Josa Keyes

Novelist, poet, features writer, creative writing teacher. @Cambridge_uni @bruneluni MA distinction, outstanding dissertation prize.

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#audiobook #reviewers, Sail Upon the Land is now on @audibleuk @audible_com and promo codes are available. DM me for information. 4* 752 reviews and counting... https://t.co/kiq5RzBYTW 'Love a good family saga - and this is a REALLY good one!'

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@bloodthrstbooks Narnia

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Beetle (c) Josa Keyes #poetrycommunity (in British English nappy > diaper)

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In a long life of lumpy breasts, I've frequently been examined by men. I'm not sure I would be bothered by having them give me a mammogram either, as long as properly trained. It is a medical procedure, nothing else.

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Went for my breast exam last week - I had very early breast cancer in 2017, and regularly request further check ups. The consultant was a man my age, and we discussed our children of similar ages. He examined me before sending me for a mammogram and scan. This was not a problem.

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Salted caramel: Why doesn't anyone like me any more?
Pistachio:....

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@VictoriaPeckham @thetimes A grandmother here. For F***'s sake.

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@NaoiseGale13 @themothmagazine What wonderful news. Congratulations!

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@mijomojo1 @JoshEakle Also born in the 50s - no measles vaccine. Measles caught up with me in London in 2023, due to the frighteningly stupid anti-vax brigade. I was very ill in hospital for 5 days. No doctor knew what was wrong with me. It was like an episode of House. Exhausted for six months.

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Calling all UK creators, please go to the government consultation about AI theft of our work, and fill it in. @MaggieA spent a day going through this document - which privileges AI developers, and wrote a brilliant guide. I used her guide and added more. https://t.co/ZWes2z9HNM

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@DConwayRead @Docstockk When one applies for a DBS check, one has to state all previous names on the form, and prove identity. Is this not the same for everyone, regardless of 'identity' change?

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I love the sound of this book @PollyVernon

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I’ve written a new book, I’m incredibly proud of it. It’s out later in the year, late June, but @Waterstones has a 25% off preorder deal on it til midnight tonight. Link here
https://t.co/LYb0zhd4DF

Code ‘preorder25’

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@RealDMitchell @BBCOne It's very soothing.

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I was thrilled to find my poem Shit Villanelle was shortlisted in @Culturesmatter in the Bread and Roses Poetry Award Anthology 2024.

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@LissaKEvans I'm listening to a thriller where the thing that motivated things is so bloody unlikely/illogical that I can't bear it. Why do editors not say, sorry but that can't happen in the known universe?

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@ProfSteveKeen @jbhearn Thank you for sharing that information. The black thing appeared when I was caring for a friend out of town during her health crisis. I went straight back to Moorfields but they diagnosed a lesser thing.

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@Shakatak7 @ProfSteveKeen Thank you for sharing that.

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@adeleparks 65 and yes

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@nic_eileen @LissaKEvans @MayorofLondon It's all about money. If something smells wrong it's always the whiff of Mammon.