Kerry Andrew
@drkerryandrew.bsky.social
Author & Musician (they/them)
3rd novel WE ARE TOGETHER BECAUSE @AtlanticBooks | You Are Wolf (folk)
| Edinburgh Short Story Award 2024 winner | 4 British Composer Awards | linktr.ee/kerry.andrew 🌈 🦊
3rd novel WE ARE TOGETHER BECAUSE @AtlanticBooks | You Are Wolf (folk)
| Edinburgh Short Story Award 2024 winner | 4 British Composer Awards | linktr.ee/kerry.andrew 🌈 🦊
An island of community. An island of interconnectedness. An island of home.
It was nice to be on telly this morning - CBBC reran the BBC Ten Pieces episode on 'Home', starting with my piece No Place Like. Look at that pink hair!
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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It was nice to be on telly this morning - CBBC reran the BBC Ten Pieces episode on 'Home', starting with my piece No Place Like. Look at that pink hair!
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
(1/2)
May 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
An island of community. An island of interconnectedness. An island of home.
It was nice to be on telly this morning - CBBC reran the BBC Ten Pieces episode on 'Home', starting with my piece No Place Like. Look at that pink hair!
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
(1/2)
It was nice to be on telly this morning - CBBC reran the BBC Ten Pieces episode on 'Home', starting with my piece No Place Like. Look at that pink hair!
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
(1/2)
BIGGEST PERFORMANCE EVER! Last night, 1200 kids from Camden Music performed my 'No Place Like' @royalalberthall.bsky.social. I'd worked with schools to compose new sounds, incl. 'this bus is on a diversion' & Arsenal's' North London forever...' song. Watch at 58 mins: www.youtube.com/live/FHtnedm...
May 1, 2025 at 10:32 AM
BIGGEST PERFORMANCE EVER! Last night, 1200 kids from Camden Music performed my 'No Place Like' @royalalberthall.bsky.social. I'd worked with schools to compose new sounds, incl. 'this bus is on a diversion' & Arsenal's' North London forever...' song. Watch at 58 mins: www.youtube.com/live/FHtnedm...
Thank you so much to my fellow musician-author Claire Kohda for her words on the book! And you must all read her novel 'Woman, Eating', which has the thrilling premise of a protagonist juggling the twin nightmares of being a struggling artist and a vampire... it's ACE.
April 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Thank you so much to my fellow musician-author Claire Kohda for her words on the book! And you must all read her novel 'Woman, Eating', which has the thrilling premise of a protagonist juggling the twin nightmares of being a struggling artist and a vampire... it's ACE.
'Keep Fighting Evil & Read More Books' is the motto @booksellercrow.bsky.social ... amen to that.
Enjoying popping into South London bookshops to sign books! Lovely to see We Are Together Because in the window in Crystal Palace & in your face @claphambooks.bsky.social ±! Thanks Jonathan & Roy!
Enjoying popping into South London bookshops to sign books! Lovely to see We Are Together Because in the window in Crystal Palace & in your face @claphambooks.bsky.social ±! Thanks Jonathan & Roy!
April 21, 2025 at 11:34 AM
'Keep Fighting Evil & Read More Books' is the motto @booksellercrow.bsky.social ... amen to that.
Enjoying popping into South London bookshops to sign books! Lovely to see We Are Together Because in the window in Crystal Palace & in your face @claphambooks.bsky.social ±! Thanks Jonathan & Roy!
Enjoying popping into South London bookshops to sign books! Lovely to see We Are Together Because in the window in Crystal Palace & in your face @claphambooks.bsky.social ±! Thanks Jonathan & Roy!
Delighted to pop into my old local, @hernehillbooks.bsky.social to sign a window copy of the paperback of #WeAreTogetherBecause! In a time of increasing, depressing narrowness of thought, they're places to expand one's views. I've learnt so much about the world from buying books in this very shop.
April 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Delighted to pop into my old local, @hernehillbooks.bsky.social to sign a window copy of the paperback of #WeAreTogetherBecause! In a time of increasing, depressing narrowness of thought, they're places to expand one's views. I've learnt so much about the world from buying books in this very shop.
