Sam Meekings

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Sam Meekings

@SMeekings

Author: Under Fishbone Clouds | The Book of Crows | The Afterlives of Doctor Gachet | Associate Professor @NUQatar | single father

Katılım Mayıs 2011

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Sam Meekings@SMeekings·4 Haz

Ta da! Here's the bright and shiny #book trailer for my new #novel 'The Afterlives of Dr Gachet' coming out in July from @EyewearBooks Here's the first few seconds, but you can watch the whole thing at youtu.be/5xIu_d5pC0A via @YouTube

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Sam Meekings@SMeekings·11 Mar

I was recently interviewed for an episode of 'The Writing Life Podcast', where we talked about how to undertake a writing project which draws upon lived, painful experiences. You can listen to the episode of the podcast here: nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/writing-hub/wo…

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Sam Meekings@SMeekings·10 Şub

I was both nervous and excited to share so much of my grief story with @MetroUK. Every person's grief is different - which is all the more reason to share our stories, and why I wrote 'Wonder and Loss'. You can read the piece here: metro.co.uk/2026/02/10/tol…

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Sam Meekings@SMeekings·16 Oca

Here's me in the Chichester Observer talking about my latest book on writing through loss: pressreader.com/article/282458…

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The Book Publicist@BookPublicistUK·12 Ara

For Grief Awareness Week, @SMeekings spoke to @TheSun about the unspoken hierarchy of grief that comes with sibling loss💭 Wonder And Loss: A Practical Memoir For Writing About Grief @BloomsburyAcad is out now 📖 thesun.co.uk/fabulous/37485…

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The Book Publicist@BookPublicistUK·24 Kas

Writing for @theipaper, here are @SMeekings' top seven things to say to someone who's grieving and why they can help⬇️ Sam's new book Wonder and Loss: A practical memoir for writing about grief (@BloomsburyAcad) is out now 📚 inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyl…

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Sam Meekings@SMeekings·26 Kas

My latest piece, written for @theipaper on useful things to say to someone who is grieving

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Sam Meekings@SMeekings·22 Kas

Grief makes us tongue-tied - so I'm very grateful I got the opportunity to talk to @theipaper about how we can learn to express grief differently, and how writing Wonder and Loss helped me learn 'Seven helpful things to say to someone who is grieving': inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyl…

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The Book Publicist@BookPublicistUK·17 Kas

Speaking with @LauraMcGhie_ on @bbc5live, Sam Meekings (@SMeekings) explored how writing helped him navigate the grief of losing his brother Luke & why his new book Wonder and Loss (@BloomsburyAcad) aims to help others do the same. Listen from 2:49:40⬇️ bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

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Sam Meekings@SMeekings·13 Kas

Tune into @TRETalkRadio to hear me talk to @MacKenzieSelina about my new book on writing through grief

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On @MacKenzieSelina's 'Lifestyles' from 14.00CET - Dr David Deardon from Specialist Medical Clinic Gibraltar (@SMCGibraltar) on migraines and @SMeekings with 'Wonder and Loss: A Practical Memoir for Writing about Grief'

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Sam Meekings@SMeekings·11 Kas

It was a wonderful event, thanks so much for moderating @crystalclearjt

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Last night, celebrating the publication of "Wonder and Loss: A Practical Memoir for Writing about Grief" by the brilliant @SMeekings @FiveLeavesBooks - a fascinating and original hybrid of memoir, reflection, theory, psychology & writing guide @BloomsburyAcad @BloomsburyBooks

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Sam Meekings@SMeekings·20 Eki

Unboxing day! Finally got my hands on a copy of my new book 'Wonder and Loss', published at the end of this month from @BloomsburyBooks

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Sam Meekings@SMeekings·10 Eki

One of the first public events is at Five Leaves Bookshop in Nottingham and tickets are available here: fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events/wonder-…

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Sam Meekings@SMeekings·10 Eki

I'll be heading to: De Montfort University in Oct Five Leaves Bookshop in Nottingham in Nov Todmorden Library in Manchester in Nov University of Oxford in Nov Qatar National Library in Jan Derby University in Feb The National Centre for Writing in Norwich in March

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Sam Meekings@SMeekings·10 Eki

Learn about my upcoming book tour for Wonder & Loss on my substack this week: substack.com/home/post/p-17…

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Rhianna Pratchett 🧙🏻‍♀️@rhipratchett·7 Eki

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

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Sam Meekings@SMeekings·4 Eyl

I've been reflecting this week on my stack about how to write about the past when we can’t always trust our memories: sammeekings.substack.com/p/taking-a-swi…

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Marwan M. Kraidy @mkraidy.bsky.social@MKraidy·1 Eyl

@NUQatar And it is a wrap. An inspiring and thought-provoking day of presentations by a distinguished group of speakers including my @NUQatar colleagues @marcowenjones and @SMeekings #Rawabet #NUQProud