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We’re organising as workers for a genocide free, fossil free books industry. Email [email protected] to join us.
Joined October 2023
🧵 BREAKING: New data reveals Baillie Gifford holds £61million in Babcock, an arms company significantly involved in arming Israel. @wawog_now @NaomiAKlein @PalFest
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Nguyen and Flanagan’s actions send a clear message to Baillie Gifford, one that so many writers and book workers have been supporting for months: the time to divest from the fossil fuel industry and from Israeli apartheid, occupation and genocide is now.
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Shortly afterwards, Viet Thanh Nguyen announced in a post online that he would be donating his £5,000 award for being shortlisted for the prize to @WeAreNotNumbers, an organisation supporting Palestinian writers.
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Having been announced as the winner of this year’s Baillie Gifford Prize, Flanagan stated in a prerecorded video that he would delay his acceptance of the £50,000 prize until Baillie Gifford releases a plan to divest from fossil fuels and increase their investments in renewables.
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We stand with authors Viet Thanh Nguyen and Richard Flanagan who have called for asset manager Baillie Gifford to divest. These honest and courageous shows of solidarity demonstrate just how important the issues of climate change and Israeli violence are to writers worldwide.
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For more details on the resolutions, and to register to attend on Thursday, head here: https://t.co/9A2l6IsQsG Can't make it? Find the proxy voting instructions sent to you by the SoA by searching 'Cast your proxy vote for the AGM' in your inbox.
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SoA Full Members: registration and proxy voting for this Thursday's AGM close TODAY at 5PM GMT. We've put forward one amendment and one resolution to be voted on, to protect democratic process and freedom of expression. Here's all you need to know + our voting recommendations:
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🗣️To Tell Our Stories: the journeys of Palestinian narrative Basma Ghalayini & Sami Hermez join Edinburgh's #RadicalBookFair, seeking to untangle the ways Palestinian narratives are framed, rejected or passed on in the world. 🗓️Nov 21 (7:30-8:30pm) 🎟️ https://t.co/bp3rk7xnjI
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Since launching last week 5,500+ more authors and publishing professionals joined the boycott of complicit Israeli cultural institutions. https://t.co/EtkDpuvUCZ
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Last Monday, we published an open letter signed by over a 1000 prominent authors—including Percival Everett, Sally Rooney, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Annie Ernaux, Arundhati Roy, Peter Carey, Kamila Shamsi…
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Book workers everywhere: join writers including Sally Rooney, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Naomi Klein, Hisham Matar and more in the largest cultural boycott of Israeli institutions in history:
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BREAKING: More than 1,000 authors launch a boycott of Israeli publishers complicit in the dispossession of the Palestinian people. Read, sign and share: https://t.co/9Z569h12UA
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On Monday hundreds of authors will launch a collective position to refuse to cooperate with Israeli institutions complicit in the dispossession and oppression of Palestinians. Authors and book workers everywhere: join the pledge on Monday, when it will be published on @lithub.
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A brilliant insight into authors' experiences of literary festivals and what the future of festival funding could look like. If you're a literary festival organiser wanting to move towards ethical funding models do get in touch - we want to work together!
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Over the past 75 years, the idea of the book festival has become embedded in the British cultural landscape. But as costs rise sharply and reading habits change, many are finding it a struggle to...
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Are you a member of Society of Authors union? The SoA Management Committee elections are happening just now by post only, deadline 23rd October. Do you have questions for candidates? Here are some that @fossilfreebooks who are SoA members have asked.
Voting in the Society of Authors Management Committee election closes on Wednesday 23rd October. Having a say in this election matters, to the working lives of writers and the creative industries as a whole. So we have some questions for candidates. 🧵
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Edinburgh's Radical Book Fair 2024 program is live! 21-24 Nov: 4 days, over 70 publishers, stalls free to browse & more than 20 events @AssemblyRoxy (and your living room! Yes! It’s all hybrid!) Browse print: https://t.co/i7ylKhTDz7 Book tix: https://t.co/aRP23zx1lK Pls shrare!
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