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Author/Activist | Books with Hodder/Bloomsbury/Quercus/Virago/NationalTrust/Audible | All enquiries @BlakeFriedmann | Director @ClassFestival

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Over the next 12 months I'll be travelling the coast of Britain in the name of research for my new nonfiction - either by boot or by boat I plan to visit as many #WorkingClass coastal communities as possible cus you guys rock, and we're cousins after all - let the adventure begin
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Because I grew up in poverty, I'll never be able to afford to live by the sea in the Cornish village where I was born & raised, where the average house price is £700,000, I can only visit, collect the fragments of me that I left in the undercurrent, before leaving again #Cornwall
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We grew up in poverty, my dad left when I was 6 & my mum worked 4 jobs to put food on the table & pay rent on our tiny 1 bed flat; everything was borrowed including books from the mobile library, without those lifeline books I wouldn't be the writer I am today #SupportLibraries
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The house I grew up in was a Council House, a house in a village in #Cornwall that are now selling for £350,000+ A village that no longer has social housing & the avg house price is £800,000, all my ancestors are from here, look at the mess of it, how the fuck did it go so wrong?
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Because I grew up in poverty, I'll never be able to afford to live by the sea in the Cornish village where I was born & raised, where the average house price is £700,000, I can only visit, collect the fragments of me that I left in the undercurrent, before leaving again #Cornwall
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European lighthouses, looking out for each other
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I'm not usually lost for words, but today the only words I have is to that little tomboy sitting alone on the beach; we got here girl, we did it. Proud to say my memoir publishes TODAY! #UndercurrentBook #Cornwall
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Europe traced by lighthouses
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We grew up in rural poverty, my dad left when I was 6 & my mum worked 4 jobs to put food on the table & pay rent on our 1 bed flat; everything was borrowed including books from the mobile library, without those lifeline books I wouldn't be the writer I am today #SupportLibraries
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Truly lost for words - it's because of middle-class city-shitters like this that means the countryside and those of us who are from 'the sticks' are a bit fucked, it's also why I wrote #UndercurrentBook to set the record straight in regards to #Cornwall
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Tim Dowling: it’s our first winter visit to Cornwall. Even the dog is despairing

The dog’s lust for life is extinguished by a cold cottage, frozen pipes, decayed wiring and dead moles

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This news has literally blown me out of the ocean - I never thought awards & prizes were for writers like me, so this shortlist announcement I dedicate to every one of you that grew up in rural poverty and who think that their story doesn't matter, let me tell you, it bloody does
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And the wait is finally over... We are thrilled to announce, the first ever Nero Book Awards shortlists 🤩 Find out more at: Individual category shortlists coming soon... 🧵
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Closing Libraries is cultural vandalism, it's a bullying move by councils against kids, pensioners, single parents & the homeless, where are the rational minds & empathetic hearts that make these decisions? 25 out of 28 libraries in Birmingham to close, WTF? #SupportLibraries
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When 14 million people are living in extreme poverty the last thing this country needs is a king, a coronation, a party for the sake of show - what it needs is funding for libraries, for schools, for the NHS, community groups, food banks, affordable housing, for the love of us
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The state of non-fiction narrative has never looked so depressing
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Because I grew up in poverty, I'll never be able to afford to live by the sea in the village where I grew up, where the average house price is £700,000, I can only visit, collect the fragments of me that I left in the undercurrent, before leaving again #UndercurrentBook #Cornwall
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Absolutely stoked to reveal the cover for my memoir @UndercurrentBK I can't begin to express how important it was to me that the conflicting beauty of nature & the harshness of poverty was captured in one stop-breath moment, hope you like it! Preorders: …
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Stoked to be in today's @guardian @GdnSaturday - a win not only for me but for every #WorkingClass writer who feels continually left out of the conversation (we mostly are) keep writing, keep talking & keep kicking in those closed doors! Read full article:
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Quick shoutout to all the selfish fuckers who came to #Cornwall for Christmas and have now pushed us from tier 1 into tier 3 within weeks - every other car on the roads has London plates so Cheers ya'll x
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Dispite being raised in poverty by a single parent in a council house & leaving school at 15 with shit GCSEs, next month I hit book number 8 & I'm still incredibly proud of all I've done. Don't ever think you cant get what you want folks, what you want is what you fucking deserve
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Shout out to every single #WorkingClass writer - sitting, thinking, wondering why you didn't get to the next stage, didn't get the OK, the shortlist, the nod, the big fucking hurrah! It's cus you're not a part of the establishment, mates, lovers & comrades, me fucking neither! x
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My life's work is to overturn the toxic poverty narrative that somehow it's our fault, that it's caused by personal flaws or bad life decisions, it isn't, it's just disadvantage, something born in the blood & beaten into our thinking that we're just not good enough, but we are x
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Everyone seems to be having a go at Literary Fiction, if you don't like it do one! I'm working class, brought up in poverty with no GCSEs & I've had 8 books published inc @BloomsburyBooks @HachetteUK & @nationaltrust it's not posh, or stuffy or elitist, give me a fucking break!
