Annabel Crabb at her very, very best. abc.net.au/news/2024-05-0…

“New York was an inexhaustible space, a labyrinth of endless steps, and no matter how far he walked, no matter how well he came to know its neighborhoods and streets, it always left him with the feeling of being lost. Lost, not only in the city, but within himself as well.' Here

Just signed a contract for Hysterical to come out in Chinese (simplified). Life throws interesting surprises.

Good morning. Also send tips on how you organise archival research. I have hundreds of documents and photos

What does a book cost?

Back in 2015 we ran some calculations to figure out what a book costs, what it sells for, and where the money goes. We've done the sums again - for 2023 -and you head here for some grim, but hopefully also interesting, reading: galleybeggar.co.uk/what-does-a-bo…

Had to buy one as soon as I landed like the cliché that I am

For Literary Hub, Huda Fakhreddine هدى فخر الدين and I wrote a few words about Mohammad Saleh, a young poet who was killed in Gaza in Oct.

If you find yourself at a protest this week, consider reading aloud this beautiful love poem.

Keep Mohammad’s work and memory alive.

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Wow awful

Resharing my review of England Is Mine, which joins a new generation of politically charged novels – including Megha Majumdar’s A Burning and Priya Guns’s Your Driver Is Waiting – in exposing the power and pitfalls of online platforms.
theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

Utterly shameful theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…

A roundtable on gestational *Justice* with Nompumelelo Gumede, Dr Sophie Lewis and LU speakers Dr Burçe Çelik & visiting professor Prof. Pragya Agarwal chaired by yours truly lboro.ac.uk/research/ias/e…

At this point. At a point sometime ago.

This broke my heart!
Pls help & RT!

Yesterday, I met a Psych Trainee whose family visa got rejected. He has been waiting to meet his 3 year old child & spouse since COVID.

He was in depression, crying like a child and begging for help😓

He came to Ireland in 2016 1/5

I’m at North Mid NHS Trust with a neighbour who has not urinated for more than 24 hours, has a high temperature and looks like he has a severe urine infection. He can’t walk and is barely able to speak. Getting anyone to see him has been VERY difficult.

We want everyone to be able to enjoy a day out at Women’s Prize LIVE on 12th June. Books belong to everyone. We know things are hard for many people on low incomes in the UK right now.

That’s why  we’ve made 20 spaces available 100% free. Find out more: bit.ly/WPLIVEFree

So looking forward to discussing the 'fascinating', 'analytical' and 'ambitious' HYSTERICAL with the extraordinary Prof. Pragya Agarwal !

After we lost our darling Taylor a year or so ago and have been grieving, we’ve been arm-twisted into welcoming another puppy. Coming home soon. Please suggest a literary name! Or we might end up with something like raindrop or rainbow if the kids had their way!!

The The New York Times explains why American students are more likely to protest the war than their peers abroad without mentioning the simple fact that we are paying for this war. Most American journalists have completely lost the plot.

Please join me in discussion with Helena Dr Helena Kelly on 11 June in Oxford being hysterical--->

lol