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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 10d

Now would be a great time to check out this BBC radio 4 series on the far right and racism in Britain by the amazing Camilla Schofield.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Britain's Fascist Thread

Camilla Schofield explores the unbroken thread of fascism in Britain.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Hanna Thomas Uose @hannamade.bsky.social · 12d

I am horrified by his trajectory

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Hanna Thomas Uose @hannamade.bsky.social · 16d

Today and for the whole of October! 99p for those who are running out of shelf space :)

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Hanna Thomas Uose @hannamade.bsky.social · Sep 13

Very glad to see my words in The Guardian today! Much less glad about the political developments that led to this piece. I was hoping we’d have a bit more time before the world of Who Wants to Live Forever becomes reality…😱

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Autocrats and tech bros want to live for ever. Here’s how bleak that future could be | Hanna Thomas Uose

My novel explores the consequences of extreme longevity. Meanwhile, Putin and Xi are pondering immortality in real life, says writer-strategist Hanna Thomas Uose

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Fossil Free Books @fossilfreebooks.org · Sep 11

Voting for the Society of Authors Management Committee elections is NOW OPEN until Wednesday 22 October! 🗳️ Here's some more info on the four amazing candidates Fossil Free Books organisers have decided to collectively endorse 👉

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Hanna Thomas Uose @hannamade.bsky.social · Sep 13

Ah I haven’t but looks interesting! Similar premise to The Dark Forest, I wonder if Cixin took inspiration

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Yara Rodrigues Fowler @yararf.bsky.social · Sep 5

I’ve written a long read for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social about happened with Baillie Gifford, @fossilfreebooks.org and all the festivals. A lot of fake news circulated at the time so, whatever side you came down on, I’d be grateful if you read and shared it. tribunemag.co.uk/2025/09/writ...

Writers Unbound

As another literary festival season draws to a close, a writers’ group is highlighting the connections between publishing, the fossil fuel industry, and the genocide in Gaza.

tribunemag.co.uk

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Clare Pollard @poetclare.bsky.social · Sep 5

a very clear sighted, well argued essay by @yararf.bsky.social tribunemag.co.uk/2025/09/writ...

Writers Unbound

As another literary festival season draws to a close, a writers’ group is highlighting the connections between publishing, the fossil fuel industry, and the genocide in Gaza.

tribunemag.co.uk

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NüVoices 女性之音 @nuvoices.bsky.social · Sep 1

We still have spots open for our upcoming writing workshop with @hannamade.bsky.social!

Are you a writer interested in examining social issues through a futuristic lens? Join our workshop!

More info: nuvoices.com/2025/08/13/e...

Tickets: lu.ma/hnie6mgm

Speculative Fiction Workshop: Write to Find the World You Want · Luma

Time: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. U.S. EDT / 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. BST Location: Zoom *** A Zoom link will be emailed to all registrants one day before the workshop from…

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NüVoices 女性之音 @nuvoices.bsky.social · Aug 27

Are you a writer interested in exploring sci-fi, and using fiction to examine social issues through a futuristic lens? Join our upcoming virtual Speculative Fiction Workshop, hosted by NüVoices and led by @hannamade.bsky.social

More information: nuvoices.com/2025/08/13/e...

Tickets: lu.ma/hnie6mgm

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Hanna Thomas Uose @hannamade.bsky.social · Aug 26

<3 <3 <3

Sara Benwell @sarabenwell.bsky.social · Aug 25

#3 Who wants to live forever by @hannamade.bsky.social - totally original, beautifully written, blew my mind in the best way. An actively STUNNING piece of writing.

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Hanna Thomas Uose @hannamade.bsky.social · Aug 26

I am thrilled to read this. Thank you!

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Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · Jul 30

The level of overt racism being experienced by friends and family especially outside of London is crazy. The UK is changing rapidly. Monkey noises, being kicked out of Airbnb's, racial slurs and a general hostility. People of colour have always had these experiences but it is ramping up.

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Hanna Thomas Uose @hannamade.bsky.social · Jul 24

I found one of Jordan Peterson’s books in the local little free library so I tore it in half and threw it in the recycling and I feel really good about it

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Hanna Thomas Uose @hannamade.bsky.social · Jul 1

!! Very exciting !! Six years of my brain for 99p? Absolute bargain, you’d be mad not to

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Hanna Thomas Uose @hannamade.bsky.social · Jun 20

Was so lovely to speak to @writelikeagrrrl.bsky.social founder Kerry Ryan for this!

Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · Jun 20

It's About Connection: Kerry Ryan interviews Julianne Pachico, Emily Tesh @emilytesh.net, and Hanna Thomas Uose @hannamade.bsky.social

It's About Connection: Kerry Ryan interviews Julianne Pachico, Emily Tesh, and Hanna Thomas Uose

As long as you have a good book, you’re never lonely.

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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · Jun 18

I really do not want our speculative fiction re a war on Iran to turn out to be prophecy.

Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · Jun 18

From ‘Everything for Everyone: an oral history of the New York Commune, 2052-2072’ by ME O’Brien and @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social

The book is speculative fiction written as an academic oral history….

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social services or bureaucratic management by the state disappeared.
Prolonged and severe economic crisis meant that a significant majority of US residents never again found stable waged employment. Small and medium business owners, effectively wiped out in the crisis, allied with resource extraction firms to become the driving force behind a rise of fascist political movements around the US. Their strongest concentrations were in the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains. Left secessionist movements led by Black and Latinx militants emerged in the American South and centered in Alabama and Mississippi.
Desperate to reignite national fervor and unity as well as restart the economy, the United States began an extended invasion of Iran in 2040. The war lasted for eight years, wreaking a massive and devastating toll on Iranian life. It also destroyed the last of the already fragile legitimacy of the US ruling class. The war, despite massively restructuring the productive economy, was unable to end the nation's economic depression. At the war's onset, US military morale was already weak. As the war continued, morale collapsed completely.
With the institution of a draft in 2043, the war became particularly odious to US soldiers and citizens alike. As one indicator of the broad and violent opposition to the war: in 2045, by the estimates of researchers in US military intelligence, more than eight thousand commanding officers in the US Armed Forces were murdered by their subordinates. By the end of the war, the US military was in chaotic disarray and open rebellion.
In the final year of the war, LARS-47 broke out, killing an estimated six hundred million people by 2051. Previously very localized, existing communes across the globe began organizing m…

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Hanna Thomas Uose @hannamade.bsky.social · Jun 16

New report!

The Aligned Organisation: A Brown Paper is aimed at those who work in a mission-driven or nonprofit context & want to 1) be more content & 2) make more impact.

Excited to share what @hodabaraka.bsky.social & I have learned at @wealign.bsky.social !

www.wealign.net/blog/cw93n9t...

The Aligned Organisation: A Brown Paper — Align

A framework for creating aligned organisations

www.wealign.net

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Hanna Thomas Uose @hannamade.bsky.social · May 26

If you haven’t grabbed a copy yet of Who Wants to Live Forever, today may be your chance - the book is only 99p on Kindle until midnight tonight!

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0D8...

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Fossil Free Books @fossilfreebooks.org · Apr 30

🗣️ Every woman writer belongs in their union!

🤦🏻‍♀️ With a gender pay gap between male and female authors of 41.4%, women writers experienced a 21% drop in their income between 2017 and 2020.

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Helen Rye @helenrye.bsky.social · Apr 25

We're SO EXCITED to be hosting Hanna Thomas Uose for a reading and Q&A on her outstanding debut novel, Who Wants to Live Forever, at UEA New Writing Live at Marzano's, 6pm Thursday May 1. Free entry, plus readings from students of the UEA creative writing programmes! Please r/t/come and support us!

Hanna Thomas Uose @hannamade.bsky.social · Mar 7

If you're in London, Edinburgh, Oxford, Folkestone, Manchester, Canterbury or Surrey this spring, come and say hello at one of these events! Who Wants to Live Forever is hitting the road! 🚲

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Mark Donaldson @markdonaldson.bsky.social · Apr 2

It's very rare that a book makes me cry, but the ending of Who Wants to Live Forever really got to me. Best book I've read so far this year. The world building is absolutely top-notch. It's a book about the monetisation of eternity and the people we take for granted while pursuing our ambitions.

Who Wants To Live Forever by Hanna Thomas Uose

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Hanna Thomas Uose @hannamade.bsky.social · Apr 17

This is so kind Mark, thank you so much for reading!

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The Scarlett Letters @scarlettletters.co.uk · Apr 15

Join us for a speculative fiction workshop with @hannamade.bsky.social, author of Who Wants to Live Forever!

🗓️Sun 18 May
⏰2 - 4pm

Together, we'll imagine the healthcare system we deserve and write our way towards it.

Suitable for writers of all levels!

www.scarlettletters.co.uk/event-detail...

The Future of Healthcare: a speculative fiction and world-building workshop with Hanna Thomas Uose | The Scarlett Letters

www.scarlettletters.co.uk

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