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Optimist, writer, swearer. common person. Co-founder Big Book Weekend with @MollyFlatt. Proud Primadonna. Professor, University of Leicester. FRSL. Photo by Paul Chambers. No DMs please. To email use [email protected]
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My Name is Leon was first published 10 years ago today. I’ve written about my Decade of Joy on Substack. Enjoy! open.substack.com/pub/kitdewaa...
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or how I became a writer
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When ignorance is bliss....
Kit de Waal
There are a couple of tickets still available - get in quick! www.gladstoneslibrary.org/event/memoir...
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Join Kit de Waal for an inspiring day devoted to bringing your memories to life on the page.
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Memoir with Kit de Waal (Beginner) - Gladstone's Library
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substack.com
The Quantum Model (@thequantummodel)
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5 🌟 to The Best of Everything by @kitdewaal.com - thanks @helenliz.bsky.social & @biggreenbooks.bsky.social for my lovely #buyastrangerabook pressie 🥰 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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Listen! @lauratisdall.bsky.social talks to @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about the amazing "We Have Come to Be Destroyed: Growing Up in Cold War Britain" newbooksnetwork.com/we-have-come...
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Passing this along, with thanks to the OP. There are many specific courses I want to look into, as well as a lot of "electives" I have never encountered before. And, yes, it's free. #mit #onlinelearning #educateyourself
1mo
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Laura Tisdall, "We Have Come to Be Destroyed: Growing Up in Cold War Britain" (Yale UP, 2026) - New Books Network
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Dave O'Brien
Maybe the last Friday of the month is payday for you. Maybe it isn’t. Maybe you should apply for this grant.
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“Each of us is an artist of our days; the greater our integrity and awareness, the more original and creative our time will become.” ― John O’Donohue writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity
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Congrats to @helencphillips.bsky.social for winning the @climate-fiction.bsky.social prize for Hum. @frediotto.bsky.social @kitdewaal.com @atlanticbooks.bsky.social #climatefiction #clifi #climatechange #environment #fiction
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Now this is a PROPER review from a reader, a complete stranger. Makes the graft all worth it @kitdewaal.com Independent really seems like my happy place. #workingclasswriting #memoir
1mo
Check this out. Free courses online from MIT. ocw.mit.edu I went in and looked at Writing About Literature and it's all there, syllabus, reading list, the lot. All free. Please share.
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MIT OpenCourseWare is a web based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity
ocw.mit.edu
MIT OpenCourseWare | Free Online Course Materials
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David Varela
Writing for Wellbeing
The Madrid Review
£500 given out to a working class writer every month. Details in link. Please share :)
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Chris Walsh
thewhitepube.co.uk
let's make art less middle class
The Creatives Grant
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