Cal Speet has spent the past few years working in environmental sustainability while nurturing his love of writing on the side. After a decade in Manchester city centre, he recently relocated to rural West Yorkshire—a move that traded skyscrapers for wild garlic patches, Canal Street for farmers’ markets, and smoking cigarettes in the Northern Quarter for wandering through quaint woodlands… smoking cigarettes.

'This book honestly floored me. It felt like it had been written by one of my best friends. It was side-splittingly funny, made me cry, and was such an important foray into mental health and the importance of friendships, honesty, and living your life to the full while you can.'The Express'A witty, heartfelt portrait of queer friendship, heartbreak and rebuilding in Manchester.' PinkNews‘Spiralling is a hilarious, heartwarming celebration of queer love, friendship & chaos.’ MCR Wire'Spiralling is a messy, moving, thoroughly modern dive into queer single life, and a love letter to the friendships that define your twenties. Reading it felt like hanging out at brunch with my besties and getting all the dirt from the night before.' PJ Ellis, author of We Could Be Heroes and Love & Other Scams'A hilarious, down-to-earth, heartwarmingly honest celebration of queerness in the north: I’ll be recommending Spiralling to everyone I know!' Bonnie Woods, author of Kindling

Cal Speet has spent the past few years working in environmental sustainability while nurturing his love of writing on the side. After a decade in Manchester city centre, he recently relocated to rural West Yorkshire—a move that traded skyscrapers for wild garlic patches, Canal Street for farmers’ markets, and smoking cigarettes in the Northern Quarter for wandering through quaint woodlands… smoking cigarettes.

'This book honestly floored me. It felt like it had been written by one of my best friends. It was side-splittingly funny, made me cry, and was such an important foray into mental health and the importance of friendships, honesty, and living your life to the full while you can.'The Express'A witty, heartfelt portrait of queer friendship, heartbreak and rebuilding in Manchester.' PinkNews‘Spiralling is a hilarious, heartwarming celebration of queer love, friendship & chaos.’ MCR Wire'Spiralling is a messy, moving, thoroughly modern dive into queer single life, and a love letter to the friendships that define your twenties. Reading it felt like hanging out at brunch with my besties and getting all the dirt from the night before.' PJ Ellis, author of We Could Be Heroes and Love & Other Scams'A hilarious, down-to-earth, heartwarmingly honest celebration of queerness in the north: I’ll be recommending Spiralling to everyone I know!' Bonnie Woods, author of Kindling

Cal Speet has spent the past few years working in environmental sustainability while nurturing his love of writing on the side. After a decade in Manchester city centre, he recently relocated to rural West Yorkshire—a move that traded skyscrapers for wild garlic patches, Canal Street for farmers’ markets, and smoking cigarettes in the Northern Quarter for wandering through quaint woodlands… smoking cigarettes.

'This book honestly floored me. It felt like it had been written by one of my best friends. It was side-splittingly funny, made me cry, and was such an important foray into mental health and the importance of friendships, honesty, and living your life to the full while you can.'The Express'A witty, heartfelt portrait of queer friendship, heartbreak and rebuilding in Manchester.' PinkNews‘Spiralling is a hilarious, heartwarming celebration of queer love, friendship & chaos.’ MCR Wire'Spiralling is a messy, moving, thoroughly modern dive into queer single life, and a love letter to the friendships that define your twenties. Reading it felt like hanging out at brunch with my besties and getting all the dirt from the night before.' PJ Ellis, author of We Could Be Heroes and Love & Other Scams'A hilarious, down-to-earth, heartwarmingly honest celebration of queerness in the north: I’ll be recommending Spiralling to everyone I know!' Bonnie Woods, author of Kindling