Max Porter
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http://www.maxporter.co.uk 27-03-2014 20:20:12
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Really looking forward to this conversation with the amazing Max Porter, author of the beautiful Grief is the Thing with Feathers & Lanny. If you’re nearby, do join us as we talk about how the Right has hijacked Englishness & how we get it back: bathboxoffice.org.uk/whats-on/anoth…
'An act of humanity and grace.' Daily Telegraph
'A stunning feat . . . a perfect book.' Irish Times
'Virtuoso.' Guardian
Shy, the Sunday Times number one bestselling new book from Max Porter is out now in a stunning new paperback edition!
'This is the fastest decline in a population's nutrition status ever recorded. That means children are being starved at the fastest rate the world has ever seen.'
Melanie Ward speaks with Isa Soares about the catastrophic levels of hunger that Israel's blockade is causing in Gaza
I spoke to residents of Zamzam camp in North Darfur, where MSF International says a child is dying of hunger or disease every two hours. The main reason: aid groups don't have enough cash to help. It's a disaster completely overlooked by the international community.
theguardian.com/global-develop…
600,000 children & their families, famished & traumatized, displaced multiple times by 4 months of military assault in the Gaza open-air prison, are now ammassed in Rafah. The risk of a massacre of unparalleled scale looms on the horizon.
#CEASEFIRE_NOW
unicef.org/press-releases…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Max Porter's SHY to be adapted for Netflix, with the great Cillian Murphy starring in it and producing! Bit of a point of view shift--welcome, Steve, get your due! Graywolf Press Faber Books Lisa Baker Max Porter
#BooksforGaza are fundraising to help critically injured children. To buy a signed copy from an acclaimed author visit 32auctions.com/booksforgaza. Limited quantities, Feb 8-12. Set up by Sonia Faleiro fatima bhutto and @juliachurchill. Books are £35, but pay more if you can spare more.
Enough is enough! There are no excuses left. Following the ICJ ruling, the government must immediately halt all arms exports to Israel.
Read full press release here - caat.org.uk/news/media-rel…
#StopArmingIsrael #ICJGazaGenocide #FreePalestine