Just bought a house, heavens a-fucking-bove x

Got my finger on it :) Mary O'Hara you've written a blinder! Thanks for trusting me to write the foreword, hope to see you at the party x

UNDERCURRENT - my Nero Book Awards shortlisted memoir about growing up in rural poverty in #Cornwall, has been selected as one of Waterstones perfect paperbacks for Autumn AND it's a bloody bargain at £8.49 Order Here folks: waterstones.com/book/undercurr…

#NeroBookAwards 2023 shortlisted non-fiction book, Undercurrent by Natasha Carthew Divided into four sections, each named for one of the elements, Natasha's memoir about growing up in rural poverty combines nature writing with social analysis, the personal with the political

Loads of folk aren't sure what Socialism is let me spell it out it's love & generosity & empathy & solidarity with those who face hardship it's standing by fellow workers & standing up to capitalist fuckers it's sharing your last few quid with someone homeless it's us, together x

Great news to end the week on - Amazon have finally listened to my nagging to lower the price of UNDERCURRENT so that it's more accessible to folk who are cash strapped, so watch out for their 99p kindle deal for September, you're gonna love it! x

LOVE this from our fellow #WorkingClass buddy Conrad_Murray spot on AND definitely worth a follow ✊🏾x

🚨BREAKING: court rules South Korea climate law violates the rights of future generations. 12-year-old plaintiff Han Jeah: “Just as we have come together to fight for a better future amid the climate crisis, I hope more people will join us moving forward.” Who's with her? 🙋

Closing libraries is cultural vandalism, for every kid heading back to School this week, they are warmth & understanding, homework clubs & downtime books & a safe place with WiFi when they live in digital poverty, one thing I'd ask The Labour Party is to #SupportLibraries in policy, now

The privatised water industry is trying every trick in the book to delay their inevitable downfall. They're inflating the cost of renationalisation. They're bullying Ofwat. Public ownership is the way forward. Everything else is water down the drain. ft.com/content/8ee5d4…

Coming to Stroud this November - tickets on sale Friday! 🎟️

A fantastic effort by tree protectors in Cowfold yesterday, in protecting their much-loved village green centennial oak tree ‘Oakley’. Faced with the ‘owner’ of the tree (Cowfold Parish Council) capitulating to the demands of an insurer to fell the tree due to alleged subsidence

This is fantastic news. This will be another real showpiece of how nature can be restored across the UK and a great example of what should be happening in our national parks - do you agree Campaign for National Parks George Monbiot Lee Schofield Guy Shrubsole Rewilding Britain?

Stoked to have been asked to bring the #UndercurrentBookTour to this iconic festival in November - loads of great events to choose from too, get booking folks x Hodder & Stoughton Coronet Blake Friedmann Literary Agency

EXCL: Cabinet ministers have grave concerns about Rachel Reeves’s plan to axe winter fuel allowance for all but poorest pensioners - ⁦Eleni Courea⁩ ⁦Jessica Elgot⁩ & I reveal 👇🏼 theguardian.com/politics/artic…

Such a pleasure to share these wonderful books on wood, trees and forests for the Big Issue bigissue.com/culture/books/…

We're back on Instagram folks - follow classnatureprize for news of our 2025 prize, coming soon ✊x

I've a sense that we #WorkingClass are losing the space to speak about our experiences, I fear cus social media is dumbing down we're losing free connectability, especially in publishing where editors & agents are slipping behind closed doors, only accessible to those in the know

5 years ago, after being pissed off that I wasn't seeing any #WorkingClass Writers alongside me on-stage, I famously suggested that we needed a festival of our own, soon after ClassFestival was born, it was fucking ace, publishing took notice for a bit, but we defo need it again