Kira McPherson

“Women who write about women drinking and writing and sleeping around have until recently been dismissed as less serious, less ‘universal’, than men who write about men drinking and writing and sleeping around.” from my essay on Vigdis Hjorth’s If Only lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/…

“Normal People and Kairos are told from perspectives that maintain a clear voice even when they shift to other characters, building intense, closed worlds that appear to open for love.”

‘Humanity has many unsolved problems, but the identification or attribution of dialogue is not one of them’ 😄 Love this witty and apt piece by @mcpherk on speech marks (to use them, or not?)👇#amwriting #writerscommunity

@MElizabethLowry Thanks Elizabeth, glad you enjoyed.

"The presence of speech marks imparts a clarity that a metaphor could only dream of: the narration has paused to let a character speak." @TheLondonMag let me have a go elevating the discourse :) Very fun to write about Kairos aka Normal People for sickos thelondonmagazine.org/article/essay-…

'Focusing on speech marks alone overlooks what novels can do in their absence. What if ambiguity is the point?' @mcpherk on Sally Rooney and speech marks, or lack thereof. Read here: thelondonmagazine.org/article/essay-…

My essay in @thelondonmag that bravely asks the question that everyone else also keeps asking: where have all the speech marks gone?? On the charms and challenges of novels without speech marks, feat. Patricia Highsmith, Sally Rooney and Jenny Erpenbeck thelondonmagazine.org/product/curren…

Our August/September 2024 issue is OUT NOW ☀ Cover image by Nicole Salnikov Order here: thelondonmagazine.org/product/curren…

@Lui_Loowee_Sit @LindsayLit @emmavrjones @CusworthLouisa @MacmillanKidsUK Congratulations Lui! Amazing news.

Dipping into my bag of opinions, emerging with gold speckled finger tips….. ah this will do

I wrote an essay on speech marks that will be in the next issue of @TheLondonMag 🌞

@ElizabethLovatt No pressure 🥰

@ElizabethLovatt @AbiRFellows @HannahChukwuu Wow, congratulations! I can’t wait to read it.

I’m one of the literary fiction readers for this! A really great opportunity if you’re based in London with a finished manuscript. Lots of genres. Deadline 29 Jan.

@ElizabethLovatt @GrantaBooks I felt the same! Dense, clever, very dark. I've been recommending it to everyone.

when i first heard the words they didn't make sense. now i keep saying them to myself like a mantra: trolls band together, trolls band together

@CatWorkers he is the CEO now

@JarredMcGinnis Carriage Smacker, I think.

@JarredMcGinnis @AustBookReview [humbly] woohoooo

I have a story on the @AustBookReview short story prize longlist. 🥲