Melanie Carvalho
@meldelune.bsky.social
Writer, artist, obituarist. Leicester Writes 24, winner; Short Fictions ISP longlist; Brick Lane Bookshop short story prize shortlist; Pushcart nominated, Liars League; London Library EWP 22/23. Wotcha.
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This is very sad. Rachel Cooke gone much much too young. A lovely touching tribute from @timadamswrites.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This is very sad. Rachel Cooke gone much much too young. A lovely touching tribute from @timadamswrites.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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How sad if we've lost the Edge Hill Prize. It's been important to so many people, including me. We were talking about it at the Leicester Writes event last month with Abi Hynes and Malachi McIntosh, both shortlisted last year.
First time in Private Eye. I just wish it was for something a bit more positive.
October 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
How sad if we've lost the Edge Hill Prize. It's been important to so many people, including me. We were talking about it at the Leicester Writes event last month with Abi Hynes and Malachi McIntosh, both shortlisted last year.
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Thanks @pressgazette for this report on @thenerve.news first week.
We’ve blasted past through our targets. New newsletter out today so please do sign up www.thenerve.news & a huge thank you to everyone who’s supported us so far! 🙏🙏 🙏
We’ve blasted past through our targets. New newsletter out today so please do sign up www.thenerve.news & a huge thank you to everyone who’s supported us so far! 🙏🙏 🙏
October 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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890 people last week arrested for holding placard at Palestine Action demo.
Around 25 people arrested today in far-right demo for violently attacking the police.
Around 25 people arrested today in far-right demo for violently attacking the police.
September 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
890 people last week arrested for holding placard at Palestine Action demo.
Around 25 people arrested today in far-right demo for violently attacking the police.
Around 25 people arrested today in far-right demo for violently attacking the police.
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Thrilled to announce the Short Story September Festival returns next month.
Join us for a jam-packed weekend of talks and workshops on mastering short stories.
Book your early bird ticket by 26/8.
Check out the programme: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/short-stor...
Join us for a jam-packed weekend of talks and workshops on mastering short stories.
Book your early bird ticket by 26/8.
Check out the programme: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/short-stor...
August 20, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Thrilled to announce the Short Story September Festival returns next month.
Join us for a jam-packed weekend of talks and workshops on mastering short stories.
Book your early bird ticket by 26/8.
Check out the programme: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/short-stor...
Join us for a jam-packed weekend of talks and workshops on mastering short stories.
Book your early bird ticket by 26/8.
Check out the programme: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/short-stor...
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This course woke me back up to my imagination, to being able to play and invent, after five years of total creative silence - I can't recommend it highly enough!
My @faberacademy.bsky.social autumn course on the short story is now open for booking! Places go fast and are limited so do take a look if you’re interested. Hope to see you there!
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August 3, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Please read and share.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
European missile group MBDA selling parts for bombs that have killed children in Gaza
Exclusive: Britain has paused some weapons sales to Israel, but a Guardian investigation shows revenues from the GBU-39 bomb generated by the US arm of MBDA flow through the UK
www.theguardian.com
July 17, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Please read and share.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
A fantastic competition run by the brilliant @farhanashaikh.bsky.social that I was gobsmacked to win last year - entry highly recommended!
There are now just 21 days to submit your #shortstory for this year's prize.
This is your last chance to enter the open prize as we wind down next year.
We encourage #flashfiction submissions, too!
2025 judges: @kazbarwrites.bsky.social and @meldelune.bsky.social
leicesterwrites.co.uk
This is your last chance to enter the open prize as we wind down next year.
We encourage #flashfiction submissions, too!
2025 judges: @kazbarwrites.bsky.social and @meldelune.bsky.social
leicesterwrites.co.uk
July 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
A fantastic competition run by the brilliant @farhanashaikh.bsky.social that I was gobsmacked to win last year - entry highly recommended!
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This is the film they didn't want you to see, the film that the BBC refused to air.
Watch 'Gaza: Doctors Under Attack' NOW at gazadoctors.film.
Make sure to subscribe to Zeteo to watch this documentary and support our journalism.
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Watch 'Gaza: Doctors Under Attack' NOW at gazadoctors.film.
Make sure to subscribe to Zeteo to watch this documentary and support our journalism.
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July 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This is the film they didn't want you to see, the film that the BBC refused to air.
