Penny Kiley
@pennykiley
Oxford-based writer and editor, working mostly in digital and mostly for non-profits. Former music journo. Autistic. Memoir 'Atypical Girl' published by Polygon.
I'm in Bridport! Looking forward to my book event tonight at Oxenburys Yard.
I'm reading Users by Beeban Kidron, and I'm so angry at how our government has been duped by the AI industry. I hope Burnham will be more circumspect.
Books I read in July. Important, enlightening and entertaining in various measures. Includes two novels, which is unusual for me.
It's always a thrill to see my book in bookshops but it's almost more of a thrill to see a library copy. Thank you, Oxfordshire Libraries.
Just been reading Art Cure by Daisy Fancourt and it inspired me to sign up for a singing course with @lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk
Very happy to be included in The Herald's ‘Best pop music books of 2026’. Even more happy that my book was described as: “Probably the quietest book here, but also the one that lingered longest with me”. Thank you, @teddyjamieson.bsky.social
One for @secondmentions.com. Not sure which paper it's from as I nicked it from a Facebook group.
Books I read in June. Activism, crime, music, trees and speculative stuff.
More book events coming up. If you're in the south-west or the north-west, please come and see me. FROME: 5th August with @ravesfromthegrave.bsky.social BRIDPORT: 6th August with Clocktower Records WALLASEY: 12th September at Central Library MANCHESTER: 14th November @lthanwordsfest.bsky.social
If anyone is in South Oxfordshire, I've got a book talk coming up in Wallingford next week. Tuesday 19th May and it's a lunchtime event starting at 12. Free admission. It's at Wallingford Methodist Church, in partnership with The Wallingford Bookshop.
Happy to see my book in Blackwells Oxford. Sharing a shelf with yours, @whenisbirths.bsky.social.
Debut author here. My memoir came out in March, been getting nice feedback/reviews. It's called Atypical Girl: Punk rock, Liverpool and trying to be normal. pennykiley.substack.com/p/my-book
Fave pic from last month's book tour. Launch day, just after being interviewed at BBC Radio Merseyside. It's gone upmarket a bit since the days I used to hang out at the Paradise Street studios with Janice Long and others.
Books I read in March. If you only read one of them, please read 'The AI Con'.
I enjoyed doing this Q&A for @outsideleft.bsky.social and I love this magazine-style image I stole from their Instagram. That's me on the stage at Eric's waiting for the Cramps in 1980.
BBC Radio Merseyside looks a bit different from when I used to visit the Paradise Street studios.
Books read in February. I'm trying to read all the books on the Penderyn Music Book Prize longlist. Front runner so far (apart from Budgie's) is Everything We Do is Music by Elizabeth Alker. I learnt new things and it made me want to listen to the music she was describing.
Nice article about my book in the latest The Journalist mag. Thanks @markffisher.bsky.social @mschrisbuckley.bsky.social If you can't read the image, the mag is downloadable from the @nujofficial.bsky.social website at www.nuj.org.uk/resource/the....
Books I read in January. Favourites: The Seven Rules of Trust by Jimmy Wales, Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt (book club), Anfield Road by Chris Shepherd, Jesus Christ Kinski by Benjamin Myers.