Amy Key

tonight!

🚨 Haia Mohammed on @bbclondon.bsky.social nNews yesterday from Gⓐza on hoping to take up her Goldsmiths scholarship in September & the biometric visa block.

🚨 Please amplify & write your MP to encourage the govt to see sense.

Letter template: bit.ly/44SLnX9

Can my clothes look after me? A reader request

wrote about what I've been wearing / plan to wear, and whether clothes can be self-help amykey.substack.com/p/can-my-clo...

I'm so sorry you're going through this, I've donated what I can today, will try to donate again in future

A tour of tiny treasures Self soothing arrangements

I wrote about my desire to arrange little precious things amykey.substack.com/p/a-tour-of-...

A family from Gaza This fundraiser was originally created to help our friend collect funds for her family to evacuate Gaza and continue their education the second the crossing opens - however, due to the ongoing closure...

chuffed.org/project/1135... can you help this family in Gaza?

So little information Today’s newsletter is quite brief but it’s also introspective and personal.

a new post amykey.substack.com/p/so-little-...

Petition: Urgently fulfil humanitarian obligations to Gaza Act to ensure deliverer of fuel, food, aid, life saving services etc. We think this shouldn't be dependant/on condition of Israeli facilitation as the Knesset voted against UNWRA access to Gaza. We th...

I shared the link yesterday, but (UK citizens only please) the Gaza petition to UK parliament is here if you're looking for it; just cracked 76k and the rate at which people are signing is creeping up; currently 4500/hour and only needs 347 signatures every hour for the next 3 days to hit 100k

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Rob Rinder and Juno Dawson The barrister and the writer discuss books they feel passionate about.

Hugely excited to share that on 4 August, BBC R4 A GOOD READ will be discussing our beloved THE ODD WOMAN AND THE CITY by Vivian Gornick (intro by @amykey.bsky.social)

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

i'm always thinking this about myself

“I’m 47, single and child-free – who’s going to look after me when I’m older?” One writer imagines a radical retirement.

I wrote a feature for Stylist about what the future might look like for single women without kids as they age www.stylist.co.uk/life/getting...

What the girls wore to Lana a night with the poet laureate of being gaslighted

I wrote about what all the girls wore to see Lana at Wembley last week, and about seeing Lana ofc amykey.substack.com/p/what-the-g...

congratulations Kat! xx

Unfortunately Nuar Alsadir will no longer be joining us tomorrow for @writeback.bsky.social, however the wonderful @amykey.bsky.social will be stepping in to join Nikesh Shukla and Claire-Louise Bennett for what's set to be a brilliant night @britishlibrary.bsky.social

events.bl.uk/events/write...

Totally utterly completely indefensible

Israel plans ‘conquest’ of Gaza in expanded offensive Reports say Israel now eyeing occupation of entire enclave, control of aid and possible expulsion of Palestinians.

Reports say Israel now eyeing occupation of entire enclave, control of aid and possible expulsion of Palestinians.

thank you Kelly!

A blonde-haired, white woman in her 40s (me!) sits cross legged on a sofa. There are lots of patterned cushions on the sofa and behind it there are paintings and prints on a pink painted wall. A black and white cat (Minnie) is standing on the back of the sofa. In front there is a glass coffee table with a tray of shells and stones and a blue glass vase filled with drooping tulips.

Loved writing about this encounter for The Observer Magazine observer.co.uk/style/how-we...

🔊EVENT KLAXON 🔊
Join Alice Vincent in conversation with @amykey.bsky.social at @foylesforbooks.bsky.social on Tuesday 29th for the first official event for Alice's new book HARK: How Women Listen
www.foyles.co.uk/events/hark-...

Cover of The Age of Olive Trees by Haia Mohammed Off-white background with title text in serif font, green and black block-print style outline of olive leaves

🟢 NEW PAMPHLET 🟢

Haia Mohammed, The Age of Olive Trees

Pre-order now / All proceeds to author

www.outspokenldn.com/shop/haia

In 2023, Joelle Taylor read the work of Haia, a young poet in Gaza, at the fundraiser we did. We stayed in contact

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thank you so much Jinny! It was lovely to meet you

sure go ahead!

Out-Spoken Academy - Creative Non-Fiction Online Course – Join tutors Amy Key and Jenn Ashworth for four intensive weeks of writing on our new Creative Non-Fiction online course 2–28 March 2025 outspokenldn.com/academy

Four week Creative Non-Fiction Online Course Join acclaimed writers and experienced educators Jenn Ashworth and Amy Key for four intensive weeks offering you the structure to focus on your non-fiction writin gin a supportive and generative environment. Dates: 3–28 March 2025 Duration: 4 weeks Workshops: Mondays & Fridays 7-9pm UK Individual feedback tutorial with each tutor Tutors: Jenn Ashoworth, Amy Key Instalment payment available

LAST week to sign up for our 4-week online Creative Non-Fiction course, led by @amykey.bsky.social & @jennashworth.bsky.social!

3–28 March
Workshops: Mon & Fri 7-9pm
O2O feedback tutorial with each tutor

Instalment payment available. Full info & register now: www.outspokenldn.com/academy-crea...

Clothes for kids that I wish were in my size I love that toddler chic

silly season on my substack amykey.substack.com/p/clothes-fo...

Out-Spoken Academy creative non-fiction Four-week Creative Non-Fiction Online Course Join acclaimed writers and experienced educators Jenn Ashworth and Amy Key for four intensive weeks, offering you the structure to focus on your non-fiction writing in a supportive and generative environment. • Dates: 3-28 March 2025 o Duration: 4 weeks • Workshops: Mondays & Fridays, 7-9pm UK o Individual feedback tutorial with each tutor • Tutors: Jenn Ashworth, Amy Key Instalment parment available. outspokenldn.com/academy

ICYMI @outspokenacademy.bsky.social four-week online Creative Non-Fiction course with @amykey.bsky.social & @jennashworth.bsky.social is open for registration.

Course dates: 3–28 March 2025

Find out more & register now > www.outspokenldn.com/academy-crea...

excited for this next month - sign-up and join us!

We were lucky enough to meet Mahmoud in November.

Please join us in calling for his immediate release, along with his nephew, Ahmad

We are alarmed and shocked by the arrest and detainment of our author and colleague Mahmoud Muna, along with his nephew Ahmad Muna, owners and booksellers of Jerusalem’s Educational Bookshop.

Please share our statement below widely.

amykey.substack.com/p/solved-and... here it is - borrowing a line from Brenda Shaughnessy's gorgeous poem Project for a Fainting