Celebrating Irenosen Okojie ‘s new dimension merging masterpiece ‘Curandera’ this eve Gloucester Road Books. WOW. ✨ turns out yes, yes, yes, you SHOULD meet your heroes! I am so inspired, and such brilliant chairing by Joe too ✨

Come join Helen Comerford (is mostly on Instagram) and I talk about our mad lock down housemate writing time! And also meet Max, who I’m sure is as awesome as his book (which I LOVE!) 🦹🏾‍♀️✨🔥 Piccadilly Press 📖✨ Bloomsbury Kids & YA UK HarperCollins Children's Books

The quantum physics of a CosWatch by Carlo Rovelli. You see, time moves slower in the Under Realm than in the Terran Realm… and in the Cosmic Realm, well, time SPRINTS. (The Order of Time, 2017)

Five years…a sketchbook of political drawings.

This cat’s name at the rescue centre was Deadpool.

‘The history of Greek tragedy is one of continuously recasting tales already known to the audience’ (Burian, 2006) i.e. 7 plays called Medea. And nobody worried about market saturation.

“It’s a soft target, isn’t it? If you close libraries, nobody dies – that’s what they think. But what’s happening is it’s society who suffers and people who suffer.” Says Michael Rosen theguardian.com/books/article/…

Just signed my speaker contract with Comic Con. Nerd level up 🙌

Me last night: googling ‘what happens in lightning strikes my tent’ for the third time this year. Aaand it’s Autumn.

Sunday teaching prep. 🔥

TONIGHT! everyone cross your fingers, and tune in, for our brilliant Michael Malay, whose award-winning LATE LIGHT is a finalist for the Wainwright too!

Congratulations Michael! What an incredible achievement! 🥳 🌱🥳

Happy book birthday Gabriel Dylan 🏄‍ ! 🥳

Off to London to celebrate the marvellously mythic Amy Jeffs and her epic (GIANT) new offering ‘Saints’… pic now in case I forget to take any more later ! 📚

Special shout outs to the AMAZING Nathanael Lessore and to Matt Goodfellow 🥳 such an incredible list of vibrant vital books 🥳

Will you look at this cover?! I have only read the first few chapters SO FAR but can tell you WOW ! This folkloric fable is creeping over my bones like mist on moors (which is both wonderful and terrifying…). The biggest of congratulations my witchy friend ❤️ Solaris Books

24th September and WHAT a line up! 🙌

I went to a talk by Dani at Creative Writing at the University of Bristol Writers Day and have plugged that understanding straight into Book 2. Highly recommend catching if you can! 📚👇