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I eat books for breakfast, lunch & dinner. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ admin for the queer in publishing network. (pic from Donna Gottschalk)
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Yesterday, Merseyside Police arrested four people taking part in the regular Liverpool Friends of Palestine march, for allegedly possessing material material in support of Palestine Action www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Four arrested under Terrorism Act during Liverpool pro-Palestine protest
Merseyside police says material in support of Palestine Action was reportedly seen in possession of protesters
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July 21, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Yesterday, Merseyside Police arrested four people taking part in the regular Liverpool Friends of Palestine march, for allegedly possessing material material in support of Palestine Action www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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If you're not writing your long book what are you even doing. It's the summer of writing your long book, not the summer of experiencing happiness
I'm going to tell you exactly how to write a book. Do you see that impenetrable brick wall ahead of you? You're going to ram your head into it until long book is long.
July 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
If you're not writing your long book what are you even doing. It's the summer of writing your long book, not the summer of experiencing happiness
There was such a collective gasp of joy across the room when this was announced last night ❤️ every word from the readings felt, as Ruth Borthwick says, “jewel-like”
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Leila Aboulela awarded PEN Pinter Prize 2025 - News & Events - English PEN
PEN Pinter Prize 2025 Winner, Leila Aboulela, dressed in a black top with a patterned headscarf and smiling at the camera, leaning against a wooden fence with greenery behind her.
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July 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
There was such a collective gasp of joy across the room when this was announced last night ❤️ every word from the readings felt, as Ruth Borthwick says, “jewel-like”
www.englishpen.org/posts/news/l...
www.englishpen.org/posts/news/l...
Nothing like an accidental Power Nap at your desk in the middle of the office to really discombobulate your workday
July 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Nothing like an accidental Power Nap at your desk in the middle of the office to really discombobulate your workday
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I tell you, the sperm whale will stand no nonsense.
June 22, 2025 at 6:47 AM
I tell you, the sperm whale will stand no nonsense.
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PM: Kneecap playing at Glastonbury is not appropriate.
BBC: Showing a documentary about medics in Gaza is not appropriate.
PUBLIC: arming a genocide is a thousand times worse than "not appropriate"
BBC: Showing a documentary about medics in Gaza is not appropriate.
PUBLIC: arming a genocide is a thousand times worse than "not appropriate"
June 22, 2025 at 6:56 AM
PM: Kneecap playing at Glastonbury is not appropriate.
BBC: Showing a documentary about medics in Gaza is not appropriate.
PUBLIC: arming a genocide is a thousand times worse than "not appropriate"
BBC: Showing a documentary about medics in Gaza is not appropriate.
PUBLIC: arming a genocide is a thousand times worse than "not appropriate"
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Last night, as news emerged about a possible ban of Palestine Action, Netpol was supporting a screening of new independent film, "To Kill A War Machine", which sympathetically documents PA's evolution and impact. This is a film everyone needs to watch. It's premiere is 18 July tokillawarmachine.com
To Kill a War Machine
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June 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Last night, as news emerged about a possible ban of Palestine Action, Netpol was supporting a screening of new independent film, "To Kill A War Machine", which sympathetically documents PA's evolution and impact. This is a film everyone needs to watch. It's premiere is 18 July tokillawarmachine.com
Lorde needs to stop releasing songs that hit so hard about gender and hormones and the body before I literally MELT into the GROUND with EMOTION
June 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Lorde needs to stop releasing songs that hit so hard about gender and hormones and the body before I literally MELT into the GROUND with EMOTION
waiting for the new John Darnielle book to go on literally any UK website other than Amz so I can pre-order
June 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
waiting for the new John Darnielle book to go on literally any UK website other than Amz so I can pre-order
can someone take me on a tour of their garden? just point at the little vegetables or flowers you're growing and I'll say wow and you can look on proudly
June 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
can someone take me on a tour of their garden? just point at the little vegetables or flowers you're growing and I'll say wow and you can look on proudly
waterproof sprayed the tent for glasto next week, still not convinced that isn’t a racket created by Big Tent to sell more tent spray
June 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
waterproof sprayed the tent for glasto next week, still not convinced that isn’t a racket created by Big Tent to sell more tent spray
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How To Be a Writer: #2651414:
Open work-in-progress
Stare hungrily into the abyss
Consider that maybe the abyss is also hungry
Offer the abyss a biscuit
One of the nice ones, an oatie
maybe a chocolate Digestive
Tea.
Open work-in-progress
Stare hungrily into the abyss
Consider that maybe the abyss is also hungry
Offer the abyss a biscuit
One of the nice ones, an oatie
maybe a chocolate Digestive
Tea.