Lovely to visit @bookcornerhx.bsky.social to sign their stock of #WeAreTogetherBecause & see it in such fine company (see 2nd pic)! Thank you to Sarah and Georgie for being so welcoming :) It's an awesome indie bookshop with a fine collection of local authors/interest, lit fic, children's books etc
April 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Lovely to visit @bookcornerhx.bsky.social to sign their stock of #WeAreTogetherBecause & see it in such fine company (see 2nd pic)! Thank you to Sarah and Georgie for being so welcoming :) It's an awesome indie bookshop with a fine collection of local authors/interest, lit fic, children's books etc
It's HERE, it's (a bit) QUEER, it's bringing in the FEAR...
Loving this @atlanticbooks trailer for the paperback of #WeAreTogetherBecause which is out NOW! Check it out here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/we-a...
Loving this @atlanticbooks trailer for the paperback of #WeAreTogetherBecause which is out NOW! Check it out here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/we-a...
April 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
It's HERE, it's (a bit) QUEER, it's bringing in the FEAR...
Loving this @atlanticbooks trailer for the paperback of #WeAreTogetherBecause which is out NOW! Check it out here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/we-a...
Loving this @atlanticbooks trailer for the paperback of #WeAreTogetherBecause which is out NOW! Check it out here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/we-a...
Meta stole my novels from a piracy site along with millions of other works to train its AI. This is illegal. UK authors on average earn £7k a year (I earn less) for their work. Meta is worth trillions.
Lisa Nandy and Chris Bryant, please protect your workforce. #dothewritething #metabookthieves
Lisa Nandy and Chris Bryant, please protect your workforce. #dothewritething #metabookthieves
April 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Meta stole my novels from a piracy site along with millions of other works to train its AI. This is illegal. UK authors on average earn £7k a year (I earn less) for their work. Meta is worth trillions.
Lisa Nandy and Chris Bryant, please protect your workforce. #dothewritething #metabookthieves
Lisa Nandy and Chris Bryant, please protect your workforce. #dothewritething #metabookthieves
PPS There is a T-shirt giveaway over on my Instagram!!! www.instagram.com/p/DH3w37YtRW... (4/4)
April 3, 2025 at 10:21 AM
PPS There is a T-shirt giveaway over on my Instagram!!! www.instagram.com/p/DH3w37YtRW... (4/4)
I MASSIVELY appreciate any support for #WeAreTogetherBecause: buying it from your local indie or bookshop.org (other outlets are available), listening to the audiobook (read by MEEEE), renting it from your library, posting about it if you've enjoyed it, reviewing it online etc ❤️💙💛💚💜 (3/4)
April 3, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I MASSIVELY appreciate any support for #WeAreTogetherBecause: buying it from your local indie or bookshop.org (other outlets are available), listening to the audiobook (read by MEEEE), renting it from your library, posting about it if you've enjoyed it, reviewing it online etc ❤️💙💛💚💜 (3/4)
It's a strange day for this to come out - today authors are protesting against Meta for the daylight robbery of stealing our work (millions of works, including this book) to train their AI without permission or payment. I ask for your help in supporting the protests against Meta. (2/4)
April 3, 2025 at 10:21 AM
It's a strange day for this to come out - today authors are protesting against Meta for the daylight robbery of stealing our work (millions of works, including this book) to train their AI without permission or payment. I ask for your help in supporting the protests against Meta. (2/4)
PUBLICATION DAY! V proud of my little book, now out in paperback @atlanticbooks.bsky.social. The apocalyptic elements of it were written after I had gone down with #CFS, my own private apocalypse. Everything I experienced greatly influenced the inner lives of Luke, Connor, Thea and Violet. (1/4)
April 3, 2025 at 10:21 AM
PUBLICATION DAY! V proud of my little book, now out in paperback @atlanticbooks.bsky.social. The apocalyptic elements of it were written after I had gone down with #CFS, my own private apocalypse. Everything I experienced greatly influenced the inner lives of Luke, Connor, Thea and Violet. (1/4)
First sighting of #WeAreTogetherBecause in the wild! Thanks to The Bookery, Crediton for putting my third novel out on display next to my fave book of 2024, Clear by Carys Davies.
