Kestral Gaian

@kestr

✒️ Best-Selling Author & Writer 📚 The Boy From Elsewhere, Tubelines, and More 🥪 Sandwich Lover 📰 PR/Press: @literallypr.bsky.social 🏳️‍🌈 Publisher: @reconnectingrainbo.ws

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Kestral Gaian@kestr· 1d

I think I’m being told that I’ve done quite enough typing for one day.

A cat’s paws are blocking my human fingers from typing on my keyboard.

Kestral Gaian@kestr· 9d

When I check my phone later…

A screenshot of the iOS reminders app with two reminders, one says call Aldi the other call Audi

Kestral Gaian@kestr· 14d

He’s playing an F# major 7th, apparently.

A long haired cat sits atop a musical keyboard looking up at the camera.

Kestral Gaian@kestr· 14d

I can now officially share that I'll be at the amazing #Wigtown Book Festival in October, on a panel alongside Denise Brown to talk about outsiders, obsession, and betrayal in fiction. Such a beautiful book town, can't wait! Tickets and more info at tickets.wigtownbookfestival.com/sales/events...

Kestral Gaian@kestr· 18d

They think of everything at this Travelodge! #PleaseAndThankYou

A sign designed to hang on a hotel door reads “please top me up, thank you” but my thumb covers the word “up” so the sign just reads “please top me, thank you.”

Kestral Gaian@kestr· 19d

HOW #EMFCAMP SPIDERS GROW A poem I wrote over in the fediverse, but is sadly too long for Bluesky's character limit!

HOW #EMFCAMP SPIDERS GROW

Every two years,
the spiders of Eastnor Deer Park

o p e n
a l l
e i g h t
e y e s .

For five days they watch four thousand nerds build a village out of kindness, blinking lights, amazing ideas, capacitors, and, once, an orphaned radioactive source.

Then?

The humans vanish.

In the sudden quiet, the spiders sit,
nestled in the dry, forgotten grass,
digesting everything they have learned.

By next EMF they will be wiser, and also

a b s o l u t e l y

m a s s i v e .

Kestral Gaian@kestr· 21d

Home. I think someone missed me. #EMFCamp

A black and white cat is cuddled by a pasty white human.

Kestral Gaian@kestr· Jul 10

I have officially finished GooseVenture and have handed the files over to the #EMFCamp arcade team. In this text-based adventure game you play as Name Namesley, a low-level employee at SoftBank, as they go on a quest to work out why the company's eggs aren't multiplying. Enioy!

An ASCII art depiction of a person wearing a hat. Next to it is the text "Name Namesley in GooseVenture, a game of skill, logic, and goose value."

Kestral Gaian@kestr· May 2

When I heard my book had a furry fanbase I was imagining something a little different.

My book, The Boy From Elsewhere, sits atop a colourful chair. On top of the book sits a very good dog.

Kestral Gaian@kestr· Mar 14

Today would have been my nephew Sebastian's ninth birthday. We lost him to cancer in 2024 aged just six. He taught me so much in his short life - mainly to be brave no matter what life throws at you, and to sing no matter whether there's a stage to stand on. Love you, Seb. 🧡

A boy in a woolen hat stands smiling next to me, the person making this post.

Kestral Gaian@kestr· Feb 24

I'm 22 pages into the deep lore of the Reality Quake universe, and at this point I might have to solve quantum physics and answer some fundamental questions about the nature of the universe before I can do any more work on books 2 and 3 in the series. Sorry.

A screenshot of Microsoft Word for MacOS with an open document that reads "The Reality Quake Saga: Series Bible". The screenshot shows that there are 23 pages in the document.

Kestral Gaian@kestr· Feb 12

Such a lovely time at the press launch for The Boy From Elsewhere at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social last night! Can't wait for more people to get their hands on this book and fall in love with the characters like I have.

Kestral Gaian (me) stood next to Hearstopper actor Tobie Donovan, both holding copies of The Boy From Elsewhere, my new book.

Kestral Gaian (me) reading from The Boy From Elsewhere.

Kestral Gaian@kestr· Feb 8

Friends don't let friends use AI. justsayno.ao

A poster which reads "It's okay to have used AI in the past and stop now you realise the harm it does. It's always okay to change your mind. Friends don't let friends use AI." with a web address justsayno.ai

Kestral Gaian@kestr· Feb 7

Help, I'm trapped in a tower of my own making!

