Ana Diamond

Welcoming refugees with respect and kindness: 80 years of the Moomins by Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp This year is the 80th anniversary of The Moomins and the Great Flood, originally published in Swedish in 1945 by Finnish artist, illustrator, and writer Tove Jansson. And this…

The Moomins are the mascot of World Refugee Week! And we’re celebrating their 80th anniversary today on our website, discussing the cultural phenomenon #Moomins #refugee #kidlit

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🔴 5 - Latest from #Iran:

- "I always hoped to see my daughters attend university, because mine were cut short by the 1979 #revolution. But then my daughter couldn’t study due to the Iran-Iraq #war [1980-1988] & now my granddaughter's been halted by this war. We are so tired."

#Tehran #Israel

🔴 4 - Latest from #Iran:

- "There's heavy traffic on all major highways, but no one knows where to go or where is safe. The last time we had a war was 38 yrs ago. Even then, it was over territory. This is different; they're not here for the territory. May God have mercy on us."

🔴 3 - Latest from #Iran:

- "We can't afford gasoline. Bread prices have tripled. Everything's got so expensive overnight. People are not as worried about #war as they're about #starvation."

- "Nobody knows the real number of casualties. No govt agency is reporting the truth."

🔴 2 - Latest from #Iran:

- "We have left #Tehran & are in our bagh villa to keep safe. But even here the buildings shake from distant blast waves."

- "I think #Turkey has closed their borders. People have flocked to #Armenia and #Azerbaijan now. Everyone's trying to leave."

🔴1 - Latest from #Iran (as reported from the ground):

- "#Tehran's sky last night was as bright as the day. We couldn't see where had been hit, but we saw the explosion flash & the mushroom cloud."

- "The universities have shut down for 3 weeks, and many left Tehran."

Don’t they look great together?! Introducing The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden, winner of the 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction, and The Story of a Heart by Rachel Clarke, winner of the 2025 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction. With thanks to #Audible, #Baileys and @findmypast.bsky.social

We are delighted to present the 30th winner of the #WomensPrize for Fiction: The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden. Congratulations, Yael! Thank you to the judges and our sponsors #Audible and #Baileys.

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We're delighted to announce that applications for our Global Majority & Underrepresented Writers Programme are now open.
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Applications will open next week for OCLW’s inaugural Global Majority and Underrepresented Writers Programme (2025–26). Please look out for a special mailing next week with application details and instructions on how to apply. You can sign up to our mailing list here: oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/SignUp

Our very own, and the very first, Global Majority and Underrepresented Writers Programme at @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social (Uni of Oxford) has been launched!

8 places open for #writers from the global majority.

Please consider applying and spreading the word ❣️

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A picture of the spines of a group of books against a grey background, including: All Fours by Miranda July, With Love Grief and Fury by Salena Godden, both in hardback. And in paperback: A History of Women in 101 Objects by Annabelle Hirsch, Small Bodies of Water by Nina Mingya Powles, Why Women Grow by Alice Vincent, Buddha Da by Anne Donovan, A Spell of Good Things by Ayobami Adebayo, Restless Dolly Maunder by Kate Grenville and The Outrun by Amy Liptrot

Happy International Women's Day 2025! We asked Canongaters to pick out a selection of books by women they've been enjoying recently, and tell us the sentence that got them hooked. Here's what they chose:

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Canongate signs Ana Diamond's 'extraordinary' family memoir in a 'major' six-figure pre-empt

Canongate has signed Breaking Silence: The Daughters of Iran by human rights advocate Ana Diamond in a "major" six-figure pre-empt. 👇 #BookSky

Canongate signs Ana Diamond's 'extraordinary' family memoir in a 'major' six-figure pre-empt Canongate has signed Breaking Silence: The Daughters of Iran by human rights advocate Ana Diamond in a "major" six-figure pre-empt.

Ana Diamond's extraordinary story of Iran through the eyes of four generation of women resonated with the entirety of Canongate from the outset, and we're so pleased to have acquired it for publication in Spring 2027! BREAKING SILENCE is coming soon.

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