New review in for the weekend, with thanks to Ruth Allen, for posting and for such generous reading of Moving Mountains!

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The next Moving Mountains event for Festival of Nature is now fully booked!

- there are some spaces still in their other events, if you want to take a look at their brochure - I've picked out the online and accessible ones in my latest substack post:

Please share/for info BPS DHP Division of Clinical Psychology British Psychological Society Richard Pemberton Dr Keith Geraghty Joan Crawford

We were 110 yesterday! Here is our main founder, Kate Marsden. If it hadn’t been for her we wouldn’t be here, so thank you Kate. She was a remarkable woman who, in 1890, travelled to Siberia in search of a cure for leprosy. #Bexhill

Here is my talk at Harvard last month about Audre Lorde and June Jordan. I post it today in solidarity with the students on that campus whose degrees are being withheld, students on many campuses facing unjust punishments and the people of 🍉 With love. youtu.be/OiSgy9QXaRg?si…

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Calling #psychologists w interest in developing a good practice guide for people w ME/CFS for British Psychological Society - I’m part of a small group who have been working w Department of Health and Social Care on new NICE implementation process (att & Ed). we’re taking this forward 1/2

bps.org.uk/help-create-gu…

Exciting times for Nan fans: Friday is opening night of Nan Shepherd: Naked and Unashamed at Pitlochry Festival Theatre with the wonderful Firebrand Theatre & tickets selling fast for the run through June; then November the PB of Shepherd's letters comes out at £24.99 - watch for launch events

We are 110 years old today!
Cuttings from Bexhill Observer 16.5.1914, 23.5.1914 & 3.10.1912. #Bexhill #Museum #Sussex #Birthday #History #1910s #Museum s

Looking for some readings to diversify or start decolonising your curriculum? We have a few suggestions! Head to our webpage for more! decolonisingthediscipline.org/resources

The wonderful The Portico Library in #Manchester is looking to appoint new Trustees at an incredibly important and exciting point in its history. Deadline for applications: 24 June 2024 theportico.org.uk/vacancies

Sussex vegans: any tips on breakfast in Brighton or lunch in Lewes? Yes, I can use Google but real people's ideas are always better. Ideas appreciated x

What a great group of books & authors to be included alongside, many thanks Miles W. Griffis The Sick Times

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#ChronicIllness #Disability #LongCovid #Covid19 #AmReading #BookReviews #BookTwitter

We need a few more responses to our question: 'What does 'rest as resistance' mean to you? In what ways do you rest/does your rest feel like a revolution?'
Please tweet, DM, or email us your response of 65 words or less, including your name & location for publication! <3

What a great group of books & authors to be included alongside, many thanks Miles W. Griffis The Sick Times

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#ChronicIllness #Disability #LongCovid #Covid19 #AmReading #BookReviews #BookTwitter

Today in The Sick Times, we put together a list of 10 recent books on Long Covid, chronic illness, and disability - everything from poetry to picture books! Some are free, some fundraise for advocacy groups & research. Check them out :)

thesicktimes.org/2024/05/21/ten…

#WearAMask when in crowded indoor spaces to help you stay safe from #COVID19 , flu and other respiratory illnesses.

People now: 'Spanish Flu just went away on its own'

People in Spanish Flu:

Upcoming #BookEvent reminder!
So brilliant Bookends Keswick www.bookscumbria.com have joined forces with Words by the Water Keswick to bring the festival back to Theatre by the Lake this summer after its hiatus.

I'm speaking about #SOUJF in the studio theatre on June 5th, 2.30pm. Tickets here:
theatrebythelake.com/event/polly-at…

I've got a display of my poems on 'guidance' as part of my PhD in Manchester Poetry Library for another week if you want to pop by for free! 🗓️✉️📬📊🗂️

Link for more info mmu.ac.uk/news-and-event…

📣 Congratulations to the Highland Book Prize 2023 Shortlist, announced today🎉

Read more on what our judging panel said about the five shortlisted titles: highlandbookprize.org.uk/2023-shortlist/