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Author of Writing Shame: https://teapaw.org/t.co/cvYYulHBfL / Director @newwritingMCR

Joined April 2022
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Such a wonderful evening tonight hearing Rowe Irvin and @GurnaikJohal discuss their outstanding debut novels with @newwritingMCR's Kaye Mitchell! Some of the boldest, distinctive voices in new fiction - we strongly encourage you to read Life Cycle of a Moth and Saraswati!
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Manchester Literature Festival returns this autumn, revealing a programme of events to inspire, move, challenge and reimagine the world. Here's the full line-up of novelists, poets and artists who will bring the magic to Manchester this October! 👇👇👇manchesterliteraturefestival…
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... And Mammoth makes three! Eve Baltasar is one of the most talented writers working today, and Julia Sanches' stunning translations truly are a shop favourite here. Which one do we recommend? ALL OF THEM.
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WHAT A WEEK! Huge thanks to @dan_chandler, @LaurenElkin, Rosie Price, @LuciaOC_ and our hosts @AndyBurnhamGM(!), @DrKayeRM & @Terri_White for such an incredible run of events at @BlackwellsMcr over the last few nights! Absolutely loved all of them and I am now off for a long nap!
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TOMORROW NIGHT! @LaurenElkin and Rosie Price will be here in Manchester talking to Kaye Mitchell about SCAFFOLDING and THE ORANGE ROOM - two brilliant and beautiful new novels which explore relationships, art and sex. (we’ll be finished before the football starts!) 🎫👇🏻
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Next Wednesday! See you there for some book chat.
A WEEK TODAY! We love these covers! Join us on Wednesday 10th July for the Manchester launch of @LaurenElkin’s SCAFFOLDING and Rosie Price’s THE ORANGE ROOM - two brilliant and beautiful new novels which both explore relationships, art and sex. 🎫👇🏻
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We’re so excited for this! Just two weeks to go until @LaurenElkin and Rosie Price are here talking to Kaye Mitchell about their SCAFFOLDING and THE ORANGE ROOM - two brilliant and beautiful new novels which explore relationships, art and sex. 🎫👇🏻
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Pretty excited about this…
The question is: could you survive with half a dozen chickens and a bag of cracked corn? MAMMOTH by Eva Baltasar, translated by Julia Sanches, lands on August 6th.
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🏳️‍🌈#QUEERYOURYEAR SALE! 🏳️‍🌈 In celebration of #Pride, we compiled our #queer titles that span fiction, nonfiction and poetry. From today until Monday 1st July midnight BST, receive 25% off on all published print titles on our 🌈QUEER SHELF! tiltedaxispress.com/store?ca…
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“Not every good essayist should write a novel, but we should be glad Lauren Elkin did” A great review of @LaurenElkin’s SCAFFOLDING in @GdnSaturday - it’s one of our favourite novels of the year and we cannot wait to hear her discuss it with Kaye Mitchell on Wed 10 July. 🎫👇🏻
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Our catalogue for 2024 is now complete and, wow, do we have some exciting books coming your way. You can take a look via the link or follow the 🧵 andotherstories.org/wp-conte…
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This symposium is gonna be an awesome day discussing the place of queer writing in Scottish lit; open to academic and non-academic people alike - everyone come and email me to get your travel covered x
So excited about this symposium @UofGARC I'm planning with my brilliant @scotlit co-editor @DarrylPeers @ManMetUni 📚🏳️‍🌈 Full programme online soon but you can register free now! @UofGCritStudies eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-for…
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Brigid Brophy, born 12th June 1929, glowering like her Persian cat, Darius, (who was found as a stray.) Alas, I cannot recall the photographer's name.
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Join @UoMCreativeMcr on Summer Solstice for a book event with #TheEssexSerpent author Sarah Perry, diving into her spellbinding new novel 'Enlightenment' exploring faith, love, physics & wisdom💫 📅21 June 📍@JodrellBank 🎟️bit.ly/4c2jah8 #CityOfLit #FestivalofLibraries
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The plight of the small press, appealing for support in the face of poor sales, is often framed as a financial issue. While th​e​re is, of course, ​​some truth in this, it's never simply a matter of money, and money is rarely the most important matter. A 🧵 (1/​8)
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