We can't lose another queer space in London! Help us save the Common Press by donating at the link below. Led by BIPOC, trans folks, and queer women, we have been ranked as one of London’s top 10 independent bookshops by The Bookseller 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🔥 crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-the-com…

I'm SO excited to be working on This Queer Arab Family, a new anthology with @saqibooks to be published in Sept🧿   Are you a queer Arab writer with something to say about family, community, safe spaces etc? Submit something to our open call! Guidelines: saqibooks.com/2025/02/open-c…

"I held his little body and rocked him like he was sleeping.” What happens after the bombs stop? These 20 voices from Gaza will show you the cost of war—and the strength of those who survive it. mohammedmhawish.com/p/snapshots-i-…

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‘They started out as fraternities, the cults. Poorer students wanted strong networks, like the ones boarding school pupils had already.’ A short story by Toye Oladinni. granta.com/international-…

📢 Join us for the 2nd session of the SOAS South East Asia Seminar Series 2025! 📖 Literary writing in South East Asia 📅 Friday, Feb 28, 2025 ⏰ 10 AM - 12 PM (GMT) 📍 SOAS (RB01) & online (Zoom) Featuring Raisa Kamila, Yee Heng Yeh (Yee Heng Yeh (also on Bluesky)) & Jerrold Yam (Jerrold Yam)!

I reviewed Mohammed El-Kurd's brilliant non-fiction debut 'Perfect Victims' (published by Haymarket Books) for Literary Hub and finally put my hatred for the New York Times into words. Read the book and boycott divest and unsubscribe from the Times. lithub.com/looking-the-pa…

Instead of you know, actually reading, I've been searching for even more books to read...

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IBTISAM AZEM'S BOOK OF DISAPPEARANCE!!

The Book of Disappearance and Heart Lamp make the #InternationalBooker2025 longlist! 🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to our authors ابتسام عازم and Banu Mushtaq and their translators Sinan Antoon سنان أنطون and Deepa Bhasthi! ✨

stopped mid shopping to gaze at these apples i’m no better than a horse

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My amazing friend @lifeofhani opens her cafe in King Cross (London) on Monday 28th April. If you know Hanife, she’s a fierce BDS advocate, a moral businesswoman, and a lovely person. Please try if you’re in the area, it’s open until 10pm everyday (yay!) and the menu is looking

We're thrilled to see a Young Poets Networker and two Foyle Young Poets among the shortlisted winners of the 2025 Poetry Wales Award: congratulations Zain, Ginny, and Heather! Find out more about The Poetry Society's programmes for young people at poetrysociety.org.uk/young-poets

And the winner is! 🥳🏆 Clair Humphries: lucy.cam.ac.uk/news/clair-hum… Clair Humphries wins the 2025 Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize with her debut novel, Mrs Peacock's Pavlova. ✨ The judges were captivated by its delicate treatment of theme and excellent portrayal of character. Head