Literary Natives

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Toni Morrison’s editorial notes to Lucille Clifton in November 1973.

Toni Morrison provides suggestions to enhance Clifton’s poems, many of which Clifton rejects in the margins.

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[We Need Diverse Books @diversebooks]

We're currently seeking traditionally published authors and illustrators to serve as mentors for the 2024 year! WNDB mentors are paid a stipend of $1,000 and work one-on-one with an unpublished writer or illustrator for the entire year (January-December 2024). Details below (🧵):

[maya cade @mayascade]

“and I cried. for myself. for this woman talkin’ about love. for all the women who have ever stretched their bodies out anticipating civilization and finding ruins.”

— sonia sanchez, “just don’t never give up on love” https://t.co/oQoxJA6tVx

[Farhana Shaikh 🍉 @farhanashaikh]

A bad twitter day for me is when book folk come across as awful snobs. Happens too often. It's exactly why people don't engage with the world of books. No matter what the issue is, books are for everyone. Bookshops should be places that welcome debate and dialogue.

[Saqi Books @SaqiBooks]

Yesterday, flash floods took over our bookshop basement, damaging hundreds of books. If you are able to help via our crowdfunder, or to spread the word about our emergency appeal, we would hugely appreciate any support that you can give at this time. https://t.co/HLp4UeMWHu

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@smcardle45 @danielleclahar Thank you for participating Seema :)

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Thank you so much to everyone who joined #AskthePublishersLive 📚 and to our lovely hosts @danielleclahar and Amanda Waters who led such a brilliant discussion. There was so much encouragement, resource-sharing and community. I’m simply away by the level of engagement tonight. ♥️

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@ihussainwriter Thank you for participating ☺️

[Iqbal Hussain #NorthernBoy @ihussainwriter]

It was a great evening. Thank you for organising and to Danielle and Amanda for clarifying so much about the publishing industry

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@hyfreelance Thanks so much Hodan ☺️

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@SeukWrites @danielleclahar Thank you for participating! ☺️

[J.E. Seuk @SeukWrites]

@LiteraryNatives @danielleclahar Super insightful and generous -- huge thanks to all!

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Information about registering for next month’s #AskthePublishersLive Live will be up in a couple of weeks.

We will share highlights from this evening’s session next week to everyone who’s subscribed to our mailing list.

You can sign up here. 👇🏽 https://t.co/DJ6OahIIwu

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*blown away! So much so I have forgotten how to write. 😅

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@hyfreelance Lovely to see you Hodan :)

[fanna 🌼 @fannaforbooks]

we need more south asian diaspora stories that aren't by american, canadian or british authors. there are so many south asian tales from the rest of europe, middle-east, australia, east + south-east asia, and africa waiting to be told —let's seek those experiences, those writers.

[The Bookseller @thebookseller]

We have some brilliant news at The Bookseller, as we're running a new monthly preview on books by underrepresented authors, including Black, Asian and minority ethnic, LGBTQ+, disabled, and working-class writers, curated by the incredible @TashaOnwuemezi!
https://t.co/cSue4yhV06

[PrisonReadingGroups @PRG_UK]

July Book Talk choices are here! Thanks to a kind donation we've got copies of The Fortune Men by @thesailorsgirl. Grateful to @NewhamBookshop and @penguinrandom for making this possible.

The Vanishing Half is our other July choice... what a pair!

https://t.co/wd3n0UxNYa

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👇🏽!!

[ELEVATE (Cornerstones) @ELEVATE_CS]

*SUBMISSIONS OPEN!*

We're accepting more applications for our ELEVATE mentoring scheme – we'll be choosing 12 writers to develop their work with a specialist professional editor.

Open to underrepresented writers only. Submissions close on 21 July!

https://t.co/I2mKa2gogI 💚