Andrew McAleer
@andymcaleer.bsky.social
He/him. Editorial Director for Robinson Psychology, views are my own.
There are just a few days left to submit entries for the New Voices Award 2026. If you are an unpublished psychologist with a great idea for a book, do consider entering: www.thefuturebookshelf.co.uk/tfb-blog/202...
Robinson to host the New Voices Award 2026
Hachette UK’s The Future Bookshelf is running the New Voices Award for its third year to help discover unpublished psychology writers from Black, Asian, Mixed Heritage and Minority Ethnic backgroun…
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Delighted that Steve Ramirez @okaysteve.bsky.social has been shortlisted for The Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2026 for the very brilliant 'How to Change a Memory'. Congratulations to Steve and the other shortlisted authors!
The Royal Society@royalsociety.org · last mo.In 'How to Change a Memory', Steve Ramirez draws on his own memories of friendship, family, loss and recovery to reveal how memory can be turned on and off like a switch, edited and even constructed from nothing. royalsociety.org/medals-and-p...
Today we publish this amazing new illustrated memoir by @elizafricker.bsky.social about growing up with undiagnosed autism, with a foreword by Laura James and an afterword by Dr Emma Offord.
It's publication day for this excellent guide for parents of ADHD girls by the host of the SEND Parenting podcast, Dr Olivia Kessel sendparenting.com
Today we publish this humorous and comforting illustrated book about living well with schizophrenia by Matthew Johnstone and @laurenkennedywest.bsky.social
Today we launch the 2026 Robinson New Voices Award. You can read more at www.bps.org.uk/psychologist... and do think about entering if you qualify.
Searching for undiscovered talents in psychology… | BPS
The New Voices Award intends to amplify the work of underrepresented experts in psychology in the UK.
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Today we launch the 2026 Robinson New Voices Award. You can read more at www.bps.org.uk/psychologist... and do think about entering if you qualify.
Searching for undiscovered talents in psychology… | BPS
The New Voices Award intends to amplify the work of underrepresented experts in psychology in the UK.
bps.org.uk
Published today! The brand new guide for building and maintaining friendships for neurodivergent adults by Caroline Maguire. #neurodiversity #autism #ADHD #neurodivergence #friendship #newbooks
A unique chance to hear from our authors Dr Jennifer Swanston and Dr Katherine Hodson about The Compassionate Parenting Workbook. Register here: www.compassionatemind.co.uk/workshops/on...
Excellent opportunity to hear from our author Ken Goss about The Eating Well Workbook. Register for this webinar at: www.compassionatemind.co.uk/workshops/au...
You can order No One Talks About This Stuff from your favourite bookshop in paperback, ebook and audiobook format, or from your local library: www.hachette.co.uk/titles/kat-b...
A really nice book-related thing for me, albeit with limited costume possibilities: the bereavement team at the baby loss charity Sands has picked No One Talks About This Stuff as one of its top picks for World Book Day.
New Episode - I chat with Dr Ben Sedley - psychologist, author & speaker. You'll here about Ben's career path, his foundations in rock & his work helping people of all ages cope with life's challenges through self-compassion and ACT. Listen via link in bio or wherever you get your podcasts.
🚨The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party now has 43,000 signatures! Let’s get the 100,000 needed! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Hello! For ADHD Awareness Month, the bionic text eBook of 'It's Not a Bloody Trend' is down to £2.99. If you find you have trouble with your eyes sliding off words, bionic text is a wonderful innovation that makes it much, much easier to read a book: www.amazon.co.uk/Its-Not-Bloo...
Hello from ADHD me who was just idly wondering when the paperback edition of It’s Not a Bloody Trend was coming out (I’ve been away) and blow me, it’s TODAY! With a lovely new quote from Bryony Gordon and everything! Thank you so much to Andrew and everyone at Robinson and Millie at United Agents!
Andrew McAleer@andymcaleer.bsky.social · 10mo agoIt's #ADHDAwarenessMonth and one very good way to become more aware is to read It's Not a Bloody Trend, by @katbrownwrites.com, which is out in paperback this very day - retailer links here: www.hachette.co.uk/titles/kat-b...
It's #ADHDAwarenessMonth and one very good way to become more aware is to read It's Not a Bloody Trend, by @katbrownwrites.com, which is out in paperback this very day - retailer links here: www.hachette.co.uk/titles/kat-b...
Big news! I loved researching and writing this book, which is all about shedding the shame, and getting really curious about urges to pick, pull and bite. I can't wait to share it with you! It's out on April 2nd, and is available to pre-order now. #bfrb #bfrbs #bodyfocusedrepetitivebehaviors
Good morning everyone! So, I wrote a book (!!) and it’s coming out November 4th in physical and audiobook form. It’s called *How to Change a Memory* www.amazon.com/How-Change-M...
