Miranda Ward

author, editor, lapsed geographer. ADRIFT, a memoir about uncertainty, (in)fertility, and discovering the wilderness of your body, out now from @wnbooks.

[Miranda Ward @MirandaWardC]

Thrilled that ADRIFT is out in paperback today. Thank you to everyone who helped it make its way into the world, & to everyone who has read it & shared it and given it life beyond the page. 💕

*you are not alone*

Order via @blackwellbooks here: https://t.co/MvE7bZK0LT

[Miranda Ward @MirandaWardC]

So looking forward to teaching alongside Jarred on this course - do join us (from your own home!) if you’re interested in exploring writing from life…

[Arvon @arvonfoundation]

‘Writing from Life’ is an approach to non-fiction that offers rewards for both reader and writer. Join award-winning writers @JarredMcGinnis and @MirandaWardC as they help you delve into the sensory richness of your life.

Mon 5 - Fri 9 August.
Details: https://t.co/BSJWedx3S2

[Miranda Ward @MirandaWardC]

@sophielflynn This really got me - thank you for writing it x

[Miranda Ward @MirandaWardC]

One week today! https://t.co/b7t07N1hsZ

[Miranda Ward @MirandaWardC]

I’m so excited about this - I’ll be in conversation with the brilliant @katbrown at @caperoxford on 5 June talking about No One Talks About This Stuff, a book which brings together 22 stories of almost-parenthood. If you’re in/near Oxford please join us! https://t.co/b7t07N0JDr

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

For the last 14 years as an NHS doctor, I have watched this party, these governments, savage the NHS into a crumbling shell of a once great institution. Deliberate, calculated, shameless destruction.

Only one thing to say. Please, if you still want an NHS, do not vote Tory.

[Miranda Ward @MirandaWardC]

@katbrown @wateracre @caperoxford I’m truly tempted to change the title of the event to this (perks of being married to the bookshop owner)…

[Miranda Ward @MirandaWardC]

I’m so excited about this - I’ll be in conversation with the brilliant @katbrown at @caperoxford on 5 June talking about No One Talks About This Stuff, a book which brings together 22 stories of almost-parenthood. If you’re in/near Oxford please join us! https://t.co/b7t07N0JDr

[Miranda Ward @MirandaWardC]

Rereading @NellFrizzell’s Holding the Baby in prep for our chat at @caperoxford tomorrow evening & getting very excited. It hits just as hard but in different ways now that my son is older and I’m firmly out from behind the partial eclipse. Tix here: https://t.co/ImOLLfxNp0

[Miranda Ward @MirandaWardC]

@MarianneLevy @theipaper Charlie Cook's Favourite Book!

[Miranda Ward @MirandaWardC]

Back on whatever this site is to ask: who/where is writing/publishing well on the *business* of fertility (private clinics, self-funded treatment, etc) in the UK these days? And/or any relevant research networks? Interested particularly in ethical & financial considerations.

[Miranda Ward @MirandaWardC]

@tanyashadrick Wonderful, thanks! Have just DMed. xx

[Miranda Ward @MirandaWardC]

@tanyashadrick I would love to be a part of this next year, Tanya! ❤️

[Miranda Ward @MirandaWardC]

There’s so much else to be upset about, too. For example: why is this government *gleeful* about preventing people from being with their families? And it’s just nuts to me that ‘delivering the biggest reduction in net migration on record’ is something they proudly aspire to.

[Miranda Ward @MirandaWardC]

It feels like Britain is cutting itself off from the rest of the world and strangling itself in the process. It’s sad to see, but for the individuals & families affected by these changes it’s not just sad, it’s gut-wrenching, life-altering, incomprehensible.

[UK Prime Minister @10DowningStreet]

We’re increasing the minimum earnings threshold for skilled workers by 48% to £38,700, encouraging businesses to look to British talent first and invest in their workforce.

[Miranda Ward @MirandaWardC]

At no point before I obtained citizenship would I (with an MA + PhD from British universities) have met these salary requirements.

[Miranda Ward @MirandaWardC]

I love this practice so much - both as a writing exercise and a tangible, poetic way of capturing a moment in time/place

[Miranda Ward @MirandaWardC]

What a joyful week at @arvonfoundation’s @Lumb_Bank site leading a course alongside brilliant @tanyashadrick, with a lovely midweek reading by @malachytallack. Leaving heart full & inspired ❤️

[Miranda Ward @MirandaWardC]

@simpsonamiss @caperoxford @quitexander Thanks Anna! ❤️

[Miranda Ward @MirandaWardC]

Excited that @caperoxford is now open for business (and v proud of @quitexander for hatching the plan and getting it to this point in what has been Quite A Year). Feels a bit mad opening a bookshop but also very right in a lot of ways.

[Miranda Ward @MirandaWardC]

@DarrenByrne @caperoxford @quitexander Thank you! x

[Miranda Ward @MirandaWardC]

This is so sad. I did my MA here. I’ve taught at Brookes on and off for years in another department. I’m so worried for the future of the humanities in this country.