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Jon McGregor

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I write novels and stories . (Recentlyish: Lean Fall Stand.) There is a Substack: https://classnotesbyjonmcgregor.substack.com/ Also learning Dutch - kom maar bij mij en nederlands met me spreken, alstublieft x

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Jon McGregor @jonmcgregor.bsky.social · 9d

First time I saw this in the Mauritshuis I stood in front of it for about an hour. Absolutely blew my mind.

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Jon McGregor @jonmcgregor.bsky.social · 11d

My classroom policy on AI is: this is the only AI we will be using in the classroom.

Paulo da Fonseca @paulodafonseca.bsky.social · 11d

Raymond Queneau. A Hundred Thousand Billion Poems, 1961

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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 17d

This photo of Alaa Abdel Fattah's smile by Mohamed El Raai is the most beautiful thing you could wake up to.

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 23d

Sally Rooney, Deborah Levy, Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux and Pulitzer winner Viet Thanh Nguyen are among 20 authors urging French president Emmanuel Macron to resume a “lifeline” programme for evacuating Palestinian writers, scholars and artists from Gaza.

Sally Rooney and Annie Ernaux among authors urging Macron to reinstate Gaza writers programme

20 authors, including Viet Thanh Nguyen and Abdulrazak Gurnah, call on the French president to restart scheme to help creatives evacuate

www.theguardian.com

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Jon McGregor @jonmcgregor.bsky.social · Aug 29

I thought the fabric was this long, but it turns out it's that long. Saved me a lot of trouble.

Jon McGregor @jonmcgregor.bsky.social · Aug 29

it's here already, so handy.

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Jon McGregor @jonmcgregor.bsky.social · Aug 29

I've been looking for a cloth tape measure all day, can I borrow yours?

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Jon McGregor @jonmcgregor.bsky.social · Aug 22

I love this book so much. Every time I read it I find something new. I took it with me on a visit to Nottingham's secret nuclear bunker last year, for the vibes.

Jon McGregor @jonmcgregor.bsky.social · Aug 14

Respectfully, Luke, I think you've misunderstood the system. The external examinining *is* pro bono; the fee is designed to cover the costs of completing the admin you undertake in order to receive the fee.

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Jon McGregor @jonmcgregor.bsky.social · Jul 25

I concur / endorse / second / echo this suggestion.

Katy Derbyshire @katyderbyshire.bsky.social · Jul 25

Everybody read FAIR please, thank you.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

Fair by Jen Calleja review – on the magic of translation

A highly original book from the author of Goblinhood explores the art and work of translating fiction

www.theguardian.com

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Jon McGregor @jonmcgregor.bsky.social · Jul 23

I just removed myself as a designated helper. Now the accidental emergencies just go off into the ether...

Jon McGregor @jonmcgregor.bsky.social · Jul 23

Seconded - not only does the Doro 8050 do all this, it also comes with an emergency help button on the back which is incredibly easy to set off by mistake, just at the moment when your designated helper does not need to be interrupted by a shrieking panic alarm.

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Jon McGregor @jonmcgregor.bsky.social · Jul 12

Stinging Fly, Tolka, A Public Space, Gutter Magazine, McSweeney's, Winter Pages (annual), Asymptote.... but if I had to pick one it would be Stinging Fly every time.

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Netpol @netpol.org · Jul 10

Screenwriter of 'Top Boy' and 'Mobland', Ronan Bennett, on the recent Palestine Action ban: "Mr Starmer, Ms Cooper, go fuck yourselves and fuck your legislation too" www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/fre...

Five words about Palestine Action could get me arrested

Support for the protest group was legal last week—but now it is ‘terrorism’. This is an assault on our liberty

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · Jul 10

Francesca Albanese will be remembered as one of the bravest women of the era, standing against genocide despite the daunting forces arrayed against her. Sanctioning her, rather than the war criminals who are starving and murdering Palestinians is another moment of shame for the US trib.al/Oe77sph

U.S. Imposes Sanctions on U.N. Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese

Secretary of State Marco Rubio denounced Francesca Albanese, a special rapporteur, for investigating Americans and Israelis over the war in the enclave.

trib.al

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Jon McGregor @jonmcgregor.bsky.social · Jul 9

Word gets around

Jon McGregor @jonmcgregor.bsky.social · Jul 8

I think this book is a strange and shimmering joy

Rosalind Brown @rosalindbrown.bsky.social · Jul 8

The UK paperback of PRACTICE is out next month! I am henceforth modelling myself after this print (adapted slightly for the cover) by Lucie Spartacus: jumper, book, coffee, yellow. When is it time to go back to school?

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Jon McGregor @jonmcgregor.bsky.social · Jul 2

how do I join, is there a badge

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Noreen Masud @noreenmasud.bsky.social · Jun 30

Book workers / creatives - share & sign. the proscribing of Palestine Action sets an incredibly dangerous precedent docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Author Statement on the Right to Freedom of Speech

Author Statement on the Right to Freedom of Speech 27 June 2025 Sign the statement here. We are writers, editors, publishers and organisations who care about freedom of expression. Between us we ho...

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · Jun 27

Almost every paragraph of this article describes another atrocity or war crime, with first-hand testimony from Israeli soldiers.

Beyond obscene, and the callous indifference of the UK political and media establishment equally so.

archive.ph/3LjoW

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Jon McGregor @jonmcgregor.bsky.social · Jun 27

YES

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Jon McGregor @jonmcgregor.bsky.social · Jun 24

Everyone: oh no I can't believe you're learning Dutch it's such a famously difficult language why would you

Dutch people:

Terminally Von Der Leyen @ciaran.operationglad.io · Jun 24

Jon McGregor @jonmcgregor.bsky.social · Jun 24

Looks like somebody needs a team of independent sector-leading systems analysts to come in and lead a strategic review in order to effect the strategy you're looking to implement

*low whistle*

it'll cost you, like

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Jon McGregor @jonmcgregor.bsky.social · Jun 23

Hello my fellow Nottingham translation fans 👀 ⬇️

Jen Calleja @jencalleja.bsky.social · Jun 23

Tomorrow in Nottingham @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social !

Thursday in Margate at Fort Road Hotel Bar for The Margate Bookshop!

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