Amelia Tait, journalist, children's author.

Amelia Tait is a British journalist and author whose work has made her one of the sharpest observers of modern life online and off. As a freelance writer, she has built a reputation for following the strange, revealing currents of contemporary culture — writing about the internet, and remarkable people for publications including The New Yorker, The Guardian, Wired, and the New York Times. Her reporting is often drawn to the places where technology and absurdity collide, finding the human story inside subjects other people might dismiss as niche or ephemeral. Now she has turned that same wit and curiosity to fiction with her debut children’s book, Lily Tripp: Diary of an Accidental Time Traveller, a funny, fast-moving adventure about a girl bouncing through history while trying to survive friendship drama and the general embarrassment of being thirteen. LINKS Amelia Tait – website & writingAmelia Tait – official websiteThe Waiting Room – Amelia's Substack newsletter Lily Tripp: Diary of an Accidental Time TravellerLily Tripp – Waterstones (Waterstones Children's Book of the Month, June 2026)Lily Tripp – Amazon UK Amelia's Perfect ConsoleTheme Hospital (1997) – WikipediaThe Simpsons: Road Rage (2001) – WikipediaThe Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker – WikipediaThe Sims Bustin' Out (Game Boy Advance, 2003) – WikipediaStardew Valley – official siteStardew Valley – Steam Other games mentionedAnimal Crossing: New Horizons – NintendoThe Simpsons: Hit & Run – Wikipedia Amelia's journalism – selected piecesAre Disney Adults the Happiest Debtors on Earth? – The New YorkerAmelia Tait – articles on The Guardian Next week's guestDuppy Detective Tashia – Glen Henry / Spritewrench Studios – SteamSpritewrench Studios – itch.io Support the showMy Perfect Console – episode archiveSupport My Perfect Console on PatreonBecome a My Perfect Console supporter and receive a range of benefits at www.patreon.com/myperfectconsole Take the Acast listener survey to help shape the show: My Perfect Console with Simon Parkin Survey 2025 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.