SF Layzell

@sflayzell

I write queer stories & edit books sometimes Buy Cottonopolis, a MG set in 1840s Manchester, shortlisted for Little Rebels Views mine, contact via website

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SF Layzell@sflayzell· 17d

Greetings Womble, enjoy the movie! I'm reading I Will Not Abandon You: Queer Women in Nazi Germany by Samuel Clowes Huneke 🌈📚

Book cover showing art deco style image of two women and the title I Will Not Abandon You: Queer Women in Nazi Germany by Samuel Clowes Huneke

SF Layzell@sflayzell· 17d

It's my face! Proud to help carry the trans unity quilt at London Trans+ Pride 🏳️‍⚧️

Sarah's face. They are a white person with short hair wearing a black mask and wearing a shirt in baby blue and pink

SF Layzell@sflayzell· 23d

Treated myself this year to small press subscriptions from @cipherpress.bsky.social & @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social and would very much recommend it! Latest is A Pizza Hut A Pizza Hut Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut by Hannah Levene, about smalltown butch life, a subject close to my heart ❤️

Book by Hannah Levene: title is A Pizza Hut A Pizza Hut Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut, appears in bright red lettering on pale blue background. There is a photo presumably of Watford town centre.

SF Layzell@sflayzell· May 26

If the heat is getting you down, may I offer you a hopeful short story about community climate action inspired by my lovely g'dad, who knows a lot about steam engines and has lived long enough to attain a knitted form

A knitted version of my favourite grandfather. Somewhat egg-shaped with a red jumper and black and white trousers. He has a white moustache and tufts of hair.

SF Layzell@sflayzell· May 24

Hello Womble, I just finished Carrie Kills a Man and it was 🌈beautiful🌈. The queer memoir of my dreams and highly recommended for anyone who's ever had to throw a hand grenade into their own "perfect" life, or anyone seeking to understand why that's sometimes the only option.

Front cover of Carrie Kills a Man by Carrie Marshall, bright pink with a light pink hand grenade

SF Layzell@sflayzell· May 16

Pick a Bond from photos you already have in your phone.

A Barbie doll dressed in a tartan minidress and cape

SF Layzell@sflayzell· May 9

Finally got round to reading Keedie by @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social - a gorgeous justice-driven prequel to A Kind of Spark that gave me all the feelings 🦈 #kidlit #booksky @littlerebsprize.bsky.social

Front cover of Keedie by Elle McNicoll, showing an illustration of a girl side-on in blue, hello and purple. She has headphones, a piggy bank, shark stickers and a flower in her hair, plus sparks all over and around.

SF Layzell@sflayzell· Apr 25

It's Independent Bookstore Day 2026! I've treated myself to a stack of books from Afrori Books in Brighton, would highly recommend: afroribooks.co.uk 💙📚 #BookSky #IndieBookStore

Book stack!
The Boy to Beat the Gods by Ashley Thorpe
The 7-10 Split by Karmen Lee
Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor
That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberley Lemming
Dash of Salt and Pepper by Kosoko Jackson
Escaping Mr Rochester by LL McKinney

SF Layzell@sflayzell· Apr 22

Here he is in all his glory (he's also alive and well in human form but isn't much of a one for socials)

A knitted version of my grandfather, the Platonic ideal of granddads. He has side tufts of white hair, a white moustache, a red jumper and black-and-white trousers

SF Layzell@sflayzell· Apr 21

Good morning!

SF Layzell@sflayzell· Apr 19

Ey up Womble, I'm reading Love That Journey for Me by Emily Garside, the perfect follow-up to a schitts creek rewatch

Front cover of Love That Journey For Me: The Queer Revolution of Schitt's Creek, by Emily Garside, published by 404 Ink. Front cover shows a red TV on a pink background.

SF Layzell@sflayzell· Apr 5

Greetings Womble, I have just finished Erased by Miha Mazzini about a woman who is erased from Slovenia's computer system just after giving birth. Highly recommend!

