Great to hear @derekjgow and Sophie Pavelle speak so passionately, in such different styles, about the biodiversity crisis and how to find hope in the dung Another fab event Bookbag.shop #writingexeter instagram.com/p/Cl4lbu4MyLP/…

Breakfast reading opposite my first born: Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel, transl. Rosalind Harvey Fitzcarraldo Editions Thanks Rowan Hisayo for the brilliant recommendation and 👏 @clarebot instagram.com/p/CmU76vcMT-k/…

My dad took me wild camping on Dartmoor when I was 8. I’ll never forget the exhilaration, the sense of being a tiny part of a wild and wonderful world, the importance of leaving no trace. I was hoping to take my 8 year old to do the same thing. #RightToRoam

Hoot hoot! You should do all you can to snag a ticket to see the mighty Mike Wozniak spinning the story of Zusa, adorned with cats, prawns, buttons, and cliffhangers ✨ Loved it Soho Theatre

In 2006, students from Xavier High School in NYC sent Kurt Vonnegut five letters asking the aging writer to visit their class. What he wrote back is one of the most inspiring things ever:

parenthood is so hard but sometimes it is also this Ross Gay poem ✨

I’ve been thinking a lot about humans as animals & interconnectedness — Daisy Hildyard writes phenomenally about this in her novel Emergency Fitzcarraldo Editions and I’m v excited to interview her tomo The Exploding Bakery #exeter as part of The Lit Platform fest Faculty of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences 📚🍷

had absolutely incredible time seeing Daisy Hildyard in conversation with Ellen Wiles last night. Daisy has just won the Royal Society of Literature prize and I can’t wait to delve more into her work. Thanks to The Lit Platform Fest for such an incredible evening.

Huge congrats @18CenturyScobie & Sandra Mayer 👏 Thanks for involving me in this fascinating ensemble & for all the hard work. Excited to turn the pages! Thx again Paul Burston for supporting my research Polari Literary Salon 🌈 #literaryactivism #culturalvalue Faculty of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences

The Animals exhibition is great — sounds from the humpback whale to the extinct Kauaʻi ʻōʻō bird as well as exquisite images & illustrations including a monkfish-monk and tardigrade explorers. Great opp to visit ⬇️

Explore BritishLibraryEvents: 🎶 Immerse yourself in nature through story and sound with J. R. Carpenter, Jules Rawlinson & Ellen Wiles 🎨 Develop drawing skills at London Zoo 🎉 Celebrate our 50th anniversary with Nikki Bedi, Living Knowledge Network, David Nicholls, Gary Younge & Granta Books

Did you know that you can get a free digital membership to the National Poetry library (if you live in the UK)? It means you can access tonnes of audiobooks and ebooks for absolutely free! Check it out! nationalpoetrylibrary.org.uk/visit/join

River stories are in the news a lot just now. If you’re in London & you’d like to hear an immersive fictional river story told by a river, a sheep, a beaver, an alder tree, some lichen, a fish, a skylark, a dragonfly & a couple of humans, please come! ⬇️ 🎟️ pay what you can 🦫

Thanks Mike! The best beaver narrator in the wilds 🤩