Salut Paris! 🌀💚🌀

This is tomorrow at The Red Wheelbarrow Bookstore - if you’re on the Left Bank, come join us as we talk about spirals, volcanoes and recovery 🌀🌋💚

Another stunning review for NS Nuseibeh's Namesake, this time from Middle East Eye. For anyone interested in Palestinian identity, Arab feminism, secular Islam - and/or just damn good writing about food, heritage and being human - this book is a must-read. middleeasteye.net/discover/names…

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We had a lot of fun recording this programme revisiting Daphne Du Maurier’s writing - including pirates, smugglers, time travel & gender fluidity, and the expertise of Olivia Laing, Wyl Menmuir and Laura Varnam. Listen at the link below 🌊🌊🌊
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I loved writing about my eternal specialist subject, ambivalence, for RUSSH Magazine for their fab LIFE issue - on how it’s a term we tend to misuse, the agony of being pulled in two directions, one humdinger of a question, & the struggle to not get stuck in paralysis 🌀🌀🌀

What a thrill and an absolute privilege to join Olivia Laing, Wyl Menmuir & octavia bright at the BBC today to record a special episode of BBC Radio 4 Open Book on Daphne #DuMaurier ! I still can’t quite believe it was real! 🤩 (Episode airs Sunday at 4pm)

Just 21 hrs left to bid on these amazing things to raise ££ for writers at risk in Palestine, incl mentoring & feedback from some fab writers. If you want to bid on a session with me but don't have writing ready that's ok! We can develop your ideas instead ebay.co.uk/usr/bristola4p

3 days left to bid on all these fab things to raise ££ for the PEN Emergency Fund to support writers at risk in Palestine. For every £1000 raised, the PEN Emergency Fund will support one emergency grant. Please dig deep for a v important cause! 🍉🍉🍉ebay.co.uk/usr/bristola4p…

Plenty of time left to bid on all these great offerings. If you win a session with me, you'll get supportive & detailed feedback on up to 3000 words of writing, and/or we'll discuss ideas of where to take things next. I also always make lots of suggestions for further reading ✨