Ian Collings
@bookamatic.bsky.social
running | reading | ‘rithmetic
Autistic & ADHD (Inattentive)
Supports Ipswich Town F. C.
Dw i’n dysgu Cymraeg 🏴
Autistic & ADHD (Inattentive)
Supports Ipswich Town F. C.
Dw i’n dysgu Cymraeg 🏴
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Ian Collings
@bookamatic.bsky.social
· Nov 29
a man with a beard and a hat looks at the camera
Alt: Gandalf the Grey is nodding along to unheard music, suggesting that he’s down with the kids in the Shire
media.tenor.com
🎵We’ve got super Ian McKellern,
He knows exactly what we need,
Viggo at the back,
Elijah in attack,
And now we’re going burn the f**king Ring 🎵
#Fellowship #ITFC
He knows exactly what we need,
Viggo at the back,
Elijah in attack,
And now we’re going burn the f**king Ring 🎵
#Fellowship #ITFC
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My cartoon for this week’s New Scientist.
p.s. I have a new book of science cartoons: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
p.s. I have a new book of science cartoons: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
November 30, 2025 at 11:40 AM
My cartoon for this week’s New Scientist.
p.s. I have a new book of science cartoons: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
p.s. I have a new book of science cartoons: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
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November 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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There are now only FOUR signed first edition hardbacks of Everything Will Swallow You left at Blackwell's, in case anyone wants to snap one of them up, with free delivery:
blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Blackwell's will of course continue to stock non-signed copies after this.
blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Blackwell's will of course continue to stock non-signed copies after this.
Everything Will Swallow You
Have you ever been curious about how people live when nobody is watching? Have you wondered whether there's more going on than meets the eye? Eric and Carl live
blackwells.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 7:51 AM
There are now only FOUR signed first edition hardbacks of Everything Will Swallow You left at Blackwell's, in case anyone wants to snap one of them up, with free delivery:
blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Blackwell's will of course continue to stock non-signed copies after this.
blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Blackwell's will of course continue to stock non-signed copies after this.
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In case anyone happens to be in or near Derby today I'll be at the Well-Dressed event at the Quad, chatting about Everything Will Swallow You at 6pm, then DJing some massively danceable psych-soul bangers from 8pm-9pm.
www.derbyquad.co.uk/events/darkp...
www.derbyquad.co.uk/events/darkp...
November 29, 2025 at 9:29 AM
In case anyone happens to be in or near Derby today I'll be at the Well-Dressed event at the Quad, chatting about Everything Will Swallow You at 6pm, then DJing some massively danceable psych-soul bangers from 8pm-9pm.
www.derbyquad.co.uk/events/darkp...
www.derbyquad.co.uk/events/darkp...
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Aw the teams, players and goals on a range of merch. Help Scottish small business and buy from www.fitbatweets.com this Christmas.
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Aw the teams, players and goals on a range of merch. Help Scottish small business and buy from www.fitbatweets.com this Christmas.
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Black Friday reminder: You can support independent bookstores and get great deals without lining the pockets of billionaires 😌
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Black Friday reminder: You can support independent bookstores and get great deals without lining the pockets of billionaires 😌
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#Rewilding One of the cartoons in my new book 'Physics for Cats'. Available now in good bookshops an online nowwww.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
November 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
#Rewilding One of the cartoons in my new book 'Physics for Cats'. Available now in good bookshops an online nowwww.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
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Fuck it, Black Friday weekend sale, 20% off everything on HappyToast.co.uk even the original artwork.
HappyToast ★ art, animation, nonsense and stuff
One guy who does drawings and photoshops and animations and writes funny stuff
HappyToast.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Fuck it, Black Friday weekend sale, 20% off everything on HappyToast.co.uk even the original artwork.
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Communities need used-book shops.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Communities need used-book shops.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
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I understand some of you with proper jobs have your payday today. *smiles at you for too long* marswasrubbish.etsy.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I understand some of you with proper jobs have your payday today. *smiles at you for too long* marswasrubbish.etsy.com
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Quick note to anyone thinking of buying my books: please purchase the new Swift Press versions, NOT the relatively small number of Unbound versions still knocking about, & being sold by OOINYA. Unbound stopped paying me for my work early in 2024 and I will never see a penny for these books.
November 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Quick note to anyone thinking of buying my books: please purchase the new Swift Press versions, NOT the relatively small number of Unbound versions still knocking about, & being sold by OOINYA. Unbound stopped paying me for my work early in 2024 and I will never see a penny for these books.
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Tom's been utterly shafted by Unbound *and* by Substack. Please consider buying one of his excellent books and you can get a gorgeous print too. (Buying a book is the key bit here.)
Please PLEASE read this properly. I cannot have you send back the book to me because you didn’t accurately read the information and just wanted a print: a book I can’t resell because I personalised it to you.
Why would I just give away my mum’s prints for free for no reason?
Contd…
Why would I just give away my mum’s prints for free for no reason?
Contd…
Newsflash for those in the UK: I have the most BRILLIANT selection of my mum's original art to give away, with a handful of signed hardbacks of this.
Cover price plus p&p (art is entirely free).
Please email your address to [email protected] if you'd like to grab them before they're gone.
Cover price plus p&p (art is entirely free).
Please email your address to [email protected] if you'd like to grab them before they're gone.
November 28, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Tom's been utterly shafted by Unbound *and* by Substack. Please consider buying one of his excellent books and you can get a gorgeous print too. (Buying a book is the key bit here.)
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in this week's newsletter! I finally wrote about what happens to your brain when five of your people die in the space of two years :) youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/two-thousa...
