Very pleased that the Canadian Nautical Research Society has bestowed its Keith Matthews Award on my novel, The Wind From All Directions. It is the first time that CNRS has ever recognized a novel for the award.
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This week King Felipe of Spain presented the Joan Margarit International Poetry Prize to Margaret Atwood. She then delivered ‘Poetry in Hard Times’, an eloquent defense of poets & free speech. Long may those poets, and Margaret Atwood, speak their minds!
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After global pressure, Iranian Nobel Peace Laureate Narges Mohammadi was transferred to a hospital where her own doctors could treat her. But she could still be sent back to prison at any moment. Sign and demand her freedom: https://t.co/OGCFKbk4rM
Yea, and righteous hundred-word judgements shall resound upon the lazy, cruel, and presumptuous wicked. (It's just another day at the office for St Peter.)
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NASA has released the first full image of Earth in 54 years.
The photo was taken from the Orion spacecraft, which is currently traveling to the Moon.
The last time Earth was photographed in its entirety from deep space was in 1972 during the Apollo 17 mission. Since then, such images have been created by stitching together multiple shots taken from Earth’s orbit.
I will present “Imperial Ambitions and Conflict in the Pacific Northwest, 1774-1792” at the Royal Canadian Military Institute in Toronto on April 22. For those interested in attending, there's booking information on this link:
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Remember that in-between-moment when the COVID-19 shock hit but it hadn’t reached you yet? It’s one of those moments again. The global energy shock is here. The shock waves are already on their way.
We sketch what that means for people, prices, profits & politics @NewStatesman.
I've made a lot of pitches in my time. More have failed than succeeded. I haven't yet pitched a reality TV concept. Maybe this one's a winner: a New York minute in the form of a #drabble#amwriting#100words
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