Happy Non-Binary People’s Day! If you’re an author under the non-binary umbrella comment with a link to a book you wanna promote & I’ll repost! To get us started I highly recommend this emotional, conceptual sci fi by my awesome sibling @jomawest.bsky.social 📚💙 📚🏳️‍🌈 uk.bookshop.org/p/books/twic...

Happy Non-Binary People’s Day to my non-binary pals! 5 BIPOC non-binary books: Face by @jomawest.bsky.social In the Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xirin Jay Zhao Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender 📚💙 📚🏳️‍🌈 #nonbinaryday

Very excited about the publication of this chapter! rdcu.be/euuAe in The Posthuman Condition in 21st Century Literature and Culture: Interdisciplinary Insights.

Final Destination: Bloodlines is such a fun time, my heart really warmed seeing Tony Todd one more time.

I finished my first play through of Disco Elysium today. And then I watched Possession (1981) for the first time. And it felt like a perfect double bill.

Allow me to bitch about something no one but me & some people watching @netflix.com care about for a second. I loved THE DEVIL'S PLAN S1. Really difficult gameplay for really smart people & a dog fight of a triumphant finish. Season 2 is...not that. A fun, smart gameshow has been ruined. How? /1

OK, this is wild. In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them. It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*. What the HELL? 1/

Creatives in the UK deserve strong trade unions that represent their interests and fight for a better creative ecology. We don't have that yet and I know a lot of people have felt let down by the society of authors, but we can change it for the better.

The SoA must do more for climate justice – but it won’t without you. Join the Society of Authors by Wed 30 April so you can vote in this year's Management Committee elections. [6] Links for eligibility + help with fees: linktr.ee/fossilfreebo...

Every climate justice writer belongs in their union. The Society of Authors claims to be committed to sustainability. But climate justice is about more than sustainable sources of paper – it’s about power. In calling for individual authors to hold their publishers to account, the SoA is… [1]

The SoA will only stand in solidarity with Palestine if you join and get active. Join the Society of Authors by Wed 30 April so you can vote in this year's Management Committee elections. [6] Need support with joining fees? We can help: linktr.ee/fossilfreebo...

Every writer against genocide belongs in their union. The Society of Authors does not stand for a free Palestine. Not yet. Amid Israel’s destruction of libraries, bookshops, printing presses and publishing houses in Gaza, the SoA’s lack of solidarity is driving members to leave the union. [1]

Megathread of pro-trans petitions on Parliament’s petition website. If Labour suddenly gets hit with debates for a bunch of pro-trans petitions, maybe they’ll realise this issue isn’t going away and they’ve fucked up. I’ll add more as I find them. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

My pal Dr Christina Neuwirth has today released the results of 7 years of research into gender inequality in Scottish literature. I'm so, so proud of them. www.quinereport.com

Great thread

One by one www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Any UK self published authors in my network? Which printers do you use and why do you like them? #booksky #ukbooksky

The Trans Rights Readathon starts tomorrow! I recommend adding Twice Lived to your TBR, by my brilliant non-binary sibling @jomawest.bsky.social A beautiful, emotional, short sci fi story about two mixed heritage girls sharing one body across parallel worlds 💜 📚💙 📚🏳️‍⚧️ 📚🏳️‍🌈 bookshop.org/p/books/twic...

'A mélange of accents and languages enables the simultaneity of worlds, offering a way to exist on cultural crossroads. Most of humanity moves along cultural crossroads.' www.guernicamag.com/joli-petit-a...

I love stories where each new perspective unpeels everything you thought you knew and Hirokazu Kore-eda's Monster does that masterfully. Such an achingly beautiful film that treats its characters with immense sensitivity.

Watched Nickel Boys at the weekend. It really took my breath away, this is the kind of art that sets me off, beautiful, moving, so damn smart, every second on screen has a thought behind it, nothing is extraneous it's just pure art on every level.

now making music (and more music videos) STANLEY TWOBRICKS - popular music

Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop was a bittersweet joy to read. I felt like I could be reading about myself and my friends, the concerns haunting the characters were all too familiar. I wish I had this bookshop in my neighbourhood, seems like a rad place to hang out.

This was very helpful on the other site, so it’ll be helpful here too.