Watch 'Gaza: Doctors Under Attack' NOW at gazadoctors.film.
Make sure to subscribe to Zeteo to watch this documentary and support our journalism.
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Watch 'Gaza: Doctors Under Attack' NOW at gazadoctors.film.
Make sure to subscribe to Zeteo to watch this documentary and support our journalism.
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Props @yvonnesingh.bsky.social xx
'There is this prevailing idea of what a novel is about and how you have to perform within this frame...to attain success. I’ve lived in oppressive states & the last thing I want to do is curtail my imagination.'
A wonderful interview with Sulaiman Addonia: www.middleeasteye.net/discover/sul...
A wonderful interview with Sulaiman Addonia: www.middleeasteye.net/discover/sul...
Sulaiman Addonia: A novelist shaped by displacement and the redemptive power of art
The Eritrean-Ethiopian writer discusses loneliness as a young refugee in London and the writing centre he helped found for those who experienced similar
www.middleeasteye.net
June 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Props @yvonnesingh.bsky.social xx
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Israel is now bombing my father’s hometown of Yazd, so in lieu of talking about how terrified and furious I am in this moment, let me tell you a little about Yazd. 🧵
June 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Israel is now bombing my father’s hometown of Yazd, so in lieu of talking about how terrified and furious I am in this moment, let me tell you a little about Yazd. 🧵
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Take a look! A conference for writers of colour 👀⏬
Platform aims to inspire and encourage writers of colour with advice from publishing experts. Brought to you by @farhanashaikh.bsky.social, Dahlia Books and Middleway Mentoring.
More info ➡️ buff.ly/RxyCjJO
Platform aims to inspire and encourage writers of colour with advice from publishing experts. Brought to you by @farhanashaikh.bsky.social, Dahlia Books and Middleway Mentoring.
More info ➡️ buff.ly/RxyCjJO
March 31, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Take a look! A conference for writers of colour 👀⏬
Platform aims to inspire and encourage writers of colour with advice from publishing experts. Brought to you by @farhanashaikh.bsky.social, Dahlia Books and Middleway Mentoring.
More info ➡️ buff.ly/RxyCjJO
Platform aims to inspire and encourage writers of colour with advice from publishing experts. Brought to you by @farhanashaikh.bsky.social, Dahlia Books and Middleway Mentoring.
More info ➡️ buff.ly/RxyCjJO
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Please take time with this story by @ahmedmoor.bsky.social on what children from Gaza are experiencing for @theguardian.com. I spent a morning with the family and got a tiny glimpse into their lives
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Gaza’s children: what can the future possibly hold for them?
Tens of thousands of children have been wounded in Gaza, which now has the most child amputees per capita in the world. Even those evacuated for treatment face an impossible path
www.theguardian.com
March 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Please take time with this story by @ahmedmoor.bsky.social on what children from Gaza are experiencing for @theguardian.com. I spent a morning with the family and got a tiny glimpse into their lives
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Gaza’s children: what can the future possibly hold for them?
March 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Gaza’s children: what can the future possibly hold for them?
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This is the only flag I’m flying today. For Janey. #Trumpisacunt Let’s make it trend.
January 20, 2025 at 8:29 AM
This is the only flag I’m flying today. For Janey. #Trumpisacunt Let’s make it trend.
It’s #solidarity from those of us who actually make the Guardian ;)
Thank you v much to @theguardian.com for this pick of the week. Also for referring to me as a ‘Guardian & Observer journalist’ something @theguardian.com is currently denying. And illustrating it with a pic of me on the picket line outside the office 😂
February 8, 2025 at 10:38 AM
It’s #solidarity from those of us who actually make the Guardian ;)
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Braverman should be driven out of public life for saying something as bigoted, conspiratorial, ridiculous, and dumb as this but she won’t be, of course, because anti-Muslim bigotry and Islamophobic fearmongering has been normalized in British public life.
Suella Braverman says UK could become ‘first Islamist nation with nuclear weapons’
Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman has told a delegation in Washington that Britain could become the first Islamist nation in possession of nuclear weapons.
www.joe.co.uk
January 30, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Braverman should be driven out of public life for saying something as bigoted, conspiratorial, ridiculous, and dumb as this but she won’t be, of course, because anti-Muslim bigotry and Islamophobic fearmongering has been normalized in British public life.
