Kit de Waal: ‘I read my first novel aged 22’
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If I said- can I piggyback on this, would it be too much of a pun? I digress...anyone have a reliable recipe for an Irish sausage? I miss them so much I might attempt making them. Thank you.
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📚 Kit De Waal
Friday 25 Nov 7.30pm
At Storyhouse for the first time, will discuss her memoir and extraordinary life. Born to an Irish mother and Caribbean father, Kit was brought up among the Irish community of Birmingham in the ‘60s and ‘70s
storyhouse.com/event/kit-de-w
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Name one thing you should NEVER rub in your eyes?
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The tide has finally turned. The “will of the people” is indisputably mutating. The “doomsters and gloomsters” have been proved right, writes .
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Does anyone have a copy of 'Reliable guide to the curing of Cumberland hams & bacon and the preparation of the offal in the Cumberland style' by E. J. Jackson (1911)? I need to check something,
#journorequest #porkbutchery
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I’m one of many authors supporting the Freedom from Torture charity. I’ll name a character in my next novel after the highest bidder. bit.ly/newchapterauct Bids close 9.40 pm on Thursday
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Wonderful.
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Heard a story I liked about my grandfather and gran uncle the other day. Made me smile.
One day while Daniel Patrick and Edmond Bonaventure Mooney were out having a pint, as was their occasional wont, they spotted a hearse leaving a nearby funeral home.
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This is why we talk to our patients even when sedated. Why they get their hand held, hair sorted, music on. We look after people, not numbers. This is quite a thing to watch.
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To kick off Toy Show week we're giving away a €500 voucher for Town Centre thanks to our #LateLateToyshow sponsor 🎉
To win... RT this post & FOLLOW us on Insta! 😉
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The Castlemilk Lads, Glasgow 1963.
Photo Oscar Marzaroli.
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The Castlemilk Lads, Glasgow 2012.
Photo @rabperry
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Detective work by @PeterAlanRoss
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'Whatever Happened To The Castlemilk Lads?' 
peterross.scot/articles/whate
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As proud sponsors of the An Post Irish Book Awards, we want to do something special for #APIBA and tell you a story.
However, we aren’t writers, but we know a few.
We’ll start: “When I opened my postbox today, I never expected to see…”
Over to you #ReadersWanted
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‘THE END’ I typed. I stared at the computer screen. I’d given this story my all – secrets, love, revenge, a spaceship, even a tiger - but was it enough to win the An Post Irish Book Awards? I’d have to wait and see!
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Thanks That was fun! #ReadersWanted #APIBA
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As would say, best thing on the world wide web no. 587
This is the energy I'm bringing to this wet and miserable Monday.
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There is so much going on in this video … I don’t know who to focus on 
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A wonderful event discussing #prison life, compassion and hope at the #ChesterLiteratureFestival yesterday. Thank you to Rev Katy Canty and and the wonderful audience. Answering questions is always the highlight for me. With looking on.
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‘More Blacks. More Dogs. More Irish.’
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"It wasn’t Prince Andrew’s sweat that helped clear up the Covid mess or Matt Hancocks dick in his hand that glued together the NHS"
@WeeMissBea absolutely slamming it on @BigNarstieShow 
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Regret to inform you all that not wanting to freeze to death in your own home is woke now
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Twitter is weird these days so, for no good reason, I thought I'd tell a story from my past.
Twenty years ago, we decided, for fun, to create the World Rock Paper Scissors Championship at a bar in Toronto. We thought a few friends would come. I sent out a press release.
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‘Would you like the turnip and honey soup? ‘Er, no thanks. ‘I’ll bring you a little taste, will I?’
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Best thing on the Worldwide Web Number 514 ( might not be many more of these)
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There was a baby chimp born at The Sedgwick County Zoo, the baby had to be put on oxygen for a few days. This is a clip of it being reintroduced to its mother for the first time.
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Navy Seal!
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Steve Baker - C _ _ T
Truss - OUTLASTED BY LETTUCE
Mogg - EVIL
Johnson-LIAR
Cleverly - DIMWIT
Raab - ARROGANT BULLY
Hunt - NHS KILLER
Braverman - BIGOT
Kwarteng - CONCEIT
Coffey - BLOVAITIOR
Jenrick - DISHONEST
Patel - BULLY
Williamson - BULLY
Mordaunt - NAVY SEAL
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my dad developed early onset dementia before he was 60. He joined Twitter in 2009 and on the days when he could remember how to use a PC and how to express himself with words, he earnestly tweeted in a desperate effort to hold on to his sense of self and to save his very soulShow this thread
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Applications are now open for the Assistant Director Residency @LeedsPlayhouse. We are pleased to support @JMKTrust1 to offer this bursary to one West Yorkshire-based early-career director in February 2023. Deadline is 12th Dec 10am. Apply now: bit.ly/3AmBykf
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I remember the old saying, “Better to be thought a fool than to buy Twitter and remove all doubt.”
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Calling all chronically ill & #disabled writers: I'm looking for #books to include in issue 2 #CIADISH (out Jan), new & old (PR window for books too short so I'm ignoring 'new only' conventions). Also need #utopian poems, & event info: hybrid festivals/open mics/book launches etc twitter.com/BarrowMember/s…
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Here’s a wee writing tip I’ve found useful. Take a novel you admire, open a doc & type the 1st line & last line of every chapter. Ponder them. You get a good idea of the range of ways to open & close a scene/chapter, & also how the end often loops back to link w the start…
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Yes. Been trying to get this point across. The loss of Twitter, which at this point appears inevitable, will be a disaster for activism and a lot of marginalised groups
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And while we are at it, in praise of connectedness, this tweet below. I dont know where else I would have posted this request for help and received such love from strangers.
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I sent a tweet asking if anyone could recommend a cheap holiday for my friend with breast cancer. Could. Not. Believe. The Response. £5k cash (just giving page), offers of two holiday homes, advice from solicitors, so much love and care. Amazing.
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This is true. once reminded me that social media is a force for good when you are part of a scattered, niche or marginalised tribe. Smug is never a good look.
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“If Twitter stopped working, we’d just go back to reading books.” Twitter has given a voice to marginalised groups who are underrepresented in publishing. I have learned things from them I could not have learned from books.
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Did you hear the news? Our annual Emerging Writers Course is now open for applications!
This year's course will focus on exploring the intricacies of Welsh identity. The tutors are Darren Chetty (@rapclassroom) and @iestyn_tyne.
literaturewales.org/our-projects/e
#REWritingWales
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Next level biscuit. From one who knows.
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This book 💔my babies were 3 and 5 when I adopted them! They are siblings and were on the verge of being split up. They are mixed race, they are my 🌍 and have grown to be wonderful teenagers! (Some of the time)!🤣 such an amazing and powerful read 💕 inspiring 🥰
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