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Katie da Cunha Lewin @kdclewin.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing! I wrote a little bit about David Cameron's shepherd's hut. I also wanted to write about Jacob Rees-Mogg's foray into Victorian scholarship but I thought better of it

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Katie da Cunha Lewin @kdclewin.bsky.social · 1d

I hope this happens, it should have months ago. My union was terrible (though my individual case worker colleagues were amazing) in organising against the cuts at my university. We need a national campaign against the devastation of the sector

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 1d

'Universities have collectively announced more than 12,000 job cuts in the last year, new analysis from the University and College Union (UCU) suggests.'

Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens

University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Katie da Cunha Lewin @kdclewin.bsky.social · 1d

This sounds fascinating and completely under researched! I was actually looking for material on this a while back when I was working on my book but found barely anything. I wanted to figure out why so many politicians have written such shitty books!

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Katie da Cunha Lewin @kdclewin.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you ❤️

Katie da Cunha Lewin @kdclewin.bsky.social · 1d

I hope this happens, it should have months ago. My union was terrible (though my individual case worker colleagues were amazing) in organising against the cuts at my university. We need a national campaign against the devastation of the sector

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 1d

'Universities have collectively announced more than 12,000 job cuts in the last year, new analysis from the University and College Union (UCU) suggests.'

Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens

University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Marina Benjamin @marinabenjamin.bsky.social · 1d

The future of UK Independent presses hang by a thread. Supporting the sector is vital: this is where ALL the bravery lies. The big houses are risk averse, but copycat small press successes to revitalise their lists. Small presses are the motor!
www.thebookseller.com/comment/open...

Open letter on the future of small press publishing in the UK

The industry must work together to ensure the longevity of the UK’s independent presses.

www.thebookseller.com

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Katie da Cunha Lewin @kdclewin.bsky.social · 1d

I had a molar pregnancy (a rare kind of pregnancy complication) in 2022. Some leave for the aftermath would have helped greatly, rather than having to get a sick note from my GP. Thank you for this.

Sarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 2d

Today marks the start of Baby Loss Awareness Week.

This year, it comes as the UK is about to pass a law guaranteeing the right to bereavement leave for miscarriage, making us one of only 4 countries in the world to offer it.

My heart is with everyone who experiences the heartbreak of baby loss.

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Katie da Cunha Lewin @kdclewin.bsky.social · 2d

I wonder how many times a day a bin lorry driver or a digger driver has to wave at young children

Katie da Cunha Lewin @kdclewin.bsky.social · 4d

One of the best things about October is that the dahlias are still here!

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 5d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Katie da Cunha Lewin @kdclewin.bsky.social · 8d

Really interesting roundtable on Coetzee's Disgrace at 25 years. I taught it a few years ago and it was a strange and challenging, but rewarding experience

J. M. Coetzee’s “Disgrace” @ 25: A Roundtable - Public Books

What freshly nuanced perspectives might we bring to the violent late 20th-century history Coetzee describes?

www.publicbooks.org

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 5d

The following universities are delaying implementing a pay rise:

Dundee
Kent
Brunel
Coventry
Swansea

The following have yet to make a decision on the matter:

Aberdeen
Bangor
Bournemouth
Bradford
Buckingham
Cumbria
Lincoln
Plymouth Marjon

#UKHE

ednews.bsky.social @ednews.bsky.social · 5d

Five UK universities tell staff they can't afford pay rises | THE

Five UK universities tell staff they can’t afford pay rises

Negotiations over whether to honour 1.4 per cent increase ongoing at several other institutions amid financial crunch

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Katie da Cunha Lewin @kdclewin.bsky.social · 8d

Really interesting roundtable on Coetzee's Disgrace at 25 years. I taught it a few years ago and it was a strange and challenging, but rewarding experience

J. M. Coetzee’s “Disgrace” @ 25: A Roundtable - Public Books

What freshly nuanced perspectives might we bring to the violent late 20th-century history Coetzee describes?

www.publicbooks.org

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Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 9d

On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read

A printed poem which reads:

I hav for breakfast Weetabix

I hav for lunch some meat

I have for tea 2 sosajis and thats enuf to eat

Peter Hazel, 5

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 9d

Extraordinary stuff.

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Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · 11d

🖊️ @kdclewin.bsky.social, author of The Writer's Room, writes for @literaryhub.bsky.social
on the role of writing spaces in the creative lives of #VirginiaWoolf and other literary icons:
lithub.com/a-pilgrimage...

#TheWritersRoom #CreativeWriting #desk #MessyDesk #WritingSpace #Books #BookLover

A Pilgrimage to Monk’s House, Where Virginia Woolf Found a Room of Her Own

I can’t say how long it’s been there, but I have an image in my mind of the place where writers work. I picture the writer; I picture the space; I conjure an atmosphere of quiet calm in which someo…

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The Poetry Society @poetrysociety.org.uk · 11d

Join Creative Future Writers' Award 2024 winner, Maya Little for a 4-part online workshop series 'Writing About Work' ✍️⁠
📅 Mondays, 6 - 27 October
⏰️ 6-8pm
🎟️ £50 / £25 concessions
@creativefutureuk.bsky.social workshops are for all underrepresented writers
www.creativefuture.org.uk/workshop/wri...

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Katie da Cunha Lewin @kdclewin.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you! I hope you enjoy it

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Catherine Gander @catgander.bsky.social · 13d

Spotted (and bought!) in my local bookstore in Naas — @kdclewin.bsky.social’s fabulous new book. (Hoping I see you again soon so you can sign it for me, K.) 🤩

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Katie da Cunha Lewin @kdclewin.bsky.social · 11d

I'm sure Shabana Mahmood would be very annoyed to hear she's getting this news not in English, but my grandmother was too busy working as a cleaner all the hours of the day to get formal lessons

Katie da Cunha Lewin @kdclewin.bsky.social · 11d

Absolutely fuck this government

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Katie da Cunha Lewin @kdclewin.bsky.social · 11d

My mother is working out how she'll reassure my grandmother, who has been in this country for over 50 years, when she hears about Shabana Mahmood's speech on the Portuguese news

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Katie da Cunha Lewin @kdclewin.bsky.social · 12d

Happy to share an extract from my book. It's about visiting the homes of writers you admire and love, and wondering what feelings pull us there

Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 14d

@kdclewin.bsky.social on Virginia Woolf’s room of her own and the role of writing spaces in the creative lives of literary icons.

A Pilgrimage to Monk’s House, Where Virginia Woolf Found a Room of Her Own

I can’t say how long it’s been there, but I have an image in my mind of the place where writers work. I picture the writer; I picture the space; I conjure an atmosphere of quiet calm in which someo…

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Jen Calleja @jencalleja.bsky.social · 11d

Happy International Translation Day!

Here’s part of my translation manifesto, which can be found in full at the end of Fair: The Life-Art of Translation.

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