Today is the publication day of my new book, WANDERLAND! It’s about my search for magic ✨in the landscape. I’ve poured my heart and soul into it ❤️. It’s available via indie booksellers, Hive, Waterstones, Amazon and Bloombsury https://t.co/8ZCSnQQADP

With a heavy heart and a profound sadness, we share the tragic news of the passing of our dear colleague & friend, Sareeta Domingo. “a cherished friend whose beautiful smile, extraordinary creativity & kind generosity inspired us” - Valerie Brandes https://t.co/9U9QNQhjKJ

I commend the UK ambassador for her strong statement at the UNSC. I urge the UK and other governments who are finally raising their voice against the abysmal inhumanity unleashed against the Palestinian people, to walk the talk and impose sanctions on Israel now. Together we can

Read this gorgeous article in the print edition of @ftweekend . Going off to play the ones I don’t know!

I visited Central Montenegro for @guardian . It’s lead travel story online today& it’s on the homepage. If you’re a dog lover or a solo traveller you’ll especially want to read on!

My feature on central Montenegro, strikingly beautiful and often overlooked by visitors, is in today’s @guardian. Huge thanks to @Jane_Dunford for commissioning. #Montenegro #Balkans

We are so happy to announce that “Gaza- Drs Under Attack” will be released by @channel4 & @zeteo This is the third film we have made about the assault on Gaza since October 7th at basement films, and whilst none of them have been easy this became by far the most difficult. As

Still thinking about @Elif_Safak ’s novel There Are Rivers in the Sky, and Hisham Matar’s My Friends, joint winners of this year’s Gordon Bowker Volcano Prize. A real pleasure to have been a judge alongside Elizabeth-Jane Burnett and Derek Owusu.

The lake at beautiful Wasing last Friday. Gentle and alcohol-free Solstice festival and an amazing performance by @ShankarAnoushka and her musicians.

I visited Iran in 2008. Never have I received a warmer welcome, the kindness more heartfelt. I am thinking of those gorgeous people and holding them in my heart.

Just a reminder that the West destroyed Iran’s progressive democracy in 1953, deposing a leader beloved of the people, and installed a dictatorship in his place. The US and UK have been terrorising that country for as long as any of us have been alive. It’s sick.

Al Jazeera has published the names of every journalist killed since Oct 7th. 231 Palestinian journalists have been slaughtered in Gaza. A whole generation of reporters wiped out while many of their colleagues in the West simply shrugged.

Some of the glorious fiction I’ve read in recent months:

“One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.” — Omar El Akkad

I do not think i have words to express the situation on the ground Reporting in Gaza is so hard because there is no dictionary to describe the situation

Four pics that sum up a little adventure in Olhão, the islands of Armona, Culatra, Farol and the Ria Formosa Natural Park.

Great to see spine-stiffening example of @harvard; refusal to bow to Trump's demands for staggering federal compliance/interference. Others now following suit. Assault on universities = * assault on public purpose of public education * on freedom of thought * on life-saving

"If still-living souls, crying out from Gaza to the outside world, are barely heard, how will ancient stones fare any better before they erode away, taking with them the history of a city and a people?" Three powerful stories by young Palestinian writers. https://t.co/SFKmVJ83q0

For Freewheeling, a collection of essays published by @dauntbooks I wrote about an unlikely blind date on two wheel, one that unfolded over 400 km and 10 days, + cycling as a kid in Montreal. Some marvellous contributors including the late, legendary Dervla Murphy. Out now!

We're excited to share the cover for Refuge by @ProfSunnySingh, publishing 7th August. 'Superb. An incandescent, charged and propulsive work.' Irenosen Okojie Spanning decades and continents, Refuge shines a light on those who are often overlooked in stories about war.