Izzy Becker

[John McLeod @ProfJohnMcLeod]

In a climate of marketised & monetised anxiety-raising, scare-scrolling, and digitally enhanced infowars, I have become evermore grateful for the technology of the #book: its insistence on patience, the steady horizon of its pages, its stockpiling of the glad medicine of thought.

[Otegha K. Uwagba @OteghaUwagba]

Oh god, please, when will they bring Succession back? I'm so tired of waiting

[Izzy Becker @IzzyBecker]

@NesrineMalik is just always perfect

[Izzy Becker @IzzyBecker]

Reading literary versus popular fiction promotes different socio-cognitive processes, study suggests https://t.co/VnPXZh6OgB

[Izzy Becker @IzzyBecker]

😍😍😍 this book cover

[MeeraSyal💙 @MeeraSyal]

Vice President Elect #KamalaHarris is American. Her father was Jamaican, her mother was Indian, both grew up under colonial British rule. I’m breaking it to you gently but the Empire is over. Put down the spade before you reach Australia. #racistyes

[Izzy Becker @IzzyBecker]

finally some joy and hope in the world 💙

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

While I may be the first, I won’t be the last.

[Izzy Becker @IzzyBecker]

@charleykatan me me me!

[Izzy Becker @IzzyBecker]

'This is revolutionary’: new online bookshop unites indies to rival Amazon https://t.co/EoCwGfLCy7

[Izzy Becker @IzzyBecker]

good black panther vibes

https://t.co/EXSUE9deEx

[Grant Tucker @GrantTucker]

My mum when she found two empty glasses in my bedroom:

[Spread the Word @STWevents]

The #LondonWritersAwards is open to disabled writers, LGBTQIA+ writers, writers of colour and working-class writers. This nine month development programme is FREE and runs from Jan-October 2021. Applications close TOMORROW at midnight! 👀 https://t.co/yvarSZwGY3

[Izzy Becker @IzzyBecker]

very interesting discussion on systemic issues in publishing!

[Royal Society of Literature @RSLiterature]

TOMORROW, 2pm we are hosting a crucial discussion on representation and inclusion in the publishing industry.

FREE FOR ALL TO ATTEND

This one is not to be missed!

Book here:
https://t.co/IGMeLiDNmZ

#BannedBooksWeek

[Niamh Mulvey @neevkm]

Recently I had the joy of reading Leigh Stein's novel Self Care and then the further joy of finding her crop of poems (that I actually understand!). If you feel sad about stuff but also find a lot of that same stuff funny, you will love her work
https://t.co/Q9o6VXK9UH

[Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner @LauraJanklaus]

Redemption, not cancellation, should be the goal. Our opinion piece on
#CancelCulture in @FinancialTimes https://t.co/kwEIaXWoVV (whole article attached) with ⁦@a_deller1⁩ ⁦@EdinburghJSoc⁩ ⁦@EdinburghUni⁩

[Izzy Becker @IzzyBecker]

who knew the burbs could be so interesting

[Tablet Magazine @tabletmag]

Will Self: The half-Jewish English writer’s new drug memoir, ‘Will,’ dives from Hamstead Garden Suburb into an underworld https://t.co/rjvmtoWAhq

[Izzy Becker @IzzyBecker]

@rhymeswithbee has brilliantly satirised the wellness industry and internet feminism - highly, highly recommend!