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johannaabreu.bsky.social
Writing a novel set in Berlin in 1949 Short story writer (words in Green Hills Literary Lantern, Amarillo Bay, Paragraph Planet, Visual Verse...) Berlinerin, Mom, winter swimmer, improv-comedy performer
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So thankful for the @thediasporist.bsky.social’s forum on the German elections. A necessary intervention. Here Simon Strick breaks down how in today’s Germany, sadly, historical memory is threatening to calcify, dangerously, into the rationale for ethnonationalism: thediasporist.de/no-wall-only...

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My new book is out today. It’s rather lovely. #WomansHour www.penguin.co.uk/books/436987...

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THE RESIST LIST IS HERE. Proud my team just started this @resistlist.bsky.social, which will list actions that happened and that are slated to happen.

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Writers over 50 working on a debut novel, the Jenny Brown Associates Debut Writers Over 50 Award is for you! Submit the first 5,000 words of your novel by 28 February. The winner will receive £1,000 cash and a week-long course at Moniack Mhor. Runners-up will be offered mentoring.

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Vor fünf Jahren, am 19. Februar 2020, ermordete ein Rechtsterrorist neun Menschen in Hanau. Ihre Namen sind: Gökhan Gültekin, Sedat Gürbüz, Said Nesar Hashemi, Mercedes Kierpacz, Hamza Kurtović, Vili Viorel Păun, Fatih Saraçoğlu, Ferhat Unvar und Kaloyan Velkov.

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Berliners: my football club is starting a women’s team and we’re looking for players. Please share if you know anyone who might want to join a fun, inclusive women’s football team with professional coaches.

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One month until we open submissions to Scratch ‘A4… A perennially exciting short short story competition. No theme this year - just be brilliant!

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My writing spot today. A wintery Berlin from the library window.

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I loved this memoir by Lea Ypi and enjoyed revisiting it in this review by @irinadumitrescu.bsky.social.

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@npr.org Us&Them spoke with our Medical Director, Alyssa Wagner, to discuss why telehealth clinics like Hey Jane play a key role in protecting access. Click the link below to listen to the full episode: www.npr.org/podcasts/403...

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Paragraph Planet has been publishing one piece of #writing by an author every day since 2008. Hopefully it's been a confidence boost for writers & a place to read #flashfiction. If you would like to help support the site, please consider donating ko-fi.com/paragraphpla...

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“Mark my words. … They are going to basically tell the U.S. Marshals Service, do not enforce any of these orders, we will not obey them, … and, once that happens—I hope it doesn't … but I know in my heart that it will—our 236-year experiment … in American constitutionalism, is over.”

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I am going to apply this year...

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A week to go until our next @deadladiesshow.bsky.social at @lettretage.bsky.social I’m attempting to talk about Boudica. Here’s the details: www.lettretage.de/programm/?ev...

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The Open University/Institute of English Studies are delivering a series of 3 Seminars on Creative Writing and Neurodivergence Tue 18 Feb 2025 to Tue 4 Mar 2025. The seminars are free, but booking is essential. Details in the link. Please share :)

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Delighted to add our friends at @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social to this starter pack! If we're missing your literary journal or press, let us know: go.bsky.app/RPkPdAM

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I’m totally in love with this podcast from @prisonradiouk.bsky.social. I’ve been hooked for weeks now, laughing, crying, learning. The recent episode with Max Porter and #screenwriter Mickey Dehara is a thing of beauty, full of philosophy on writing and prison. secretlifeofprisons.libsyn.com

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We’re Hey Jane, a virtual clinic that provides reproductive health care (including abortion care) all from the comfort and convenience of your phone. The work we do is never easy, but we’re more committed than ever to providing this essential health care. Here are 5 ways you can help us:

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Happy rainy Berlin Monday morning.

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