Caroline Brothers
@carobrothers.bsky.social
Writer | author of The Memory Stones, Hinterland, War & Photography | mentor at storyboardwriter.com | RLF writing fellow |former reporter NYT, Reuters
* Fiction-writing workshop on Hydra, 15-21 June 2025
* Contact via DM or www.carolinebrothers.com
* Fiction-writing workshop on Hydra, 15-21 June 2025
* Contact via DM or www.carolinebrothers.com
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And I think that's a wrap!
Our writing workshop on the Greek island of Hydra has just ended. With thanks to my fabulous co-tutor Shelley Kenigsberg and our uber-talented participants - what a wonderful retreat this was!
Oh and my alter-ego, a ginger nightlife cat flaked out in the cool of dawn
Our writing workshop on the Greek island of Hydra has just ended. With thanks to my fabulous co-tutor Shelley Kenigsberg and our uber-talented participants - what a wonderful retreat this was!
Oh and my alter-ego, a ginger nightlife cat flaked out in the cool of dawn
So now we have ‘degenerate’ newspapers? Where have heard that word before?
Donald Trump files $15bn lawsuit against New York Times
Donald Trump files $15bn lawsuit against New York Times
September 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
So now we have ‘degenerate’ newspapers? Where have heard that word before?
Donald Trump files $15bn lawsuit against New York Times
Donald Trump files $15bn lawsuit against New York Times
Cyclamen, and conkers falling everywhere.
High winds in Warwickshire on a beautiful autumn writing residency, thanks to the Hosking Houses Trust.
I feel blessed 😊
High winds in Warwickshire on a beautiful autumn writing residency, thanks to the Hosking Houses Trust.
I feel blessed 😊
September 15, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Cyclamen, and conkers falling everywhere.
High winds in Warwickshire on a beautiful autumn writing residency, thanks to the Hosking Houses Trust.
I feel blessed 😊
High winds in Warwickshire on a beautiful autumn writing residency, thanks to the Hosking Houses Trust.
I feel blessed 😊
A lovely obit in the New York Times for Rosa Rosinblit, one of the grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, who defied a military regime in search of her stolen grandson.
So lovely that he quotes an interview I did with her when writing #TheMemoryStones.
RIP Rosa
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/o...
So lovely that he quotes an interview I did with her when writing #TheMemoryStones.
RIP Rosa
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/o...
Rosa Roisinblit, Who Championed the Missing in Argentina, Dies at 106
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
A lovely obit in the New York Times for Rosa Rosinblit, one of the grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, who defied a military regime in search of her stolen grandson.
So lovely that he quotes an interview I did with her when writing #TheMemoryStones.
RIP Rosa
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/o...
So lovely that he quotes an interview I did with her when writing #TheMemoryStones.
RIP Rosa
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/o...
“I am one of the last of the Abuelas” – the grandmothers still searching for #Argentina’s ‘disappeared’. I’m 87, but I will never give up
Heartfelt life story of one of Argentina’s grandmothers. Their amazing story helped inspire my #novel, the #MemoryStones
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Heartfelt life story of one of Argentina’s grandmothers. Their amazing story helped inspire my #novel, the #MemoryStones
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
I am one of the last of the Abuelas – the grandmothers still searching for Argentina’s ‘disappeared’. I’m 87, but I will never give up
Nearly 50 years ago, my son and his wife were tortured and killed and their baby was taken by the military regime. Two decades later, I found her – but hundreds of grandchildren are still missing
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
“I am one of the last of the Abuelas” – the grandmothers still searching for #Argentina’s ‘disappeared’. I’m 87, but I will never give up
Heartfelt life story of one of Argentina’s grandmothers. Their amazing story helped inspire my #novel, the #MemoryStones
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Heartfelt life story of one of Argentina’s grandmothers. Their amazing story helped inspire my #novel, the #MemoryStones
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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AAAAAAA I JUST RECORDED THIS!!!! best lightning capture of my life
July 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
AAAAAAA I JUST RECORDED THIS!!!! best lightning capture of my life
When life gets in the way of fiction: break away for a tutored writing retreat in Devon, England, July 21-26.
Marcel Theroux & I will give masterclasses and feedback on your project; the amazing Kamila Shamsie will visit us; otherwise your time is your own. Join us!
www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
Marcel Theroux & I will give masterclasses and feedback on your project; the amazing Kamila Shamsie will visit us; otherwise your time is your own. Join us!
www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
July 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
When life gets in the way of fiction: break away for a tutored writing retreat in Devon, England, July 21-26.
Marcel Theroux & I will give masterclasses and feedback on your project; the amazing Kamila Shamsie will visit us; otherwise your time is your own. Join us!
www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
Marcel Theroux & I will give masterclasses and feedback on your project; the amazing Kamila Shamsie will visit us; otherwise your time is your own. Join us!
www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
Join Marcel Theroux and me at Totleigh Barton, the gorgeous @arvonfoundation.bsky.social manor house in Devon, UK, for a tutored writing retreat, 21-26 July.
You'll have private tutorials, a masterclass or two & time to write. A brilliant guest tutor: Kamila Shamsie
www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
You'll have private tutorials, a masterclass or two & time to write. A brilliant guest tutor: Kamila Shamsie
www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
Tutored Retreat: Fiction | Time to focus | Arvon
Every writing project involves problems, stumbling blocks and set-backs, or sometimes life just gets in the way. If you feel your work-in-progress might benefit from professional guidance, the company...
www.arvon.org
July 3, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Join Marcel Theroux and me at Totleigh Barton, the gorgeous @arvonfoundation.bsky.social manor house in Devon, UK, for a tutored writing retreat, 21-26 July.
You'll have private tutorials, a masterclass or two & time to write. A brilliant guest tutor: Kamila Shamsie
www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
You'll have private tutorials, a masterclass or two & time to write. A brilliant guest tutor: Kamila Shamsie
www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
Join us!
An Arvon Foundation tutored retreat, late summer in beautiful Devon. What’s not to like 😊
An Arvon Foundation tutored retreat, late summer in beautiful Devon. What’s not to like 😊
June 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Join us!
An Arvon Foundation tutored retreat, late summer in beautiful Devon. What’s not to like 😊
An Arvon Foundation tutored retreat, late summer in beautiful Devon. What’s not to like 😊
And I think that's a wrap!
Our writing workshop on the Greek island of Hydra has just ended. With thanks to my fabulous co-tutor Shelley Kenigsberg and our uber-talented participants - what a wonderful retreat this was!
Oh and my alter-ego, a ginger nightlife cat flaked out in the cool of dawn
Our writing workshop on the Greek island of Hydra has just ended. With thanks to my fabulous co-tutor Shelley Kenigsberg and our uber-talented participants - what a wonderful retreat this was!
Oh and my alter-ego, a ginger nightlife cat flaked out in the cool of dawn
June 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
And I think that's a wrap!
Our writing workshop on the Greek island of Hydra has just ended. With thanks to my fabulous co-tutor Shelley Kenigsberg and our uber-talented participants - what a wonderful retreat this was!
Oh and my alter-ego, a ginger nightlife cat flaked out in the cool of dawn
Our writing workshop on the Greek island of Hydra has just ended. With thanks to my fabulous co-tutor Shelley Kenigsberg and our uber-talented participants - what a wonderful retreat this was!
Oh and my alter-ego, a ginger nightlife cat flaked out in the cool of dawn
Another fantastic offering from Fitzcarraldo. This time, a novel about a couple of digital nomads in Berlin, losing access to their feelings in quest of an Instagrammable life.
Perfection, by Vincenzo Latronico
Perfection, by Vincenzo Latronico
June 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Another fantastic offering from Fitzcarraldo. This time, a novel about a couple of digital nomads in Berlin, losing access to their feelings in quest of an Instagrammable life.
Perfection, by Vincenzo Latronico
Perfection, by Vincenzo Latronico
Donkey-back on Hydra, Greece, back in 2017! So thrilled to be back here, this time to run a writing workshop with my colleague Shelley Kenigsberg - Writing by the Sea on Hydra - that starts tonight!
June 15, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Donkey-back on Hydra, Greece, back in 2017! So thrilled to be back here, this time to run a writing workshop with my colleague Shelley Kenigsberg - Writing by the Sea on Hydra - that starts tonight!
Here we go! Join our tutored retreat at Arvon’s beautiful Totleigh Barton this July.
June 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Here we go! Join our tutored retreat at Arvon’s beautiful Totleigh Barton this July.
Interesting post, from someone who has worked in book marketing..
I Spent $11,000 Marketing My Debut Novel (002) open.substack.com/pub/ajdewerd...
I Spent $11,000 Marketing My Debut Novel (002) open.substack.com/pub/ajdewerd...
I Spent $11,000 Marketing My Debut Novel (002)
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
open.substack.com
April 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Interesting post, from someone who has worked in book marketing..
I Spent $11,000 Marketing My Debut Novel (002) open.substack.com/pub/ajdewerd...
I Spent $11,000 Marketing My Debut Novel (002) open.substack.com/pub/ajdewerd...
“Australia tops global rankings for mammal extinction – at least 33 species have died out since 1789 – and is number two behind Indonesia for loss of biodiversity.”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia is in an extinction crisis – why isn’t it an issue at this election?
Some of the country’s most loved native species, including the koala and the hairy-nosed wombat, are on the brink. Is this their last chance at survival?
www.theguardian.com
April 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
“Australia tops global rankings for mammal extinction – at least 33 species have died out since 1789 – and is number two behind Indonesia for loss of biodiversity.”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
** Writing by the Sea on Hydra, 15-21 June 2025**
Join us for a unique workshop retreat on this stunning Greek island, for anyone interested in memoir or fiction.
Two tutors, one island, and a wealth of inspiration.
More info
👉 carolinebrotherswriting@gmail.com
👉 editinginparadise@gmail.com.
Join us for a unique workshop retreat on this stunning Greek island, for anyone interested in memoir or fiction.
Two tutors, one island, and a wealth of inspiration.
More info
👉 carolinebrotherswriting@gmail.com
👉 editinginparadise@gmail.com.
April 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
** Writing by the Sea on Hydra, 15-21 June 2025**
Join us for a unique workshop retreat on this stunning Greek island, for anyone interested in memoir or fiction.
Two tutors, one island, and a wealth of inspiration.
More info
👉 carolinebrotherswriting@gmail.com
👉 editinginparadise@gmail.com.
Join us for a unique workshop retreat on this stunning Greek island, for anyone interested in memoir or fiction.
Two tutors, one island, and a wealth of inspiration.
More info
👉 carolinebrotherswriting@gmail.com
👉 editinginparadise@gmail.com.
So, the years of unpaid labour that is writing go to feed the tech bros’ profits, and to widen the inequality gap with job destruction.
Well done.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Well done.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
‘Meta has stolen books’: authors to protest in London against AI trained using ‘shadow library’
Writers will gather at the Facebook owner’s King’s Cross office in opposition to its use of the LibGen database to train its AI models
www.theguardian.com
April 3, 2025 at 10:09 AM
So, the years of unpaid labour that is writing go to feed the tech bros’ profits, and to widen the inequality gap with job destruction.
Well done.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Well done.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Hang on - isnt an anti-Trump hater someone who hates people who are anti-Trump? So, a Trump-liker?? 🤔
So confused 😵💫
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...
So confused 😵💫
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...
White House criticises Jeffrey Goldberg over new Signal messages - live updates
Pete Hegseth told the group chat what time F-18 fighters would launch and when strikes would happen.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Hang on - isnt an anti-Trump hater someone who hates people who are anti-Trump? So, a Trump-liker?? 🤔
So confused 😵💫
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...
So confused 😵💫
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...
Joining the dots on the effects we are having… and the ‘elevator to extinction’ for altitude plants….
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Biodiversity loss in all species and every ecosystem linked to humans – report
Sweeping synthesis of 2,000 global studies leaves no doubt about scale of problem and role of humans, say experts
www.theguardian.com
March 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Joining the dots on the effects we are having… and the ‘elevator to extinction’ for altitude plants….
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Caroline Brothers
I'll be reposting this occasionally until the fundraising period expires.
Logline: Mikey, a Chinese-American man, returns home to the small town he grew up in for a childhood friend’s funeral and confronts memories long buried. #film #filmmaking 📽️🎥
Teaser:
vimeo.com/1056163710
Logline: Mikey, a Chinese-American man, returns home to the small town he grew up in for a childhood friend’s funeral and confronts memories long buried. #film #filmmaking 📽️🎥
Teaser:
vimeo.com/1056163710
March 15, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I'll be reposting this occasionally until the fundraising period expires.
Logline: Mikey, a Chinese-American man, returns home to the small town he grew up in for a childhood friend’s funeral and confronts memories long buried. #film #filmmaking 📽️🎥
Teaser:
vimeo.com/1056163710
Logline: Mikey, a Chinese-American man, returns home to the small town he grew up in for a childhood friend’s funeral and confronts memories long buried. #film #filmmaking 📽️🎥
Teaser:
vimeo.com/1056163710
Definition of a good life: a man who helped save kestrels in Mauritius from extinction when there were only 4 left… and who’d never be bored on a Desert Island :)
Lovely interview with Carl Jones on BBC this morning.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Lovely interview with Carl Jones on BBC this morning.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Professor Carl Jones, conservation biologist
Professor Carl Jones, biologist, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Definition of a good life: a man who helped save kestrels in Mauritius from extinction when there were only 4 left… and who’d never be bored on a Desert Island :)
Lovely interview with Carl Jones on BBC this morning.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Lovely interview with Carl Jones on BBC this morning.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Appalled by this. I researched my #eco #novel #Finisterre among the fragile bird sanctuaries on the Bempton cliffs - how can we protect #fish and #bird life with this happening?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...
Tanker collision latest: 'It came out of the blue': Sailor describes harrowing escape from tanker
One cargo crew member is still unaccounted for and the search has been called off after
www.bbc.co.uk
March 11, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Appalled by this. I researched my #eco #novel #Finisterre among the fragile bird sanctuaries on the Bempton cliffs - how can we protect #fish and #bird life with this happening?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...
In a post-truth society aided by AI and algorithms, is it enough for fiction to pack an emotional punch? “It’s something that increasingly makes me feel uneasy…”
Nobel writer Ishiguro grappling with what #fiction might become in an AI world.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
Nobel writer Ishiguro grappling with what #fiction might become in an AI world.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
‘AI will become very good at manipulating emotions’: Kazuo Ishiguro on the future of fiction and truth
On the 20th anniversary of Never Let Me Go, the Nobel prize-winning novelist talks about the role of the author in a post-truth world – and why he’s ‘not a great writer of prose’
www.theguardian.com
March 8, 2025 at 11:39 AM
In a post-truth society aided by AI and algorithms, is it enough for fiction to pack an emotional punch? “It’s something that increasingly makes me feel uneasy…”
Nobel writer Ishiguro grappling with what #fiction might become in an AI world.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
Nobel writer Ishiguro grappling with what #fiction might become in an AI world.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
Heartbreaking - can this not be stopped?
But great to see creel fishermen are being trained in rescues, and that nets are evolving…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
But great to see creel fishermen are being trained in rescues, and that nets are evolving…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why are whales getting tangled up in ropes?
Why are entanglements happening and are the incidents on the rise?
www.bbc.co.uk
March 7, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Heartbreaking - can this not be stopped?
But great to see creel fishermen are being trained in rescues, and that nets are evolving…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
But great to see creel fishermen are being trained in rescues, and that nets are evolving…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tremendous film with a magisterial performance from lead actor Fernanda Torres, bringing to life the impact of disappearance on a family when a military dictatorship takes hold.
Compelling, moving and well deserving of all its Oscar nominations.
#MemoryStones
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/fe...
Compelling, moving and well deserving of all its Oscar nominations.
#MemoryStones
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/fe...
I’m Still Here review – wrenching true-life saga of a Brazilian family torn apart by military rule
When a former congressman is abducted from his beachfront home in 1970s Rio, his wife and children are left reeling – for decades – in Walter Salles’s Oscar-nominated drama starring an extraordinary F...
www.theguardian.com
February 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Tremendous film with a magisterial performance from lead actor Fernanda Torres, bringing to life the impact of disappearance on a family when a military dictatorship takes hold.
Compelling, moving and well deserving of all its Oscar nominations.
#MemoryStones
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/fe...
Compelling, moving and well deserving of all its Oscar nominations.
#MemoryStones
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/fe...