A Quiet Morning and Black Coffee

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A New Chapter Begins

Today, I’m stepping into a newly created role with the royalliteraryfund and writersmosaic as their Project Coordinator for the north of the UK. If you’re a professional writer based in the North —watch this space!

Today's academic-writing support sessions in my RLF role range from essays on 'The Wind in the Willows' to 'Alien'. The diverse work I get to engage with (and the students' energy) always brings a smile to my face. #royalliteraryfund

An incredible day in the recording studio producing Tahmina Ali and Connor Allen for a new audio series I’ve been blessed to exec produce with Ishy Din for writersmosaic / royalliteraryfund - launching soon

Can’t wait you all to hear this series - it’s very special indeed.

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New Substack/blog post on the writing of a poem on growing up, philosophy, potato plants, High Laver village in Essex, and relationships with parents. @enitharmon.editions @saltpublishing.com @serenbooks.bsky.social shearsmanbooks @royalliteraryfund mcrucefix.substack.com/p/midsummer-...

At #eseacontemporary last evening w/ #PayamSharifi of #slavsandtatars

art collective

#royalliteraryfund @writersmosaic.bsky.social

Sharing with you my artistic and cultural discoveries that I’ve made this year over at writersmosaic and royalliteraryfund … There might be some unexpected treasures on my list that will float your boat.

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#books #art #music #film #jamesbaldwin #basquiat #picasso

Still my favorite job I've ever done. So happy to be back and working at Lincoln Uni this year! #royalliteraryfund

It's UN #internationaldayofdisabledpersons TODAY. And I'm beyond proud to be in @thebookseller.com yearning for a bookshelf with the disability narrative in fiction stacked high. My novels there too, naturally. Please share dear friends. #disabledwriter #untoldstory #royalliteraryfund

Himself talking with Lanre Bakare from @theguardian.com about his debut book We Were There. Looking at missing history books, and how black culture and resistance outside of London have shaped UK culture.

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#books #writing #culture #royalliteraryfund

It's UN #internationaldayofdisabledpersons TODAY. And I'm beyond proud to be in @thebookseller.com yearning for a bookshelf with the disability narrative in fiction stacked high. My novels there, naturally. Please share dear friends. #disabledwriter #untoldstory #royalliteraryfund

Londoners know city rewards when you achieve impossible. After days #MECFS crash, attend final #RoyalLiteraryFund Reading Circle today at Crystal Palace Park Picnic, spot Val @royalcourt.bsky.social enroute, drop by #SummerInSloaneSquare say bye as leaving #LetsGuide #UniquelyLondon #ALondonersLife3

Back on Old Compton Street for the first @royalliteraryfund COLLECTED podcast recording of 2025. For me, no studio session is complete without a smoked salmon and cream cheese bagel from B Bagel Soho. Makes my inner north Londoner very happy!

Londoners love to share their passions. Took my fellow #RoyalLiteraryFund Crystal Palace reading circle member & freind #FranciscoFisher to artist #GabrielMoses show at #180studios on Strand after drinks #TheFaberFox & #TheOldBankOfEngland pubs yesterday.
#LetsGuide #UniquelyLondon #ALondonersLife3

Londoners love getting involved with each other. Coffee & Cake with philosopher #MartinHolt at #BlackbirdBakery Crystal Palace, following #RoyalLiteraryFund reading Circle at #UpperNorwodLibraryHub run by author #SoniaFaleiro, where we met months ago. #LetsGuide #UniquelyLondon #ALondonersLife3

#readinground #royalliteraryfund #RLF #shortstories #edinburghbooks #scottishbooks #scotlandliterary