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To lose oneself is a joy but to lose yourself on a journey without a satnav is a calamity. She wondered how people managed without technology and remembered her grandmother’s love of ordinance survey maps. #LossLit

We’re at @WaterstonesPicc and @ignatius_sancho is warming up the crowds on the pavement 🔥

Reading is important at all times & in a moment of respectful reflection on a great national and international loss then context is key. Going to my personal library this morning I’ve listed a few novelists who’ve been key to my early understanding of colonialism and empire.

Mourn the Queen, Not Her Empire Maya Jasanoff via @nytimes #QueenElizabeth #Obituary nytimes.com/2022/09/08/opi…

@_victoriahaslam happy birthday!!

It’s my birthday, last day of holiday, cava is imminent, blazing sunshine and I’m about to start the 4th Cazalet Chronicle. Pretty good as birthdays go 🥂

We are delighted to announce the #BookerPrize2022 shortlist, here’s what the judges had to say about the final six. Find out more about the shortlisted books and authors: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-lib… @ShahidhaBari @hrcastor @amabanckou @mjohnharrison

Congratulations to the brilliant Maggie O’Farrell on publication day ❤️

The all-around wonderful @KitdeWaal dropped by to sign @TinderPress Without Warning and Only Sometimes, her heartfelt memoir of an extraordinary childhood—grab your signed edition from our Charing Cross Road shop!

From @KitdeWaal - award-winning author of #MyNameIsLeon - comes a childhood memoir set to become a classic: stinging, warm hearted, and true. Published by @TinderPress on 18th August and available to pre-order here: smarturl.it/OnlySometimes. (Thanks for the quote @lemnsissay!)

A move far away Orcas Island, Manhattan Both live inside me #vss365 #move

Me and the boss ⁦@LennyHenry⁩ at the My Name is LEON screening last night. That canapé was delicious by the way …

There are days, like today, when I surrender to a dreamy free-floating sadness. Origins uncertain. Joy in not fighting this unbidden feeling. #LossLit #JoyLit

I got my mourning Over with some time ago. She’d already gone But she’d just - not gone. Just empty vessels; her of Thought, and me of her. #haikuchallenge #losslit #vsspoem #PoemADay #haiku #senryu

Already with one Victory. Ok. Scotland. Let's hope Russia's next. #haikuchallenge #vsspoem #PoemADay #haiku #senryu #Ukraine️

And this morning, parents walking with their kids to school, holding hands a little tighter... #LossLit

Later tonight #LossLit 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

What have we lost In the last two years? Normality? What have we gained In the last six months? The novelty of Normality #LossLit #vsspoem #PoemADay #haiku #senryu Just back from a live poetry reading. The first for two years. Good, but strange.

Good evening and welcome to all of our #LossLit friends! Looking forward to all the lovely #poems and #stories we are going to enjoy this #evening!

The bus still stops at the corner by the mailbox, where the pay phone used to be. #LossLit