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26 Mar 2025
To lose oneself is a joy but to lose yourself on a journey without a satnav is a calamity. She wondered how people managed without technology and remembered her grandmother’s love of ordinance survey maps. #LossLit
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We’re at @WaterstonesPicc and @ignatius_sancho is warming up the crowds on the pavement 🔥
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Reading is important at all times & in a moment of respectful reflection on a great national and international loss then context is key. Going to my personal library this morning I’ve listed a few novelists who’ve been key to my early understanding of colonialism and empire.
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We are delighted to announce the #BookerPrize2022 shortlist, here’s what the judges had to say about the final six. Find out more about the shortlisted books and authors: thebookerprizes.com/the-book… @ShahidhaBari @hrcastor @amabanckou @mjohnharrison
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Congratulations to the brilliant Maggie O’Farrell on publication day ❤️
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The all-around wonderful @KitdeWaal dropped by to sign @TinderPress Without Warning and Only Sometimes, her heartfelt memoir of an extraordinary childhood—grab your signed edition from our Charing Cross Road shop!
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From @KitdeWaal - award-winning author of #MyNameIsLeon - comes a childhood memoir set to become a classic: stinging, warm hearted, and true. Published by @TinderPress on 18th August and available to pre-order here: smarturl.it/OnlySometimes. (Thanks for the quote @lemnsissay!)
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A move far away Orcas Island, Manhattan Both live inside me #vss365 #move
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Me and the boss ⁦@LennyHenry⁩ at the My Name is LEON screening last night. That canapé was delicious by the way …
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There are days, like today, when I surrender to a dreamy free-floating sadness. Origins uncertain. Joy in not fighting this unbidden feeling. #LossLit #JoyLit
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I got my mourning Over with some time ago. She’d already gone But she’d just - not gone. Just empty vessels; her of Thought, and me of her. #haikuchallenge #losslit #vsspoem #PoemADay #haiku #senryu
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Already with one Victory. Ok. Scotland. Let's hope Russia's next. #haikuchallenge #vsspoem #PoemADay #haiku #senryu #Ukraine️
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25 May 2022
And this morning, parents walking with their kids to school, holding hands a little tighter... #LossLit
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25 May 2022
Later tonight #LossLit 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
We are going to have a #LossLit session from 9-11 pm tonight - hope to see you all with your #words. 😊😊🖌️✒️🖊️✒️🖌️✒️🖊️ #Poetry #Poems #Poets #Verses #Twitterclubs #writing #JoyLit
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What have we lost In the last two years? Normality? What have we gained In the last six months? The novelty of Normality #LossLit #vsspoem #PoemADay #haiku #senryu Just back from a live poetry reading. The first for two years. Good, but strange.
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Good evening and welcome to all of our #LossLit friends! Looking forward to all the lovely #poems and #stories we are going to enjoy this #evening!
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18 May 2022
The bus still stops at the corner by the mailbox, where the pay phone used to be. #LossLit
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