It's publication day for PORTRAITS AT THE PALACE OF CREATIVITY & WRECKING!
I wrote this to think about silences, almostness, poetry, distortions of history, more.
Thanks SO much to @johnmurrays@AbiScruby@EveWhiteAgency and all who have supported it!
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Such moving and exciting poems. Was great to be able to hear you read and talk about the collection. Looking forward to my #Reconstruction copy arriving.
Thanks so much to everyone who came to my launch last night. Specially @dillon_jaxx and @NickMakoha for sharing their wonderful poetry and @poetniall for being such a brilliant host/editor. This is the first poem I read for my gorgeous niece #Reconstruction
Honestly it is hard to do any kind of work right now, between the accelerating of planetary destabilisation and the breakdown of any pretence of international law and human rights.
It's hard to breathe, even.
There has to be a way of working towards good. There has to be.
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Looks great! A 1-month initiative designed “to encourage and increase the participation and entry of more African and Afro-diasporic people into the publishing industry.”
IT’s FREE!
Black Publicists UK based please get in touch! Searching for phenomenal PRs who are fantastic at influencer marketing / PR opportunities for Black talent 🫶🏽
After WWI Rose was elected an independent member of the LCC and she campaigned for matters such as equal pay, provision of nursery schooling and public housing.
She died in 1954.
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Congratulations to @MsSDuggal for being awarded a @royallitfund Fellowship- may it be rewarding all round for yourself, your students and your writing.
Are you a PhD student (or maybe you know one) researching French Rev. and Napoleonic Era? The Massena Society is offering up to five Dissertation Research Fellowship Awards for academic year 2023-2024. Details in the link; please share.
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Such very sad news abt Gboyega Odubanjo. I zoom hosted a workshop for @STWevents where he was special guest. I was so impressed with his insights, and such a warm, gentle human being. A terrible loss to friends family and literature.
Covering the 1989 Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia was one of the highest points of my life. Now, strolling through the streets, it’s wonderful to see the peace and prosperity— compared with the fear and poverty under Soviet control.