So immensely loving writing my new gardening column @theobserveruk.bsky.social

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So looking forward to this for my NEW PAPERBACK!!! Out TOMORROW!!! Sex marriage power rage queerness parenting chaos. Kate Davies is great and I fear it may become riotous. Please come and keep the peace

Me checking the NASDAQ all the time: "ahhhhh yes I see well well well" Me before April: "NASDAQ is....some sort of....bank.....?"

Had forgotten THRILL of being picked as one of @waterstones.bsky.social top authors for the next 25 yrs w #maggieofarrell @naomialderman.bsky.social #SusannaClarke #helenoyemi @gautammalkani.bsky.social +19 others, hence my colossal grin, freshly rediscovered. www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-r...

"top 3 so far this year." Believe me when I say Julianne reads about a gazillion books a month, so this is real feat. We have signed copies still available of @charlottemendelson.bsky.social's Wife to order if you'd like one: Here's the link: bertsbooks.co.uk/wife

Did You Know They Keep Sooty In A Display Case On The North Pier In Blackpool Like A Glove Puppet Jeremy Bentham?

Eighteen hrs from Perth to Heathr...oh. Now 7 hours into a 1975 style coach trip towards but not even AT Calais so help me god

🧵Dressage horses with funny names. 1. Super Mario

42. Son of a Lady

Hampstead Heath today was a frenzy of cross country runners all going in different directions and it was brilliant. Like being caught among muddy atoms

I’ve been hacked over in the other place, which in one way is rather a blessing. The process of trying to sort it out is, however, exasperating. This tweet (which a friend screenshot and sent) did make me laugh though, so that’s something!

What those who raid bookshops, ban books, censor and destroy archives forget is that we have a history of resistance and we will defend our freedom to read. Seized Books! records how @gaystheword.bsky.social and their supporters fought back against customs raids and won.

People sometimes ask me what English exceptionalism is. In the future I'm going to just hand out laminated copies of this.

Y’all, I really wanna know what happened with this couple. Anyone know THE Liam Smith?

I'm proud to be involved with an amazing group of LGBTQ+ Asylum Seekers and Refugees, who need your help. Rainbow Lunch Club offers meals supplies & safety for 30 guests a month, who face hardship and isolation. Please give, anything at all to keep it going www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/rainbow-lu...

Two Men on a Bike. Another bloody programme with a couple of middle aged blokes on a journey of discovery. Maybe there’s a podcast too 😖 ( quite happy to head of on a tv jolly with a girl friend but obvs too old 😂)

Just had my first Vinted Issue. End stage capitalism much less fun than Gibbons's Fall of the Roman Empire led me to believe

"The Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in Non-Fiction written by women. The 2025 longlist varies in subject matter, style and genre, and the 16 books make for an incisive and original reading list." womensprize.com/prizes/women...

Okay friends, you know what to do. Welcome the formidable @louiseadler1.bsky.social to Bluesky. An *awkward gesture* has brought has brought her from X to greener pastures. Louise is brave, big-hearted, funny and smart. Publisher of my first book on Pell, Cardinal, now runs Adelaide Writers’ Week.

Nice to see some @shawliterary.bsky.social faces appearing at Adelaide: @eleytherius.bsky.social, @jennifermills.net.au and @emmashortis.bsky.social! www.adelaidefestival.com.au/writers-week...

Adelaide Writers' Week Director Louise Adler AM has announced the full program for her third event, taking place from Saturday 1 March to Thursday 6 March, 2025 at the Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden. bit.ly/3Ctjauo

When We Were Bad, Charlotte Mendelson Spend some time with a deliciously dysfunctional family. My friend, who recommended it, said her others are also excellent. So nice to have a new back catalogue to raid.

5 authors I’ve read 5+ books by: 1) Enid Blyton 2) Terry Pratchett 3) Iain M Banks 4) Charlotte Mendelson 5) Emily St John Mandel 💙📚

“If it was really a lucky condom, wouldn’t you have used it by now?” Magnus Mills, Nicola Barker, Mordecai Richler, Charlotte Mendelson, Molly Keane, Timothy Mo and more feature in this piece I wrote about some of the funniest Booker novels:

All told, I read three great books in 2024: The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright; Wife by Charlotte Mendelson; and Karla’s Choice by Nick Harkaway.

This is happening right now about 15 minutes from where I live in Cincinnati. These are the demons that have been unleashed

There’s been quite an influx here overnight! The great @severincarrell.bsky.social has made a starter pack of Guardian journalists and columnists here go.bsky.app/B6CxPTX

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What shall I have for dinner? So far: 5 gherkins

I bet doom scroll meant something way cooler in the middle ages.

I was shitposting about rubbish American politics this week and someone replied all cuntily “instead of just posting about it email your senator” so does anyone know the senator for Surrey?

All...my novels?

And there it is: Doors are open for kleptocracy in America

We all need joy. We all, particularly now, need to snort with laughter in public places, yet feel wiser and somehow comforted. So this, narrated by NORA HERSELF, will, I promise, enhance your life. (Still furious we weren't friends though.) (And #LaurieColwin.) open.spotify.com/show/7abUR9E...

As I still can't quite get used to saying, I'll be in Adelaide and beyond for the Writers Week in a few short weeks. And obv. am already fretting about plane reading. So I need from you all please a) suggestions and/or b) great Australian literary fiction. Anyone?

Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"

The thing is, the “quarter of unis” stat is pretty misleading. Many more have *already* cut back to the bone, especially in arts & humanities

Americans, every day:

When something is a success, people like to associate themselves with it. So it's noticeable how quiet the Brexiters are. inews.co.uk/opinion/brex...

Also applies in the UK.

Additional scripts for cis het white men who want to be better allies: “What a weird thing to say” “Do you hear yourself right now?” “You shouldn’t say shit like that to people” “I won’t let you talk to them that way” “That’s a disgusting opinion to have” “Shut the fuck up, dude”

My local hardware store made these and is leaving them available for free at the register. “We’re trying to take care of our customers,” the cashier said. ✊

We're here to stay, friends, no matter what lies you tell.

J at work (1 of 2 antivaxxers) has informed me that she won't eat (among other things) girl scout cookies due to a chemical additive she refers to only as "the gas"