The swan, the swamp and the cyclone - just read The Swan Book by Alexis Wright... interwoven global storytelling combined with the weird: a novel for our warming planet. Can climate change provoke a new universalising way of writing fiction, I wonder?

‘The climate emergency is the result of our ecological sins. It is time for metanoia for all.’ World Council of Churches telling it how it is on the climate emergency oikoumene.org/en/resources/d…

As Australia's killer heatwave hits, here's the front page of Rupert Murdoch's The Australian. Celebrating coal exports and attacking action on climate breakdown. Is there a more dangerous man on Earth?

Wow. Barcelona has declared a climate emergency that gets straight to the point: "The current economic model is based on endless growth, consumption & a permanent race for profit. This economic system threatens the ecological balance of our planet & has multiplied inequalities."

How come Charles & Camilla are tested when doctors aren’t?? bbc.co.uk/news/uk-520338…

Must have been a pretty staggering sight...

There’s my little story ‘Not Made From Around Here’, inspired by my late grandad and featuring characters created from first-hand accounts from the Black Cultural Archives.

Ashley’s new book has become a REAL PHYSICAL BOOK 🎉🎉🎉 (and it’s brilliant) Ashley Hickson-Lovence

My second novel YOUR SHOW, based on the life and career of the legendary Uriah Rennie - the first and only Black Premier League football referee, is released with Faber Books on 7th April 2022. Available to pre-order from your favourite bookshop today 🙏🏾