It’s a double book autumn – one book I’ve written, and one I’ve edited, with events coming up for both!
Bad Language is now available to pre-order from Peninsula Press (UK) or Asterism Books (US/Can): it’s a memoir and manifesto about language, power, violence and resistance (and a little bit of magic). It’s the most intimate & radical book I’ve written and I can’t wait for it to be out in the world. You can read an extract looking at shibboleth, a word that tells us a lot about how power uses words against us, in the wonderful Wasafiri magazine.
Join us Weds 12 November, 6.30pm at Burley Fisher Books London to launch it (free, booking essential). I’ll also be at No Alibis Belfast as part of Outburst Queer Arts Festival on Tues 18 November, 6.15 pm (£5 or free access ticket, in conversation with Stacey Gregg) and Bookhaus Bristol on Weds 26 November (£7, in conversation with Noreen Masud), with more events lining up for 2026.
And The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K Le Guin is the second Le Guin collection I’ve co-edited with Sarah Shin for Silver Press – this is very different to Space Crone, collecting Le Guin’s wonderful hand-drawn maps with reflections, poems, interviews and recipes from contributors Federico Campagna, Theo Downes-Le Guin, Daniel Heath Justice, Bhanu Kapil, Canisia Lubrin, Una McCormack, David Naimon, Nisha Ramayya, Shoshone Collective, Standard Deviation, and Marilyn Strathern. The exhibition runs at the AA until 6 December.