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debut novel The Fisherman's Gift out 6th March 2025 in UK (Harvill Secker, Penguin Vintage) and 18th March in US (Simon and Schuster)
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Feeling old & tired & I think maybe it’s time to move to a cul-de-sac & get into busybodying: some low stakes peering & meddling, a bit of light stickybeaking & curtain twitching.
In my Mrs Mangelmaxing & Martin Brycecore era - moridund petty little cheese & wine affairs, knitwear & fussbudgetry
August 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
August 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Erasures from Institutionalism and Schizophrenia: A Comparative Study of Three Mental Hospitals 1960-1968,
G. W. Brown J. K Wing
July 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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I’m no expert but I would’ve got a person to do it.
July 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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As a child, when I first heard about the Speaking Clock I assumed it was a person with a really good internal chronometer who was just shut in a room with a telephone and had to estimate the time whenever someone rang
June 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
June 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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How to be a writer:
First, plant the tree on which the leaves of your book will be printed.
Next, hatch the bird from whose quill your ink will flow.
Water the tree.
Feed the bird.
Learn the patience of things that grow and the joy of things that sing.
Make tea: you've got time.
June 4, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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🧵TW: PIP & Mental Health My new FOI further exposes the 4+ rule’s cruel impact on mental health. 1 in 3 MH claimants will be cut off, including those with the most severe disability. It shows a system built to erase cumulative + fluctuating need. #TakingThePip #WelfareNotWarfare
May 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Who will rid me of this -
January 22, 2025 at 5:24 AM
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The meanings of the word for a wren, from eight different languages...

8. Little walnut (Bulgarian)
7. Little bird in the ditch (Japanese)
6. Thumbling (Finnish)
5. Fence-skedaddler (Danish)
4. Fence-master (Hebrew)
3. Druid bird (Irish)
2. Mouse-brother (Faroese)
1. Little king of winter (Dutch)
December 5, 2024 at 2:44 PM
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Brat summer is over, time for bog spring
We are delighted to reveal the cover for #GreaterSins by @gabriellegriffiths.bsky.social 💀

A haunting book about a remote Scottish community who discover the body of a women in a local peat bog, with a story waiting to be told…

Request proofs here: penguinrandomhouse.eu.research.net/r/CJFT5KZ
December 3, 2024 at 12:40 PM
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November 22, 2024 at 5:23 PM