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Joanna Pocock

@joannapocock.bsky.social

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• Author of SURRENDER (Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2018) & GREYHOUND (Fitzcarraldo Editions & Soft Skull Press, 2025). • Words in Guardian, Spectator, New Statesman, TLS, The Nation, etc... • Creative Writing tutor at the University of the Arts, London.

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Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · Nov 18

A little taster of my book to come...
www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/...

#nonfiction #placewriting #environmentalwriting #greyhound

A beautiful, broken America: what I learned on a 2,800-mile bus ride from Detroit to LA

Gone are the small, clean, cheap motels and public spaces where anyone can find a place to nurse a cup of coffee. Yet the camaraderie of the Greyhound is hanging on

www.theguardian.com

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Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 3h

My dyslexic brain saw 'Make Hornay' which is an interesting twist.

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Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 4h

Ha. Yes. It’s a good one.

Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 17h

🙏🙏🙏

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angela hudson jones @angelahudsonjones.bsky.social · 18h

@bookshop.org is offering free shipping today and tomorrow

might i suggest @joannapocock.bsky.social
exquisite memoir

bookshop.org/p/books/grey...

book cover:
joanna pocock
greyhound

image is a black and white photograph of a roadside motel.

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Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 18h

Oh, thank you. 🙏

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Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 1d

Wow. That one is quite something.

Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 1d

That’s a wonderful word!

Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 1d

In an interview in Tate Magazine, the Sámi artist Máret Ánne Sara (pictured) describes this as a kind of haunting. Her show in the Turbine Hall opens soon. A must-see. (2)

#wolves #art #oavnjistit #sami #maretannasara #tatemodern #turbinehall

Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 1d

Today I learned the Sámi word ‘oavnjistit’ which means the feeling you get when a wolf is in hunting mode and you feel he is following you but you can’t see him. (1)

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Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 1d

I love waking up in Autumn and seeing how Autumn’s light touches different places in my house … transition time.

#autumn #light

Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 2d

This is such a wonderful essay about photography, the 'hand camera', privacy, consent, feminism and how capturing life in images can be used for good or ill. Really fascinating.
(@flakphoto.news is a treasure trove)

#photography

Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · 3d

Photography folks, a longread for your Sunday coffee. Enjoy!
www.flakphoto.news/p/mugshots-a...

Mugshots and Camera Fiends

Anika Burgess on how photography transformed 19th century public life

www.flakphoto.news

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Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 2d

What a fantastic essay. Right up my street! Fascinating stuff.

Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, 'mindful participation' is key (and sometimes a bit of a thick skin is necessary)...

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Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 4d

London people interested in memoir, the craft of non-fiction, and how we shape lives into words on a page, this is for you!
I will be in conversation at Daunt Books in Notting Hill with @lilydunn.bsky.social and @marinabenjamin.bsky.social ...
See you there!

#nonfiction #writing #memoir

Marina Benjamin @marinabenjamin.bsky.social · Sep 5

This event has all the feels. I'll be chairing, asking what memoir can do that other forms can't, and how each of them was changed by writing theirs @lilydunn.bsky.social and @joannapocock.bsky.social
dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/events/...

Joanna Pocock and Lily Dunn in conversation with Marina Benjamin

Buy tickets for the event with Joanna Pocock and Lily Dunn in conversation with Marina Benjamin at Daunt Books Notting Hill from Daunt Books today.

dauntbooks.co.uk

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Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 4d

So, I will be in Birmingham in conversation with @phoebesmith.bsky.social (author of 'Wayfarer') at the Birmingham Lit Fest to talk about 'Greyhound', writing, travel, memoir, pilgrimage and much, much more. Info is here:
www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/whats-on/fem...

#writing #nonfiction #birmingham

Female Pilgrimage | Birmingham Rep

www.birmingham-rep.co.uk

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Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 4d

I would so love that… I wish my days were longer so I could get more work done!

Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 4d

I still say it's 'art'! But she, of course, is right!

Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 4d

Right? I wish I had the deposit for a bookshop/cafe/art space... sigh.

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Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 4d

Me: Oh, look! There’s a new art gallery on the high street!
The kid: Um, mum, that’s an out-of-business estate agent’s office.
Me: Oh, yeah.
Cue giant teenage eye roll!

#leytonstone #accidentalart #shopwindows #london

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Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 5d

Leytonstone laundrette in the rain.

#leytonstone #laundrette #london #rainyday

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Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 5d

This was a really fun conversation. Thank you @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social 🙏🙏🙏

Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 6d

New episode of the Rippling Pages is out now with @joannapocock.bsky.social on GREYHOUND @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social

This one is finding kindness and perspective while out on the American Road and much more

It’s a journey Joanna’s done twice! Find out why here:

linktr.ee/ripplingpage...

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Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 6d

It was such a pleasure talking to you, Liam!

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Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 6d

There are still a couple of places left on this residential writing retreat being led by Nick Hunt & myself at @hawkwoodcft.bsky.social Students will read, write, walk, workshop & write some more... all in a supportive & creative environment. From Oct 17-19: www.hawkwoodcollege.co.uk/our-programm...

Travel and Nature Writing

Finding the Words for the Journey: How Travel and Nature can be turned into Prose. On this weekend residential course, tutors Nick Hunt and Joanna Pocock will introduce you to travel and nature writi...

www.hawkwoodcollege.co.uk

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Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 6d

And, apparently a wonderfully generous woman. She truly gave of herself.

Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 7d

Is this a Victor Vasarely or the ceiling of the Whipps Cross Accident & Emergency department? I’ll let you decide. Meanwhile, I do want to thank the bloody brilliant NHS workers who managed to sort me out. All better now, thankfully. 🙏

#opart #victorvasarely #ceilings #theNHSisbloodybrilliant

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