[9] She is the coauthor, with Judy Robertson, Lisa Gjedde, Rose Luckin and Paul Brna, of the self-published book Inside Stories: A Narrative Journey (2008), on the use of story-telling in education and the use of technology to assist in storytelling.
[3][11] Aylett co-authored Inside DAMMA: the Department of Applied Meta-Magical Anthropology with Morag Burgon-Lyon, Greg Michaelson and Judy Robertson (Read Fiction, 2023).
This Science Fiction/Fantasy, written during lockdown, is about how an attempt to extract free energy from beneath Rannoch Moor breaks the multi-verse and angers the witches from Macbeth.
[15] She met her husband, union organiser Robert Jones, through their membership in the Militant tendency, a Trotskyist group within the Labour Party.
[15] As a political activist, Aylett has advocated for the Labour Party,[18] for improved labour security for university staff,[19] for permanent residency for European Union citizens already in the UK at the time of Brexit,[20] for academic freedom for faculty and students in the face of the 'Counter-terrorism and security bill' legislation by signing a letter claiming the bill ran counter to universities mission to foster free speech as well as being 'unenforceable' and 'unlawful',[21] as well as support for transgender rights.