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moniqueroffey.bsky.social
@moniqueroffey.bsky.social
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Writer, FRSL, Professor Contemporary Fiction, ManMet Uni, activist, Costa Prize Book of the Year 2020. The Mermaid of Black Conch. New novel, Passiontide, out in paperback 15 May 2025.

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Margret Atwood at The Barbican on Monday night. A living legend. Wise, funny, political. What a body of work. Great evening. #womenwhowrite #legend @barbican.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Congratulations NYC, Congratulations Mr Mamdani. #hope #democracy #socialism
November 5, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Not the first time Trump trashed a public building. Total cost of January 6: $2.7 billion.
March 24, 2025 Mr. Thomas E. Austin Architect of the Capitol SB-15 U.S. Capitol U.S. Capitol Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Mr. Austin: On his first day in office, despite warnings from senior Republicans, President Trump issued a blanket pardon to the more than 1,500 people charged in the deadly January 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.1 While these sentences can be erased with the stroke of a pen, the damage done that day is not so easily repaired. The Capitol complex withstood nearly millions of dollars in property damage from the insurrectionists who entered the Capitol by force and in their wake “left windows broken, doors splintered, and paintings stained with pepper spray and tear gas.”2 The total cost of the insurrection to the taxpayers is estimated to be $2.7 billion, and that does not account for the lives lost due to the violence that day.3 Thanks to President Trump’s reckless pardons, convicted rioters can not only walk freely, but they also are no longer required to pay their court-ordered restitutions, much of which was owed directly to your office.
October 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Hey! Comes to Newhaven this Saturday, 2-6 pm. It’s packed with good things and it’s free! #writingcommunity
October 16, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Cultural healing and culture shift last night at Wembley stadium. #FreePalestine
September 18, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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This woman! #bravery
owenjones.bsky.social Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · Aug 29
The German police brutally assault an Irish woman protesting against Israel's genocide.

The German state is a disgrace.

It committed genocide against the Jewish people - far from its only genocide.

It forced Palestinians to pay the price, viciously silencing anyone who objects
August 29, 2025 at 10:45 PM
moniqueroffey.bsky.social
We did it ! Hey! Festival was launched last weekend as part of Art Bomb, Doncaster. #liveliterature
August 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
moniqueroffey.bsky.social
Pleased to announce our inaugural Hey! Festival in collaboration with Doncaster Art Bomb. A Hard Art writer led initiative, where live lit meets activism. #Hey! #activism #wordsmatter
August 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Thankyou ! #mermaids
August 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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gregorynorminton.bsky.social
The context for right-wing populist attacks on clean energy? Clean energy is poised to wipe out the power of their corporate and petrostate sponsors.
jrfhanger.bsky.social John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · Aug 1
Good morning with good news: Renewables will be world's top electricity source (36%) by 2026 & possibly by 2025!

Coal falls to its lowest global share (32%) in 100 years by 2026.

Wind & solar skyrocket from 4% in 2015 to 17% in 2025 & 20% in 2026!
#energysky www.carbonbrief.org/iea-renewabl...
August 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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The Washington Post just published the names of more than 18,500 children in Gaza killed by Israel.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names.
Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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forthwrite.bsky.social
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MONIQUE ROFFEY
Forthwrite · Episode
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July 25, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Chatting about writing and about Passiontide. Thankyou @forthwrite.bsky.social #activism
July 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Today’s State of the Climate address to Parliament from @ed-miliband.bsky.social is a welcome step – radical truth-telling is exactly what we need.
July 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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‘I believe that damaging and destroying weapons of war is one way of waging peace: I can only conclude that for the British government, the waging of peace is terrorism.’

Huw Lemmey on Palestine Action, online early from our next issue: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Huw Lemmey · Short Cuts: Who’s afraid of Palestine Action?
I believe there is a moral case for disarming the machinery of war that is killing innocent civilians in Gaza with the...
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July 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
moniqueroffey.bsky.social
I salute these people. Brave people. #Gazagenocide
defendourjuries.bsky.social Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · Jul 12
BREAKING 🚨 ~40 ARRESTS IN PARLIAMENT SQ.

Over 300 police officers have been seen to carry away dozens of people from the foot of statues of Nelson Mandela and Gandhi for allegedly terrorism offences.

Those arrested are accused of holding signs in support of Palestine Action
July 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Thankyou judges, honoured! #caricon #Passiontide
July 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Thrilled to be a finalist! #Caricon
blakefriedmann.bsky.social Blake Friedmann Literary Agency @blakefriedmann.bsky.social · Jul 10
NEWS: PASSIONTIDE by @moniqueroffey.bsky.social nominated for the inaugural CARICON Prize for Caribbean Literature!

PASSIONTIDE is out now from @vintagebooks.bsky.social and @aaknopf.bsky.social

📚🏝️ 📚🏝️

Read more: blakefriedmann.co.uk/news/passion...
July 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Great evening last night @vaginamuseum.bsky.social with these two great women. Tantra teacher Jan Day and writer Marianne Power. #modernlove
July 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Best news ever!
thecanaryuk.bsky.social The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · Jul 3
Zarah Sultana QUITS Labour to lead new party with Jeremy Corbyn

Predictably, the corporate media are already shit stirring to try and bring Zarah Sultana, Corbyn, and the new party down.

Waiting for antisemitism & terrorism smears in 3...2...1...
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Zarah Sultana QUITS Labour to lead new party with Jeremy Corbyn
Predictably, the corporate media are already shit stirring to try and bring Zarah Sultana, Corbyn, and the new party down.
www.thecanary.co
July 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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amnestyuk.bsky.social
It's called Gaza: Doctors Under Attack

And you can watch it here:
www.channel4.com/programmes/g...
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack
A forensic investigation into Israeli military attacks on hospitals in Gaza
www.channel4.com
July 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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@palaction.bsky.social is not a terrorist group. #FreePalestine
July 3, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Perfectly expressed.
"I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone. That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after" Sahar Delijani, Iranian author
June 23, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Almost sold out! Join us @vaginamuseum.bsky.social 8 July. #love #desire
June 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Join us. I’ll be chatting to legendary tantra teacher Jan Day as well as author Marianne Power @vaginamuseum.bsky.social 8 July #tantra #women #Sexuality
June 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM