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Story teller, passionate about books, cats, caffeine, bicycles, social justice. Prizes: City Novel Studio Competition, The Asian Writer Short Story, City Writes Short Story, The Book Edit Writers Prize shortlist. Novel gestating.

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I've been so excited to hold this in my hands... and it's finally here!
"Lessons From Cats For Surviving Fascism"
Thank you to the amazing team at Grand Central Publishing/Hachette and to Pablo Amargo for the stunning illustrations.
Canada, UK, USA - June 24th
Pre-Order Now! MagnaCata.com

04.06.2025 18:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4190    ๐Ÿ” 571    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 114    ๐Ÿ“Œ 29
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UK Govt AI copyright plan suffers fifth Lords defeat, 221 to 116 votes.

Copyright enables many to earn a living. It is being ripped off by tech companies. All they need to do is to inform people, get a licence to use and pay. Govt says change might come in the future.

I voted against the govt.

04.06.2025 17:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 374    ๐Ÿ” 92    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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#Gaza #Genocide #Palestine ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช

29.05.2025 19:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 52    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Do you notice that every doctor who has been in Gaza comes back and describes it as an unimaginably horrific genocide, so vastly worse than even those of us following it realize?

30.05.2025 12:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1407    ๐Ÿ” 617    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
Rachel Reeves vs reality: The economics of the two-child cap
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy Rachel Reeves vs reality: The economics of the two-child cap

Rachel Reeves vs reality: The economics of the two-child cap youtu.be/b3GFjLR0Wjs?... The government claims it cannot afford to pay benefits for the elderly, children in poverty, and people with disabilities. That is nonsense. Simple economic analysis shows that these benefits pay for themselves.

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No second state visit for Trump This is UNBELIEVABLE. Keir Starmer has just handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. Itโ€™s totally unprecedented, and I was so outraged when I he...

Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...

01.03.2025 07:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The World Needs Writers Now More Than Ever โ€œLock up your libraries, if you like, but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.โ€ โ€”Virginia Woolf Writers are truth tellers. We always have been. Throughouโ€ฆ

What is the truth, and how do we strive for it? Author Rachel Toalson argues that we writers are more than truth-tellersโ€”we are also leaders. She exhorts us to get in the fight, today at WU.

08.01.2025 14:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

โค๏ธ๐Ÿ“š

07.01.2025 16:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŒฟโ˜•The Tale of Genji is arguably the 1st novel ever written

.. and written by Murasaki Shikibu in C11th Japan, a bad ass female pioneer of her time๐Ÿ’ƒ

Writing in a 'improper' style & as a woman ๐Ÿ˜ฑ her ๐Ÿ“š was such genius she was taken extremely seriously ๐Ÿ‘

She is now known as a Japanese Shakespeare ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต๐ŸŒฟ

13.12.2024 16:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 207    ๐Ÿ” 30    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Thank you Louisa! โ™ฅ๏ธ

13.12.2024 17:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Unread Books Make You Smarter | Better Reading There has been a lot of talk lately about minimalism and being more conscious about the number of things we ownโ€ฆeven books! The idea of owning a limited amount of books is stressful for any book-lover...

Revisiting this gem. For anyone feeling bad about their giant TBR pile.

30.11.2024 19:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Went back to the Turner Prize at Tate Britain with the wonderful @meerabetab.bsky.social
I hadnโ€™t seen this before but what an excellent idea - the finalistsโ€™ reading lists and playlists โค๏ธ

07.12.2024 14:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So loved experiencing the Turner Prize with you, my amazing friend @louisascott.bsky.social

07.12.2024 18:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Welcome to Blue Sky.

15.11.2024 05:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18720    ๐Ÿ” 2393    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 184    ๐Ÿ“Œ 98
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I feel mislead by all dystopian literature. It's supposed to be a powerful authoritarian government that lords over a cowering population, and and we just need need a few brave acts of heroism to give the people the courage to rise up.

Instead it's just half the country being dumb and mean.

14.11.2024 07:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29933    ๐Ÿ” 2509    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 699    ๐Ÿ“Œ 149
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We need to get back to reading and critical thinking Because 2024 feels different from 2016.

Feels like I'm just posting to the void since I'm just getting started here, but why not. I write a weekly newsletter, and this week I write about how far away from reading and critical thinking weโ€™ve come. It's lacking in our education, COVID learning loss, social media attention spans, all of it.

14.11.2024 18:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30129    ๐Ÿ” 2730    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 965    ๐Ÿ“Œ 172
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Good morning!

Happy Tuesday.

Be kind, be decent, but don't take a drip of shit from anyone.
Rise, shine, and have the day you need.

XO

12.11.2024 12:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13136    ๐Ÿ” 1637    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 232    ๐Ÿ“Œ 101

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