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Opinions always my own. Booker Prize 2019. President: Royal Society of Literature. President . Prof . Forbes '50 Over 50' 2022

London, England
Joined October 2011

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    Pls RT - forgotten literature: novels & non-fiction, rediscovered for today's readers. Original stories, fascinating lives, powerful voices from the deep & more recent past enriching our society & reconfiguring British, Black & global literary history.

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  3. So long, lovely Finland. It was short but sweet and so good to be doing my first live event of a GWO translation in a country itself. (Stay safe from the evil monster over the border.)

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  4. My latest after a long gap: The War with Words. Broadcast yesterday, on Sunday & on catch-up. Language against a progressive society & book censorship etc. Can we stop with the 'woke' & 'cancel culture' already? My others are also available on BBC Sounds.

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  5. The casual way in which he takes up space and encroaches upon hers'. Not at all statesmanlike or respectful. An apology is an admission of responsibility and this is a man who will always lie rather than admit to his many mistakes and weaknesses in his governmental roles.

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  6. So looking forward to my turn Fest tomorrow for the Finnish edition of GWO c/o by my fab Finnish publisher . & were incredible speakers at their events this evening. The audience sat rapt. Great to be touring abroad again.

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  7. This is a historical moment in the casting of an iconic British drama series. Until it happens, you don't think it ever will. (He was so good in Sex Education.)

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  8. Just read 's Dreamland (2021). : it uniquely counterpoints a passionate & complicated lesbian love story with the consequences of myopic government policies. It's a bold, cautionary & uncompromising imagining of a near-future climate- changed dystopia.

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  9. How soon could US states outlaw abortions if Roe v Wade is overturned?

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  10. May 6

    Bernardine Evaristo’s Project Brings Overlooked Black British Authors Back to Print : “One of the things we’ve had against us as black British writers is that people haven’t been that interested in our stories.”

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  11. A powerful countercharge in the battle against the book-banning, book-burning, bigoted backlash against the move towards a more progressive, egalitarian and inclusive culture of literature and publishing. Message sent.

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  12. In a week of awards & prizes news, we're delighted to reveal the '22 shortlist, celebrating outstanding second novels🖊️ Congrats to all shortlisted authors & huge thanks to judges & Nikesh Shukla! 📰 📅 Winner 24 May

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  13. Apr 29

    Very proud to announce that is offering 2 scholarships for our MA in creative writing for low-income writers from Black backgrounds. Full details here:

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  15. 2/ Guardian article on 'unparalleled' censorship effort in the US.

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  16. 1/ Girl, Woman, Other is unsuitable reading material for 17-18 year olds, apparently, and is on a list of books to be banned in South Dakota 'all of which are by or about people of color and/or queer people'. Funny that. See Guardian article in 2/

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  17. Congrats - among the best and brightest of students on the MA in Creative Writing a few years ago, whose first novel, LOVE & OTHER DRAMAS, will be published this summer with .

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  18. And congratulations to for winning the for 2022, chosen by a panel chaired by .

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  19. Happily handing over the lockdown-delayed awards to the winners for 2020 Roger (poetry: A Portable Paradise) & 2021 (novel: The Butchers) in my role as President of the last night in the gothic mansion .

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  20. The winner of the RSL Ondaatje Prize announced tonight.

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  21. May 4
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