Appalled at the treatment that Tilly has had from
@Waterstones
- she is a huge asset to bookselling and it’s ridiculous she’s lost her job over speaking out against a hateful bigot. I certainly hope an indie bookshop near Brighton snaps her up!
Hey
#BookTwitter
. I think you hopefully all know I generally try to keep this a positive space, but I can’t really put a positive spin on how I feel right now.
My heart is broken, and I’m so disappointed in a company who won’t forgive a single mistake like this.
The Telegraph published a review of my book saying it was one of the four best debut novels of 2023 - now it’s published an article which contains the claim trans people don’t make art. Well, a trans person wrote that book. So which is it,
@TheTelegraphUK
?
You don't publish that article
@TheTelegraphUK
. You simply don't. Saying that a minority is incapable of producing art is a disqualifying statement. That interview goes in the bin, and that person's further thoughts are not printed. It's beyond time for this demonisation to stop.
So important to resist the narrative that WW1 and 2 soldiers were exclusively white - here’s my grandfather and great-grandfather, both Black Scottish soldiers.
#LestWeForget2023
@Mia_Clack
@junesipariis
The Night Angel series by Brent Weeks has a character like this! He has to assume the role of the GodKing, and initially starts by just pretending to be ruthless and intending to reform everything, but it doesn’t go as smoothly as he hopes.
@AnAspidistra
@merlowto
@crosberg
@rebecca_eh
@Nicole_Cliffe
I got stuck in the metro with a group of classmates on a Paris trip. We were trying to get back to the hotel in time for our flight, but our tickets weren’t working and the staff wouldn’t help. An obviously very busy man heard us and held open a gate so we could all sneak thru!
@UhuruDraws
@Rene_BlazeWolf
It’s also literally thoughtless. The AI responds hi to inputs, but it doesn’t ‘think’ - any art it produces is not the result of careful consideration, ethical choices, or the joy of creation - it’s just spitting out content by input and algorithm. Existing prejudices 1/2
@SugarMaven
@mixbecca
@XiranJayZhao
“He’s a great husband and father it’s just I’ve asked him to consider pausing his daily 8-hour video game playing to change one nappy a week and he threw a fit and how can I adjust my expectations and support him to be better”
@shogan_whs
Some teachers at my school have a nameplate on their doors with their pronouns-I’m the only one with they/them. One boy asked me this week if that meant I was a lesbian. I said no, it means I’m nonbinary. He said “You’re nonbinary? Respect.” Wasn’t expecting that at all! 😂🤗
@CAKitchener
@IBJIYONGI
This is very similar to what happened to Savita Halappanavar in Ireland. Having a miscarriage, sepsis, yet doctors refused to perform a life saving abortion due to a purposely narrow and vague exemption clause.
@FermisSocks
@nonocake
@jordanbpeterson
Yes … the small period of time represented from the Venus of Willendorf (made est. 25,000 to 30,000 years ago) to The Three Graces, painted in 1635.
@deishunLeft
@TabitaSurge
Yep. The ones against trans people getting surgery are also, strangely, never bothered about surgery performed on intersex infants to make them appear the ‘right’ gender
@gryphonboy
@jeremymonline
@Scientits
Why would they be making this joke if they weren’t pointing out the issue of misinformation? Like, they wouldn’t need to make this joke if this wasn’t the situation.
@UhuruDraws
@Rene_BlazeWolf
will, as we see here, be replicated with no understanding of the harm these depictions could do - especially with regards to unconscious biases, such as the ones regarding disability and movement that Miyizaki highlights
@WritingBblUnvrs
@AITA_reddit
Exactly. My favourite phrase regarding this attitude is: 'If what your partner does is not a job, then you can do it in your free time. If it is a job, then they need a break.'
Okay Twitter, do your thing - I’d love to contact my old primary teacher Mrs Marzella. She told my mum when I was about 9 that she expected to be reading my novels when she was on her pension. Now that my debut will be out next month, I’d love to find her and send her a copy! 1/2
@GeekCliche
@_ElizabethMay
Jupiter Ascending is a gloriously hot mess of a film, but it makes 100% more sense and is 200% more realistic than Bee Movie 2: Oirish Boogaloo
*sigh* Okay, once more for the people at the back:
Sensitivity 👏🏻 readers 👏🏻 are 👏🏻 not 👏🏻 censorship 👏🏻 it’s 👏🏻 simply 👏🏻 consulting 👏🏻 an 👏🏻 expert 👏🏻 for 👏🏻 accuracy 👏🏻
Ian McEwan, a writer who has never worked with a sensitivity reader, holds forth on sensitivity readers, and shows no knowledge on the process or those involved. I’m an admirer of much of his work but, fucksake, these guys make it difficult for you.
@garydyke1
@Louis_Allday
Have had a lot of discussions about racism lately with some of my pupils, and I wouldn’t say so, no. I think there’s a lot of demonisation of young people today, but the vast majority of teenagers have a strong sense of justice and fairness+will articulate it given half a chance
I am SO CLOSE to the end of this draft, and I’m at that beautiful stage where stuff starts coming together and my brain makes connections I didn’t even know were there to be made. It’s times like this that writing feels like magic
@TeresaCity
@gregoceallaigh
@Sonic_Screwup
I was waiting for the bus home after a late Friday night shift at a restaurant, & sat on a nearby doorstep to rest my feet. A lovely but very drunk woman went past, then doubled back & tried to give me her half-eaten bag of chips (fries). I couldn’t understand why until later 😂
IT’S FINALLY HERE!
#Home
🏠 is out in the world today. I am so incredibly excited for the world to meet Zoe, Amy, Meg, and all the rest of the characters I’ve been thinking about since the idea first came to me all those years ago.
If you’d like a copy, links below!🧵
@mirandajewess
My sister and I found a Dutch phrasebook from the 1970s that had phrases like, “I need to see the doctor regarding an intimate complaint”, and “Excuse me, officer, this man is following me”
@kmarch67
@malorieblackman
I’m an English teacher and I have manga in my classroom library, and I am currently lobbying my dept to buy a set of Maus to teach. Some of us are on your side!
@mattcox15
@shogan_whs
Their initiative/knowledge! I haven’t asked them or changed my title on doors or emails etc, just some kids started doing it once they saw my sign 🤗 a couple have also asked me how I’d like to be addressed too. I was quite nervous initially but the kids are entirely unbothered😂
To celebrate
#Home
🏚️ hitting the fabled ✨100 reviews✨ on the river site, I’m going to do a
#giveaway
!
👉🏻 RT and follow for a chance to win a signed copy (U.K. & Ireland only)
📚Bonus - extra entry if you pop your favourite gif in the replies below!
@Boudicc88111628
@historyguy7292
Self-directed time to develop work, forward plan, and organise resources. Literally anything that isn’t endless meetings and pointless tasks and ‘breakout rooms’ 🤮
‘Mama, it’s your FACE’…showing wee one his maw in the newspaper is so joyful. Especially as I tell him every one is about how much I love him…also love this picture in the print
@ObsNewReview
So I inadvertently crowdfunded an entire classroom library, with the help of Twitter and
@Biggreenbooks
!
A particular thanks to the amazing
@illumicrate
, who sent all of these beauties!
If you are a white book reviewer who has read Babel and Yellowface and your takeaway is ‘wow could RF Kuang just stop banging on about race already’ then I’m sorry I just do not know what to say to you
@TragicSandwich
@TwoLemonades
@twittysuch
My 4 y/o was picking up sticks in the forest and throwing them, then paused, put his hands on his hips and said, “I’m awesome” to himself. I think about that moment a lot 😂❤️
It's a simple idea: We demand the govt scrap the energy price rises and deliver affordable energy for all. We will build a million pledges and by Oct 1st if the govt and energy companies fail to act we will cancel our direct debits. Read more here:
Genuinely shocked that the Society of Authors resolution to support a ceasefire in Gaza did not pass. Is this unending brutality really what writers in the U.K. stand for?
I was just idly wondering the other day what China Miéville was working on and I have to say ‘writing a book with Keanu Reeves’ was not on my bingo card
Coming soon from legendary actor Keanu Reeves and inimitable writer China Miéville, a genre-bending epic of ancient powers, modern war, and an outcast who cannot die... Pre-order THE BOOK OF ELSEWHERE here:
Aside from other wonderful things happening today, it is my second wedding anniversary so I have an excuse to retweet this pic of me living my best life 🙌🏻
I am going on a wee bookshop tour of Edinburgh today to sign copies of
#Home
🏠, and I have upgraded to first class on the train for the princely sum of £5. Feeling ver fancy 💅
It’s
#TransAwarenessWeek
! It’s a special one for me this year as I had my debut novel published, and I’m really proud of it; it’s about family, sisterhood, and finding your true home - and contains my favourite character EVER: Meg, a trans woman who has my whole heart 💕
Saw these shepherd’s huts for sale and currently indulging in a fantasy of kitting them out as mobile libraries to visit under serviced areas and schools without library provision - can someone fund me to do this please?!