Margaret Meyer

Writer & metaphor aficionado

[Nanjala Nyabola @Nanjala1]

Remember, we don't celebrate women in office because we think women are superior moral agents. We celebrate because women are 51% of the country's population and have just as much right to be in Parliament as men.

[Cheltenham Festivals @cheltfestivals]

Save the date!

We'll be revealing this year's #CheltLitFest lineup on Thursday 11 August📚

Between now and then we'll be sharing pun-filled illustrations courtesy of @jellyarmchair that give you a sneak peek at who to expect at the Festival

Get your guesses ready...

[Margaret Meyer @metaphorworks]

Huge thanks to @Phoenix_Bks, a literary force in the ascendant, for inviting me onto your Phoenix-ominal list. #TheWitchingTide is about ordinary women whose lives were blighted by England's deadliest witch hunt. Their stories demand to be remembered

[Phoenix Books @Phoenix_Bks]

THERE IS POWER IN SILENCE.

Introducing #TheWitchingTide – the magnificent debut from @Margaret_Meyer coming in July 2023.

The tide is turning . . .
https://t.co/WgjU41sGPM

[Margaret Meyer @metaphorworks]

Delighted & encouraged to be longlisted for the marvellous @wordsandwomen short prose competition. Winner announced tomorrow!

[tangata hīkoi @tangatahikoi]

we read everything at @thereaderorg @readerjanedavis

[Margaret Meyer @metaphorworks]

Count me in! #everybodyin @WException @InclusiveMinds

[Jeff Norton @thejeffnorton]

It's been so long, but #TwinPeaks is a masterpiece of Storytelling

[Margaret Meyer @metaphorworks]

Delighted to lend my support to Voices for the Library, their work & manifesto: http://t.co/Ewa8BKB0qM via @vftl_uk

[Margaret Meyer @metaphorworks]

Inadvertent prison book ban hinders learning:http://t.co/r1TLMWqUY4

[Margaret Meyer @metaphorworks]

40% of UK's poorest children leave primary school unable to read well. Unhappy? Then please support:#ReadonGeton. http://t.co/qq4zuP6MYI

[British Council Literature @LitBritish]

'Form to me seems like decor in a restaurant.' - An interview with Martin Amis via @parisreview http://t.co/0fVsF2YKt0

[ALISON BRACKENBURY @ABRACKENBURY]

Poetry might be (even) more interesting if poets chose their names, like pop groups. I especially like 'Grumbling Fur'...

[Annabel Dover @Captainpye]

Brian Patten's robot, found on wasteland behind Adrian Henri's flat, Canning St. Liverpool @thepoetrytrust #APFXXV

[wtf renaissance @WtfRenaissance]

Elsa was unhappy with her extensions, but thanked and paid the hairdresser before posting a negative Yelp review.

[Margaret Meyer @metaphorworks]

Bookless libraries: yes or no? A considered analysis from a pro-tech librarian http://t.co/KTc4wUJdXr http://t.co/NE5mceCQrJ

[Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine]

"I usually solve problems by letting them devour me."
Kafka. It's his birthday

[Christian Bok @christianbok]

Give a man a poem, and he will starve for a day—but teach a man to be a poet, and he will starve for a lifetime….

[Margaret Meyer @metaphorworks]

Great news for bookworms & novelists: brain function 'boosted for days after reading a novel' http://t.co/XftSSwlo3u

[Edinburgh City of Literature @EdinCityofLit]

Tomorrow is Father's Day, books are easy to wrap, here's an app or trail to help you find a bookshop. http://t.co/eFa5WuIKcv You're welcome.

[Soulseeds Coach @Soulseedscoach]

It takes sadness to know what happiness is, noise to appreciate silence and absence to value presence. http://t.co/16miXvElYf