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Joanna Pocock
@joannapocock.bsky.social
• 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.
Thank you! Where would we be without music, especially when we hit the road (metaphorically and otherwise)…
February 12, 2026 at 4:28 PM
I just read your beautiful, beautiful love letter/essay about Linda and love and longing and so much else. I was really moved by it.
February 12, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Oops: ‘Things Become Other Things’ (I should never type before coffee…)
February 12, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Reposted by Joanna Pocock
I read Greyhound after finishing @craigmod.com 's wonderful walking memoir 'Things Become Other Things' and they work perfectly as a kind of pair. There needs to be a good word for people like us who find themselves through journeys and lives in 'foreign' countries.

uk.bookshop.org/p/books/thin...
Things Become Other Things: A Walking Memoir
A Walking Memoir
uk.bookshop.org
February 12, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Thank you so much, Tim. 🙏 I will now seek out 'Things Become Other' on your recommendation!
February 12, 2026 at 10:36 AM
This is so devastating to authors, small publishers and readers as well as all the editors and reviewers affected. So incredibly upsetting among so much else that is deeply upsetting.
February 4, 2026 at 4:02 PM
I second this!
February 4, 2026 at 4:00 PM
This! This thread! As an author, it hits hard.
February 4, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Feel free to get in touch if you want more information. Pictured are some of the books we often dip into during this course. Do visit the University of the Arts website for more details. (2)
arts.ac.uk/subjects/jou...

#memoir #lifewriting #creativewriting #teachingwriting
Life and Memoir Writing Short Course
Explore the art of non-fiction Life Writing. Gain an insight into various genres and approaches through craft talks, in-class exercises, weekly assignments and workshops.
arts.ac.uk
February 2, 2026 at 5:47 PM
It is a parable, a chant, a meditation on oppression at a granular level. It is extraordinary. Out in April with @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
(It will be in a blue cover, but this is an advance review copy which is why it’s white.) (2)

#fiction #fitzcarraldo #eventhorizon
February 2, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Really sad about this one. She was wonderful.
January 30, 2026 at 11:20 PM
I've been longing to read it for ages... can't wait.
January 30, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Awesome!
January 28, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Beautiful.
January 28, 2026 at 4:23 PM
I haven’t read it. Thank you for the recommendation (and the kind words!)
January 28, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Thank you!
January 28, 2026 at 12:52 PM