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Nadia Henderson
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🌲 London-born writer in Sweden
💌 Subscribe to my newsletter, 'Desk Despatches', for monthly updates and recommendations from my writing desk https://deskdespatches.substack.com
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Nadia Henderson @nadiahenderson.bsky.social · Dec 2
Hi, hello! 👋🏼 I'm new here, so an intro feels right.

I'm Nadia, I live in a tiny village in the Hälsingland region of Sweden with my husband, our cat Bella and our rabbit Doris.

I write (mainly) short stories exploring how we relate to each other and to place during a time of climate breakdown.
A woman with glasses and bob-length brown hair wears a pink gingham dress and stands on a porch surrounded by greenery. There's a red house in the background.
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Them: write a normal-ass argumentative essay
Me: ok i'll argue that fiction can sometimes be fact and i'll do it by using a ghost story as an example
November 7, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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some of these philosophers were doing too much / missives from the essay-writing trenches
October 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Speaking of Substack, I've been pretty shit at sharing my newsletters on here - so here's the most recent one which I eked out of myself over the course of a month and a half: on feelings, digital overwhelm, reading and writing (or not) deskdespatches.substack.com/p/autumn-des...
Autumn Desk Despatches
writing, reading, thinking, feeling, remembering
deskdespatches.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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I am simply begging writers to stop referring to Substack as SS, thanks!
October 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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I did just write 'it's giving Derrida' in my pre-seminar notes, so I think I'm making sense of how all of the theory I've read over the last month interconnects (side note: studying on sundays kinda sucks)
September 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Voting for the Society of Authors Management Committee elections is NOW OPEN until Wednesday 22 October! 🗳️ Here's some more info on the four amazing candidates Fossil Free Books organisers have decided to collectively endorse 👉
A pink background with a holographic sticker-style text reading Voting Is Open. Black and white text on corresponding backgrounds reads, for the SoA management committee elections. Fossil Free Books collectively endorses these four BRILLIANT candidates…Jen Calleja Matt Abbot Polly Atkin Mohamed Tonsy. Is the SoA the union you need? It will not change by itself. Your vote matters. The Fossil Free Books logo sits in the bottom left corner of the slide.
September 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Book Fringe Round up!

There's a lot of noise & creative chaos in Edinburgh during the festivals, so the latest newsletter has a wee recap of Book Fringe delights incl:
@ecetemelkuran.bsky.social Rosie Day Randa Jarrar Daniel Harding @vashtiharrison.bsky.social & more!
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August 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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I wasn't expecting such a big part of writing a novel draft set in rural early 20th century Sweden to be pausing to check, for example, the material a cowbell would have been tied with
August 12, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Keir Starmer must act to secure the release from prison in Egypt of British-Egyptian writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah. #FreeAlaa

Time is pressing as his mother, Laila Soueif's health is deteriorating.
englishpen.bsky.social English PEN @englishpen.bsky.social · May 30
We join 20 orgs in a letter to PM Keir Starmer to urgently raise concerns about the ongoing detention of British-Egyptian writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah, as well as the rapidly deteriorating health of his mother, Laila Soueif. #FreeAlaa

Read the letter ⤵️
www.englishpen.org/posts/campai...
Urgent appeal for Alaa Abd el-Fattah and Laila Soueif - News & Events - English PEN
www.englishpen.org
May 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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lighthousebks.bsky.social
Artists/Illustrators/Designers! We need YOU!

Edinburgh’s Radical Book Fair returns 6-9th of November 2025 : we need a poster!

This year’s theme is ‘Ecosystems of change’ or ‘Constellations of Change’. As an artist, we invite you to respond to whichever of the two speaks to you most.

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May 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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fossilfreebooks.org
We stand in solidarity with our trans siblings and are united in our anger at the Supreme Court ruling & EHRC update.

Trans, non-binary and intersex people are facing exclusion from basic aspects of public life.