November 28, 2025 at 10:12 AM
in this week's newsletter! I finally wrote about what happens to your brain when five of your people die in the space of two years :) youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/two-thousa...
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I only ever try to sell my wares once a year because it takes me 12 months to get over my shame of asking.
If t-shirts & calendars aren't your thing, please consider a donation to either of the 2 charities I support at this time of year.
Links in replies.
Thank you.
www.redbubble.com/people/capta...
If t-shirts & calendars aren't your thing, please consider a donation to either of the 2 charities I support at this time of year.
Links in replies.
Thank you.
www.redbubble.com/people/capta...
Captain Howdy Shop | Redbubble
Captain Howdy is an independent artist creating amazing designs for great products such as t-shirts, stickers, posters, and phone cases.
www.redbubble.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I only ever try to sell my wares once a year because it takes me 12 months to get over my shame of asking.
If t-shirts & calendars aren't your thing, please consider a donation to either of the 2 charities I support at this time of year.
Links in replies.
Thank you.
www.redbubble.com/people/capta...
If t-shirts & calendars aren't your thing, please consider a donation to either of the 2 charities I support at this time of year.
Links in replies.
Thank you.
www.redbubble.com/people/capta...
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I'm not doing Black Friday discounts this year.
It’s just me in my Manchester studio. I can't compete with big brands slashing prices.
Every purchase keeps my tiny business going.
Shop independent this Christmas gailmyerscough.co.uk
It’s just me in my Manchester studio. I can't compete with big brands slashing prices.
Every purchase keeps my tiny business going.
Shop independent this Christmas gailmyerscough.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM
I'm not doing Black Friday discounts this year.
It’s just me in my Manchester studio. I can't compete with big brands slashing prices.
Every purchase keeps my tiny business going.
Shop independent this Christmas gailmyerscough.co.uk
It’s just me in my Manchester studio. I can't compete with big brands slashing prices.
Every purchase keeps my tiny business going.
Shop independent this Christmas gailmyerscough.co.uk
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Please don't interrupt autistics when they are focused, as switching tasks, transitions, & breaking focus can be really hard. Similarly, be aware of when they are stuck and can't just “snap out of it”—without considering specific ways to help:
medium.com/@sonnyhallet...
#neurodiversity #autism 7/
medium.com/@sonnyhallet...
#neurodiversity #autism 7/
Loops of Concern
A short self-help guide to tackling rumination for autistic people (may also be useful for others)
medium.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Please don't interrupt autistics when they are focused, as switching tasks, transitions, & breaking focus can be really hard. Similarly, be aware of when they are stuck and can't just “snap out of it”—without considering specific ways to help:
medium.com/@sonnyhallet...
#neurodiversity #autism 7/
medium.com/@sonnyhallet...
#neurodiversity #autism 7/
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TV series of Leonard & Hungry Paul has concluded & the responses have been phenomenal.
We have never ever sold so many copies of a book in a 3 month period like this.
With Rónán appearing on BBC Radio 4 soonish & the TV series on RTÉ next year, fingers crossed it continues!
@thebookseller.com
We have never ever sold so many copies of a book in a 3 month period like this.
With Rónán appearing on BBC Radio 4 soonish & the TV series on RTÉ next year, fingers crossed it continues!
@thebookseller.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
TV series of Leonard & Hungry Paul has concluded & the responses have been phenomenal.
We have never ever sold so many copies of a book in a 3 month period like this.
With Rónán appearing on BBC Radio 4 soonish & the TV series on RTÉ next year, fingers crossed it continues!
@thebookseller.com
We have never ever sold so many copies of a book in a 3 month period like this.
With Rónán appearing on BBC Radio 4 soonish & the TV series on RTÉ next year, fingers crossed it continues!
@thebookseller.com
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Ooh, exciting! *ordered*
The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver, my beautiful, wild epic fantasy of murdered gods and forgotten magic is out today from @gollancz.bsky.social
This book has lived in my head and heart for years. You could do me no greater kindness than ordering yourself a copy today, link in bio ⛵️💀🌊
This book has lived in my head and heart for years. You could do me no greater kindness than ordering yourself a copy today, link in bio ⛵️💀🌊
November 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Ooh, exciting! *ordered*
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UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
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Holiday gatherings can be really hard for autistic kids and adults.
And the reasons why aren’t always obvious.
So please use and share our guide to helping autistics avoid
meltdown triggers. At TPGA:
thinkingautismguide.com/2022/01/auti...
#autism #neurodiversity #autistic #sensory
And the reasons why aren’t always obvious.
So please use and share our guide to helping autistics avoid
meltdown triggers. At TPGA:
thinkingautismguide.com/2022/01/auti...
#autism #neurodiversity #autistic #sensory
November 27, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Holiday gatherings can be really hard for autistic kids and adults.
And the reasons why aren’t always obvious.
So please use and share our guide to helping autistics avoid
meltdown triggers. At TPGA:
thinkingautismguide.com/2022/01/auti...
#autism #neurodiversity #autistic #sensory
And the reasons why aren’t always obvious.
So please use and share our guide to helping autistics avoid
meltdown triggers. At TPGA:
thinkingautismguide.com/2022/01/auti...
#autism #neurodiversity #autistic #sensory
"He's a duplicate of you, all right." God, I love Hobbes.
The moment your clone shows up and turns out to be just as lazy as you. Tragic.
#CalvinandHobbes #EvilTwinEnergy
#CalvinandHobbes #EvilTwinEnergy
November 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"He's a duplicate of you, all right." God, I love Hobbes.