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BOOK LAUNCH! Next Thursday we'll be celebrating the launch of Genevieve Carver's bookling with readings from Genevieve (beaming in from Orkney) and from guest Jen Hadfield, who will be beaming in from Shetland to read from new Picador Books title Storm Pegs. guillemotpress.co.uk/events

The Monkey in the Woodshed. My story for the Hermitage Press short story anthology on Cornwall's protected landscapes is up on BBC Sounds here if anyone wants to listen. (I had to edit out a little bit of swearing.) bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

‘I am toad-shaped. My arms and legs are crooked. I am amphibian.’ Following neuroscientist John Lilly’s dolphin communication methods, the more time I spent in the tank the quicker I relaxed and the more weirdness occurred. The Order of the Dolphin! ortacpress.com/product-page/d…

After mixed results raising Gef the Mongoose with a Ouija board I visited the Isle of Man. There were some warning signs, like the decomposing Hooded crow and the bridge reading ANGER. I’ll be Manx Litfest talking about ortacpress.com/product-page/d…. (Image is from Donya Todd's cover)

Right, here's where I'm going to be with my talking animals over the coming weeks. I would LOVE to see you all at one of these. There's a handful of events in Cornwall and then in Dorset, Yorkshire, Cumbria and the Isle of Man.

Luke will be taking part in a series of Domadomadoma events this Autumn, starting with Waterstones Truro on 11th Sept! Updates on our site and Luke’s. Grab tickets! It’s going to be fun.

Julie Julie Skentelbery has perfectly matched her rainbow jumper with Luke Thompson’s new book Doma Doma Doma Blum Blum Blum 🌈 It’s all about our attempts to communicate with animals 🗣️🐶 Listen back to their chat on BBC Sounds now 👉 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li…

Come say hello. Week one of book events. I'll be in Truro and Cumbria this week. Wednesday 11th September Waterstones Truro and Friday 13th (eek!) VereyBooks. Details and tickets available waterstones.com/events/luke-th… and vereybooks.co.uk/whats-on/.

Oh cool. Here's my chat with BBC Cornwall from the other day. I'll be in Waterstones Truro tomorrow talking about the book if anyone fancies coming along. Starts 7pm.

ROLL UP KERNOW! Cornish author ⁦Luke Thompson⁩’s new book is out. The launch is tomorrow night ⁦Waterstones Truro⁩. Great chance for you to hear this joyous book read out loud by the author. Fun evening guaranteed. See you there.📖😀 #kernow #cornwall

DORSET people, this week I'll be with FOLDE at the Grosvenor Arms in Shaftesbury talking about talking animals. More info and booking here ticketsource.co.uk/folde-dorset/a…

Luke Thompson will be at FOLDE tomorrow for an evening centred around the strange world of human-animal conversation. Expect pet psychics, medieval banishments, Tolkien and a talking mongoose. It’s going to be fun… Tickets available from: ticketsource.co.uk/folde-dorset/a…

Last week I was mostly talking about Gef the Mongoose. This evening I'm with FOLDE at the Grosvenor Arms in Shaftesbury, Dorset and probably going to talk about dolphins, psychedelics and another unusual approach to conversations with other animals.

Adventures this week include taking Gef the talking mongoose back to the Isle of Man for Manx Litfest and talking with the wonderful Dr Tiffany Murray at North Cornwall Book Festival. Isle of Man tickets available ticketsource.co.uk/manxlitfest?fb… and North Cornwall tickets endelienta.org.uk/whats-on/luke-…

Puffin exploring ways of communicating with humans and other animals. The crystal ball might make an appearance at this afternoon's North Cornwall Book Festival conversation with Dr Tiffany Murray. 5.30pm St Endellion. Hopefully see some of you there...

Catch Luke Thompson at Shrew Books in Fowey next week! eventbrite.co.uk/e/shrew-books-…

Which will you choose? This week DomaDomaDoma-BlumBlumBlum is staying in Cornwall, with events in two beautiful independent bookshops in Fowey Shrew Books and Newquay Clemo Books. Tickets available through the bookshop websites. Hope to see some Cornwall friends there.

Here's a coral fungus. I'll be off Twitter from a few days' time. I'm on Instagram (luke.a.thompson) and on Facebook. Hope to see folk there.

Domadomadoma-Blumblumblum: Journeyed and lively, Luke Thompson's latest book (Ortac Press) reveals the trap of ventriloquism we often fall into when attempting to converse with other animals, writes Abi Andrews caughtbytheriver.net/2024/11/domado…