Tom Vowler

Tom Vowler

@tomvowler.bsky.social

Word-botherer. Winner V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize www.tomvowler.co.uk 🇵🇸

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London Review of Books
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‘Calculations of how much the lives of the colonised are worth have always been part of colonialism. The origins of the calculations that 𝘕𝘈𝘡𝘈 deals with go back to late 2000.’ Eyal Weizman on Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor’s film, online early from the next issue. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

lrb.co.ukEyal Weizman · Necro-Economics: Death by AlgorithmGaza has been experiencing an old-fashioned scorched-earth campaign reminiscent of the Nakba of 1948 and no different...

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The Lonely Crowd
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Our #shortstoryofthemonth for July is by the brilliant @tomvowler.bsky.social. Don’t miss ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’: thelonelycrowd.org/2026/07/12/s...

thelonelycrowd.orgShort Story of the Month, July: ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’ by Tom VowlerLetter from Dr Albert Hofmann to Ernst Jünger Bottmingen, Switzerland – 16th September 1943   My dear Herr Jünger, I recently read your novel Heliopolis and as ever your writing goes be…

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The Guardian
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Detained Gaza doctor almost unrecognisable after injuries in Israeli jail, lawyer says

theguardian.comDetained Gaza doctor almost unrecognisable after injuries in Israeli jail, lawyer saysHussam Abu Safiya faces ‘tangible danger to his life’ following 18 months in prison without charge or trial * Middle East crisis live – latest updates One of Gaza’s most prominent doctors is almost unrecognisable because of severe injuries inflicted in Israeli detention, his lawyer said, and faces “tangible danger to his life” after being held for 18 months without charge or trial. Hussam Abu Safiya met his lawyer on 2 July, after a transfer to Israel’s notorious underground Rakefet prison in late June. He had difficulty breathing and speaking continuously, was so weak he struggled to sit upright, and repeatedly seemed on the verge of losing consciousness, said his lawyer, Nasser Odeh. Continue reading...

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John Self
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Incredible to think that AI can now write as badly as some of our worst human authors. What a time to be alive.

Ethan Mollick@emollick.bsky.social

In a Turing Test of sorts, it looks like a 100% AI generated story just won the Commonwealth Prize for the Caribbean region "for its lyrical precision and haunting atmosphere, the story stood out for the confidence and restraint of its voice." Published in Granta: granta.com/the-serpent-...

Tom Vowler
@tomvowler.bsky.social

Stoked that my short story set in the Cevennes, 'Épisodes', was highly commended in this year's Bridport Prize, reaching the top 13 from 5,000 entries. Looking forward to devouring the other winners in the anthology. #shortstories #bridportprize

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BDS movement
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Palestinians called on the world to #DisruptComplicity in Israel’s apartheid and genocide between 18-21 September. The world answered. Keep up the momentum: we call for escalating disruptive BDS actions against complicit states, corporations and institutions.

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Katie Ward
@katiewardwriter.bsky.social

Submissions are open until midnight on 30 June:

Kit de Waal@kitdewaal.com

Call out for writers with lived experience of homelessness or poverty to submit monologues for a new anthology to highlight the complexity of the experiences of homelessness and poverty – struggles, resilience, hope, humour. Please share :) mtos.cardboardcitizens.org.uk/anthology/

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BDS movement
@bdsmovement.bsky.social

"No arms shipments should be allowed to Israel. Full stop." Speaking before the UN, Saleh Hijazi, from the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), applauded global civil society efforts for a military embargo on Israel — and pressured states to meet their legal obligations by imposing one.

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Anonymous
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WHO’s emergencies director, Mike Ryan, sounds the alarm on Israel’s ongoing genocide operation in Gaza. Netanyahu has turned the strip into an open air concentration camp and is deliberately starving civilians.

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Amnesty International UK
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Replying to @amnestyuk.bsky.social

In a movement that swept the world, communities mobilised and protested against apartheid, including people in Britain. We’re seeing the same resistance rise across cities in the UK today. Apartheid is, was and will always be a crime against humanity.

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BDS movement
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Let's hold the enablers of Israel's genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza, apartheid and illegal occupation accountable - in the courts and through popular mobilization. #MilitaryEmbargo Now!

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Roland Smith
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If you do just one thing to push back against Amazon, make it buying your books elsewhere.

Dave Infante@dinfontay.com

“It feels like an intentional kick in the face to local bookstores [...] Independent bookstores generally have to charge full price because those margins are what help them survive. Amazon engages in predatory pricing.”

fastcompany.comAmazon's book sale crashes Independent Bookstore Day—and readers are pushing backIndie bookstores planned a national celebration. Amazon planned a book sale. Now, the battle for readers' attention is on.

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Lit Hub
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“I did not yet know the difference between English and Arabic, or how some words might become—borders, weapons, traps.” Sarah Aziza on what it means to be a Palestinian writer today.

buff.lyWords as Borders, Weapons, Traps: Sarah Aziza on Being a Palestinian Writer TodayQ: What is it like to be a Palestinian writer at this time? A: Once, I had no name. I rose each day as if it were the first morning on earth. I moved sturdy and permeable, translucent with a wonder…

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Out-Spoken Press
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‘The Gaza Strip…is a periphery filled with a people refusing the margins, and defying the colonial delusion that they can be rendered peripheral, disposable collateral.’ Nour Joudah www.academia.edu/128883092/Gaza_Indigenous_Urbanism_Amid_Elimination

academia.eduGaza: Indigenous Urbanism Amid EliminationThe structure of the ongoing Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza is a model that will be duplicated across Indigenous urban centers in Palestine. In navigating my own grief, I reexamine how Gaza ...

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European Writers Salon
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Exciting collaboration between two of our favourite bookstores @desperatelit.bsky.social and @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social www.thebookseller.com/rights/cheer...

thebookseller.comCheerio Publishing, Desperate Literature and Brick Lane Bookshop collaborate on new anthologyIndependent publishing imprint and production company Cheerio Publishing has announced the upcoming publication of 22 Fictions: New Writing from Desperate Literature and Brick Lane Bookshop.

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European Writers Salon
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Our bursary places sold out very quickly, so we've added some more for Sat/Sun only. Take a look! We would love to meet you.

European Writers Salon@saloneurope.bsky.social

Bursary tickets are available for those couldn’t otherwise afford it—no questions asked. Our last Brussels weekend was such a blast, and this one promises to be as well💛

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BDS movement
@bdsmovement.bsky.social

The recent surge in boycott and divestment campaigns targeting US companies is a chance to connect struggles. Join us and stand against colonialism, racist supremacy and the denial of rights in all its forms, whether in Palestine or beyond.