“My stepfather quoted Virginia Woolf to me: ‘As a woman, I have no country. As a woman, I want no country. As a woman, my country is the whole world.’” Writes Sanjida Kay in her essay for our current guest edition on the art of memoir bit.ly/3vzxRZA

“Storytelling is cinema for the mind but unlike a film the story is only really present, only really alive, when there is a teller to tell an audience and imagine it.” phil okwedy talks to Sanjida Kay in our current guest edition, 'No Facts, Only Versions' bit.ly/3VJZaLu

'Memoirs are as much about what is excluded as what is included’, writes WritersMosaic director colin grant.
In 'No facts, only versions’, Grant sets out to explore the art of memoir alongside hannahlowepoet, Clementine, Nicholas Rankin, Sanjida Kay & phil okwedy.

Alan Alexander Milne, an English writer best known for the ‘Winnie-the-Pooh’ book series, was born on 18 January, 1882.

Read a riveting article on Mr. Milne by Sanjida Kay: royalliteraryfund.substack.com/p/346f75c9-4b3…
Photo Credit: A.A. Milne by Howard Coster © National Portrait Gallery, London

Thank you so much Max Minerva’s Marvellous Books & More for a terrific evening listening to Stuart Heritage interview Jesse Armstrong about writing & show running for SUCCESSION. So fascinating. I can't wait to dive into the scripts.

Also great to see Jane Shemilt C.L. Taylor & Sanjida Kay😀

A cracking shortlist and delighted to see two stories from #ThePerfectCrime here! A brilliant collection from across the globe ed. Vaseem Khan & #MaximJakubowski Congratulations to Sanjida Kay and Abir Mukherjee 👋👋👋

So delighted my short story, 'The Beautiful Game' has been long listed for a The Crime Writers’ Association Short Story award! It's published in 'The Perfect Crime' by HarperCollins ed by Vaseem Khan and Maxim Jakubowski.

THE PERFECT CRIME, a crime fiction anthology by a diverse group of authors from across the world is out today in paperback! Featuring: Vaseem Khan h0n3ydr0p5 John Vercher S.A.Cosby Sanjida Kay Sulari Gentill Dr. Ausma Zehanat Khan
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The legendary ⁦Sanjida Kay⁩ starts proceedings with ‘The Divide’ - a story of intrigue, disappearance and prejudice. #TheBookofBristol

Gorgeous launch of #TheBookOfBristol ⁦Bristol Libraries⁩ -stunning readings by ⁦Sanjida Kay⁩ ⁦Christopher Fielden⁩ Rebecca Watts ⁦KM Elkes⁩ ⁦ValdaJackson⁩ ⁦and Asma Jama skilfully edited by Joe Melia and HeatherMarks. Thanks all x

I'm proud to have a #shortstory in The Book of #Bristol , edited by Bristol Prize & Heather Marks, published by Comma Press🍉 #CeasefireNow. The book features Sanjida Kay, KM Elkes, Tessa Hadley, Shagufta K Iqbal, Helen Dunmore, ValdaJackson, Magnus Mills, 💉asmaa & Rebecca Watts 🥳

Great to hear Bristol Prize Joe Melia and Sanjida Kay talking about the rich, complex, segregated city that is #Bristol and of course the Book of Bristol on bbc radio today with Adam Crowther. #ICYMI : bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0d…

Listen again to editor Joe Melia Bristol Prize and author Sanjida Kay talking to BBC Bristol’s Adam Crowther about the complexities of Bristol: bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0d…

‘The Book of Bristol’ has arrived! 10 short stories by #Bristol writers, Helen Dunmore,
KM Elkes Christopher Fielden Tessa Hadley Shagufta Iqbal ValdaJackson 💉asmaa Magnus Mills, Rebecca Watts & me; edited by Heather Marks & Bristol Prize Comma Press🍉 #CeasefireNow

#shortstories

Happy publication day to The Book of Bristol! 10 short story gems feat: Helen Dunmore KM Elkes Christopher Fielden Tessa Hadley Shagufta K Iqbal ValdaJackson 💉asmaa Sanjida Kay Magnus Mills Rebecca Watts & the mighty editing skills of Heather Marks commapress.co.uk/books/the-book…

Ladies and Gentlemen, Bristolians old and new… it’s here!!!

Woo hoo! ‘The Book of Bristol’ is out this week! It’s a collection of stories set in Bristol by Bristol-based writers - mine is a psychological thriller called ‘The Divide’ about a young black man whose white girlfriend goes missing... Comma Press🍉 #CeasefireNow

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“As intricate and absorbing as a Van Gogh painting…MRS VAN GOGH will stay with me for a long time” says The New York Times bestseller Hazel Gaynor about #RLFFellow Caroline Cauchi new book 'Mrs Van Gogh' out today on ebook, 2nd Feb in paperback HarperCollins bit.ly/3XPbcRI

'Poets often speak of inspiration as if it is a spirit, drifting past, or sneaking up on them, and they have to catch its nebulous form...' Meet #RLF fellow Sanjida Kay - listen to her podcast about what inspires her out now on #VOX bit.ly/3XtrzmU