June 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
How To Be a Writer: #2651414:
Open work-in-progress
Stare hungrily into the abyss
Consider that maybe the abyss is also hungry
Offer the abyss a biscuit
One of the nice ones, an oatie
maybe a chocolate Digestive
Tea.
Open work-in-progress
Stare hungrily into the abyss
Consider that maybe the abyss is also hungry
Offer the abyss a biscuit
One of the nice ones, an oatie
maybe a chocolate Digestive
Tea.
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"Hey trans people, could you voluntarily sort yourself into third-class citizenhood so we can more efficiently corral and execute you?"
No, New York Times. That's not what trans people are saying.
June 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"Hey trans people, could you voluntarily sort yourself into third-class citizenhood so we can more efficiently corral and execute you?"
Know your rights, they’re changing every effing week, but keep knowing them:
In case you missed it, Netpol got hold of the National Police Chiefs Council's interim guidance to all police forces on searching trans detainees, drawn up after the recent Supreme Court decision rolling back protections for trans people. Here's what it says netpol.org/2025/06/18/p...
June 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Know your rights, they’re changing every effing week, but keep knowing them:
Reading Bone Horn was so much fun, putting my many thoughts about this book into a review, also fun!
"A top contender for THE queer book of the summer."
Check out Em's new rave review of our Book of the Month, Bone Horn (@cipherpress.bsky.social). Grab a copy and get converted because this new mystery is destined for a cult following:
theturnaroundblog.com/2025/06/19/b...
Check out Em's new rave review of our Book of the Month, Bone Horn (@cipherpress.bsky.social). Grab a copy and get converted because this new mystery is destined for a cult following:
theturnaroundblog.com/2025/06/19/b...
The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Whilst Solving a Mystery | Bone Horn by Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain Review
If you happen to live within the borders of the M25 and happened to open your window to let in a breeze over the past few months, you may have heard a whisper of the words “bone horn” a…
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June 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Reading Bone Horn was so much fun, putting my many thoughts about this book into a review, also fun!
Summer of Doom
June 19, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Summer of Doom
Watching politicians and corporations bend and concede to a fascist so readily is a stark reminder of how steep and quick this slippery slope was and is.
June 19, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Watching politicians and corporations bend and concede to a fascist so readily is a stark reminder of how steep and quick this slippery slope was and is.
Working on cutting down my time on social media but now I just spend the extra time reading the news and having stomach aches
June 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Working on cutting down my time on social media but now I just spend the extra time reading the news and having stomach aches
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prepare for what follows
June 17, 2025 at 6:47 AM
prepare for what follows
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June 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Incredible event, really amazing hearing from journalists on the front lines of human rights & reporting right now. As Fiona O’Brien of RSF emphasised, freedom of press underpins *everything*, and we all really have to care about this.
(Also a moment for the beautiful Institut Français)
(Also a moment for the beautiful Institut Français)
June 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Incredible event, really amazing hearing from journalists on the front lines of human rights & reporting right now. As Fiona O’Brien of RSF emphasised, freedom of press underpins *everything*, and we all really have to care about this.
(Also a moment for the beautiful Institut Français)
(Also a moment for the beautiful Institut Français)
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🏳️⚧️ Trans anthologists/editors in the UK - would anyone be interested in working with us to curate an all-trans horror/dark fic collection to benefit UK-based trans nonprofits in 2026?
If so: drop us an email at info@nefariousbatpress.com and we can make a plan
If so: drop us an email at info@nefariousbatpress.com and we can make a plan
April 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM
🏳️⚧️ Trans anthologists/editors in the UK - would anyone be interested in working with us to curate an all-trans horror/dark fic collection to benefit UK-based trans nonprofits in 2026?
If so: drop us an email at info@nefariousbatpress.com and we can make a plan
If so: drop us an email at info@nefariousbatpress.com and we can make a plan
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Chalk washes off but some things are immutable – every Home Secretary, Labour or Tory, cares more about feeding the rightwing press with the outrage it craves, than understanding why people feel the necessity to protest
April 21, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Chalk washes off but some things are immutable – every Home Secretary, Labour or Tory, cares more about feeding the rightwing press with the outrage it craves, than understanding why people feel the necessity to protest
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We're dropping in with some important and essential bank holiday weekend reading: our book of the month review is now *live*, and takes a look at Sim Kern's new book GENOCIDE BAD. Out next Tuesday from Interlink Books, this book is an essential read!! 🍉
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A Unique, Important Tool for Education – Genocide Bad by Sim Kern Book Review
9781623716363 | Interlink Books | Paperback | £16.99 | Out 22nd April 2025 Sim Kern’s new book jumps out at you from any shelf: fluorescent orange and cobalt blue adorn the cover in a wrap-around b…
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April 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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