wNk?...

It's crunch time. Over the next few days, The Mill intends to bring you in-depth profiles on all three frontrunners in the Gorton and Denton by-election, kicking things off today with Labour’s Angeliki Stogia. The by-election is a race that, over its brief lifespan, has turned uglier than usual.

We’ve opened applications for two short residencies for writers in the UK who are currently experiencing displacement. Find out more and apply ⤵️ www.englishpen.org/posts/not-ra...

Seriously though now, has anybody got any photos of 90s Wakefield I can have? Especially photos of the main shopping areas (The Ridings, Warrengate, Kirkgate, The Springs, etc)

December reads... I enjoyed all of these, but especially Small Things Like These and issue 9 of Extra Teeth. #booksky

"But I don't wanttt to go back to work..." #MondayMotivation

A moment that changed me: a pigeon fell out of the sky – and she led me to a secret underground rescue network

For your collective delectation this holiday season: Quite possibly the silliest thing I've ever written (and definitely the most ridiculous graph I've ever made!) loreandordure.com/2025/12/16/j...

What I read in November. Favourites were Act Normal by Pete Kalu, and Northern Boy by @ihussainwriter.bsky.social 🎹 #booksky

'“When I have a little money, I buy books,” wrote Erasmus in a letter, “and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.”'

It's been a bit quiet lately when it should be picking up for Christmas. If you're shopping for gifts, have a look at what I do. Everything I make is designed here in Manchester and manufactured in the UK. www.gailmyerscough.co.uk

Eliza Clark has far more energy and acuity than me about this topic Her vogue piece is spot on www.vogue.co.uk/article/vani...

Monday?? No. Shan't. #MondayMotivation 📷 Ted Smith

It's that time of year... I'm on 10/20 and wondering how I can be such a bookworm, and yet still be reduced to tears by this ruddy game 😭

Zadie Smith.