As a born traveller you might think I. feel caged in by the pandemic. Far from it. I am zooming like a bad boy and if there is one thing I have learned from lense-life it's that I need to get Read more [...]
“Is This thing on?” Some Thoughts About Zoom Events “Can you hear me?”
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As a born traveller you might think I. feel caged in by the pandemic. Far from it. I am zooming like a bad boy and if there is one thing I have learned from lense-life it's that I need to get Read more [...]
I stopped my morning messages as the pandemic started. I started them again a few days ago. I need the exercise. I need the contact. I need the FUN and the daily risk of making something up and putting 
We have been reading books throughout lockdown. “The longlist, or ‘The Booker Dozen’, for The 2020 Booker Prize was announced on, Tuesday 28 July 2020. This year’s longlist of 13 books was 
My birth mother and father went on to marry different people. He was already married when I was conceived. I received this photograph of my father Giday Stefanos from his daughter when first I met 
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This poem was written and read by Billene Aster Seyoum from the Office of the Prime Minister Press Secretariat Unit on the present plight of Ethiopians.
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News just in from Bookseller: My name Is Why is on the Gordon Burn Prize Longlist.
Wherever you are in the world please come to the online event. on Saturday 20th I will be at Emirates Literature 
Before I begin, just a quick note: Racism is learned behaviour and racism kills. It is deeply personal because death is the end game. Leading up to death are an identifiable set of behaviours 
From childhood and in adulthood Birthdays and Christmas Days were the most torturous days of the year for me. One in the heart of summer one in the bowls of winter. Each struck like a sickness whose symptoms 
Stop right there. The blog has been public for 10 minutes and your responses have been generous and kind. This one touched me because anything I say about my losses (in the ensuing blog post) pale 
I am in good health. I hope you are too. I’m sharing a bit of news on four online appearances over the next week. All are free and easy to access. Shall we begin.
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