How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Alter the Past
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We published the brilliant 'Holding the Heavy Stuff' this summer - an illustrated guide to acceptance and commitment therapy.
Preorder links here if you'd like a copy, or for a friend – and, as always, you can order it from your library! littlebrown.co.uk/titles/kat-b...
No One Talks About This Stuff
No One Talks About This Stuff is a support group for almost-parents. A place to share their journeys of loss and limbo, to confront social pressure and to fi...
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One day I won't feel physically unwell because of Unbound/Boundless, but until that time, here's the Publishers Weekly piece on it which is causing Some Chat in the authors group. The authors group filled with brilliant books, ideas, and writers. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Yay, lovely to see this covered in The Bookseller. We re-publish this brilliant anthology tomorrow!
Kat Brown@katbrownwrites.com · last yr.Some lovely official news about No One Talks About This Stuff – now a Robinson/Little Brown acquisition www.thebookseller.com/rights/robin...
I am also delighted to say I've just signed with Robinson to publish No One Talks About This Stuff. Robinson publishes It's Not a Bloody Trend and are a dream to work with. I am so excited for NOTATS to have a proper life given all the Unbound horrors. As you can see, Sybil is very supportive 🙄
It means a lot that Reading Well has books on dealing with loss. It's something that many parents experience. It's also why No One Talks About This Stuff is deliberately intersectional: grief and loss don't exist in a vacuum. They are informed by who you are. It's a support group in a book.
![[Scene is the Tudor royal court. ladies and gentlemen standing round. In the corner a very fat HENRY VIII is hunched over playing a lute.]
1
LADY:
Hey Anne Boleyn -
Who’s that lute player?
ANNE BOLEYN:
I dunno
[Determined face]
But I’m gonna find out.
[Title lettering panel]:
THIS SUMMER
[Scene is now two musicians - one with a harp, the other is Henry VIII again playing the lute]
HARPIST:
Yo Henry VIII -
Who wrote that sick lute riff yo’ jamming?
HENRY VIII:
Why...
[Looking around, modest, surprised at the attention]
I did…!
[Title lettering panel]:
SEE THE STORY
[Scene is now a tudor record producer with ruff and wearing dark sunglasses]:
PRODUCER:
Congratulations Henry
Your lute thing is a hit and your story is now one of uncomplicated musical success!
[Show a panel with lots of Beatlemania-style scenes of success for Henry the musician - swooning tudor girls, playing lute on stage, waving to fans as he descends from his golden carriage. In the middle of it in Tudor lettering are the words]:
“UNCOMPLICATED MUSICAL SUCCESS MONTAGE”.
[Another scene - a man is saying to Henry]:
MAN:
Say Henry VIII -
Are you doing anything outside this narrative that is very bad or weird?
HENRY VIII:
No.
[Title lettering panel]:
…OF A MUSICAL GENIUS
who definitely didn’t do anything outside this narrative that was very bad or weird
[Scene with Thomas Cromwell]
THOMAS CROMWELL:
Hang on Henry aren't you also a -
HENRY VIII [jumping in front of him with his lute held aloft]:
LUTE SOLO!
[Final film title panel]:
HENRY VIII:
Rock Biopic
[rated U]
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![[Scene is MCcDONALDS PICKUP POINT but for the most part we can only see the close up faces of tha CUSTOMER and the McDONALDS EMPLOYEE at the serving point].
1
CUSTOMER:
Hi - I’m afraid this isn’t what I ordered
2
McDONALDS EMPLOYEE:
Number 187?
CUSTOMER:
Yes
3
CUSTOMER:
Maybe I pressed the wrong thing?
I just ordered one strawberry milkshake.
4
EMPLOYEE:
Oh - yeah sorry
5
EMPLOYEE:
The milkshake machine’s not working.
6
EMPLOYEE:
The only flavours we can do are vanilla, banana, and Labour Leader Pretending to be Nigel Farage.
7
CUSTOMER:
Is that a new flavour?
EMPLOYEE:
Yeah
8
[We now see that the employee has placed a gigantic milkshake cup on the counter]
EMPLOYEE:
If you look inside, there’s a Labour leader pretending to be Nigel Farage.
9
[Customer looks inside the cup]
10
[Show Keir Starmer dressed as Nigel Farage inside the cup]
CUSTOMER:
So there is
11
CUSTOMER:
Is that something people want, then?
EMPLOYEE:
No! No, not at all.
12
EMPLOYEE:
It just keeps happening when we press banana.
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