A photograph of me, a blond haired non-binary person, alongside a tower of my new book The Boy From Elsewhere.

Kestral Gaian@kestr· Jan 25

Two weeks until this fun, queer, mysterious, happy, sad, slightly ridiculous book gets to meet the world. There's an equally fun, queer, slightly ridiculous launch event on February 11th, hosted by Tobie Donovan at the British Library. I'd love for you to join us? www.outsavvy.com/event/32470/...

A photograph of a book called The Boy From Elsewhere by Kestral Gaian, with text next to it which reads "Press Night & Launch Event, hosted by Heartstopper's Tobie Donovan. Wednesday 11th February 2026, 19:00 - 21:00, The British Library, St.Pancras, London."

The book cover contains purple and gold swirling clouds and three mysterious figures stood in the haze.

Kestral Gaian@kestr· Jan 9

A black-and-white long-haired cat sits on top of a cardboard box. The box has “who gives a crap” written on the side. It is a box of toilet paper. The cat is looking directly at the camera, as if to say ‘you shouldn’t give a crap either’.

Kestral Gaian@kestr· Jan 7

I have a strong desire to see the rest of Europe and not really much desire at all to complete my US map.

Kestral Gaian@kestr· Jan 6

It was… POTATO LATTICE aka waffle fries. I’m actually mildly disappointed it wasn’t something more exotic.

Kestral Gaian@kestr· Jan 6

I have absolutely no idea what this item is. May order it purely to find out.

A screenshot of a food ordering app, showing a side dish called “Potato Lettuce” for £3.50 with the description “Lettuce shape seasoned potatoes.”

Kestral Gaian@kestr· Jan 6

Is my upcoming book cake?

Kestral Gaian@kestr· Jan 1

One town. Two worlds. No way home. My new book, THE BOY FROM ELSEWHERE, is out in early February. #BookSky #Author #ReadBooks #NewBook #YA #Fiction #Book

Kestral Gaian@kestr· Dec 5

Such a blast in London recording & mixing the audio book for my next novel. Can't wait for the world to meet The Boy From Elsewhere next February!

Me, a chubby blond-haired blob, sat in a recording studio with headphones on.

Me, a chubby blond-haired blob, sat talking to a grey-haired man behind the mixing desk at a recording studio.

Kestral Gaian@kestr· Dec 3

The Eurostar website feels like it needs an 'under construction' GIF.

A banner which says "api.title" then "api.copy" and has a button called "api.button".

Kestral Gaian@kestr· Nov 20

Today is Trans Day of Remembrance. Annually we observe this day to remember the lives lost to violence and transphobia in the last year. Hug your trans+ friends and family today. And to my trans siblings: remember that just existing is an act of resistance, love, and radical self care.

An illustration of a raised fist, colored in with the trans flag colours.

Kestral Gaian@kestr· Nov 2

16-bit Sundays

Kestral Gaian@kestr· Oct 19

Bluesky allows fascists but doesn't allow a frequently asked questions hashtag. This is the danger of automoderation in place of actual policy and real humans.

A screenshot of the original post that says "bluesky allows fascists but doesn't allow the #faq hashtag. Seems sensible." with a red platform error saying "unacceptable slur in record" at the top.

Kestral Gaian@kestr· Oct 1

Did you know @supernote.com made cat beds?

A black and white long haired cat sits atop a Supernote manta device

Kestral Gaian@kestr· Sep 23

I’m here, I’m queer, I’m the bringer of existential fear. #DevOpsDays @devopsdays.london

An empty auditorium with a screen showing a slide which reads “code is never neutral, why all software is political” with my name under it. Time to give a talk, baby!

Kestral Gaian@kestr· Sep 23

Alright #DevOpsDays, I’m excited to chat with you all about how software has a duty of care to its users. Catch you for the opening @devopsdays.london talk at 10!

A photograph of my eink tablet, on which I’ve written “let’s create software that elevates + supports its users!”

Kestral Gaian@kestr· Aug 13

$This place is not a place of honor. C:\Windows\System32. No highly esteemed deed is commemorated here.$