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BARRIERS TO PUBLISHING 4 #WorkingClass Writers! Lack of funds to travel (events/courses), no time to write, no space to write, lack of confidence, cost of childcare, not enough diversity/community imprints, not enough grassroots litfests, no industry mates, Keep em comin folks x
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@annuskaodena I'm cornish, that's the point!
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Raise your fists in the air folks I've just signed my second literary contract in six months - not bad for a poor #workingclass kid from the country, still doing it my way x
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Who fancies a couple of FREE online workshops with top industry professionals and award-winning writers this year to keep you ticking over til @ClassFestival returns?
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As guest editor of the upcoming #WorkingClass edition of @thebookseller I take my responsibilities incredibly seriously & because of that I want to hear from you, the writers! Not just about the barriers, but your experiences, good & bad! Please email me @ the address below ❤x
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Safe voyage little one - Undercurrent publishes in paperback today x
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Here she is! My guest edited #WorkingClass edition of @thebookseller thank you to all the incredible writers & editors who have stepped up to share their heartfelt stories with me, thanks to the ace Bookseller team & @philipdsjones for trusting me to do a good job, reckon so!
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You know when you're a creative kid & your parents pay for music lessons, or at uni you spend your spare time painting cus you don't have to work or at 30 you get your book reviewed in the paper cus your dad went to uni with the editor? Being #WorkingClass is the opposite of that
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I grew up in extreme poverty, left school at 15 with zero prospects, all I ever wanted was to be a writer & it was the toughest journey, but 8 books later & my memoir on the horizon, the fight was bloody worth it - Preorders now available at all bookshops:
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BREAKING NEWS - Me and the @ClassFestival massive have been invited to attend THE BOOKER PRIZES! What do you all reckon, in the name of reconciliation, should we go? #WorkingClass
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I grew up in extreme rural poverty, had literally no prospects & nothing much about me except I wanted to be a writer. Let me tell you it's the hardest fucking journey folks, but a poem in a local rag, a mention on a website IS fucking something, you are a writer, I'm telling ya!
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Secret's out! UNDERCURRENT: A Cornish Memoir of Poverty, Nature and Resilience, will publish with the brilliant @Hodder_Studio @HodderBooks in 2023! Read all about it later today in @thebookseller 🌊 #Cornwall #WorkingClassWriters
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Really enjoyed chatting to @theobserver about @ClassFestival & the decline of #WorkingClass writers - it's time we reclaim the words in books, the spaces on the shelves, fill them with our truth, our characters, our stories writ loud & proud @DrDaveOBrien
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Huge decline of working class people in the arts reflects fall in wider society

Study shows the proportion of musicians, writers and artists with working-class origins has shrunk by half since the 1970s

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Without a doubt the hardest thing I have ever done in my life, please god I do you proud x
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You know when you go to a writing retreat that costs £800 or a literary event in the evening cus childcare costs don't matter, or you pay for your train & hotel just to read at a festival that doesn't pay you? Being a #WorkingClass writer is the opposite of that #UndercurrentBook
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When 14 million people are living in extreme poverty the last thing this country needs is a king, a coronation, a party for the sake of show - what it needs is funding for libraries, for schools, for the NHS, community groups, food banks, affordable housing, for the love of us x
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So fucking sad, Deborah was an incredible supporter of us #workingclasswriters her memoir #Motherwell publishes Jan 2020 with @wnbooks let's celebrate her life with a million pre-orders! x #workingclass @guardian #DeborahOrr
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BREAKING NEWS!!!