Please read this thread that contains recommendations and calls to action.
Black text on background of Trans Solidarity Flag: Fossil Free Books stands in solidarity with our trans siblings. We are united in our anger at the Supreme Court ruling and EHRC update. Rather than providing “clarity”, this ruling and the EHRC interim update are causing confusion, uncertainty and fear. They have also given strength to the authoritarian, sexist campaign for the persecution and ostracism of trans women. Trans, non-binary and intersex people – including bookworkers – are facing exclusion from basic aspects of public life.
May 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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My debut novel These Mortal Bodies comes out in July and I'm running a workshop about writing friendship as the light and dark of friendship is at the heart of the book. To join you can just DM or email me with proof of purchase in any form - I'd love to see you there ❤️ #Writing #BookSky
Writing Friendship, Online, 11th June 7-8.30pm Friendships can define our lives, in ways both light and dark, but often they aren't centred in art or written about as much as other kinds of love. To attend the workshop and explore writing about friendship, just pre-order a copy of These Mortal Bodies in any form and get in touch with your proof or purchase!
May 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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BRISTOL: COME SEE FADY JOUDAH ON 7 JUNE www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/the...
A conversation with Fady Joudah at Bristol Folk House
Join us for an evening of poetry reading and a conversation with Palestinian-American poet, Fady Joudah. Fady will read from his poetry, and talk about writing and being Palestinian in a time of genoc...
www.headfirstbristol.co.uk
May 27, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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NEW REWARD ON THE CROWDFUNDER. Famously T. S. Eliot said that a cat should have three different names. For £40 you can choose a new middle name for Sam and for Alfie www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-a-gra...
Black cat wearing cone lying on doormat in the sun Black and white cat sitting on green wicker chair glaring at you
May 9, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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historical fiction writers, how do you do it? I can barely get through a sentence in this draft without being dragged into a research hole about, say, which alcoholic beverages farmers drank in the early 1900s
May 9, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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wwborders.bsky.social Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · May 5
For most of our existence, WWB has received funding from the NEA. Now, like many others, we must chart a path forward without it. But our readers still deserve access to dazzling global writing. Please donate or share our work to support our mission of bringing the world close through literature.
The following text, above a green circle reading "swipe" connected to the WWB logo through a line: "Literature is how we create the world we want to live in. But that world is threatened by the administration's cuts to the NEA and the rich arts landscape it once supported. And the work we do to uplift bold, innovative global writing is newly at risk." The following text, above a green circle reading "swipe" connected to the WWB logo through a line: "Like many other arts organizations across the country, we learned on Friday night that our 2025 NEA grant has been terminated because our work “no longer aligns” with the administration’s priorities. Moving forward, we cannot rely on funding that has sustained our magazine and our programs for well over a decade. Yet despite these challenges, we stand firm in our mission to amplify global literary voices and invite readers to explore a wider world through literature." The following text, above a green circle reading "swipe" connected to the WWB logo through a line: "If you, like us, believe in the power of global stories, here’s what you can do in this destabilizing moment to support WWB and our vision of literature that embraces global interconnectedness:" A set of green text boxes organized above the social media logos for Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn, as well as a black button with white text reading "wordswithoutborders.org" and "wwb-campus.org". Two images, one of a teacher instructing students in a classroom and one of a selfie of smiling folks at a WWB event, are interspersed with the text boxes. The boxes contain calls-to-action to support WWB, including to donate, to subscribe to newsletters, to joine WWB Campus for free, to meet us at our free public events, and to follow us on social media and share our posts.
May 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Since we are back at work in the UK today - it's a GREAT time to email your MP about the Supreme Court ruling and the threats to trans people as a result. I used this helpful guide to write to my MP. You should too.
www.translegalproject.org/post/urgent-...
URGENT ACTION: Write to your MP to protest the Supreme Court ruling and the EHRC's proposals to impose draconian bans on trans people from single-sex spaces.
The trans community is facing a major crisis in the UK after the Supreme Court ruled last week that for the purposes of The Equality Act 2010 sex should be classified as biological (i.e. as recorded a...
www.translegalproject.org
April 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Every writer against genocide belongs in their union.

