Assembled. Filled with books. My heart is at peace.
Saturday. Waiting for two Billy bookcases to arrive from IKEA. More updates as they occur.
Patrick Ness
@patricknessbooks.bsky.social
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Author of Chaos Walking, Monster Calls, More Than this, Burn, Different For Boys. Won a couple Carnegies and an Olivier. Four wins away from an EGOT.
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There is nothing more passive aggressive than a washing machine that’s finished but hasn’t unlocked the door yet.
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Trump Always Chickens Out.
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Saturday. Waiting for two Billy bookcases to arrive from IKEA. More updates as they occur.
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Ack! I tagged the wrong Stephen Daly. The correct photographer is @thatstephendaly.bsky.social
New author headshot by @stephendaly.bsky.social
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Ack! Sorry man.
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THIS is more like it. Great work @jaseokundaye.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why I withdrew my book from an LGBTQ+ literary prize | Jason Okundaye
The Polari first book prize claims to promote trans rights and trans voices. But when I saw the longlist, I had to act, says Guardian writer Jason Okundaye
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I have to say, the full and wide support for the authors withdrawing from the Polari Prize has been wonderful. On the other side, it’s the same stale old six people who won’t stop screaming, yet who somehow always feature heavily in articles.
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New author headshot by @stephendaly.bsky.social
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Remember when Joanna Cherry MP and Rosie Duffield MP rolled their eyes in parliament when another MP read a letter from a trans constituent who’d considered suicide? What a crappy world TERFs have made for themselves. Cruel and empty.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
Gender-critical novelist urges writers to re-enter prize they boycotted and may ask judges not to shortlist his novella
