CJ Gilroy books

I’m here at Belgrade Theatre, Coventry for the book extravaganza! Come and say hi and see the amazing authors and books.

Hi everyone! Long time no see! I’m in market harborough today for the
I wasn’t too sure if I’d be able to make it as I unfortunately had a seizure last week. But we are here and hoping for a busy but, un-stressful day 😂 forgive my appearance as hair washing hasn’t been my top priority 😂

It’s nearly that time of month again! Every year I say I’ll make a pie out of the insides of the pumpkin, every year I get bored and don’t 😂 that’s the ADHD I guess! Maybe this year will be my year? Probably not 😂 🎃

My book is available via my website or on Amazon 🎃

A statement from Warwickshire Pride's board of trustees:

Earlier this year, Rugby Borough Council awarded a grant of £250 to Warwickshire Pride for our Rugby Pride event, as part of the Love Rugby festival of events.

Following the award of the grant, we were alerted to Katie Hopkins appearing at a Rugby Borough Council venue. We contacted Rugby Borough Council to explain why Katie Hopkins should not be given a platform at their venue. Rugby Borough Council declined to cancel Katie Hopkins' appearance.

However, the appearance was eventually cancelled on safety grounds rather than due to what Katie Hopkins stands for and the things she says about LGBTQ+ people, people of colour, Muslims, and disabled people.

In the meantime, we contacted Rugby Borough Council several times to ask how we could pay the grant back to them. We never receieved a reply to any of our emails.

At a trustee meeting on Monday, we agreed to donate the grant to Rugby Stand Up To Racism. They have accepted our donation and we are pleased to be able to support their work.

Warwickshire Pride is an anti-racist organisation. Warwickshire Pride is against all forms of hate, prejudice and discrimination. We also wish to point out that there is a difference between free speech and hate speech. We stand in solidarity with Rugby Stand up to Racism, who led the campaign to have Katie Hopkins' appearance cancelled.

We are extremely disappointed that Rugby Borough Council chose to ignore concerns raised around racism, transphobia, Islamophobia, and ableism. It is also disappointing that Rugby Borough Council chose to ignore our emails asking how we could repay the grant. Having a history of working positively with Rugby Borough Council, it is unfortunate they now choose to treat the local LGBTQ+ charity in this way. We call on them to engage positively and do better.

We hope that the donation to Rugby Stand up to Racism aids their work and we thank them for all they do.

This book seemed to cause a bit of a stir over on the ⏰ app. Mainly because there was some grammar issues in the first one. Hold my hands up 🙆‍♀️ I’m not the best at grammar, but I’m learning. I struggled a lot at school but the pressure to pass exams was a lot. I always was made to feel I needed to be perfect and that I wasn’t good enough as I was. Eventually I burnt out and “failed” all my exams at college. I say “failed” because that’s what people call it. I would never use that term with my own children, there is no failure. They do what they can do and no pressure.
Anyway… I’m just an indie author doing my best to get books out there at represent as many people as I can. My niche is neurodiversity, so that’s my main focus. Not only did the grammar cause a stir but the fact not every single person was represented in this book. Again… i’m just human and doing my best! I do see you all and everyone deserves to be seen and represented. 💕
My book is now grammatically correct (hopefully 😂) and you can buy in via my website or on Amazon. 😊

We love reading in our house 😂 This is my youngest favourite book and she makes me sing it! Nothing better than a singing book.

Available via my website or Amazon. Unfortunately Amazon prices are increasing in June so please order soon, if ordering from Amazon.

Have you read my book: “The little Sparrow with big worries”
It’s available now via my website site or on Amazon. Amazon is making authors like me increase their prices soon if we want to keep getting royalties 😞 So if you’re buying on Amazon, please purchase before 12 June to avoid a price increase 😞