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"The Working Class Writers' Festival will not only provide a platform for working-class writers, but will set precedence among festivals to make attendance more affordable and accessible to all", @natashacarthew 's @ClassFestival gets @ace_national funding:
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Absolutely stoked to receive this award, recognition not only for my hard work, but all the people who helped put @ClassFestival on the literary map, the writers, editors, agents, sponsors @HachetteUK & @PenguinUKBooks the ace @ace_southwest & my sister in arms @naomibmiller 💚
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Congratulations @ClassFestival Founder and 2022 Rising Star, @natashacarthew . #RisingStars
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Like part of the problem
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How do I look in my Garrick club tie? New profile pic ready for my membership card.
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I set up the free Nature Writing Prize for #WorkingClass Writers in order to burst the stereotype of what it means to be a Nature Writer, reclaiming the wild places that belong to us all no matter where we live, or who we are - Please retweet folks! Info:
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Hey @LondonBookFair the #WorkingClass massive are here! (Upstairs, back of kids books, next to Audible) Join us in the Authors Lounge for free chat, advice or just a quiet space to hang out, come find us! ✊x #LBF24
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My memoir isn't just about growing up in rural poverty, it's about what it took to lift myself up and out - I didn't want a life of shit dead-end jobs, I wanted to be a writer and when I was told at school to aim lower, it pushed me to aim for the fucking stars! #UndercurrentBook
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Happy Autumn Equinox folks! For us Celts It’s a time to give thanks for the summer and to pay tribute to the coming darkness, also a great time to embrace nature and start #WildWriting 🍁 #AutumnEquinox #amwriting #Kernow #Cornwall
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Over the past year I've chatted to lots of editors & I've really got to big up indie publishers, not only do they publish with heart, they're not so swayed by a marketing/sales team who are driven by popularity not by content, if you buy one book today, buy from an #IndiePub
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Putting this on a fucking t-shirt!
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One of the things many #WorkingClass writers suffer from is low self-esteem and belief, fuck that, I'm editing my memoir and it's the greatest thing I've ever written, don't hold back folks, cus if you don't say it/believe it, nobody else is going to #SwaggerandHussle
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Lighthouses, looking out for each other
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Happy #WinterSolstice for tomorrow folks - The celebration of the winter solstice has its roots in the Celtic tradition, where druids cut the mistletoe that grow on the oak tree and offer it as a blessing each year, so get cutting :) #Celtic #Cornwall
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My memoir publishes TODAY & I tell you what folks, there's a bloody storm brewing, cus I won't shut up about poverty, won't shut up about 2nd homes, won't shut up about library closures & financial disparity & I definitely won't shut up about our shit government #UndercurrentBook
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Just bought a house, heavens a-fucking-bove x
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My girlfriend is literally the coolest, (v private) most incredible person I have ever met, she is also the person who has saved me a thousand bloody times, she is my fucking everything - twenty six years together this week and I'm still totally head over heels in love 💚x
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Because I grew up in poverty, I'll never be able to afford to live by the sea in the Cornish village where I was born & raised, where the average house price is £700,000, I can only visit, collect the fragments of me that I left in the undercurrent, before leaving again #Cornwall
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Stoked to be commissioned by the ace @Mslexia to write an article on the barriers we #WorkingClass writers face during our careers; gatekeepers, agents, costs to travel to events/festivals, accent snobbery, cost of courses/comps, no posh mates etc to review your books, all of it!
