Spring

WANT 🎹

Cried at the polling station this morning as the old lady in front of me, who had struggled to walk there, was turned away. She had photo ID but not the right version. When I handed them my passport, they questioned if the photo was me. Horrible atmosphere. #election2023 #VoterID

After a crazy 24 hours on this site, full of troll pile-ons, here is today's mood. (And yes, I'm going to see Guardians of the Galaxy tomorrow). Love to all. Yes ... even you. youtube.com/watch?v=BA4rSO…

Bathing in bluebells

My 9yo was so looking forward to his first overnight school trip tomorrow. Been planning dorms and toasted marshmallows for weeks. This morning he woke up with chicken pox and there’s absolutely nothing I can do to make it better 🐓😫

It's lovely on the 🧵app. It's like I've been at an increasingly messy party where I can't hear what anyone is saying, and I can't find my friends, and now I've stepped out onto the balcony and there's fizz and stars and gradually, one by one, all the good people are appearing🍾

Very happy with my birthday book haul 📚🎈📚🎈

I miss the bird. It looked like a happy bird.

I just signed the The Authors Guild's Open Letter to Generative AI Leaders calling on them to compensate writers fairly for the use of copyrighted materials in their AI programs. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/auth…

Ali Smith on re-reading books. (Also, I agree.)

It’s good to write about love and loneliness and how unexpected it all is in our lives.

For British GQ I wrote about the ups and downs in my thinking and feelings after being selected as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists gq-magazine.co.uk/article/granta…

Love this

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Oh, what a time it was! Thank you Damian Barr and team for all the moments and memories. My heart was a little sore reading your email, but you made a beautiful thing and I know there are many more beautiful things waiting in the wings. All power and love to your pen, dear D x

Thrilled to see this. Love Sarah Moss.

Phew! Finally done it. Well done National Book Tokens for another brilliant year.