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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
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Feb 8

    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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  2. 20 hours ago

    YES! YES! YES! . Message Sent. ( No 2 - finallee )

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  3. May 14

    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. May 13

    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. May 13

    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. May 13

    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.

    Booker-palkitut Bernardine Evaristo ja Douglas Stuart vierailevat tänä viikonloppuna Suomessa 📚😍! -käännöskirjallisuusfestivaali järjestetään Helsingin Bio Rexissä 13.-14.5. 👉 Liput:
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  7. May 10

    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.)

    The future is here! Ncuti Gatwa is the Doctor. ❤️❤️➕🟦
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  8. May 10

    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. May 6

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

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  10. Retweeted
    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. May 6

    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. Retweeted
    May 6

    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. Retweeted
    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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  14. May 5

    And this - reeling.

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  15. May 5

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

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  16. May 5

    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. May 5

    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 .

    ‘With her wit, warmth, and brilliant insight into women, relationships and all the drama of life, is a Marian Keyes in the making..." Collings' funny and highly relatable debut Love & Other Dramas publishes with this summer!
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  18. May 5

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

    I’m so utterly thrilled that Free has won the Royal Society of Literature 2022 for the best book in English evoking the ‘spirit of a place’! What an incredible shortlist and how exciting to see the spirit of Albania bring home the prize🌹🎉!
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  19. May 4

    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 .

    Absolutely delighted to celebrate past winners & tonight 🏆
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  20. May 4

    The winner of the RSL Ondaatje Prize announced tonight.

    RSL Ondaatje Prize 2022 - Stack of shortlisted books
    Tonight's the night... 🏆! We'll be announcing the '22 winner in just a few hours - stay tuned from around 7pm onwards 👀 & here's a reminder of our STELLAR shortlist: 📚
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    May 4

    I loved this book too from

    What happens when Neanderthals from 40,000 years ago arrive in Ramsgate as refugees? Read THE RED CHILDREN by to find out. Beautifully written, imaginative, compassionate, strange & ultimately haunting - it invites us to imagine who we were and what we can become
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