Send me pics if you see it about, especially in your local indie bookshops! It gives me a burst of joy to see it.
Send me pics if you see it about, especially in your local indie bookshops! It gives me a burst of joy to see it.
April 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
First sighting of #WeAreTogetherBecause in the wild! Thanks to The Bookery, Crediton for putting my third novel out on display next to my fave book of 2024, Clear by Carys Davies.
Send me pics if you see it about, especially in your local indie bookshops! It gives me a burst of joy to see it.
Send me pics if you see it about, especially in your local indie bookshops! It gives me a burst of joy to see it.
SUNSHINE!
My husband @andrewfurlow.bsky.social suggested I set my 3rd novel somewhere sunny, as he SELFISHLY wanted to come with me for the next research trip. The South of France it was! The rest just followed, really...
PS check my accidental wardrobe-book co-ord!
My husband @andrewfurlow.bsky.social suggested I set my 3rd novel somewhere sunny, as he SELFISHLY wanted to come with me for the next research trip. The South of France it was! The rest just followed, really...
PS check my accidental wardrobe-book co-ord!
April 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
SUNSHINE!
My husband @andrewfurlow.bsky.social suggested I set my 3rd novel somewhere sunny, as he SELFISHLY wanted to come with me for the next research trip. The South of France it was! The rest just followed, really...
PS check my accidental wardrobe-book co-ord!
My husband @andrewfurlow.bsky.social suggested I set my 3rd novel somewhere sunny, as he SELFISHLY wanted to come with me for the next research trip. The South of France it was! The rest just followed, really...
PS check my accidental wardrobe-book co-ord!
There's a fun book-related giveaway over on my Insta! www.instagram.com/p/DH3w37YtRW...
March 31, 2025 at 5:01 PM
There's a fun book-related giveaway over on my Insta! www.instagram.com/p/DH3w37YtRW...
Had such a lovely time at Collage Club in Todmorden... so good to be able to get back to making when things feel encroached upon in my writing... (Meta/AI, I'm looking at you.) Who are we creatives if we use AI to shortcut our making?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
March 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Had such a lovely time at Collage Club in Todmorden... so good to be able to get back to making when things feel encroached upon in my writing... (Meta/AI, I'm looking at you.) Who are we creatives if we use AI to shortcut our making?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
YES YES Y'ALL!
The paperback of my third novel, #WeAreTogetherBecause, has dropped on my doorstep, and happily I was wearing an inadvertently matching outfit! You can pre-order it online at uk.bookshop.org/.../we-are-t.... and others. Out April 3rd.
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/we-a...
The paperback of my third novel, #WeAreTogetherBecause, has dropped on my doorstep, and happily I was wearing an inadvertently matching outfit! You can pre-order it online at uk.bookshop.org/.../we-are-t.... and others. Out April 3rd.
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/we-a...
March 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
YES YES Y'ALL!
The paperback of my third novel, #WeAreTogetherBecause, has dropped on my doorstep, and happily I was wearing an inadvertently matching outfit! You can pre-order it online at uk.bookshop.org/.../we-are-t.... and others. Out April 3rd.
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/we-a...
The paperback of my third novel, #WeAreTogetherBecause, has dropped on my doorstep, and happily I was wearing an inadvertently matching outfit! You can pre-order it online at uk.bookshop.org/.../we-are-t.... and others. Out April 3rd.
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/we-a...
My novels, along with the writing of thousands of authors has been stolen by Meta to train AI. Pirated. This is against UK intellectual property/copyright law, but we know how much the UK government wants to deregulate AI. I feel hollow. It is hard to stay motivated sometimes. Actions: (thread 1/3)
March 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
My novels, along with the writing of thousands of authors has been stolen by Meta to train AI. Pirated. This is against UK intellectual property/copyright law, but we know how much the UK government wants to deregulate AI. I feel hollow. It is hard to stay motivated sometimes. Actions: (thread 1/3)
Really lovely time had at @royalholloway.bsky.social yesterday, with a lunchtime concert of my vocal/choral works in the splendid surrounds of the Chapel, plus a Q&A with students! My first ever composer spotlight! Thank you to Nathan James Dearden & co for having me ❤️
March 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Really lovely time had at @royalholloway.bsky.social yesterday, with a lunchtime concert of my vocal/choral works in the splendid surrounds of the Chapel, plus a Q&A with students! My first ever composer spotlight! Thank you to Nathan James Dearden & co for having me ❤️
Happy #BandcampFriday! Today Bandcamp waive their fees so the artist gets all music sales.