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I grew up in extreme rural poverty, had no prospects & nothing much about me except I wanted to be a writer. Let me tell you folks (9 books later) it's the hardest fucking journey, but a poem in a local rag, a mention on a website IS something, you are a writer, I'm telling you x
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So here we are folks, the week my memoir publishes, it's been a long road full of crossroads and potholes, but the fight for equality that is in me is now a fight for all of you, every single #WorkingClass writer, our stories matter, you matter! x #UndercurrentBook
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BREAKING NEWS! @PenguinUKBooks are joining @HachetteUK in becoming @ClassFestival Co-sponsors! Along with #TeamClass ( @julietpickering @samatlounge @sadiehasler @FestivalofIdeas & myself) & @BAbooksellers we’ve got some incredible plans for next year! #ClassFest2021 #Bristol
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My memoir publishes in 3 wks & I tell you what, there's a bloody storm brewing, cus I won't shut up about rural poverty, won't shut up about 2nd homes, won't shut up about library closures & financial disparity & I definitely won't shut up about the government #UndercurrentBook
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If it wasn't for Independent Bookshops many of us writers wouldn't have got a break - that first window display, that book signing & that first reading in public, they are our first & last support network - it's time to support them the way they support us #IndieBookshopWeek
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You know when you're a creative kid & your parents pay for music lessons, or at uni you spend your spare time painting cus you don't have to work or at 30 you get your book reviewed in the paper cus your dad went to uni with the editor? Being #WorkingClass is the opposite of that
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Everybody getting cross at the bigass supersonic book prizes & what publishers have to pay to enter their writers, we need a Book Prize that is free to enter, that encourages small presses, doesn't rely on big marketing budgets & doesn't give a fuck about celebs...hold my drink!
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Regional accents are the beating heart of this country, it is the blood that pumps proud with all the voices of our ancestors, never lose it for the sake of others, and if you're writing fiction, never sand down those rough edges x #WorkingClass #amwriting
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Still dining off this moment, every writer dreams of seeing their book shortlisted for the biggest award in publishing, but when you're working class, when you come from poverty and told to stay in your lane, it's the greatest achievement on earth x
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BREAKING LUNCHTIME NEWS! The @ClassFestival programme has been announced - full details here Please Retweet! ❤ @bristolideas @ace_southwest @ace_national @LitWorks @ATNHachette @RSLiterature @thebristolmag @Mslexia @knowlewestmedia @wshed @BristolLibrary
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For a #WorkingClass gal who grew up in poverty, saying 'My memoir publishes tomorrow' is everything, but to say it sitting on my childhood beach, the beach where I drank & fought & screamed at the waves until finally they heard me & showed me the horizon, that's something else x
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'It was important for me, when I wrote Undercurrent, that it wasn't just a memoir...' @natashacarthew 's powerful new book is a journey through place, and a vivid story of hope, beauty and fierce resilience. One woman against the tide. Out tomorrow:
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Writing a piece for @BBCRadio4 on what it means to come from a rural #WorkingClass background. Me & my sister (photo) grew up in poverty in a small coastal village in Cornwall, but what are your experiences? Anything you’ve got (inc small rural towns) Pls let me know in comments!
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You know when you go to a writing retreat that costs £800 or an evening event cus kidcare costs don't matter, or you pay for transport to read at a gig that doesn't pay you, or you buy all the books you want cus read read read! Being a #WorkingClass Writer is the opposite of that
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I grew up in extreme poverty, left school at 15 & had zero prospects, all I wanted was to be a writer & it's the hardest journey folks, but a poem in a local rag, a website mention IS something - 8 books later & my memoir on the horizon, just keep at it, you are a writer, promise
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Growing up in poverty in a council house with a single parent, I'm incredibly proud of all my books, proud of my tenacity & my strength against all odds; no qualifications, no prospects & yet here I am, 3 weeks away from the publication of book number 8 #WorkingClass strength!👊
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Writing an article about how mobile libraries change lives for the better, for me they offered an opportunity to explore the world through borrowed words, growing up in rural poverty, without those lifeline books I defo wouldn't be the writer I am today #SupportLibraries 👊x
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Stoked to announce that @ClassFestival has been shortlisted for @thebookseller #FutureBook21 awards! Winner announced 19th November and we’re gonna have a biggass online party! Get it in yer diary folks! #ClassFest21
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The #FutureBook21 Discover shortlistees are: @ClassFestival , The Working-Class Writers Festival @PenguinUKBooks , WriteNow @404Ink , 404Ink Inklings @ibelong_here , I Belong Here @badformreview , Bad Form Review @PenguinUKBooks , Lit in Colour @PenguinUKBooks , The Spare Zoom Project
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MY BEAUTIFUL BABY, REBORN
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Imagine if in 2022 I took @ClassFestival on tour, dropping in on literary festivals all around the country & inviting #WorkingClassWriters from each region to join me in discussing their work & sharing their incredible stories - I wonder how many festivals would be up for this?
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I don't suffer from imposter syndrome but bloody hell @LondonBookFair is definitely not Writer/Working Class friendly! that's why I set up @ClassFestival a place where you can meet industry professionals on home turf, friendly turf, your turf, we're here for you, always ✊ #LBF22
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Noticed a couple of festivals (charity status) who ask us writers if we'd like to donate our fee, this is not good practice folks, writing is our job, our livelihood - add it to your invite if you must, but take it that we want to be paid, infact we have to in order to survive x
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Can't believe how many indie bookshops are struggling to stay afloat, if it wasn't for them so many of us writers just wouldn't have got a break - that first book signing, that first reading in public, that first & last support group in your neck of the woods #choosebookshops
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If I can overturn the toxic narrative that somehow poverty is our fault, that it has been caused by personal flaws & bad life decisions, then I'm doing something right - that's why I'm touring, signing books & chatting to you guys, it makes a difference #UndercurrentBookTour 👊x
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Spent the day in my childhood Cornish village & still I can't get over the mess of oversized houses, just out of sight is the council estate where I grew up (now all private) this is the real #Cornwall why I had to write #UndercurrentBook this the land of Airbnbs & 2nd homes :(
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Ok folks here’s the deal - 2021 the #WorkingClassWriters Festival is going to tour UK festivals, a bunch of well known wc writers will roll into town to join local #WorkingClass talent in readings & events, interested? Pls leave your name/area in the comments below @ClassFestival
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3 years
Breaking News! ALL Events & Workshops @ClassFestival will be FREE! Taking place all over Bristol including @wshed @BristolLibrary @knowlewestmedia @bookhaus2 & @Waterstones262 The full line-up will be announced next month - Pls RT! @HachetteUK @ATNHachette @LitWorks @bristolideas
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My memoir publishes in paperback in April & I tell you what folks, there's a bloody storm brewing, cus I won't shut up about rural poverty, won't shut up about 2nd homes, won't shut up about library closures & financial disparity & I definitely won't shut up about the government
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How do we kill the culture of elitism in publishing for the good of the writer? A simple question that sits central to an article I've been commissioned to write for @Mslexia in the end it circles back around to money; cash equals opportunity, travel, time, self-esteem & freedom
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If I can overturn the toxic narrative that somehow poverty is our fault, then I'm doing something right, that's why I'm touring & chatting to you guys, it makes a bloody difference #UndercurrentBookTour continues next month with @cheltfestivals @CoastIQlitfest @ilkleylitfest 👊x
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Just want to take a moment to thank all the publishing folk that support everything I'm doing to change the story in regards to #workingclass representation in publishing/books & EVERY single writer who steps up, steps in & stands tall alongside me, cheers & happy weekend! x
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Why are #WorkingClass voices so important? We @ClassFestival have linked up with a literary giant this autumn to deliver some free online events to discuss this & more (news out next week!) until then, here's the piece I wrote for @TheBookerPrizes on why x
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Our stories matter: why we need more working-class voices in quality fiction | The Booker Prizes

In this guest article, Natasha Carthew, Founder and Artistic Director of the Working Class Writers Festival, argues that it is essential that more authentic working-class stories are told and heard,...

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In 2 weeks everyone's going to know about my brand of nature writing & not just cus it's got a bigmouth, but because it is a story about being a #WorkingClass nature writer, it's less of a lament, more of a scuff in the mud & grit, it's country writing, gloves off, boots forward
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