Deborah
@deborahzafer.bsky.social
Reading, writing, poems, London, rabbits 🐇 ✡️ Mostly writing short fiction. Director of European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social
www.deborahzafer.com
www.deborahzafer.com
If you come to Muswell Parlour on Sat night you will get to hear me reading some of my teenage diary, a terrible teen poem, and an old love letter as well as something new I've written about middle-age love and who wouldn't want that?
February 13, 2026 at 2:55 PM
If you come to Muswell Parlour on Sat night you will get to hear me reading some of my teenage diary, a terrible teen poem, and an old love letter as well as something new I've written about middle-age love and who wouldn't want that?
February 12, 2026 at 8:55 PM
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Self-Portrait (in distress) 1919
https://botfrens.com/collections/90/contents/25783
https://botfrens.com/collections/90/contents/25783
February 12, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Self-Portrait (in distress) 1919
https://botfrens.com/collections/90/contents/25783
https://botfrens.com/collections/90/contents/25783
London people, if there's any way you can go and see Into The Woods at The Bridge Theatre, you MUST do so
February 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
London people, if there's any way you can go and see Into The Woods at The Bridge Theatre, you MUST do so
How can I sleep? What an amazing night in London, and seeing the photos of @saloneurope.bsky.social events all around Europe
I'm just going to cry forever about how lovely it all is
I'm just going to cry forever about how lovely it all is
February 11, 2026 at 11:44 PM
How can I sleep? What an amazing night in London, and seeing the photos of @saloneurope.bsky.social events all around Europe
I'm just going to cry forever about how lovely it all is
I'm just going to cry forever about how lovely it all is
Here @minxmarple.bsky.social goes breaking our fragile hearts with this workshop (poem by Chen Chen)
February 11, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Here @minxmarple.bsky.social goes breaking our fragile hearts with this workshop (poem by Chen Chen)
Happy birthday to @saloneurope.bsky.social! I can't believe it's been 2 years.
My personal favourite moments being: the panel in Brussels with @kitdewaal.com, Philippe & Balsam our first incredible event @lettretage.de and that 1st Brussels weekend writing in the square with @kiklodge.bsky.social
My personal favourite moments being: the panel in Brussels with @kitdewaal.com, Philippe & Balsam our first incredible event @lettretage.de and that 1st Brussels weekend writing in the square with @kiklodge.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Happy birthday to @saloneurope.bsky.social! I can't believe it's been 2 years.
My personal favourite moments being: the panel in Brussels with @kitdewaal.com, Philippe & Balsam our first incredible event @lettretage.de and that 1st Brussels weekend writing in the square with @kiklodge.bsky.social
My personal favourite moments being: the panel in Brussels with @kitdewaal.com, Philippe & Balsam our first incredible event @lettretage.de and that 1st Brussels weekend writing in the square with @kiklodge.bsky.social
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Sylvia Plath left us on this day in 1963, slain by depression, having given us so much beauty despite so much suffering. Her poignant reflection on living with the darkness and making art from the barely bearable lightness of being:
Sylvia Plath on Living with the Darkness and Making Art from the Barely Bearable Lightness of Being
“One has to shut off that nagging part of the mind and go on without it with bravo and philosophy.”
www.themarginalian.org
February 11, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Sylvia Plath left us on this day in 1963, slain by depression, having given us so much beauty despite so much suffering. Her poignant reflection on living with the darkness and making art from the barely bearable lightness of being:
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Outside does take a bit of getting used to - but what doesn't?? So damp.
February 7, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Outside does take a bit of getting used to - but what doesn't?? So damp.
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Getting a sneak preview of the exhibition currently on at Mimosa House, where we will be tomorrow night.
They've got some extra benches now if anyone else wants to squeeze in.....
They've got some extra benches now if anyone else wants to squeeze in.....
February 10, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Getting a sneak preview of the exhibition currently on at Mimosa House, where we will be tomorrow night.
They've got some extra benches now if anyone else wants to squeeze in.....
They've got some extra benches now if anyone else wants to squeeze in.....
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Hang out with us tomorrow if you are in AMSTERDAM, BERLIN, BRUSSELS, LONDON, MADRID, PARIS, VALENCIA, VENICE
✨️ Friendly meet-ups with other writers ✨️
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✨️ Friendly meet-ups with other writers ✨️
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EWS is turning 2! And to celebrate, we’re hosting parties across Europe for writers to meet, share work, and be part of our wonderful community, online or in person.
Read what's happening below:
Read what's happening below:
February 10, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Hang out with us tomorrow if you are in AMSTERDAM, BERLIN, BRUSSELS, LONDON, MADRID, PARIS, VALENCIA, VENICE
✨️ Friendly meet-ups with other writers ✨️
Please repost 🙏
✨️ Friendly meet-ups with other writers ✨️
Please repost 🙏
More Robert Creeley - America
'nowhere but you to be' 🖤
'nowhere but you to be' 🖤
February 9, 2026 at 9:01 AM
More Robert Creeley - America
'nowhere but you to be' 🖤
'nowhere but you to be' 🖤
Meanwhile, over on instagram, further proof that I dwell in a different London
February 8, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Meanwhile, over on instagram, further proof that I dwell in a different London
This poem be my life
February 8, 2026 at 8:14 PM
This poem be my life
Happy #smallpoemsunday to all
I'm reading Robert Creeley today, so here we go
'You send me your poems,
I'll send you mine.'
@tomsnarsky.bsky.social
I'm reading Robert Creeley today, so here we go
'You send me your poems,
I'll send you mine.'
