I could use a piece of paper as a toilet and it would still be better writing than all the episodes of Chicago P.D. combined

Things I didn't know I needed: Sue Perkins' and Susan Wokoma's blossoming friendship on Taskmaster series 16

The Scottish Parliament must retract its transphobic toilet rules The body that makes the rules for the Scottish Parliament has decided that trans people in Holyrood have to use the toilet that relates to their ”biological sex”. It’s humiliating, unworkable and lega...

I’ve written to the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament about their transphobic toilet guidance with @goodlawroject.bsky.social.

Join me and add your voice:
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I really need to work on this, the "starting-a-book slog" really kills me 😅

A view through a villa window of a rocky island outcrop and a body of water, and there is a young man in blue shorts standing looking out.

The amazing Sunstruck by William Rayfet Hunter is going to be released tomorrow!

It's one of the best books I've read and I'll keep saying it - if it isn't a classic in 50+ years it'll be a damn shame. @netgalley.bsky.social

My review is here:

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Waist Deep by Linea Maja Ernst — Finn O'Callaghan-Doyle Waist Deep by Linea Maja Ernst is a novel set to be published by Jonathan Cape on 8th May 2025. It has been translated from Danish by Sherilyn Nicolette Hellberg. The novel follows Sylvia, who, alon...

Linea Maja Ernst's amazing Waist Deep is out now, translated by Sherilyn Nicolette Hellberg

One of the most beautiful and relatable books I've ever read

My review is up on my blog:
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#waistdeep #lineamajaernst #netgalley #review #jonathancape

People hating on Selena Gomez for no good reason will never not piss me off

Everyday is April fools when you're attracted to men

Officially rejected from every lit mag/press I submitted poetry/short stories to at the end of last year 😞

Hopefully one of the ones from Jan-now will say yes 😅

Seeing "acab includes teachers" being pushed by online leftists is not something I had on my bingo card.

A Duolingo streak milestone. On an orange background, Duo, glowing orange, outlined in a yellow phoenix shape, next to the words "I'm on a 1000 day learning streak!" With the 1000 being much bigger than the other words

Alt text/Image description: the cover of the novel, a pale background with a green mountain shape rising from the bottom (containing the author's name) and a black mountain shape looming down from the top (with the title).

Due to some technical issues my review of Anthony Shapland's amazing A Room Above A Shop is slightly later than planned but now up on my blog.

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#netgalley #anthonyshapland #queerfiction #aroomaboveashop #granta #literaryfiction

A woman lies slumped in bed, clothed and wearing glasses that aren't on properly and a tiara, holding a TV remote

Anarcha feminist symbol with the text support your local trans feminist graffiti'd by jt

Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender—and please remember alt text 💞

Image description/alt text: the story's cover, features a pair of legs under a tall stack of boom boxes and tape players, almost as if it is all one coherent being or the person carrying them is obscured by them.

My review of Paul McVeigh's I Hear You is now on my blog.

It's my first review of an upcoming release so it's even more special.

I Hear You by Paul McVeigh is a short story collection which will be published on 3rd March by @saltpublishing.com

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Can't say I was expecting that to be the start of my birthday week but finally home, less an appendix

Rewatching Mona Lisa's Revenge (The Sarah Jane Adventures episode) and Surrane Jones really put her whole chest into making Mona Lisa camp and Northern

#doctorwho #sja #sarahjaneadventures #elisabethsladen #surannejones

A stack of books inc. Bitter Crop by Paul Alexander, Mrs. S by K. Patrick, Best Men by Sidney Larger, The Boyfriend Subscription by Steven Salvatore, Pole Position by Rebecca J. Caffery, Lucy Clarke's The Hike and Oisín McKenna's Evenings and Weekends

A stack of books by C.L. Taylor (The Accident, The Escape, The Missing, The Lie and The Fear) and one by Linwood Barclay (I Will Ruin You)

End of Jan book haul only a week late

(Bitter Crop was given to me by @canongate.co.uk as part of their Top Influencer Books of 2024)

There are few things that come across as more fake than the "thank you for giving us time with your piece, we really enjoyed reading it" in rejection letters, like just call me a slur and get it over with

Such a pleasure, it's such an amazing book! And thank YOU! Honestly can't remember the last time I felt so bowled over by a book. Just what I needed at the right time. New favourite author/gay icon? Absolutely 💛

Can't lie, it really gave me so many confidence boosts, too! Gaywise and authorwise 😅

Yet I didn't choose to reply to anyone who posted about enjoying the Gavin & Stacey episode with an arsey question. It's almost as if I'm allowed to not enjoy things and have an opinion on the writing of sitcoms I have loved since I was a child, as a viewer and as a writer myself.

Thank god for Outnumbered delivering an actually not terrible comeback

Anyway I'm obsessed and I hope that one day I find my Noah, and that my books might be on a shelf near Jack Strange's in the future.

Here's to Hay forever being gay ✨

A copy of Look Up, Handsome boy Jack Strange on my bookcase cardigan. the cover shows the main character Quinn (short with dark hair) standing with Noah (tall, blond, glasses) in the snowy street outside Quinn's shop. Noah leans against a lamppost and holds mistletoe above Quinn's head suggestively.

@jackstrangeauthor.bsky.social is an absolute legend and Look Up, Handsome is a must read for the festive season. I'll post a review soon but safe to say I loved it, it's every bit as gorgeous as Riccardo Bessa's cover.

Not me taking over from my dad as Grinch

In my opinion:
Doctor Who was meh (tho that's on Moffat as per - definitely not Ncuti)

Wallace & Gromit was dull af

Gavin & Stacey was crap (tho I'm not a fan of old people moaning they can't be bigots anymore, and "plots" of just old references)

Also thank god for Ncuti, Nicola and Steph de Whalley's (Anita) acting for making that worth it at all

Adding "wastes CGI money on a dinosaur for no reason" to Moffat's crappy writing bingo (see also Deep Breath)

😳😳👀👀

Was just told my music taste was "basic and white" by one of the whitest, most cisgender queer men I've ever encountered 🤣