Cynthia Dearborn

The Year My Family Unravelled, Affirm Press (rep Jane Novak) |
Sexual Identities in English Lang Ed, Routledge |
Honorary, Univ. of Sydney |
aka C.D. Nelson |

[Cynthia Dearborn @CynthiaDNelson]

Head in a book, as usual. Only this time...it's mine!

Thanks to the wonderful @AffirmPress team & to Ceridwen Dovey + Michelle Tom @m_tom_writer for amazing endorsements

You can pre-order The Year My Family Unravelled now from your local bookshop or online via @ReadingsBooks 🎉

[Cynthia Dearborn @CynthiaDNelson]

@UjuAnya It's been wonderful to see you looking so blissful in your posts with Sirry ever since you met. Congratulations from Down Under to you both on your NYE nuptials and all the best for 2025! 👩🏿‍❤️‍👩🏿 🫶🏿🏳️‍🌈 @ProfAlang

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Why I'm not cynical –
"There's this tendency in the far right to encourage us all to give up on human connection and entirely be self-serving and cynical about the notion of connection."
–Tilda Swinton
Interview from NYT Podcast ~47:00 https://t.co/uZvACLJrRK via @YouTube

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@m_tom_writer @TriciaDearborn Thanks so much for this sweet message, Michelle! It means a lot coming from you.

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A recent 5-star review of my #memoir: "Absolutely masterful writing style ... I was unable to put this book down. If the scale went to 6 stars, that's how I'd rate it ... Unflinchingly honest ... many moments of dry humour ... poignant, heart-wrenching." https://t.co/HPvpNKUdP1

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I have family and friends in the path of the hurricanes. This video shows what happened to one house in North Carolina. "Help Cheryl & Anne Rebuild & Recover After Hurricane Helene" https://t.co/j6PqfOba3y

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@bethspen @TriciaDearborn 🤣

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Lucky to spend another birthday with the faaaabulous @TriciaDearborn ... whose desire for books and chocolates and fun (and public health) knows no bounds 🎂 ❤️🎉👩‍❤️‍👩 😷

[Tricia Dearborn @TriciaDearborn]

Me and my baby at the beginning of today's (my) birthday rampage: coffee and pastries from Two Chaps in Marrickville, followed by a book spree at Gleebooks Dulwich Hill @gleebooksdh, then chocolates from Belle Fleur (they're amazing)

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@bethspen @TriciaDearborn Our wedding anniversary too! We love October 🩷

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@bethspen @TriciaDearborn Thanks, Beth, lovely to hear from you. Tricia's turn this week, mine's coming soon.

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The one and only Ferron on songwriting:
"That's my job, to go right to the edge and look down the vast purposelessness of everything and make it become something."
https://t.co/tMJJ8XknDi

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@daninetherclift Beautiful book cover, Dani! Congrats 🎉

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'Beauty, truth, god, the soul, duende, poetry—all exist without a purpose beyond themselves. They are not products. They are not “content.” A sublime uselessness.' – Diane Seuss ❤️

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@TriciaDearborn A surgeon in a hospital ER told me this very thing last Saturday. Unbelievable. I took N95s into the surgery with me and asked the anesthesiologist to please ask the surgical team to wear them. They did. 😷😷😷😷
Thank you for your tireless COVID-education posts, @TriciaDearborn

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@paperback_books @vic_reader ... wait for it ... 😍

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@LEAD_Coalition @GuardianBooks @stevesilberman Thanks so much for the RT, Ian.
My memoir The Year My Family Unravelled (Affirm Press) might interest anyone who is or has been a carer for a loved one with dementia – or who has an interest in stories about family, love, and loss.
https://t.co/R3nUktxee8

[Cynthia Dearborn @CynthiaDNelson]

My Guardian article summarises a few key things I learned when helping my dad, who had #dementia. For more on that rollercoaster of a year, check out my #memoir The Year My Family Unravelled (Affirm Press).
"A compelling memoir about family" – Who magazine
https://t.co/CA1nluACMc

[Ian Kremer @LEAD_Coalition]

'My father had #dementia, and I was his caregiver. Here’s what I wish I had known' https://t.co/gXhUnNePHw by @CynthiaDNelson @GuardianBooks via @stevesilberman

#Alzheimers #books

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'Why should we care about multilingualism, gender, and sexuality?' Eds. @queertwit & Holly Cashman
Special Issue on Queering Multilingualism 🗨️🌎🌍🌏https://t.co/f9u4keQxkQ

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@organicbotanic @AffirmPress @m_tom_writer @ReadingsBooks All the best to you for your writing, Sue.

[Cynthia Dearborn @CynthiaDNelson]

Head in a book, as usual. Only this time...it's mine!

Thanks to the wonderful @AffirmPress team & to Ceridwen Dovey + Michelle Tom @m_tom_writer for amazing endorsements

You can pre-order The Year My Family Unravelled now from your local bookshop or online via @ReadingsBooks 🎉

[Cynthia Dearborn @CynthiaDNelson]

@organicbotanic @AffirmPress @m_tom_writer @ReadingsBooks @TriciaDearborn Thank you, Sue! I try to infuse my academic/research writing with craft and creativity too, but with memoir there's a wonderful freedom. It's such a pleasure to write.

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@erin_heremeroar @rhaliterary Erin! How fabulous! Thrilled to see this news and cannot *wait* to read more from you. You're a brilliant writer. 👏 🌟