Front cover of Erased by Miha Mazzini, translated by Gregor Timothy Ceh. Image shows a woman's head and shoulders in shadow from the side, with a large blue cross covering her eyes

SF Layzell@sflayzell· Apr 2

A screenshot of a tweet using the Wesley Snipes crying meme, which says "when the race war is happening and I gotta kill tony hawk". Tony Hawk replies saying "I appreciate the hesitation though"

SF Layzell@sflayzell· Mar 15

How do Womble, I am putting my feet up with Across the Universe by Natan Last

Front cover of Across the Universe: the Past, Present, and Future of the Crossword Puzzle by Natan Last, the cover features black and white squares that look like a crossword grid

SF Layzell@sflayzell· Feb 22

Catching up on the best in children's and YA from Patrice Lawrence by reading People Like Stars, about family secrets, and Needle, about knitting and anger 🧶

Two books side by side, one is People Like Stars and the other is Needle, both by Patrice Lawrence

SF Layzell@sflayzell· Feb 15

Hola Womble, currently reading Meet Me at the Surface by Jodie Matthews (Cornish, witchy, queer horror), then I need to choose my next read from this stack of new and new-to-me beauties:

Book stack sitting on top of a London tube map jigsaw. The books are:
Convenience Store Woman, by Sayaka Murata
Elizabeth and Ruth, by Livi Michael
Kayak, by Kristal Stittle
Switch, by Ann McMan
The Little Stranger, by Sarah Waters

SF Layzell@sflayzell· Jan 12

The Healthcare in Children's Media online book launch is on Mon 9 Feb! Editors & contributors to this essay collection will discuss NHS nostalgia, Artificial Life, surgery in verse novels, substance use disorder representation & more. All welcome. @upmississippi.bsky.social #KidLit #EduSky #BookSky

SF Layzell@sflayzell· Jan 11

The Waiter by Kwan Ann Tan - brilliant short interactive fiction set in a near-future London from Emma Press

Cover of The Waiter by Kwan Ann Tan, depicts human figures falling into holes in the ground

SF Layzell@sflayzell· Jan 11

The Waiter by Kwan Ann Tan - brilliant short interactive fiction set in a near-future London from Emma Press

SF Layzell@sflayzell· Jan 9

First delivery from @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social ! Looking forward to digging in 💙📚

A book on a tote bag on a table, also featuring an orange-shaped pepper shaker. The book is "These are the things we have lost" by Janice Warman, and the tote bag says "Reading is resistance"

SF Layzell@sflayzell· Jan 6

I doomscrolled too far

Screenshot of bluesky feed with text that reads "you've reached the end of your feed!"

SF Layzell@sflayzell· Dec 23

Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books

Front cover of The Gathering by Virginia Hamilton. Main image shows different groups of people in futuristic settings.

SF Layzell@sflayzell· Dec 17

This feels like a queer author milestone somehow...

Screenshot of Amazon product page for Sarah's book. The text says "Customers who bought this item also bought" and the picture shows a 6-pack of oat milk

SF Layzell@sflayzell· Dec 14

Hello Womble! I'm reading Trade Wars are Class Wars. Just finished a section on corporate tax avoidance and growing increasingly enraged.

Book on a plaid blanket. Trade Wars are Class Wars by Matthew Klein and Michael Pettis

SF Layzell@sflayzell· Dec 13

Trade Wars are Class Wars

SF Layzell@sflayzell· Dec 10

The special section of @ijyalnews.bsky.social on diversity and inclusion in young adult sports fiction is now live + open access (all essays free to download) at ijyal.ac.uk Paging academic sports fans! @bssh.bsky.social @footycon.bsky.social @kaseysymons.bsky.social @garyjames.bsky.social ⚽🏀🥊🤺

Screenshot showing the special section on diversity and inclusion in international YA sports fiction on the IJYAL website: https://ijyal.ac.uk/

SF Layzell@sflayzell· Dec 3

My most-used emojis in 2025: anisota.net/harvest

Emoji bubble chart for 2025 showing 50 different emojis used 278 times total, visualized as bubbles sized by frequency. Top 10: 📚 (68×), 🌈 (36×), 💙 (29×), 👀 (13×), 🏳‍🌈 (13×), 🥹 (12×), ❤ (10×), 🌻 (9×), 😊 (7×), 😍 (5×) (from Anisota's Annual Bluesky Harvest)

SF Layzell@sflayzell· Dec 1

A Christmas Party by Georgette Heyer 🕵️‍♂️🎄

SF Layzell@sflayzell· Nov 25

A pre-festive thread of my favourite Northodox titles plus a couple on my TBR... All of these are 25% off with the code NORTHODOXMAS 🎄📚

A helpful crow holding a lightbulb (he is a lamp), sitting on a stack of glorious northern books

SF Layzell@sflayzell· Nov 22

Up next on my TBR is a bisexual chaos rom com by Lily Lindon 🌈📚 💙📚