Fan of alphabets and characters - complex and simplified. Have called Beijing, Melaka and London home. Looking for Utopia. Currently in Berlin.https://bsky.app/profile/jomcmillan.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jomcmillan.bsky.social/post/3mvp6bf4gbk2oScamming the scammers... @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social17 Sep 2026 07:51 +0000at://did:plc:2eibdf4oppyausdve6rf2ngi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvp6bf4gbk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jomcmillan.bsky.social/post/3mfcftjjark2sThe Accidental Immigrants came out a year ago today. Huge thanks to Kevin, Hetha, Lin, and everyone who’s read and enjoyed the book. One year on, and the politics are just as relevant… @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social20 Feb 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:2eibdf4oppyausdve6rf2ngi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfcftjjark2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jomcmillan.bsky.social/post/3mf4qcfi4gs2pA dual national who’s given up her British passport is stopped at the UK border. February 25th, as predicted in The Accidental Immigrants… @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @theguardian.com https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/17/readers-uk-entry-new-rules-dual-nationals-citizenship18 Feb 2026 09:10 +0000at://did:plc:2eibdf4oppyausdve6rf2ngi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf4qcfi4gs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jomcmillan.bsky.social/post/3mddrabskqc23👇 ✊ 💙 [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jan 2026 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:2eibdf4oppyausdve6rf2ngi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mddrabskqc23https://bsky.app/profile/jomcmillan.bsky.social/post/3ma22btkips2pScottish Book Trust asked indie booksellers for their favourite books of 2025. Thank you Samantha and all at Nairn Books! @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @nairnbooks.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social15 Dec 2025 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:2eibdf4oppyausdve6rf2ngi/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma22btkips2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jomcmillan.bsky.social/post/3m7mpklixhs2hThank you Daisy and Stanley, and again to Nairn Bookshop! @nairnbooks.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social ("...its cover that is 'not' an easy sell in Scotland...") 😂10 Dec 2025 09:09 +0000at://did:plc:2eibdf4oppyausdve6rf2ngi/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7mpklixhs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jomcmillan.bsky.social/post/3m7abrbcg6k25tinyurl.com/msbe78aw "The novel’s political bite comes from its realism: every comic moment rings disturbingly true. It’s a witty, empathic portrait of people navigating systems never designed for them—and finding connection despite it all." @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @orwellprize.bsky.social https://www.thenextpage.co.uk/list/orwell-prize-political-fiction-202505 Dec 2025 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:2eibdf4oppyausdve6rf2ngi/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7abrbcg6k25https://bsky.app/profile/jomcmillan.bsky.social/post/3m4x6qjlu3s2k👇 💙 [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Nov 2025 08:51 +0000at://did:plc:2eibdf4oppyausdve6rf2ngi/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4x6qjlu3s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jomcmillan.bsky.social/post/3lxm57plzm224Great to see the growing enthusiasm for The Accidental Immigrants up and down the country: @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social30 Aug 2025 08:19 +0000at://did:plc:2eibdf4oppyausdve6rf2ngi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxm57plzm224https://bsky.app/profile/jomcmillan.bsky.social/post/3lxcawlyxas2dA vital novel whose complex characters struggle against their own and their family’s expectations, against a society that doesn’t see or value them, and against the random cruelties of the UK immigration system. A thoughtful and touching must-read. @tawseefkhan.bsky.social shorturl.at/topdh https://shorturl.at/topdh26 Aug 2025 09:59 +0000at://did:plc:2eibdf4oppyausdve6rf2ngi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxcawlyxas2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jomcmillan.bsky.social/post/3lwotxlhykc25Insider knowledge makes this novel special. Years of experience in asylum and immigration law have been turned into a drama that’s propulsive and intricately plotted, has razor-sharp dialogue and is just waiting to be brought to the screen. shorturl.at/o0fBX @tomgaisfordwriter.bsky.social https://shorturl.at/o0fBX18 Aug 2025 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:2eibdf4oppyausdve6rf2ngi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwotxlhykc25https://bsky.app/profile/jomcmillan.bsky.social/post/3lwlsjehluc2pAnimal Farm at Eighty “I took it out of the library, and read it quietly, in bed, under the covers.” On the 80th anniversary of its publication, read my first encounter with Orwell’s Animal Farm: https://orwellfoundation.substack.com/p/it-all-made-such-shockingly-perfect?r=7814&triedRedirect=true @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @orwellprize.bsky.social17 Aug 2025 11:42 +0000at://did:plc:2eibdf4oppyausdve6rf2ngi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwlsjehluc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jomcmillan.bsky.social/post/3lvigmim7ic2aA lovely perceptive video review of The Accidental Immigrants from Bob The Bookerer. Thank you! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24Y5BtvOcps @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social03 Aug 2025 10:06 +0000at://did:plc:2eibdf4oppyausdve6rf2ngi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvigmim7ic2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jomcmillan.bsky.social/post/3lurtjicgzs2tMany thanks to Sam Reid from Fieldzine for a great conversation about The Accidental Immigrants. We talk about the myths of immigration, the far right – and rage, resistance and writing. Listen to the podcast here tinyurl.com/2z4vu57z @fieldzine.