Verbatim announcement on my train to Manchester: “Sorry for the bovine incursion. We’ve got one brown one and one white one….The brown one is staring down the train in a game of chicken. I’ll let you know as soon as we get them cleared or if they start working for network rail”

Such brilliant news. And hey, while we're here, happy soon-to-be-pub day to Irenosen Okojie, whose #Curandera (out tomorrow with Dialogue Publishing) is going to make my weekend ☀️☀️☀️☀️

Our Baillie Gifford boycotts aren’t about tearing down the arts – they’re about building them up. Sustainable, ethical sources of funding are not an outlandish ask – and possibilities are already emerging. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

‘When it comes to public funding, austerity has always been a political choice. To take one example: abandoning HS2 at the drawing board would have freed up enough money to cover every single one of Arts Council England’s National Portfolio Organisations for the next 140 years.’

Resistance is a muscle that must be exercised regularly or it risks being weakened over time by forces who are pushing conformity to injustice.

Looking forward to this

Sing it

"The ruling offers a profound challenge to governments, including the UK and US, that had for years soft-pedalled on Israel’s occupation policies" theguardian.com/law/article/20…

don’t pretend to be surprised. this country spent the last ten months propping up its cowardly geopolitical alliances by pumping out propaganda about how Muslim lives are at worst monstrous and at best worth less than a dog’s. this is what’s been silently sanctioned

That Harry Potter lady being the vagina police is so strange. Just enjoy your money and let everyone else enjoy what money can’t buy…..the calm clarity of not obsessing over other people’s genitalia.

In case anyone else could use something short and delightful I swear by almighty river: an ancient practice is making a comeback in Britain's courts | Tim Adams theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Yesterday, on the BBC, the hourly roundup said they were "expressing their anger at rising levels of immigration", and while the actual protestors could be called "anti-racists", the actual racists were never & won't be named as such. FFS Britain I can't deal with you today

Huddle up people. That includes you Goodreads reviewers. This is what marginalized voices have to deal with. I’m not bothered if someone doesn’t like the book, but look at the way people are reviewing. 1st, what is “it”? 2nd, telling the story of Natives?

Translation opens windows to the world beyond us, and as we celebrate 40 years of the magazine, we hope this new direction in our Writer-in-Residence programme is a step further to solidifying our mission of nurturing & platforming writing across worlds. Welcome Sawad Hussain✨

Super thankful to ELLE Magazine (US) for including Fire Exit in their line up of Best Books of the Year! elle.com/culture/books/…

We're kicking off our autumn events programme this Thursday with a real humdinger-Irenosen Okojie will be discussing her stunning new novel, Curandera, with Madhu Krishnan (she/her). Step this way to nab one of the last few tickets: gloucesterroadbooks.com/events/#okojie

When Narrative Magazine invited me to introduce an emerging writer, one with grace, brilliance, humility, and a good person, I didn't need to think and said, "Lily Philpotp," whom I mentored at IAIA MFA in Creative Writing. Please meet Lily and her stunning work! ❤️ narrativemagazine.com/issues/fall-20…

Canadian police killed six people in eleven days. All 6 were First Nations. Today, I asked the Speaker for an emergency debate in the House of Commons so we can discuss immediate measures to save Indigenous lives, today. I thank him for agreeing! #canpoli

This brings the total to 7 Indigenous People who’ve been killed by police or in this case while in custody since August 29. That’s 7 Indigenous people dead in 19 days via Canadian policing system.

There are many reasons why Indigenous People in Canada are more likely to experience police violence: the historical context such as colonialism; reserve system; the Pass System; RCMP assisting in removing children from their families to attend Indian residential schools; the 60s