Delighted to be in critmas this morning talking about confessional writing, two very different annies, and the contents of my inbox 💌

London Transport Museum Justine Simons OBE TfL Thank you to Justine Simons and Andy Lord who joined us for unveiling the posters on display in Covent Garden - as well as Oluwaseun Olayiwola (Oluwaseun Olayiwola) & Aea Varfis-van Warmelo (Aea Varfis-van Warmelo) from Southbank Centre's New Poets Collective who performed original works (2/2)

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We have made a fundraiser managed by Gboyega's sister Rose to help with the next steps and to upheld this beautiful man's legacy. It will go towards the Gboyega Odubanjo Foundation. All our love to you all. gofund.me/7c38e893

I’m living in a very exciting moment thanks to the Goldsmiths CCA, who are supporting me in writing my debut pamphlet (!!) AND forcing me to confront my big name on a big scale

More literary magazines chat! Thanks to oritgat for inviting us to take part on the roundtable about the Irish publishing scene. Interesting work by isobelharbison, Aea Varfis-van Warmelo and Wendy Erskine also in the issue!

Will & I are throwing a (late) launch online for our issue of The Rialto. Readings from 10 poets from the issue & a special guest performance from I go by Cy.! All in one short, sweet hour. Free! Book here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/rialto-100-l…

My pamphlet is launched next week, on January 10th at Goldsmiths CCA! In the perfect (and I mean perfect) company of Oluwaseun Olayiwola, @amymcc_auley, oritgat and Will Harris. Tickets here: goldsmithscca.art/event/intellec…

For those tens of thousands now booking your summer holidays in Greece: the Aegean is a crime scene and mass grave.

Will anything interesting come out of the copyright on Mickey Mouse expiring? Aea Varfis-van Warmelo writes artreview.com/the-mousetrap-…

'Whilst approaching the prosaic in terms of length and division, Warmelo’s disregard for grammatical conventions pays homage to, yet disrupts and furthers a poetic legacy.' Katrina Nzegwu reviews Aea Varfis-van Warmelo's Intellectual Property. Read here: thelondonmagazine.org/review-intelle…

Overnight Israel carried out a deadly assault on Rafah, a so-called "safe zone" where 1.5 million displaced Palestinians were sheltering. Words of condemnation ring hollow. Political leaders must finally act & call for an immediate ceasefire & an end to all arms sales to Israel.

"Profoundly moving without ever lapsing into the sentimental commonplace; balancing the heartfelt & the cerebral, a cool warmth pervades throughout." David Collard on Aea Varfis-van Warmelo's INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY review31.co.uk/article/view/9…

.Jonathan Cape has pre-empted Brodie Crellin’s debut novel 👇 thebookseller.com/rights/jonatha…

‘I ate mensef at Abu Hammam once a week, often alone but sometimes with Wadiyeh, who still hadn’t returned the case of DVDs I’d lent her on my previous trip to Palestine.’ Fiction by Edward Salem. granta.com/troubadour/

They never meet outside of beloved East London boozer The Palm Tree. But together, Izzy Sapsard and Alan Jackson have spent 30 years creating one of the most iconic jazz nights in London. Catch up on our weekend read by Killian Faith-Kelly: the-londoner.co.uk/the-rhythm-sec…