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David Lloyd

@cymrubookman.bsky.social

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Welsh, Devon based writer, Co- Curator of Word Kitchen www.wordkitchen.org.uk - promoting the spoken word in East Devon and Exeter -I write about hidden histories including queer ones - with a novel and memoir in development Faber Academy Alumni

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David Lloyd @cymrubookman.bsky.social · Jul 17

Glorious launch for the 2025 Exeter Novel Prize last night at Exeter Library more info on submitting here : www.wordkitchen.org.uk/exeter-novel...
@exetercityoflit.bsky.social @exeterobserver.org @exetercouncil.bsky.social

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Alice Rothchild, MD @alicerothchild.bsky.social · Sep 4

"Each with a name, each with a story. That strips people of dignity before it strips them of life. That forces people to risk their lives to seek food. It is a famine that we repeatedly warned of. But that the international media has not been allowed in to cover."

Remarks by Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, on famine in Gaza | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Occupied Palestinian Territory

[As delivered] Please read the IPC report, cover to cover. Read it in sorrow and in anger. Not as words and numbers but as names and lives. Be in no doubt that this is irrefutable testimony. It is a famine. The Gaza Famine.

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David Lloyd @cymrubookman.bsky.social · Sep 6

No enough dick and too much Moby

David Lloyd @cymrubookman.bsky.social · Aug 16

They’re dangerous www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Farage adviser said UK would be better off if it had not fought Nazi Germany

Exclusive: Jack Anderton says UK may ‘regain’ former colonies in future and suggests end to support for Ukraine

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David Lloyd @cymrubookman.bsky.social · Aug 16

He’s cat in residence at Ty Newydd Writers’ Centre

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David Lloyd @cymrubookman.bsky.social · Aug 16

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David Lloyd @cymrubookman.bsky.social · Aug 16

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David Lloyd @cymrubookman.bsky.social · Jul 25

@hedgehogpress.co.uk I’ve been trying to contact you re a poetry / publishing event at Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival on Sept 18th thanks

David Lloyd @cymrubookman.bsky.social · Jul 18

Passes on sale wegottickets.com/WordKitchen

David Lloyd @cymrubookman.bsky.social · Jul 18

#writers take a look at the Exeter Novel Prize now open for entries www.wordkitchen.org.uk/exeter-novel...

David Lloyd @cymrubookman.bsky.social · Jul 17

70 plus writers and friends came together -more about exeter novel prize www.wordkitchen.org.uk/exeter-novel...

David Lloyd @cymrubookman.bsky.social · Jul 17

More pics from our event last night for The Exeter Novel Prize and launch of Cathie Hartigan’s The Luthier’s Promise

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Phillip Ayoub @payoub.bsky.social · Jun 28

Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · Jun 27

If Jeff Bezos can afford to rent Venice for a $50 million wedding, he can afford to pay his fair share in taxes.

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David Lloyd @cymrubookman.bsky.social · Jun 27

Entries go live July 1st at www.wordkitchen.org.uk/exeter-novel...

David Lloyd @cymrubookman.bsky.social · Feb 2

Just in case you’d like to come wegottickets.com/event/647376

Word Kitchen Prose Open Mic

Our first open mic of 2025. Bring us your stories, your novel extracts, your life writing, flash fiction. Join a community of writers whether you are a regular at the mic or a first timer who wants to...

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Nick Swift @nickswiftwrites.bsky.social · Feb 2

Hello February! The days are getting longer. Topsham sunset just after 5pm ...

Sunset over Exe Estuary with light cloud

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David Lloyd @cymrubookman.bsky.social · Feb 2

@nickswiftwrites.bsky.social hi Nick our paths haven’t crossed yet but we do several events in Exeter over the year including some prose night open mics -you’d be very welcome

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David Lloyd @cymrubookman.bsky.social · Feb 2

Three debut authors in conversation at Exeter Library March 15th 4pm
Tickets wegottickets.com/event/647408 with audience Q&A

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David Lloyd @cymrubookman.bsky.social · Jan 15

We need to be back in EU regardless

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · Dec 28

NEW: Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring.

I'm very excited to introduce my new investigative podcast with @peterjukes.bsky.social & Ruth Abrahams about a Russian influence operation at the heart of the British establishment.
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'SERGEI & THE WESTMINSTER SPY RING', NEW PODCAST TRAILER OUT! - The Citizens

From exclusive parties at the Russian Embassy to the corridors of Westminster, journalists Carole Cadwalladr and Peter Jukes – with the help of Conservative party whistleblower Sergei Cristo – expose ...

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David Lloyd @cymrubookman.bsky.social · Dec 25

And the same to you

David Lloyd @cymrubookman.bsky.social · Dec 25

I received The Eagle and The Hart too