The UK AI and copyright consultation closes today. It is deliberately long and technical so many of us who will be impacted may feel it isn't for them. Respond anyway! Many groups have support materials to answer the questions you care about. Check them out>

🚨 UK #booksky today is the last day to complete the government's AI consultation form. @fossilfreebooks.org has a handy guide on their IG if you're feeling daunted by the task: www.instagram.com/p/DGQktlEIxd...

Long overdue, I saw Pather Panchali. What a film! Poetic and intimate. This is the start of Apu's story but it's a film about women. The old woman, the mother, the maid, their small joys are so sweet, but mostly they broke my heart. Such a sensitive portrait of having dreams that feel out of reach.

I've seen it a few times now and every time Jigarthanda DoubleX just makes me happy. It's such a dense, dynamic, explosion of a film, heaving with villains and bad intentions. A wild ride. (Shout out to my lady Malaiarasi - she's a badass with not enough screen time.)

Today, I found out that the Department of Defense banned the Well-Read Black Girl anthology by Glory Edim. I was one of its contributors. I'm really hurt right now. So if you have it in you, please buy books by Black women from independent bookstores.

UK Creatives! The government's consultation form for AI is long and confusing but the good news is you don't have to complete the whole thing. Here is a handy guide that breaks down which questions to answer.

If you're a UK author, illustrator, creative, it's important to have your say by 25th February re. the government's stance on copyright protection and AI. @fossilfreebooks.org has a breakdown on their ig about what you can do. www.instagram.com/p/DGQktlEIxd...

“The arts world has an extraordinary way of forgetting that which it finds uncomfortable, and the literary world is skilled at rewriting its history”

Christopher Nolan apologising to all his women characters

Finished The Three-Body Problem today and it was proper mind warping stuff that was so elegantly explained. Had a great time with it.

Sudan is in a bad way, this needs to end. www.middleeasteye.net/news/rsf-att...

Robot Dreams is really brutal for a film that's so romantic and life-affirming. Made me feel a lot of feelings.

My great uncle in Ypsilanti used to tell us stories about how when workers would get restless with contract negotiations at the auto plant, management would start spreading false rumors among white workers that union negotiators were demanding special pay and work conditions for black workers.

Hi #KidLitArtPostcard! Once upon a time in Korea, there was a tiny sickly stray puppy. A scary tiger spotted the puppy & thought she’ll make an easy snack. But the unexpectedly feisty puppy kept running in & out of rabbit holes in the ground, making fun of the tiger. (1/?)

Cis men truly need to understand the power of saying “that’s fucked up bro why would you say that” to another cis man

I said I would do this last night but I was too tired so lets do it today. A few caveats - not saying this list is exhaustive, it's just a good place to start. It's also not in chronological order because I'm a chaos gremlin

The Chaser (2008) is fucking brutal. It's also fucking good. Right from the off you know you're in a safe pair of hands, lots of smart choices, and the acting is phenomenal.

Folks, please use alt-text and turn on the alt-text requirement in your Bluesky settings! People need it for a WIDE variety of reasons and I generally won't share your art, information, or promotion if you haven't included it.

Uhhh, hi! It's me, Bookshop.org, a place to buy books online where every purchase financially supports indie bookstores instead of some billionaire.

“Utterly exhausted just by being alive”: Bradford community nurse shares heartbreaking long Covid journey and calls for urgent action

This is so exciting! @caileansteed.bsky.social is such a beautiful writer and The Mirror Halls is one to look out for. Also if you've not read their debut Home, get that down you while you wait 😊 #booksky

“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.” -Angela Davis Happy 81st birthday, Angela Davis. "If you live long enough a defeat will turn into a victory." --Angela Davis

Looking back, I find some of the writing a bit clumsy, but 'Wild' is something I'm really proud of. It won the MMU Novella Award in 2016 and for the first time I really felt like people were engaging with my work seriously. I finally felt like a writer. #booksky tinyurl.com/42err83s

Welcome to the world, Dark Crescent! This stunning collection of Scottish Folk tales by @lyndseycroal.bsky.social joins the Harvester Series. Artwork by @jennicoutts.bsky.social ❤️ Pre-order here! www.lunapresspublishing.com/product-page... @booksfromscotland.bsky.social #scottishfolklore

Just reached 7k followers! Thanks so much for hanging out to chat queer, BIPOC & disabled books. Please check out my friend Sara’s macarons4Gaza giveaway. You can get custom macarons & help a family in Gaza! I’ve also been supporting Alaa’s family, info in my bio. Any d0nation helps! #booksky