CDP PhD @UCLan & @britishlibrary 'Creative Writing and the Transatlantic Enslavement through Library Collections' | PMJ Prize 24 & 25 SL | MoPrize 25 LL

Joined January 2021
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16 Dec 2025
we finally did it joe, we made it to the penguin michael joseph prize shortlist 👻🖤🪦💀🩶
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when you’re in a mug off with robert pattinson, just hang it up and go home ns
Matt Damon, Robert Pattinson and Tom Holland cover the Summer 2026 issue of GQ Magazine. 📸: Alex Prager
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‘MINIONS & MONSTERS’ will feature a 15-minute sequence spoken entirely in Minionese. (Source: empireonline.com/movies/news…)
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The dopamine of scrolling through twitter after your team has won the Premier League

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premium british programming you literally had to be there
this was my Euphoria
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She had just turned 47. The media was already writing the obituary for her career after the disappointing sales of American Life… but she came back and dropped the biggest pop anthem of the entire 2000s — number one in 41 countries.
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ralph fiennes agreeing so passionately with “bring back pubes” is fucking killing me
“Bring back pubes” Olivia: “well, they never left!” 😝😝
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Encuentro alucinante el hecho de que el ser humano posea la capacidad técnica de salir del planeta Tierra y viajar nuevamente a la Luna y, al mismo tiempo, seamos incapaces de replicar la tecnología del Technicolor, que hoy en día ya no exista y sea considerado un arte perdido.
i’m obsessed look at those colours
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this song is actually so crazy because she's singing about attracting men with her belly dancing and he's rapping about latin america and the caribbean uniting against the CIA 😭
20 years ago today, Shakira & Wyclef Jean released 'Hips Don't Lie'
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the search history of a creative writer is such a strange place
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13 Nov 2025
being longlisted for something is great but that last week to find out whether you've been shortlisted? hellish actually
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for ppl who don’t watch greys this is like jesus rolling the stone away
Grey’s Anatomy started following Sandra Oh on Instagram👀 #GreysAnatomy
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5 Sep 2025
the best thing about writing with a group of people is that you can tell who is having the time of their life and who is in pain and there is truly no in between state
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5 Sep 2025
if we are to disregard the source material and anticipate vibes only then i'm afraid i'm locked in
Drive me mad. “Wuthering Heights” comes to theaters Valentine’s Day.
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4 Sep 2025
every time i email my supervisors asking for help i have to resist the urge to say 'thanks diva' when they come through
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3 Sep 2025
the worst thing about being an adult is having to rely on your calendar app
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2 Sep 2025
Nearly a year ago I was longlisted for the Penguin Michael Joseph prize and today I was longlisted again! hopefully second time is a charm and i'll make it to the shortlist this year but so so happy to be recognised again🖤🫶🏾👻!
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30 Jul 2025
Very very very excited about this! Very honoured to be recognised for THERE'S BLOOD IN THE BOOKS a personal story about the hidden histories of the transatlantic enslavement in libraries around the world and my journey uncovering it! Good luck to the other talented writers 😍🥰
We're THRILLED to announce our 2025 Longlist! Congrats to the longlistees! @sabrinab0wen @CherLFindley @saraanum1996 @YinFLim @zahrahnesbitt @RukiyaShanthi @sharmaRJN Thank you to everyone for your submissions - what a privilege it was to read them 🙌 @TrapezeBooks @orionbooks
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