So, for YOU: if you buy any physical CD of my albums today (except for Keld which is sold out), I'll send you my EP 'Hunting Little Songs' for free!
youarewolf.bandcamp.com
So, for YOU: if you buy any physical CD of my albums today (except for Keld which is sold out), I'll send you my EP 'Hunting Little Songs' for free!
youarewolf.bandcamp.com
March 7, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Happy #BandcampFriday! Today Bandcamp waive their fees so the artist gets all music sales.
So, for YOU: if you buy any physical CD of my albums today (except for Keld which is sold out), I'll send you my EP 'Hunting Little Songs' for free!
youarewolf.bandcamp.com
So, for YOU: if you buy any physical CD of my albums today (except for Keld which is sold out), I'll send you my EP 'Hunting Little Songs' for free!
youarewolf.bandcamp.com
Big thank you to awesome library audiobook app Borrowbox for including my novel SKIN in its list of 12 books for LGBTQ+ History Month! As read beautifully by @robynholdaway.bsky.social
#lgbtq #lgbtqia #queerbooks #queernovels #queerfiction #lgbtqhistorymonth
#lgbtq #lgbtqia #queerbooks #queernovels #queerfiction #lgbtqhistorymonth
February 24, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Big thank you to awesome library audiobook app Borrowbox for including my novel SKIN in its list of 12 books for LGBTQ+ History Month! As read beautifully by @robynholdaway.bsky.social
#lgbtq #lgbtqia #queerbooks #queernovels #queerfiction #lgbtqhistorymonth
#lgbtq #lgbtqia #queerbooks #queernovels #queerfiction #lgbtqhistorymonth
COVER REVEAL! Here's the new look for the paperback of We Are Together Because, published on April 3rd @atlanticbooks.bsky.social ! You can pre-order here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/we-a...
February 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
COVER REVEAL! Here's the new look for the paperback of We Are Together Because, published on April 3rd @atlanticbooks.bsky.social ! You can pre-order here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/we-a...
Peak television. The canal boat sequence! The best villain in TV history! ANTON DECK! #wallaceandgromit #christmastelly #christmastv
December 26, 2024 at 12:03 PM
Peak television. The canal boat sequence! The best villain in TV history! ANTON DECK! #wallaceandgromit #christmastelly #christmastv
'perfectly paced and beautifully written... a magnificent novel by a terrific writer, and is my New European fiction book of the year.' 🙏🙏 🙏 to @charlieconnelly.bsky.social & @theneweuropean.bsky.social for choosing my We Are Together Because as their best of 2024 – what an accolade!
December 18, 2024 at 9:45 AM
'perfectly paced and beautifully written... a magnificent novel by a terrific writer, and is my New European fiction book of the year.' 🙏🙏 🙏 to @charlieconnelly.bsky.social & @theneweuropean.bsky.social for choosing my We Are Together Because as their best of 2024 – what an accolade!
Thanks so much to the QuietManDave Prize for giving me 3rd place in flash fiction! The standard was unbelievable (they have a flash non-fic prize too), 900 international entries. Read the shortlist here - Kate Carne's winning flash fiction is an absolute beaut:
www.mmu.ac.uk/sites/defaul...
www.mmu.ac.uk/sites/defaul...
December 16, 2024 at 2:34 PM
Thanks so much to the QuietManDave Prize for giving me 3rd place in flash fiction! The standard was unbelievable (they have a flash non-fic prize too), 900 international entries. Read the shortlist here - Kate Carne's winning flash fiction is an absolute beaut:
www.mmu.ac.uk/sites/defaul...
www.mmu.ac.uk/sites/defaul...