Kira McPherson

read a lot and write a bit 🌈
book HIGHER EDUCATION out now / agent @caraleesimpson

[Toril Moi @TorilMoi]

“Women who write about women drinking and writing and sleeping around have until recently been dismissed as less serious, less ‘universal’, than men who write about men drinking and writing and sleeping around.” from my essay on Vigdis Hjorth’s If Only https://t.co/diwth5aBbM

[Riley Rockford @RockfordRiley]

“Normal People and Kairos are told from perspectives that maintain a clear voice even when they shift to other characters, building intense, closed worlds that appear to open for love.”

[Elizabeth Lowry @MElizabethLowry]

‘Humanity has many unsolved problems, but the identification or attribution of dialogue is not one of them’ 😄 Love this witty and apt piece by @mcpherk on speech marks (to use them, or not?)👇#amwriting #writerscommunity

[Kira McPherson @mcpherk]

@MElizabethLowry Thanks Elizabeth, glad you enjoyed.

[Kira McPherson @mcpherk]

"The presence of speech marks imparts a clarity that a metaphor could only dream of: the narration has paused to let a character speak."

@TheLondonMag let me have a go elevating the discourse :)

Very fun to write about Kairos aka Normal People for sickos
https://t.co/qVmaO38BnI

[The London Magazine @TheLondonMag]

'Focusing on speech marks alone overlooks what novels can do in their absence. What if ambiguity is the point?'

@mcpherk on Sally Rooney and speech marks, or lack thereof.

Read here: https://t.co/kM1KhUS7Vs

[Kira McPherson @mcpherk]

My essay in @thelondonmag that bravely asks the question that everyone else also keeps asking: where have all the speech marks gone??

On the charms and challenges of novels without speech marks, feat. Patricia Highsmith, Sally Rooney and Jenny Erpenbeck

https://t.co/gj7brdScgK

[The London Magazine @TheLondonMag]

Our August/September 2024 issue is OUT NOW ☀

Cover image by Nicole Salnikov

Order here: https://t.co/WUO4jfdjil

[Kira McPherson @mcpherk]

@Lui_Loowee_Sit @LindsayLit @emmavrjones @CusworthLouisa @MacmillanKidsUK Congratulations Lui! Amazing news.

[Kira McPherson @mcpherk]

Dipping into my bag of opinions, emerging with gold speckled finger tips….. ah this will do

[Kira McPherson @mcpherk]

I wrote an essay on speech marks that will be in the next issue of @TheLondonMag 🌞

[The London Magazine @TheLondonMag]

If the launch of our Short Story Prize yesterday wasn't exciting enough, our August/September 2024 issue is now available for pre-order!

Cover image by Nicole Salnikov ☀️

Order here: https://t.co/WUO4jfdjil

[Kira McPherson @mcpherk]

@ElizabethLovatt No pressure 🥰

[Kira McPherson @mcpherk]

@ElizabethLovatt @AbiRFellows @HannahChukwuu Wow, congratulations! I can’t wait to read it.

[Kira McPherson @mcpherk]

I’m one of the literary fiction readers for this! A really great opportunity if you’re based in London with a finished manuscript. Lots of genres. Deadline 29 Jan.

[Spread the Word @STWevents]

Have you heard about our new feedback opportunity for London writers? Apply for the chance to get a FREE full manuscript read & feedback given by #LondonWritersAwards alumni. Open to underrepresented writers in London who are un-agented. D/L 29 Jan ➡️ https://t.co/pYuhTTsQTD

[Kira McPherson @mcpherk]

@ElizabethLovatt @GrantaBooks I felt the same! Dense, clever, very dark. I've been recommending it to everyone.

[Kira McPherson @mcpherk]

when i first heard the words they didn't make sense.
now i keep saying them to myself like a mantra:
trolls band together, trolls band together

[Kira McPherson @mcpherk]

@CatWorkers he is the CEO now

[Kira McPherson @mcpherk]

@JarredMcGinnis Carriage Smacker, I think.

[Kira McPherson @mcpherk]

@JarredMcGinnis @AustBookReview [humbly] woohoooo

[Kira McPherson @mcpherk]

I have a story on the @AustBookReview short story prize longlist. 🥲

[Australian Book Review @AustBookReview]

Congratulations to the 2023 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize longlist! Click on the link for information.

Thank you to judges Gregory Day, Jennifer Mills, Maria Takolander, those who entered the prize, and ABR Patron Ian Dickson AM. @mcpherk

https://t.co/FxtgadpMc2