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Susie Mesure @susiemesure.bsky.social · 6h

I keep deleting the emails. Is this what's happening? WTF?

Susie Mesure @susiemesure.bsky.social · 12h

Would anyone like to buy my two very good standing tickets for the Magic Flute at the ROH on Thursday 30 October? £20 each.

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Susie Mesure @susiemesure.bsky.social · 1d

Friend noted to me in the summer how it's always Putin's War in Ukraine yet Israel's war in Gaza.

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Susie Mesure @susiemesure.bsky.social · 1d

I want to be someone who signs their emails "Kindest" but I... can't.. .. yet I think I am generally a kind person. Maybe not the very kindest one though.

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Susie Mesure @susiemesure.bsky.social · 1d

Because whether they had covid or not was insignificant - they were ill, and needed to rest and get better.

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Susie Mesure @susiemesure.bsky.social · 2d

THEY ARE MEETING ON Oct 21st... at the Montpelier pub, SE15.

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Stu Hennigan @stuhennigan.bsky.social · 2d

Fab publisher, pls help if you can.

Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 2d

We need your help. 💙 Salt is fighting to keep indie publishing alive — discovering new writers, nurturing voices that matter. Every pound helps us publish more books. Please donate or share today. #SupportIndie #KeepBooksAlive #Books #Writers #IndiePress

Donate to Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026, organized by Christopher Hamilton-Emery

New books and reprints arrive daily at Salty Towers – and we'… Christopher Hamilton-Emery needs your support for Keep Independent Publishing Alive – Support Salt Books 2026

gofund.me

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Susie Mesure @susiemesure.bsky.social · 2d

oh, of course! quite right.

Susie Mesure @susiemesure.bsky.social · 2d

:)

Susie Mesure @susiemesure.bsky.social · 2d

Am still not sure why I succumbed and bought two (both negative - neither was for me...)

The i Paper @theipaper.com · 2d

UK's largest online chemist said it has recorded an 81 per cent month-on-month increase in Covid test sales, reflecting a 'clear rise' in demand

➡️ Read more: trib.al/8YsQJLy

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Susie Mesure @susiemesure.bsky.social · 2d

In response to popular demand (well, one person - you know who you are), the cryptic crossword Peckham pub dates for November and December are Nov 11th and Dec 9th. The others are also meeting tomorrow, with my apologies for not being there as a book event calls.

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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 5d

Almost half of adults are not regularly reading by choice. @susiemesure.bsky.social reviews Ann Morgan’s new book ‘Relearning to Read’.

Read outside your comfort zone

If we’re to get back to books, then we’re going to have get used to being bewildered

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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Susie Mesure @susiemesure.bsky.social · 5d

She is the cat in Flow. She even tried to get round the back of the telly to get in the boat.

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Susie Mesure @susiemesure.bsky.social · 7d

This story - see also @londoncentric.media - is really upsetting and just awful. I emailed Neil Coyle MP just now to urge him to intervene - so should YOU.

RMJ @rebeccamayjohnson.bsky.social · 7d

'Last Wednesday, I received a call from Faye Gomes, owner of exceptional Guyanese restaurant Kaieteur Kitchen. Almost in tears, she told me she, along with 3 other food traders had been locked out of their premises at Castle Square in Elephant and Castle'

www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/theres-one...

There's one week left to save one of London's best restaurants

The battle for Castle Square, and suspicious goings on in Southwark, by Jonathan Nunn and Gavin Cleaver

www.vittlesmagazine.com

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Susie Mesure @susiemesure.bsky.social · 7d

Oh, I need that GZ one.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 8d

THE SECRET PROJECT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS IS FINALLY LIVE

CHECK IT OUT

outsidersartsclub.com

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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 12d

Almost half of adults are not regularly reading by choice. @susiemesure.bsky.social reviews Ann Morgan’s new book ‘Relearning to Read’.

Read outside your comfort zone

If we’re to get back to books, then we’re going to have get used to being bewildered

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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Susie Mesure @susiemesure.bsky.social · 12d

Sharing this lovely post from Richard Godwin's The Spirits - not even sure he's on here, am sure he gave up the stupor of these places years ago to do more (always very good) writing for actual money. open.substack.com/pub/thespiri...

The Spirits Anniversary Special

Ten years of The Spirits... five years on Substack

open.substack.com

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Susie Mesure @susiemesure.bsky.social · 12d

sorry, I meant cult.

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Susie Mesure @susiemesure.bsky.social · 12d

I am actually in this book club. I even wrote about it here. www.telegraph.co.uk/books/news/b...

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Susie Mesure @susiemesure.bsky.social · 12d

The alternative is refreshing my email to see if anyone has replied to any of my amazing, honest , pitches. Anyone?

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Susie Mesure @susiemesure.bsky.social · 12d

vg

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Susie Mesure @susiemesure.bsky.social · 12d

I scroll when I'm stuck on the next sentence. Which seems to be every sentence this week!

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Susie Mesure @susiemesure.bsky.social · 12d

If you want a read to mark this - try Brigitte Reimann's Siblings.

German Embassy London @uk.diplo.de · 12d

“This morning, Germany is one nation again.”

This is how BBC Breakfast News reported on German reunification, 35 years ago today.

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German Embassy London @uk.diplo.de · 12d

“This morning, Germany is one nation again.”

This is how BBC Breakfast News reported on German reunification, 35 years ago today.

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