Katie da Cunha Lewin

Amazing! I wrote a little bit about David Cameron's shepherd's hut. I also wanted to write about Jacob Rees-Mogg's foray into Victorian scholarship but I thought better of it

I hope this happens, it should have months ago. My union was terrible (though my individual case worker colleagues were amazing) in organising against the cuts at my university. We need a national campaign against the devastation of the sector

This sounds fascinating and completely under researched! I was actually looking for material on this a while back when I was working on my book but found barely anything. I wanted to figure out why so many politicians have written such shitty books!

Thank you ❤️

I hope this happens, it should have months ago. My union was terrible (though my individual case worker colleagues were amazing) in organising against the cuts at my university. We need a national campaign against the devastation of the sector

Open letter on the future of small press publishing in the UK The industry must work together to ensure the longevity of the UK’s independent presses.

The future of UK Independent presses hang by a thread. Supporting the sector is vital: this is where ALL the bravery lies. The big houses are risk averse, but copycat small press successes to revitalise their lists. Small presses are the motor!
www.thebookseller.com/comment/open...

I had a molar pregnancy (a rare kind of pregnancy complication) in 2022. Some leave for the aftermath would have helped greatly, rather than having to get a sick note from my GP. Thank you for this.

I wonder how many times a day a bin lorry driver or a digger driver has to wave at young children

One of the best things about October is that the dahlias are still here!

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

J. M. Coetzee’s “Disgrace” @ 25: A Roundtable - Public Books What freshly nuanced perspectives might we bring to the violent late 20th-century history Coetzee describes?

Really interesting roundtable on Coetzee's Disgrace at 25 years. I taught it a few years ago and it was a strange and challenging, but rewarding experience

The following universities are delaying implementing a pay rise:

Dundee
Kent
Brunel
Coventry
Swansea

The following have yet to make a decision on the matter:

Aberdeen
Bangor
Bournemouth
Bradford
Buckingham
Cumbria
Lincoln
Plymouth Marjon

#UKHE

J. M. Coetzee’s “Disgrace” @ 25: A Roundtable - Public Books What freshly nuanced perspectives might we bring to the violent late 20th-century history Coetzee describes?

Really interesting roundtable on Coetzee's Disgrace at 25 years. I taught it a few years ago and it was a strange and challenging, but rewarding experience

A printed poem which reads: I hav for breakfast Weetabix I hav for lunch some meat I have for tea 2 sosajis and thats enuf to eat Peter Hazel, 5

On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read

Extraordinary stuff.

A Pilgrimage to Monk’s House, Where Virginia Woolf Found a Room of Her Own I can’t say how long it’s been there, but I have an image in my mind of the place where writers work. I picture the writer; I picture the space; I conjure an atmosphere of quiet calm in which someo…

🖊️ @kdclewin.bsky.social, author of The Writer's Room, writes for @literaryhub.bsky.social
on the role of writing spaces in the creative lives of #VirginiaWoolf and other literary icons:
lithub.com/a-pilgrimage...

#TheWritersRoom #CreativeWriting #desk #MessyDesk #WritingSpace #Books #BookLover

Join Creative Future Writers' Award 2024 winner, Maya Little for a 4-part online workshop series 'Writing About Work' ✍️⁠
📅 Mondays, 6 - 27 October
⏰️ 6-8pm
🎟️ £50 / £25 concessions
@creativefutureuk.bsky.social workshops are for all underrepresented writers
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Thank you! I hope you enjoy it

Spotted (and bought!) in my local bookstore in Naas — @kdclewin.bsky.social’s fabulous new book. (Hoping I see you again soon so you can sign it for me, K.) 🤩

I'm sure Shabana Mahmood would be very annoyed to hear she's getting this news not in English, but my grandmother was too busy working as a cleaner all the hours of the day to get formal lessons

Absolutely fuck this government

My mother is working out how she'll reassure my grandmother, who has been in this country for over 50 years, when she hears about Shabana Mahmood's speech on the Portuguese news

Happy to share an extract from my book. It's about visiting the homes of writers you admire and love, and wondering what feelings pull us there

Happy International Translation Day!

Here’s part of my translation manifesto, which can be found in full at the end of Fair: The Life-Art of Translation.

(Written out in replies)

I didn't include it as part of the book but I've been there many times for conferences and events! Oh wow, would love to know more about that! I'd need a whole other book for literary hauntings I think...

Just applied to do this and encourage anyone able to do the same!

Just applied to do this and encourage anyone able to do the same!

An absolute gem

Happy to share an extract from my book. It's about visiting the homes of writers you admire and love, and wondering what feelings pull us there