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
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
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He once shook my hand...
In Amsterdam , in 1974...
He played in the Jaap Edenhal and I was very early outside ,
waiting with about 20 others
A limo drove up , out he came and he shook everyone's hand
Here is watching a puppetshow on the Dam in Amsterdam
In Amsterdam , in 1974...
He played in the Jaap Edenhal and I was very early outside ,
waiting with about 20 others
A limo drove up , out he came and he shook everyone's hand
Here is watching a puppetshow on the Dam in Amsterdam
February 6, 2026 at 11:31 AM
He once shook my hand...
In Amsterdam , in 1974...
He played in the Jaap Edenhal and I was very early outside ,
waiting with about 20 others
A limo drove up , out he came and he shook everyone's hand
Here is watching a puppetshow on the Dam in Amsterdam
In Amsterdam , in 1974...
He played in the Jaap Edenhal and I was very early outside ,
waiting with about 20 others
A limo drove up , out he came and he shook everyone's hand
Here is watching a puppetshow on the Dam in Amsterdam
Today, Leonard and I are taking the train to Rome via Paris
We've made no firm plans, just to meander and see what happens and where life takes us
We've made no firm plans, just to meander and see what happens and where life takes us
February 6, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Today, Leonard and I are taking the train to Rome via Paris
We've made no firm plans, just to meander and see what happens and where life takes us
We've made no firm plans, just to meander and see what happens and where life takes us
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I’m delighted to be at the wheel of the Berlin party bus in @saloneurope.bsky.social's pan-European birthday parade. Berlin writers, please come along to MARS in Silent Green from 7-9pm on Wed 11 Feb and help celebrate two years of the amazing European Writers Salon!
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 5, 2026 at 6:58 PM
I’m delighted to be at the wheel of the Berlin party bus in @saloneurope.bsky.social's pan-European birthday parade. Berlin writers, please come along to MARS in Silent Green from 7-9pm on Wed 11 Feb and help celebrate two years of the amazing European Writers Salon!
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This account is now becoming a young Leonard Cohen fan account only
February 5, 2026 at 3:59 PM
This account is now becoming a young Leonard Cohen fan account only
Did a bit of manifesting after becoming radicalised on instagram, and it only went and worked.
Concerning.
Concerning.
a black and white photo of a woman sitting in a chair holding a crystal ball .
ALT: a black and white photo of a woman sitting in a chair holding a crystal ball .
media.tenor.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Did a bit of manifesting after becoming radicalised on instagram, and it only went and worked.
Concerning.
Concerning.
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sure, sex is great but
February 4, 2026 at 9:34 AM
sure, sex is great but
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FINAL CALL FOR KESHED ONLINE LAUNCH TOMORROW.
Anyone wants adding to the zoom invite list for the event online with @davidcollard.bsky.social @regretteruane.bsky.social pls email GetKeshed@gmail.com ASAP. I'm gonna check it one more time after work so get em in quick if you've not got one yet.
Anyone wants adding to the zoom invite list for the event online with @davidcollard.bsky.social @regretteruane.bsky.social pls email GetKeshed@gmail.com ASAP. I'm gonna check it one more time after work so get em in quick if you've not got one yet.
February 4, 2026 at 8:56 AM
FINAL CALL FOR KESHED ONLINE LAUNCH TOMORROW.
Anyone wants adding to the zoom invite list for the event online with @davidcollard.bsky.social @regretteruane.bsky.social pls email GetKeshed@gmail.com ASAP. I'm gonna check it one more time after work so get em in quick if you've not got one yet.
Anyone wants adding to the zoom invite list for the event online with @davidcollard.bsky.social @regretteruane.bsky.social pls email GetKeshed@gmail.com ASAP. I'm gonna check it one more time after work so get em in quick if you've not got one yet.
Hey @minxmarple.bsky.social this is now SOLD OUT. Waitlist only.
Looks like everyone wants to flirt with us (and with texts) 🖤
Looks like everyone wants to flirt with us (and with texts) 🖤
February 4, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Hey @minxmarple.bsky.social this is now SOLD OUT. Waitlist only.
Looks like everyone wants to flirt with us (and with texts) 🖤
Looks like everyone wants to flirt with us (and with texts) 🖤
Very much looking forward to this by @markabowles.bsky.social
There is a new book by Mark Bowles on the way. It's called How Do People Stay The Same. It is, as you might expect, a thing of beauty and wonder. Details here: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/campaigns/vi...
How Do People Stay The Same
Galley Beggar Mail
www.galleybeggar.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Very much looking forward to this by @markabowles.bsky.social
Very much looking forward to this course.
Join me?
Join me?
February 3, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Very much looking forward to this course.
Join me?
Join me?
Romeo and Juliet - bun version
February 3, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Romeo and Juliet - bun version