Future Song

My latest novel, Future Song, is set in near-future Bristol against a backdrop of adaptation to climate change.

When the daughter of Laia, a climate refugee, is kidnapped, everyone seems to want to help. For she is no ordinary child. But who can Laia trust as she desperately searches for her baby girl?

'Exciting and unpredictable' - Zoe Gilbert, author of Folk and Mischief Acts.

Read the book

E-book available on a variety of platforms including Amazon. Paperback copies available direct from the author in the UK, online at Amazon (I am looking for affordable alternatives!), and in Bristol bookshops including The Book Cellar, Bookhaus, East Bristol Books, The Haunted Bookshop, Paper Tales, People's Republic of Stokes Croft, Rough Trade, Shambles and the Very Small Bookshop. Last but not least, you'll find Future Song in Mr B's Emporium in Bath.

Woman reading a book, Nefrit Lazurit Wikimedia Commons

Your review on The StoryGraph, Goodreads, Amazon or your favourite platform would be very welcome; it will help other readers find Future Song and make their own minds up about it. Which is all I could wish for.

Reviews

‘An incredible story, with hope at the heart of it.’ – Instagram

'This book couldn’t be more suited to its time - a tale of the consequences for society's lack of action surrounding climate change, and the injustice we direct toward immigration.' – Instagram

‘An exciting, thrilling read from start to finish.’ – Amazon US

‘Although you know it’s fiction, it sends absolute chills through you because it could be true ... A stellar read.’ – Instagram

‘A mind bending and cautionary tale.' – Instagram

‘Incredibly compelling, difficult to put down and impossible to forget.’ – Amazon UK

‘There is hope, and there is ‘magic’ - so much so the sci-fi elements practically pass without your mind's question.’ – Instagram

'Thought-provoking, not just the climate change effect but also the power of social media and the way that people are manipulated and influenced by what they see and hear online. I felt my own fury bubbling under the surface on several occasions as Laia’s story really got under my skin.' – Instagram

 

Future Song in the Media

Creating Hope through Culture - blog post for Climate & Nature Partnership Hopeful, but not Utopian - interview in The Bristol Cable (link coming soon)

New novel imagines a ‘radically different’ future Bristol - bristol247.com.

Author Tim sets latest book in future Bris­tol hit by cli­mate change - Bristol Post.

A post on Twitter by Rupert Read, who coined the word "thrutopia":

Post on X by Rupert Read

The launch

22nd July 2026 at Cafe Kino. We had a fantastic time, with plenty of Q&A.

Picture credits: Sally Kindberg, Peninah Achieng-Kindberg and Godfrey Anundo.