Karen Arthur

So, people are going to have to pass A level english to live here are they? I hope they study what I did at A level, Translations by Brian Friel, about the colonial evil of the English forcing people to adopt the English language

Startup launches ‘industry-first’ certification for human-made books UK start-up Books By People has launched a new certification – the Organic Literature Certification – with a group of independent publishing houses to “counter AI-generated books”.

If you care about the future of books and publishing, I highly recommend you get behind this initiative with your whole hearts - (for what it's worth I think the whole of publishing should do this) www.thebookseller.com/news/uk-star...

Last week we held another People’s Forum in Islington North, this time to discuss the alarming erosion of civil liberties and freedoms.

Our community has always stood together against injustice at home and abroad. We will continue to defend the right to protest!

With Love, Grief and Fury Paperback Launch Join award-winning novelist, poet and broadcaster Salena Godden to celebrate her latest collection, now in paperback.

📚❤️ This Thursday 16th October: 6pm - 7pm. Poetry Pharmacy, Oxford Street. Readings and book signings, FREE entry. See you down there! Thank you lovelies @canongate.co.uk Xx

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But this is good. Keep speaking up. Onwards.

Don’t get me wrong. We’re not singing kumbaya yet as there a lonnng way to go to eradicate the massive health inequities in the uk especially when it comes to race.

Nice lil feature in this months #topsanteuk menopause special highlighting the nuances and differences in Black folx menopause experience. Good to see our voices amplified

A topological photo of a Colourful geometric carpet, orange mug, yellow cardigan, a hand placed on a leopard fur fabric and pink and orange wool on the floor

Yesterdays #SilentSunday

I keep forgetting to add #booksky

Also Davina McCall described me as ‘a gift’ on her podcast Begin Again in conversation with activist & author Kate Muir. It’s on YouTube. 7 or so mins in. GASSED.

You’re not too old and it’s never too late. At 63 years old I didn’t have ‘Award winning author’ on my bingo card! Still buzzing!

How was my week, you ask? Welllll my debut book Grandmas Locs, illustrated by #CamillaRu , WON Readers choice in the #DiverseBookAwards children’s picture book category! Congratulations to all the nominees and winners! And THANK YOUUUU to all the GORGEOUS readers who voted! 🙌🏾🎉

#perimenopause #menopause isn’t a pop-up shop. Black history isn’t a pop quiz. We’re not a seasonal special, this is our daily reality.

View from above. Curly headed child with brown hair looks in the pages of a picture book with a colourful illustration of a curly headed child with brown hair

Today three different people said lovely things about my children’s book Grandmas Locs. Today is also my grandsons 6th birthday - the subject of said book. Happy birthday Keiko! 🎉🎉🎉 (here he is at the launch last year looking at himself in his book ☺️)

LinkedIn. Odd place. I don’t wanna but I fear I may need ta. Cover me.

What if I don’t want to find my niche?
What if I love experiencing and am excellent at offering many things?
What if I am my niche?

Asking for a friend…🙃

When #perimenopause # menopause support reflects true diversity, people gain agency to ask for the help that fits their lives.

I love this for you and I hope you’re ok (as can be expected considering *gestures wildly at the world* yanno)

AABB Author Sign-Up Form Hello! We're Authors Against Book Bans, a group of authors who’ve come together to protect and promote the freedom to read on both the national and local levels. We’re creating a network of authors to...

It's banned books week and so I'm legally obligated to bully you, a person who has ever had their name on a book, into joining @authorsabb.bsky.social.

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We fight the source of book bans with calls to action, partnership w everyone in the game, and offer training.

Not me posting like the buses lol

Woman wearing a red and white keffiyeh headscarf and statement glasses in a white tee with red text that reads FIGHT FASCISM FEARLESSLY

Anyway…MOOD

Woke to Zionist flags outside my window and among the seafront in Hastings. Every flagpole for 1 km or so. Council wouldn’t touch them until tomorrow. Our local SUTR deflagging group pontificated. It took locals from our GM community and allies to get the job done. All gone. Free Palestine.

Mirror selfie of a smiling woman wearing a black tee with white text that reads VIVA LA VULVA

It’s not #SilentSunday but the world is on fire so wgaf

Black grafitti marks on a white wall that resemble a smiling face

#SilentSunday

I couldn’t agree more with this. An opportunity to new beginnings

Robert Redford the Activist: Hollywood Icon Was Lifelong Champion of Environment & Independent Film Robert Redford, the legendary Oscar-winning director, actor and activist, died at the age of 89 on Tuesday. Redford was a longtime environmental activist who served for five decades as a trustee of the Natural Resources Defense Council. He was also the ...

Robert Redford leaves behind a long legacy of activism for film, democracy and the environment.

Comedians are far quieter today than I would have hoped.

Where tf is Keir starmer?

Where is Keir Starmer? Where is the leadership?

Fascists marched on our streets yesterday and he hasn’t said a single word.

Instead the Prime Minister spends his time defending the “best pals” of paedophiles.

He is a coward. He should resign.

Beautiful blue Sea view through a wooden shuttered window. A slither of sea and cloudless sky

#SilentSunday