@tomsnarsky.bsky.social
February 8, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Happy #smallpoemsunday to all
I'm reading Robert Creeley today, so here we go
'You send me your poems,
I'll send you mine.'
@tomsnarsky.bsky.social
I'm reading Robert Creeley today, so here we go
'You send me your poems,
I'll send you mine.'
@tomsnarsky.bsky.social
Feel like if Instagram me met Bluesky me, they wouldn't get on
February 8, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Feel like if Instagram me met Bluesky me, they wouldn't get on
Wouldn't you like to be 8 again?
February 8, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Wouldn't you like to be 8 again?
Today, want to be going to a cafe with Leonard and drinking coffee and smoking and talking and writing
But am, instead, taking two 8 year olds to a wave pool.
But am, instead, taking two 8 year olds to a wave pool.
February 8, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Today, want to be going to a cafe with Leonard and drinking coffee and smoking and talking and writing
But am, instead, taking two 8 year olds to a wave pool.
But am, instead, taking two 8 year olds to a wave pool.
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Good morning, friends!
Our latest newsletter is out with news of our events, meet-ups, courses, salons, and more.
Do join our community 🧡
europeanwriterssalon.substack.com/p/what-happe...
Our latest newsletter is out with news of our events, meet-ups, courses, salons, and more.
Do join our community 🧡
europeanwriterssalon.substack.com/p/what-happe...
February 8, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Good morning, friends!
Our latest newsletter is out with news of our events, meet-ups, courses, salons, and more.
Do join our community 🧡
europeanwriterssalon.substack.com/p/what-happe...
Our latest newsletter is out with news of our events, meet-ups, courses, salons, and more.
Do join our community 🧡
europeanwriterssalon.substack.com/p/what-happe...
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ICYMI Fictive Dream is open for submissions of contemporary #shortstories #flashfiction #microfiction and #translations #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines... fictivedream.com/submission-g...
February 7, 2026 at 11:01 AM
ICYMI Fictive Dream is open for submissions of contemporary #shortstories #flashfiction #microfiction and #translations #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines... fictivedream.com/submission-g...
Received feedback from Cheshire Novel Prize @saranaidinecox.bsky.social and so incredibly detailed and helpful. I was really surprised by how much effort was put into it - 3 pages!
Incredibly helpful to have such good feedback on opening & synopsis as I begin re-drafting.
Recommend entering
Incredibly helpful to have such good feedback on opening & synopsis as I begin re-drafting.
Recommend entering
February 7, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Received feedback from Cheshire Novel Prize @saranaidinecox.bsky.social and so incredibly detailed and helpful. I was really surprised by how much effort was put into it - 3 pages!
Incredibly helpful to have such good feedback on opening & synopsis as I begin re-drafting.
Recommend entering
Incredibly helpful to have such good feedback on opening & synopsis as I begin re-drafting.
Recommend entering
On Swimming, Adam Zagajewski
February 7, 2026 at 8:21 AM
On Swimming, Adam Zagajewski
I'm looking forward to this very much.
We will discuss all volumes published to date but avoid spoilers for 4, which comes out just a few days before.
Plenty of time to start reading if you haven't already. You won't regret it....
We will discuss all volumes published to date but avoid spoilers for 4, which comes out just a few days before.
Plenty of time to start reading if you haven't already. You won't regret it....
Join us for our quarterly Café Littéraire: European Book Club!
![Cream background with black text reading [Calligraphy script] Café Littéraire: [regular script] European Book Club; [calligraphy] with Eleonora Balsano. A photo of the book is in the bottom right corner. The title is black block text on a mustard background. The bottom half is a photo of a woman with a bobbed haircut looking away.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3buest6th6pa4r3dc4ukfusi/bafkreids6wmm7oy2xkjzsdw7tr4777pa335eb3uzxzhsfulnswscprihey@jpeg)
February 6, 2026 at 6:28 PM
I'm looking forward to this very much.
We will discuss all volumes published to date but avoid spoilers for 4, which comes out just a few days before.
Plenty of time to start reading if you haven't already. You won't regret it....
We will discuss all volumes published to date but avoid spoilers for 4, which comes out just a few days before.
Plenty of time to start reading if you haven't already. You won't regret it....
Also, next week, I'll be talking about love (again) at beautiful new bookstore, Muswell Books and Parlour.
I've been asked to respond to Romeo and Juliet, so I'm writing about teenage love and how special it is (if you're lucky) and how easily dismissed but potentially transformational 💗
I've been asked to respond to Romeo and Juliet, so I'm writing about teenage love and how special it is (if you're lucky) and how easily dismissed but potentially transformational 💗
February 6, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Also, next week, I'll be talking about love (again) at beautiful new bookstore, Muswell Books and Parlour.
I've been asked to respond to Romeo and Juliet, so I'm writing about teenage love and how special it is (if you're lucky) and how easily dismissed but potentially transformational 💗
I've been asked to respond to Romeo and Juliet, so I'm writing about teenage love and how special it is (if you're lucky) and how easily dismissed but potentially transformational 💗
Very last chance to book and come hang out with lots of lovely writers including ME and @norami.bsky.social @royakhatiblou.bsky.social and many others
We promise it won't be the usual unfriendly London thing
We promise it won't be the usual unfriendly London thing
Tiny number of tickets left for our LOVE themed London salon 11 Feb
Words! Wine! Cake! Community!
Join us 💙
Words! Wine! Cake! Community!
Join us 💙
February 6, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Very last chance to book and come hang out with lots of lovely writers including ME and @norami.bsky.social @royakhatiblou.bsky.social and many others
We promise it won't be the usual unfriendly London thing
We promise it won't be the usual unfriendly London thing