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Lovely to be in Lumb Bank with Romesh Gunesekera Dr Jo Clement & the dedicated group of writers this week, to feel the nourishing nature of writing. ✍🏻

An amazing week of poetry and fiction! Thank you everyone. Arvon North

Don't just take my word for it - Bernardine Evaristo, Monica Ali, Bidisha, Maya Jaggi & Romesh Gunesekera have all praised Kamala Markandaya's work. And a new edition of her debut novel, Nectar in a Sieve, is out today from HopeRoad: hoperoadpublishing.com/nectar-in-a-si… Kim Oliver

Delighted and honoured to be on this panel! Looking forward to the journey across the world. The Booker Prizes

How wonderful to see this longlist launched after months and months of reading. A salute to the judges ⁦Eleanor Wachtel⁩ ⁦@NatalieGDiaz⁩ ⁦Romesh Gunesekera⁩ Aaron Robertson and William Kentridge International Booker Prize 2024 | The Booker Prizes thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-lib…

A huge thank you to our #InternationalBooker2024 judges Eleanor Wachtel, @NatalieGDiaz, Romesh Gunesekera, William Kentridge and Aaron Robertson. Here's what they had to say about the books on the this year's longlist.

Two days left to apply: bit.ly/summersalt-tra… for emerging translators working from South Asian languages. Keynote Geetanjali Shree, plus workshop: Bangla Arunava Sinha; Hindi-Urdu @shreedaisy; Tamil Sumathy Sivamohan. Other languages: Poetry Ranjit Hoskote; Prose Tejaswini Niranjana.

And now for a poem ...

Join the winners of the #InternationalBooker2024 in conversation with Romesh Gunesekera and Gaby Wood at Hay Festival on Saturday 25 May. Get your tickets here: hayfestival.com/p-21693-intern…

Thank you Harshaneeyam.

Join me on an exploration.

Who's excited to find out the winner of the #InternationalBooker2024 tonight? 👀 ⏰ Tune in at 9:30pm BST / 4:30pm EDT / 2am IST to hear the winner as its announced. youtube.com/watch?v=wkPtCv…

Huge congratulations to V.V. (Sugi) Ganeshananthan for the success of #BrotherlessNight

Hottest writing workshop in Shropshire Arvon @ceciliaknapp.

Glad to have been there!

Really looking forward to interviewing Naomi Alderman and Romesh Gunesekera tomorrow at Le livre sur les quais festival in sunny Morges. Check out the fantastic English programme! (Eleanor Catton, Lisa McInerney, Gwendoline Riley ...) lelivresurlesquais.ch/programme/

Is this the day? #Oval

The reality of climate breakdown is painfully clear. For the children of today and tomorrow, world leaders must turn their words at the UN #SummitOfTheFuture in NYC into action. It's time to secure the transition away from fossil fuels and #ProtectWhatWeLove Our Kids' Climate

facebook.com/share/p/1ES8N7… On the Sinhala translation of Reef.