I truly can’t tell you how delighted I am that the first Lizards book has been shortlisted for the @carnegiemedals.bsky.social I love writing these books sooooooo much; they’re just pure joy for me. Plus Tim Miller’s hilarious illustrations, it’s just utter pleasure. Made my day.
Congratulations to all and especially #BranfordBoaseAward favourites @patricknessbooks.bsky.social @jprosewriter.bsky.social and Katya Balen 🎉
My beloved late father, serious as a heart attack, reading my little book about lizards.
Also, and I’m not being maudlin, but today is my dad’s birthday and exactly one year on from his funeral. This little book was the last book of mine he read, and one of the last pics I have of him. The deep seriousness is just our family Norwegian face. Love you, pop, and miss you.
I truly can’t tell you how delighted I am that the first Lizards book has been shortlisted for the @carnegiemedals.bsky.social I love writing these books sooooooo much; they’re just pure joy for me. Plus Tim Miller’s hilarious illustrations, it’s just utter pleasure. Made my day.
CONGRATULATIONS to our @carnegiemedals.bsky.social shortlisted author and illustrators! We are so proud 🎉
Baljinder Kaur, for The Sleeper Train by Mick Jackson
Linh Dao, for The Endless Sea by Chi Thai
@patricknessbooks.bsky.social, for Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody, illustrated by Tim Miller
My little lizard weirdos are shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal! I’m so happy I can’t even say. I LOVE writing these books and having Tim Miller illustrate them. Just pleased as proverbial punch!
I generally assume that political parties know what their constituencies think better than the rest of us do: they spend so much money on polling and focus groups.
But I would be *amazed* if they understood how viscerally they are loathed by young progressives for pushing trans people under a bus.
I agree. At no point has the word “clever” ever been applicable to this government.
A predilection for wang.
Whilst very very groggy this morning, I described myself as “groggy as a froggy”. I will now diminish and go into the west.
My internet this week has been half apocalypse, half whatever it is Harry Styles thought he was doing on the Brits. At least we’ve moved on from Heated Rivalry, I guess.
In every Republican presidency of my lifetime there's been a recession and a new war in the Middle East.
If you were impressed by the amazing Iman on drag race this weekend, think on this: she’s 70. The idea that beauty has an age limit is an obscenity, but we all knew that.
Because a parent’s homophobic discomfort is more important than letting a gay child out of their lonely closet.
Honestly fair fucks to Vittorio Angelone for calling out Penny Mordaunt on Last Leg
So. Many. People. I mean, good for him. Always does my heart good to see that many folks for books. Take that, Timothee Chalamet!
Don’t get me wrong. Couldn’t be happier with my career and my readers; I’m a very very lucky man. That guy is off the charts popular.
So I signed at a table next to the Dungeon Crawler Carl guy at Comic Con. If your ego ever needs a check, that’s a good one.
The @seattleopera.bsky.social is legit offering a discount for seats to Carmen this weekend. Discount code is TIMOTHEE.
I love my hometown.
I remember doing school events and students would ask if I’d ever met anyone famous. I’d say, “Like who?” And they’d all yell “Malorie Blackman!!” I’d say yes and was cool for the rest of the day.
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I always forget how obedient Seattle is to walk/don’t walk signals.
Gurlllll…..
He turned out to be a dastardly ambulance driver/jewel thief. As you do.
A baby Pedro Pascal in a million year old episode of CSI
Look at wee baby Pedro Pascal approximately a thousand years ago on CSI.
Killing characters right and left. Hoping they’ll be some left over for book three.
The first book in this was really good.
Female athletes must pay £185 to prove their sex Matt Lawton - Chief Sports Correspondent British female track and field athletes are being asked to pay £185 for a sex test if they want to compete internationally. World Athletics requires all athletes to take an SRY gene test before competing in the female category at major championships and Diamond League events to guarantee fair competition by excluding trans and DSD (differences of sex development) competitors. Before the World Championships in Tokyo last September, World Athletics gave $100 per test for the thousand or so female athletes needing one. More money will be provided by the international federation for this year’s World Junior Championships. But British women have been advised by UK Athletics (UKA) to pay for the test themselves, urging them to have the cheek swab, which indicates the presence of a Y chromosome, “as soon as possible to avoid delays around selection”. However, some women have complained it is unfair when the test is not required for men. UKA has a hardship fund to pay for the test and will assess requests on a case-by-case basis. But the situation is symptomatic of a national federation already facing financial challenges, made worse by UK Sport cutting its funding for this Olympic cycle. While almost £32 million was given to the relatively niche sports that won five medals at last month’s Winter Olympics, athletics has had its funding cut from £22.18 million to £20.45 million despite winning ten medals in 2024. It was only last year UKA returned to some form of financial stability, posting a profit of £107,588. But it is now facing a big fine after admitting corporate manslaughter over the death of Abdullah Hayayei, who died in 2017 after a metal cage fell on him while he was training for the World Para Athletics Championships in London.
"Feminism" [Times]
On a roller coaster!
I’ve been waiting for “Colleen Hoover Land” at theme parks.