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December 13, 2024 at 5:14 PM
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Guardian & Observer journalists are entering final day of second 48-hour stoppage; they’ve braved the cold, spoken up for what they believe in to bosses, lost earnings & missed accolades. Please repost, support them on the picket line, donate & don’t click on Guardian links today 👊#SavetheObserver
Congrats @byrobdavies.bsky.social + @jacobsteinberg1.bsky.social for much deserved win at tonight’s journalism awards
You’ll see they are not in the photo… b/c they are on strike against the Tortoise Obs takeover
The solidarity from Guardian sport has been immense. You are the best in the biz 💪
You’ll see they are not in the photo… b/c they are on strike against the Tortoise Obs takeover
The solidarity from Guardian sport has been immense. You are the best in the biz 💪
Winners of the Sports Journalism category are @simonlock.bsky.social @byrobdavies.bsky.social @jacobsteinberg1.bsky.social of @tbij.bsky.social and @theguardian.com for their joint work “exposing the less salubrious machinations behind the lucrative world of football” #BritishJournalismAwards
December 13, 2024 at 9:24 AM
Guardian & Observer journalists are entering final day of second 48-hour stoppage; they’ve braved the cold, spoken up for what they believe in to bosses, lost earnings & missed accolades. Please repost, support them on the picket line, donate & don’t click on Guardian links today 👊#SavetheObserver
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“An Early Day Motion, put down by MPs, called on ministers to issue a “Public Interest Intervention Notice (PIIN), to allow for further regulatory consideration of sale’s likely impact”
Lisa Nandy urged to intervene (& Guardian cancels table at tonight’s press awards)
inews.co.uk/news/media/g...
Lisa Nandy urged to intervene (& Guardian cancels table at tonight’s press awards)
inews.co.uk/news/media/g...
Guardian bosses forced to ditch awards do as staff anger mounts at Observer sale
Guardian compelled to cancel table at British Journalism Awards as Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy urged to intervene in row over Observer deal
inews.co.uk
December 12, 2024 at 7:23 PM
“An Early Day Motion, put down by MPs, called on ministers to issue a “Public Interest Intervention Notice (PIIN), to allow for further regulatory consideration of sale’s likely impact”
Lisa Nandy urged to intervene (& Guardian cancels table at tonight’s press awards)
inews.co.uk/news/media/g...
Lisa Nandy urged to intervene (& Guardian cancels table at tonight’s press awards)
inews.co.uk/news/media/g...
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Strike Day 3: going on strike isn’t meant to be fun. Yet here we are. Great colleagues, great craic & great @billybragg.bsky.social.
What’s going on inside that building is the opposite of all these things.
‘Solidarity forever for the union makes us strong’
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What’s going on inside that building is the opposite of all these things.
‘Solidarity forever for the union makes us strong’
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December 12, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Strike Day 3: going on strike isn’t meant to be fun. Yet here we are. Great colleagues, great craic & great @billybragg.bsky.social.
What’s going on inside that building is the opposite of all these things.
‘Solidarity forever for the union makes us strong’
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What’s going on inside that building is the opposite of all these things.
‘Solidarity forever for the union makes us strong’
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Come see us on Thursday and/or Friday! And find us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/gonuj_93
December 11, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Come see us on Thursday and/or Friday! And find us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/gonuj_93
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Peeps did some on-the-ground chats at our strike last week against the sale of the Observer.
Poet Michael Rosen, Observer editor Paul Webster, columnist Sonia Sodha, comedian Stewart Lee, artist Grayson Perry, MP Clive Lewis and others give their perspectives
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZID...
Poet Michael Rosen, Observer editor Paul Webster, columnist Sonia Sodha, comedian Stewart Lee, artist Grayson Perry, MP Clive Lewis and others give their perspectives
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZID...
End of the only 'left-wing' Sunday newspaper?
YouTube video by Peeps
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Peeps did some on-the-ground chats at our strike last week against the sale of the Observer.
Poet Michael Rosen, Observer editor Paul Webster, columnist Sonia Sodha, comedian Stewart Lee, artist Grayson Perry, MP Clive Lewis and others give their perspectives
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZID...
Poet Michael Rosen, Observer editor Paul Webster, columnist Sonia Sodha, comedian Stewart Lee, artist Grayson Perry, MP Clive Lewis and others give their perspectives
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZID...