Just back from visiting this fella and his family in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. It was research for a new project but also one of the most extraordinary (and exhausting) experiences. This is Rwamutwe, a mountain gorilla silverback of Nkuringo.

Luke Thompson will be at Falmouth Bookseller on 2nd October to discuss Domadomadoma-Blumblumblum: Conversations with Other Animals. Expect everything from Francis of Assisi and King Solomon to pet psychics and a talking mongoose. Should be fun! Tickets: falmouth-bookseller.co.uk/luke-thompson/

LUKE THOMPSON AT THE NORTH CORNWALL BOOK FESTIVAL 🦩 Poet, academic & cultural historian Luke Thompson is joined by fellow animal-lover, Tiffany Murray. 📆 28 Sep, 5.30pm 🎟️ £10 📍 St Endellion PL29 3TP 🔗endelienta.org.uk/whats-on/luke-…

Yes! Come and say hello North Cornwall Book Festival. I'll be talking about talking animals following the release of Domadomadoma-Blumblumblum: Conversations with Other Animals (Ortac Press). Looking forward to chatting to Tiffany Murray, whose My Family and Other Rock Stars was just released.

Come and talk to the animals with Luke Thompson at North Cornwall Book Festival in Sept!

Domadomadoma-Blumblumblum: Conversations with Other Animals by Luke Thompson Out in 1 month! Order from: ortacpress.com/product-page/d… 'Sparkling, clever, kind, playful and profound: an urgently important meditation on the accessibility of other minds and worlds' - Charles Foster

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 @donyatodd'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.