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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · Sep 4

Tickets for #CheltLitFest 2025 are on sale now!

Don't miss:
13/10 Into Being: Writing Memoir with @lilydunn.bsky.social & @carosanderson.bsky.social
www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/into-...
14/10 The Spectre of Russia with Andrew Monaghan
www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/the-s... #booksky

Into Being: Writing Memoir | Cheltenham Festivals

Lily Dunn and Caroline Sanderson discuss the art of memoir, drawing on their experience as both readers and writers of the genre to reflect on how memory i

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Paula Clarke Bain @baindex.org · Aug 4

Two weeks left to book for @indexers.bsky.social #SIConf25. With:
@carosanderson.bsky.social
@djbduncan.bsky.social
@tanyaizzard.bsky.social on AI
@closereadingie.bsky.social peer-review panel
@annkingdom.bsky.social and me on humour
plus more. Join us! #IndexSky
www.indexers.org.uk/conference-2...

Conference 2025: ‘The Heart and Mind of Indexing’

The Society of Indexers 2025 conference will be an in-person residential conference at Edgbaston Park Hotel and Conference Centre at the University of Birmingham from Friday 19 September to Sunday 21 ...

www.indexers.org.uk

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Caroline Sanderson @carosanderson.bsky.social · Jul 17

Peasants
-anticipation of misfortune
#indexoftheweek
@indexers.bsky.social

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Caroline Sanderson @carosanderson.bsky.social · Jul 14

No doubt in my mind about the most important books story in yesterday's @theobserveruk.bsky.social

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Caroline Sanderson @carosanderson.bsky.social · Jul 13

Beyond The Salt Path. Essentially my response is to recommend more #nonfiction 📚

BEYOND THE SALT PATH

Five Other Walks of Recovery & Redemption

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Caroline Sanderson @carosanderson.bsky.social · Jul 11

Delighted to have this week's @thebookseller cover for my interview with BBC Chief International Correspondent, the estimable Lyse Doucet

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Caroline Sanderson @carosanderson.bsky.social · Jul 11

This week's What to Read New @sceptrebooks.bsky.social

WHAT TO READ NEW

"Wolf Moon: A Woman's Journey Into Night" by Arifa Akbar

open.substack.com

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Caroline Sanderson @carosanderson.bsky.social · Jul 10

It's publication day! From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU to everyone who has supported this book into being, and to the booksellers who are getting behind it now @unboundsocials.bsky.social

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Polly Atkin @pollyrowena.bsky.social · Jul 6

I've made a new list on @bookshop.org of books that explore nature / walking / the outdoors by disabled, neurodivergent and chronically ill writers - Nature Beyond Cure - aka our own narratives are messy and complex. Do share! #BookSky #DisabledWriters
uk.bookshop.org/lists/nature...?

Nature Beyond Cure: Disabled Perspectives

Books that explore nature and living with disability and illness from disability perspectives. No magical cures here!

uk.bookshop.org

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Caroline Sanderson @carosanderson.bsky.social · Jul 7

Indeed. And my post only says that I find it confounding, not impossible. I just wish this horrible disease got a different kind of attention

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Caroline Sanderson @carosanderson.bsky.social · Jul 4

A bit of self-promotion...for a change 😅

WHAT TO READ NEW

"Listen With Father: How I Learned to Love Classical Music" by Caroline Sanderson

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Caroline Sanderson @carosanderson.bsky.social · Jul 2

Thank you so much!

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Society of Indexers @indexers.bsky.social · Jul 2

We finish #SIConf25 Saturday with a panel discussion on working with authors, with panellists including authors and index enthusiasts @djbduncan.bsky.social and @carosanderson.bsky.social, followed by a series of lightning talks. Book at the earlybird rate until Mon 7 July at

Conference 2025: ‘The Heart and Mind of Indexing’

The Society of Indexers 2025 conference will be an in-person residential conference at Edgbaston Park Hotel and Conference Centre at the University of Birmingham from Friday 19 September to Sunday 21…

buff.ly

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Caroline Sanderson @carosanderson.bsky.social · Jun 28

Big thanks to @toppingsbath.bsky.social for inviting me to talk about my book "Jane Austen: Life of a Literary Titan" last night. Lovely appreciative audience too.

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Caroline Sanderson @carosanderson.bsky.social · Jun 19

Three weeks to publication day and I couldn't be more thrilled with this quote from the wonderful @keggiec.bsky.social

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Caroline Sanderson @carosanderson.bsky.social · Jun 18

Oh, interesting to know!

Caroline Sanderson @carosanderson.bsky.social · Jun 18

Thank you 💪🏻

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Caroline Sanderson @carosanderson.bsky.social · Jun 18

"Kynance Cove". #IndexoftheWeek @indexers.bsky.social

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Caroline Sanderson @carosanderson.bsky.social · Jun 6

This week's What to Read New on my Substack

WHAT TO READ NEW

"How Animals Heal Us" by Jay Griffiths

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Caroline Sanderson @carosanderson.bsky.social · May 26

Rhodesia/Zimbabwe

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Caroline Sanderson @carosanderson.bsky.social · May 26

Delighted to have a piece in the new issue of @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social about one of my all-time favourite memoirs, "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight" by Alexandra Fuller