Listen to and read the excellent story by @SelmaDabbagh, Under the Aqueduct, on Democracy in Exile, which was screened at Words, Vision & Sound w/ Off the Shelf Festival of Words. It features the talents of RiderShafique, Georgia Williams and Utah?. dawnmena.org/under-the-aque…

Completely understand why people might have had enough, but we have lost 200+ followers in just a week. So if you have followers you think might appreciate our quiet, bookish, pretty and sociable corner of twitter please do reweet and we will try and follow back as far as we can

Just stopping by your timeline in case you didn’t know that the Chief Science Advisors for Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States - are all women 🔥

Pressing the reprint button on: Panenka by @MumblinDeafRo I love that stories keep finding folk around the globe.

We need more of this. The media must stop treating men’s fatal violence against women as normal and inevitable.

Really chuffed to read about all the good that has come out of the shocking decimation of Spellow Hub library during the riots. Thanks to authors et al who pledged support in my #ReadingNotRioting campaign & thanks to Guardian Books for covering.

We're hiring! 📋 We have a fantastic opportunity for you to become our next Farnham Literary Festival Coordinator 📚 To find out more about this role including what’s involved and how to apply, go to farnham.gov.uk/town-council/v… Deadline: 31 August 2024 #farnhamlitfest

As today marks the grim third anniversary since Taliban seized power in kabul, ending the hopes of so many girls and women, 19 of the previous government’s ambassadors stayed in post. With no money to pay bills some have had their power switched off thetimes.com/article/60d5c7…

Never ask volunteers to ‘do something with the crime section’.

Today makes three years since the fall of Afghanistan and the Taliban’s return. That’s 1063 days since girls were banned from school. And 969 days since they closed universities to women. And nobody cares.

We’re excited to share our Autumn events programme-we have three remarkable authors. Contact the shop for tickets. Joanna Glen Tim Marshall Chloe Dalton Ashtead, Surrey BBC Surrey

Sometimes I just get a chance to take a nice photo. Even in genteel decay books have something about them.

The terrible thing about being a writer is that you don’t decide to become one, you discover that you are one. —James Baldwin—

“Today in Kabul, a female cat has more freedoms than a woman.” Thank you, Meryl Streep, for standing in solidarity with the women and girls of Afghanistan. This is exactly what we need—global solidarity. We need women, especially those with influence and platforms, to speak up.

Only in Italy 🇮🇹 When you dig to replace the gas pipes and find a mosaic from the 4th century AD from the time of Emperor Theodoric the Great (Montorio, Verona)

Male violence against women and girls is the single most common human rights violation in the world. Supposedly egalitarian Western regimes reveal how much they truly value women's rights by their feeble response to an Afghan regime actively encouraging and enabling rape.

Let there be peace Let tears evaporate to form clouds, cleanse themselves And fall into reservoirs of drinking water. Let harsh memories burst into fireworks that melt In the dark pupils of a child’s eyes

In tribute to the late, great #MaggieSmith we're screening her superb performance in Alan Bennett's THE LADY IN THE VAN (12). Wednesday 16 October at 2 pm and all seats just £5. cranleigharts.org/event/the-lady…

So excited to be presented the Chesney gold medal along with the fabulous ⁦lyse doucet⁩ - in company with Churchill and Kissinger - thank you so much ⁦RUSI⁩

I volunteer at #Oxfam & a man came in today to donate toys and children's books precisely because he had read this Caitlin Moran The Times and The Sunday Times article. Please do take your clean, usable, saleable items to a charity shop before #Christmas rather than waiting until afterwards 😊