Chief Exec @writerscentre / Hon FRSL / trustee: Age UK Norwich & @openbookreading / πs ~ books, radio, whimsy, outdoors himself. she/her
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As a professional interviewer, I feel his pain.
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Just wow π Dundee: youβre some place for one place β€οΈβπ₯
16 Dec 2024
Our wishing tree is finished for another year - our tenth!! A huge thank you to Moira and Elaine who wrapped e every gift, and to everyone who spent their time and money taking part. Every year we are blown away by your generosity ππβ€οΈ
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π Peggy Hughes π π± retweeted
27 Nov 2024
Dear friends,
Weβre stepping back from Twitter/X, but the conversation continues! Join us on Bluesky, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. π Find all the details here: buff.ly/4fMEklA
#StayConnected #KeepWriting
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π Peggy Hughes π π± retweeted
24 Nov 2024
Loved this session today @britishlibrary on βBelfast and Beyondβ - part of the #irishwritersweekend ππ @michaelmagee__ @beingvarious & Aimee Walsh were all fantastic, plus gorgeous chairing from @HughesPeg πππ
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π Peggy Hughes π π± retweeted
20 Nov 2024
Our popular Publishing Fair returns for Christmas! π Come along to meet publishers and writers from the region, stock up on gifts, and enjoy short talks on the publishing industry.
Sat 7 December, 10amβ4pm, NCW, free & drop-in.
Find out more: buff.ly/3YXRNQz
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π Peggy Hughes π π± retweeted
18 Nov 2024
Launching this week at all 47 Norfolk Libraries! π In partnership with @NorfolkLibs, we're excited to share a multi-lingual poetry project featuring acclaimed poets @george_szirtes & @marjorielotfi commissioned by @WritersCentre π Find out more π tinyurl.com/nhdz6vkm
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15 Nov 2024
GOOD NEWS FOR A CHANGE!
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15 Nov 2024
Our wishing tree is back in store! We are working with Dundee Carers Centre and Leisure and Culture Dundee to give customers a chance to buy a gift for a young carer in Dundee. The tree will be here until Saturday 14th December πππ
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π Peggy Hughes π π± retweeted
12 Nov 2024
Just announced! Samantha Harvey wins the #BookerPrize2024 for Orbital, her deeply human saga of six astronauts in space, which combines an urgent message about the state of our planet with luminous hope and a refusal to sink into despair: waterstones.com/category/culβ¦
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π Peggy Hughes π π± retweeted
12 Nov 2024
lost my purse on the Elizabeth line between Tottenham Court Road and Paddington, it looks like this, if you find it let me know, if you see someone cackling over it and rolling in a pile of my cardsβ¦pls punch them I guess
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π Peggy Hughes π π± retweeted
28 Apr 2024
Woohoo!
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π Peggy Hughes π π± retweeted
12 Nov 2024
π£ It's your last chance to take our visitor survey and be in with a chance of winning a Β£50 National Book Token! π
What do you want to see at future Norwich Book Festivals? π€π Tell us at: surveymonkey.com/r/NBF24
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11 Nov 2024
I realise not everyone who would like to can donate blood (& in my most recent visits Iβve not been able to) but if you can and would like to then please consider doing so. Successful trip for me today! Thanks Team Mercure β€οΈ
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11 Nov 2024
(IMMENSE NEWS reaches me that the @WstonesDundee Wishing Tree (in which shoppers can gift a book for a young carer in Dundee to open at Christmas) is BACK for 2024 β€οΈ: launching on Friday 15th Nov. More news as I have it!)
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π Peggy Hughes π π± retweeted
10 Nov 2024
This week's fiction is "Heavy Snow" by Han Kang (translated, from the Korean, by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris). newyorker.com/magazine/2024/β¦
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π Peggy Hughes π π± retweeted
31 Oct 2024
Full programme thonder for @britishlibrary's Irish Writers' Weekend, 22nd-24th November. Cracking line up! So many friends heroes in one place. You'll find me chairing AimΓ©e Walsh, Lucy Caldwell & Michael Magee (and in the audience for everything else)
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1 Jan 2024
Here we go again! Walks of 2024 are go!
1st January, first one: Kilrenny to Crail and back again β¨
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27 Oct 2024
27th October: Cromer / Norwich
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10 Nov 2024
10th November: live mussels!
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9 Nov 2024
First edition! Mine now β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
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9 Nov 2024
We are pleased to host a review of the past 12 months in photography by Emily Noakes and Caroline MacDonald, skilfully capturing the beauty of the East Neuk and their adventures beyond. This free exhibition runs from 6th November to 21st December in our Merchant's Room gallery
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