The Society of Authors does not stand for a free Palestine. Not yet.

Amid Israel’s destruction of libraries, bookshops, printing presses and publishing houses in Gaza, the SoA’s lack of solidarity is driving members to leave the union. [1]
A bright purple background has text reading "Every writer against genocide belongs in their union' in shiny holographic sticker style writing. Below it sits the Fossil Free Books logo and smaller text that reads: "Join the Society of Authors as a Full Member by Wed 30th Apr to vote in this year's Management Committee elections'
April 22, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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first outing of the year today for my ripped jeans / this is a spell I am casting for no further snowfall, thank you
April 16, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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📣PSA: translations, authors, illustrators 📣

Have you joined your union, the @societyofauthors.bsky.social? Join before weds 30th April to vote in this year's elections.

Claim £50 towards membership from @fossilfreebooks.org's mutual aid fund: opencollective.com/fossil-free-...
fossilfreebooks.org Fossil Free Books @fossilfreebooks.org · Apr 4
The Society of Authors needs to change. But it won’t without you.

Join – or rejoin – as a Full Member by Wednesday 30th April to vote in this year’s Management Committee elections.

Writers, translators & illustrators face huge challenges right now… (1/5)
The Society of Authors needs to change. But it won’t without you. Join – or rejoin – as a Full Member by Wednesday 30th April to vote in this year’s Management Committee elections. Writers, translators and illustrators face huge challenges right now including: falling earnings, the threat of AI, the sector’s complicity in genocide and fossil fuel extraction, challenges to free speech. Can you resist these threats? Yes! But only if you have a member-led union that truly represents you. Fossil Free Books recommends that writers, translators and illustrators join the Society of Authors. With its wealth of resources and powerful industry connections, it has great potential – but without you it can’t channel that potential into meaningful action. Recent successes at the 2024 AGM and EGM have already shown that you have the power to use its existing democratic processes to make it the healthy, bold trade union that you need and deserve. The only way to create a fairer, more sustainable industry is to create it together. Your union won’t change without you – and the first step is to join. If you need support with your union fees, you can claim £50 through our Open Collective fund (link in post).
April 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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I'm doing that editing thing where I'm adding (SOMETHING ELSE HERE) in the middle of drafts / on the plus side, the draft I dragged out of my 2023 folder this morning isn't as bad as I thought it might be
April 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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If you're a writer, translator or illustrator, now's the time to join the UK's biggest union for authors! It's far from perfect, has lots of potential - but won't change unless you join and help to fix it.
fossilfreebooks.org Fossil Free Books @fossilfreebooks.org · Apr 4
The Society of Authors needs to change. But it won’t without you.

Join – or rejoin – as a Full Member by Wednesday 30th April to vote in this year’s Management Committee elections.

Writers, translators & illustrators face huge challenges right now… (1/5)
The Society of Authors needs to change. But it won’t without you. Join – or rejoin – as a Full Member by Wednesday 30th April to vote in this year’s Management Committee elections. Writers, translators and illustrators face huge challenges right now including: falling earnings, the threat of AI, the sector’s complicity in genocide and fossil fuel extraction, challenges to free speech. Can you resist these threats? Yes! But only if you have a member-led union that truly represents you. Fossil Free Books recommends that writers, translators and illustrators join the Society of Authors. With its wealth of resources and powerful industry connections, it has great potential – but without you it can’t channel that potential into meaningful action. Recent successes at the 2024 AGM and EGM have already shown that you have the power to use its existing democratic processes to make it the healthy, bold trade union that you need and deserve. The only way to create a fairer, more sustainable industry is to create it together. Your union won’t change without you – and the first step is to join. If you need support with your union fees, you can claim £50 through our Open Collective fund (link in post).
April 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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We're not applying for an NEA grant due to their anti-trans requirements. Stand with us and help us replace our annual grant by making a donation today. buff.ly/7bmxm3J
March 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM