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Writer type. THE BIRDCAGE LIBRARY= mystery of books & botany. An Amazon book of 2023 🪶 @headlinepg 🇬🇧 @unionsquandco 🇺🇸 THE DICTATOR'S WIFE as seen on BBC2

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Joined April 2012
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I barely survived “telling writers they have to read is gatekeeping,” I don’t think I can live through “telling writers they have to write is gatekeeping”
💯A lot of AI hate is thinly veiled gatekeeping.
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Freya Berry retweeted
They should make Hamnet into a franchise. In every film Shakespeare has an experience that inspires a play. A bad holiday in Scotland leads to Macbeth. A family argument over cutting a pie into thirds leads to King Lear. An attempt by one of his kids to tame a shrew leads t
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SIR GAWAIN, sitting up bolt upright at three in the morning years later. “oh my God they were *swingers*”
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We think MPs should listen to what's gone wrong in Canada's assisted dying. Donna Duncan's story must be heard - told by her brave daughter Alicia. It's one of somersaulting horror - and state and professional failure of a fiercely independent woman.
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The Guardian is cancelling my contract after 19 years continuous employment with no pay-off so totes happy to go to the Indie to continue my investigation into Evgeny’s dad, the ex-KGB spy. The UK media: so many fine choices. theguardian.com/media/2019/n…
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This photo made my day. Solidarity with #GiselePelicot and all survivors.
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Freya Berry retweeted
As per my previous tablet…
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Since the winner of the Booker Prize will be announced tonight, a reminder that Muriel Spark helped spread a rumour during the 1994 ceremony that Iris Murdoch’s husband was stealing potatoes from guests' plates 🥔
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Freya Berry retweeted
We need to reject this modern idea that marriage means spending all your time with your spouse. Let’s go back to tradition: you spend six months of the year with your spouse in the underworld, and the other six above-ground with your mother.
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Thread of last phone calls made by 9/11 victims to their loved ones 🧵 1. Jim Gartenberg, 86th floor
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Chuck Palahniuk, goddamn
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The problem with a lot of activism is that it brushes away art, literature and beauty as needless distractions, but there is no revolution without joy and we must never get so consumed in the fight that we neglect the things that make for human flourishing.
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Abandoned all plans to finish reading this awesome book by @FreyaBBooks I absolutely loved it! Highly recommend 💖🤩👍
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Replying to @CJAggett
@CJAggett is ready to host the awesome @FreyaBBooks along with C.Hooley soon! We will be chatting, writing, books, life, and will indulge in a Friday beer! Join us LIVE at 8pm UK time here: youtube.com/live/SeBCxjTzYXE… #Writingcommunity
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Beautiful , absorbing read. Something to get lost in ❤️ 📚 @FreyaBBooks
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Freya Berry retweeted
@FreyaBBooks, enjoyed your piece @ft. In person, this flower is a sight to behold! NA
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Check out the latest recommendations on Pauline’s Picks. This week she features The Birdcage Library by @FreyaBBooks and Leave No Trace by @JoCallaghanKat fb.watch/rERDyTvM8m/
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