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social25 Jul 2025 10:26 +0000at://did:plc:2eibdf4oppyausdve6rf2ngi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lurtjicgzs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/jomcmillan.bsky.social/post/3lumwbua3qs2fJust arrived in Berlin! Determination by @tawseefkhan.bsky.social23 Jul 2025 11:32 +0000at://did:plc:2eibdf4oppyausdve6rf2ngi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lumwbua3qs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jomcmillan.bsky.social/post/3lty7fjlc322a"Great writing and extremely timely ... a gripping read with some memorable characters and set-pieces that deserves the wide praise it has received to date." https://www.ontheprize.co.uk/blog/the-accidental-immigrants-2025-jo-mcmillan-book-review @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social Many thanks to ontheprize.co.uk15 Jul 2025 05:49 +0000at://did:plc:2eibdf4oppyausdve6rf2ngi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lty7fjlc322ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jomcmillan.bsky.social/post/3ltf433paus2p👇 @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jul 2025 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:2eibdf4oppyausdve6rf2ngi/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltf433paus2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jomcmillan.bsky.social/post/3lt7h44tuhs2q👇 💥 @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Jul 2025 09:30 +0000at://did:plc:2eibdf4oppyausdve6rf2ngi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt7h44tuhs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jomcmillan.bsky.social/post/3lssxeavd6s2xThanks to the Orwell Foundation for a fantastic awards ceremony; to the judges for choosing The Accidental Immigrants as a finalist; to every writer there for deciding to write about things that matter. And many congrats to Donal Ryan. Cheers! @orwellprize.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social30 Jun 2025 10:17 +0000at://did:plc:2eibdf4oppyausdve6rf2ngi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lssxeavd6s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jomcmillan.bsky.social/post/3lsdmjvc2d22hWhat one book powered the writing of The Accidental Immigrants? You might be surprised... shorturl.at/xr3Gr @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @orwellprize.bsky.social https://shorturl.at/xr3Gr24 Jun 2025 07:53 +0000at://did:plc:2eibdf4oppyausdve6rf2ngi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsdmjvc2d22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jomcmillan.bsky.social/post/3lrujuunlbs2s👗🧦👚 [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Jun 2025 07:55 +0000at://did:plc:2eibdf4oppyausdve6rf2ngi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrujuunlbs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jomcmillan.bsky.social/post/3lrsrdtzm4c2n"One of these books is not like the others." @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jun 2025 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:2eibdf4oppyausdve6rf2ngi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrsrdtzm4c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jomcmillan.bsky.social/post/3lrq4u4lhvs27George Orwell claimed that prose writers have four ‘great motivations’: sheer egoism; aesthetic enthusiasm; historical impulse; and political purpose. Why did I write The Accidental Immigrants? Read the answer here: https://lithub.com/making-sense-of-the-chaos-12-orwell-prize-finalists-on-why-they-write/ @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @orwellprize.bsky.social16 Jun 2025 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:2eibdf4oppyausdve6rf2ngi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrq4u4lhvs27https://bsky.app/profile/jomcmillan.bsky.social/post/3lrpnbbx5ms2pHitting the nail (and jelly) on the head. Thank you Jennifer! @jenniferbeworr.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @orwellprize.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jun 2025 09:13 +0000at://did:plc:2eibdf4oppyausdve6rf2ngi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrpnbbx5ms2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jomcmillan.bsky.social/post/3lrie4dsafk2fIndependent Bookshop Week 14-21 June 2025 #IndieBookshopWeek @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @orwellprize.bsky.social @booksaremybag.bsky.social https://booksaremybag.com/IndependentBookshopWeek/About13 Jun 2025 11:40 +0000at://did:plc:2eibdf4oppyausdve6rf2ngi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrie4dsafk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jomcmillan.bsky.social/post/3lrctw5ot3s2p"When the island’s politics turn sharply against the British minority they are thrown into a desperate battle for survival and refuge...it illuminates the process of border-crossing and makes one think freshly about your own place in the world...” @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social shorturl.at/cfe79 https://shorturl.at/cfe7911 Jun 2025 07:07 +0000at://did:plc:2eibdf4oppyausdve6rf2ngi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrctw5ot3s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jomcmillan.bsky.social/post/3lrctvdbefs2p"...Jo McMillan uses the very real bureaucracy of the UK home office to construct a story of two fictional lovers: Tess, a dual passport holder, whose lover, Arlo, has come from Britain to the fictional island of St Mira and now has no passport at all.” @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social shorturl.at/cfe79 https://www.ft.com/content/e64bb3fc-2868-4789-b594-154eecff48cf11 Jun 2025 07:07 +0000at://did:plc:2eibdf4oppyausdve6rf2ngi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrctvdbefs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jomcmillan.bsky.social/post/3lrb5ip255s2nNow showing on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKuGxbmIq8k/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @orwellprize.bsky.social10 Jun 2025 14:53 +0000at://did:plc:2eibdf4oppyausdve6rf2ngi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrb5ip255s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jomcmillan.bsky.social/post/3lqrgdne5b22a👇🙏 [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Jun 2025 08:49 +0000at://did:plc:2eibdf4oppyausdve6rf2ngi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqrgdne5b22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jomcmillan.bsky.social/post/3lqpnnw6wps2c [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Jun 2025 15:55 +0000at://did:plc:2eibdf4oppyausdve6rf2ngi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqpnnw6wps2c