That Time I Wrote a Bird-Spotting Book
Non-fiction
Non-fiction
Hi it’s me, published author, Stu Royall.
In 2021, I posted a Twitter thread that got out of hand. It spread to TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Bored Panda, Buzzfeed and Reddit. The Guardian featured it in a list of the funniest things on the internet. And perhaps weirdest of all, HarperCollins asked me to turn it into a book.
And so, approximately 12 months later, I became the author of possibly the world’s dumbest bird-spotting book. If that’s your sort of thing, you can buy it here. Or you can read me wanging on some more to Creative Review here.
In 2021, I posted a Twitter thread that got out of hand. It spread to TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Bored Panda, Buzzfeed and Reddit. The Guardian featured it in a list of the funniest things on the internet. And perhaps weirdest of all, HarperCollins asked me to turn it into a book.
And so, approximately 12 months later, I became the author of possibly the world’s dumbest bird-spotting book. If that’s your sort of thing, you can buy it here. Or you can read me wanging on some more to Creative Review here.
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