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
Leonard says he will read us all a bedtime story and sing us all to sleep, so go make yourself comfortable
February 18, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Leonard says he will read us all a bedtime story and sing us all to sleep, so go make yourself comfortable
Come to Berlin! You won't believe how vibrant the writing community is there...
We're putting together the programme for our weekend in Berlin and it's going to be amazing. Tours with @marcelkrueger.bsky.social, museum visits, co-writing in cafes and more.
Just a few tickets left. Join us!
Berlin Literary Salon
Date: 27 mar • 18:30
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/berlin-lit...
Just a few tickets left. Join us!
Berlin Literary Salon
Date: 27 mar • 18:30
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/berlin-lit...
Berlin Literary Salon
European Writers Salon is travelling to Berlin again to host a pop-up literary salon and we would love you to join us!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 18, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Come to Berlin! You won't believe how vibrant the writing community is there...
Who needs love letters when
February 18, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Who needs love letters when
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Serbian poet Rade Drainac writes about that damning hunger that cannot be satiated
My hunger is infinite and my hands always empty.
Down city streets at night I carry the moon on my fingers.
(Tr. Charles Simic)
My hunger is infinite and my hands always empty.
Down city streets at night I carry the moon on my fingers.
(Tr. Charles Simic)
February 17, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Serbian poet Rade Drainac writes about that damning hunger that cannot be satiated
My hunger is infinite and my hands always empty.
Down city streets at night I carry the moon on my fingers.
(Tr. Charles Simic)
My hunger is infinite and my hands always empty.
Down city streets at night I carry the moon on my fingers.
(Tr. Charles Simic)
Leonard and I stayed up all night discussing how life will be different now that the fire horse is here. Change is coming - just you wait and see 🖤
February 17, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Leonard and I stayed up all night discussing how life will be different now that the fire horse is here. Change is coming - just you wait and see 🖤
This Sheila Heti essay in latest @grantamag.bsky.social about the experience of trying various psychedelic therapies is so, so good (as you would expect) and also the cover is 💙
granta.com/good-medicine/
granta.com/good-medicine/
February 16, 2026 at 7:34 AM
This Sheila Heti essay in latest @grantamag.bsky.social about the experience of trying various psychedelic therapies is so, so good (as you would expect) and also the cover is 💙
granta.com/good-medicine/
granta.com/good-medicine/
February 15, 2026 at 4:41 PM
London people, the run of this fantastic play has just been extended until 7 March.
I really recommend it.
www.stratfordeast.com/whats-on/all...
I really recommend it.
www.stratfordeast.com/whats-on/all...
Here There Are Blueberries
A mysterious album featuring Nazi-era photographs arrived at the desk of a U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum archivist.
www.stratfordeast.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:14 PM
London people, the run of this fantastic play has just been extended until 7 March.
I really recommend it.
www.stratfordeast.com/whats-on/all...
I really recommend it.
www.stratfordeast.com/whats-on/all...
Quiet everyone, Leonard is sleeping
February 15, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Quiet everyone, Leonard is sleeping
The wardrobe in this season of Industry is complete perfection. Give the person responsible all the awards.
February 15, 2026 at 8:58 AM
The wardrobe in this season of Industry is complete perfection. Give the person responsible all the awards.
Completely loved reading and talking about love tonight with a load of great writers courtesy of Insurgent Press.
Out came my teenage diaries and poems....
❤️🖤❤️
Out came my teenage diaries and poems....
❤️🖤❤️
February 14, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Completely loved reading and talking about love tonight with a load of great writers courtesy of Insurgent Press.
Out came my teenage diaries and poems....
❤️🖤❤️
Out came my teenage diaries and poems....
❤️🖤❤️
The only true valentines I know
February 14, 2026 at 10:50 AM
The only true valentines I know
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
Reposted by Deborah
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
Reposted by Deborah
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:
Reposted by Deborah
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.
Reposted by Deborah
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.....
Reposted by Deborah
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 🙏
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