Kit de Waal
Optimist, writer, swearer. common person. Co-founder Big Book Weekend with @MollyFlatt. Proud Primadonna. Professor, University of Leicester. FRSL. Photo by Henry Allen. No DMs please. To email use contact@kitdewaal.com
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- Reposted by Kit de WaalThere was an old tweet that stuck with me: "If you can easily walk to the coffee shop but your barista has a one hour commute, you don't live in a walkable 15 minute city; you live in a theme park"
- Reposted by Kit de WaalThe only jobs that are broadly understood and respected are those that involve turning raw materials into physical consumer goods. But much real value is in jobs that turn human beings into more fulfilled human beings. (Creative sector, education, care, many services.) Far better for the planet too.
- In the days of lovely Twitter I often put out a call for help with research in writing my books. So here goes, Bluskiers. I'm looking for a social worker (adoption/fostering preferably) and a probation officer who worked between 2008 and 2012, the more senior the better. Please share :)
- Opportunity here to rebrand and develop the website for Spread the Word, the agency that supports writers all over London. £30K in total. Get in touch if you're interested. Link here www.spreadtheword.org.uk/tender-oppor... I Please share :)
- Reposted by Kit de WaalLove Gladstone's Library. Would happily write there more often if it wasn't so far to go!
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- Job going here at the loveliest place with the loveliest people. A residential library with a restaurant cafe and no tv in the gorgeous bedrooms. Perfect place to write! Or read. Please share:)