Nasim Marie Jafry
@nmjk.bsky.social
The State of Me, HarperCollins, 2008 | Shortlisted Bridport Flash Fiction Prize 2012 & 2023 | Love jazz, tulips, birds, French films | Novella-in-progress | Had ME since 1983 https://societyofauthors.org/soa-member/nasim-marie-jafry/
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COME ON SCOTLAND! 🏴⚽️
Scotland is in the World Cup for the first time since 1998 after a historic 4-2 win against Denmark 🏆
Scotland is in the World Cup for the first time since 1998 after a historic 4-2 win against Denmark 🏆
November 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
COME ON SCOTLAND! 🏴⚽️
Scotland is in the World Cup for the first time since 1998 after a historic 4-2 win against Denmark 🏆
Scotland is in the World Cup for the first time since 1998 after a historic 4-2 win against Denmark 🏆
Lovely interview with Kiran Desai on Monocle Radio. Took her twenty years between books. My kind of writer.
November 18, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Lovely interview with Kiran Desai on Monocle Radio. Took her twenty years between books. My kind of writer.
Depressing reading on availability of sugary snacks and drinks in Scotland’s hospitals. Co-authored by my friend George Winter. www.sundaypost.com/fp/experts-a... #NHS
Experts ‘appalled’ as £1m worth of sugary treats sold each year in health board facilities - The Sunday Post
Scotland’s health boards are selling around £1 million a year worth of sugary drinks and sweets in hospital canteens and snack booths.
www.sundaypost.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Depressing reading on availability of sugary snacks and drinks in Scotland’s hospitals. Co-authored by my friend George Winter. www.sundaypost.com/fp/experts-a... #NHS
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(Was just going to post this when I found your response, so posting for others.)
In 'My Mom Jayne,' Mariska Hargitay walks a fine line
www.npr.org/2025/07/05/n...
In 'My Mom Jayne,' Mariska Hargitay walks a fine line
www.npr.org/2025/07/05/n...
Mariska Hargitay walks a fine line in 'My Mom Jayne'
It's natural to feel some skepticism when a celebrity makes a documentary about their own family. But Law & Order star Mariska Hargitay tells a story that is both effective and empathetic.
www.npr.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:55 AM
(Was just going to post this when I found your response, so posting for others.)
In 'My Mom Jayne,' Mariska Hargitay walks a fine line
www.npr.org/2025/07/05/n...
In 'My Mom Jayne,' Mariska Hargitay walks a fine line
www.npr.org/2025/07/05/n...
Was wary of flu vaccine with stories of ME patients getting worse but having had flu in Jan this year, I could not go through again & got flu jab. meassociation.org.uk/2025/10/upda...
Updated Booklet: Flu Vaccination & ME/CFS 2025/2026 - The ME Association
We have released an updated version of our flu information […]
meassociation.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Was wary of flu vaccine with stories of ME patients getting worse but having had flu in Jan this year, I could not go through again & got flu jab. meassociation.org.uk/2025/10/upda...
From window, sky, hills, water.
November 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM
From window, sky, hills, water.
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❤️❤️
Read Mamdani’s victory speech here:
The Full Transcript of Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Speech
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 AM
❤️❤️
The gorgeousness of pussy willow.
November 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The gorgeousness of pussy willow.
Dried flowers on a dreich day
November 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Dried flowers on a dreich day
Yann Andrea Steiner by Marguerite Duras
October 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Yann Andrea Steiner by Marguerite Duras
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This book! I read Simone de Beauvoir’s THE IMAGE OF HER in one sitting. Absolutely phenomenal. Translated beautifully by @lauren_elkin_
Imagine some of the psychological and linguistic slippages of Virginia Woolf with the acuity of de Beauvoir as she describes the inner workings of a bourgeois (1)
Imagine some of the psychological and linguistic slippages of Virginia Woolf with the acuity of de Beauvoir as she describes the inner workings of a bourgeois (1)
October 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM
This book! I read Simone de Beauvoir’s THE IMAGE OF HER in one sitting. Absolutely phenomenal. Translated beautifully by @lauren_elkin_
Imagine some of the psychological and linguistic slippages of Virginia Woolf with the acuity of de Beauvoir as she describes the inner workings of a bourgeois (1)
Imagine some of the psychological and linguistic slippages of Virginia Woolf with the acuity of de Beauvoir as she describes the inner workings of a bourgeois (1)
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Good piece here about Zoë Wicomb, who died earlier this week, by Derek Attridge. She was brilliant in so many ways. 💔💔
Zoë Wicomb, the South African-Scottish writer who told powerful stories about belonging
A guide to the work of an acclaimed writer who represented the marginalised in society.
theconversation.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Good piece here about Zoë Wicomb, who died earlier this week, by Derek Attridge. She was brilliant in so many ways. 💔💔
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So, John and I worked on this book forever and ever. Calling it a labor of love is a bit cliché. A labor of obsession? Of adoration? The Penguin Book of the International Short Story comes out on April 7, 2026 (from @penguinpress.bsky.social, of course). Just check out the stories in the book . . .
October 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM
So, John and I worked on this book forever and ever. Calling it a labor of love is a bit cliché. A labor of obsession? Of adoration? The Penguin Book of the International Short Story comes out on April 7, 2026 (from @penguinpress.bsky.social, of course). Just check out the stories in the book . . .
Tulips in October
October 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Tulips in October
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This made me guffaw
are you okay babe you’ve barely touched the novel your author bio says you’ve been working on for years
October 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This made me guffaw
Moth on other side of window, I love how they stay there for hours, so still. Feather in rain.
October 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Moth on other side of window, I love how they stay there for hours, so still. Feather in rain.
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Today I am mostly thinking about the popular inter-war literary genre 'animal stories written by fascists'. Join me.
October 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Today I am mostly thinking about the popular inter-war literary genre 'animal stories written by fascists'. Join me.
'Every story has an expiration date. Like a jar of marmalade or a candle.' THE BOOK OF GOOSE, Yiyun Li.
October 11, 2025 at 11:43 AM
'Every story has an expiration date. Like a jar of marmalade or a candle.' THE BOOK OF GOOSE, Yiyun Li.
Love novels that make me laugh out loud. Reading LESS by Andrew Sean Greer.
October 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Love novels that make me laugh out loud. Reading LESS by Andrew Sean Greer.
Autumn colour and a (very old) wooden cat.
October 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Autumn colour and a (very old) wooden cat.
