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A surprisingly moving tale of enforced deceleration and knicker elastic: the magnificent Ellie Keel on time with her grandmother and how that enriches her life. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

**I AM HIRING** Are you incredibly organised and efficient? Do you love Excel? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment? Are you good with people? Do you love books? And do you believe that women's voices can make the world a better place? If so, Women's Prize needs you!

Good to hear, from the brilliant Monica Ali, and thanks to English PEN: Would I use AI to write my novels? I'd get better results from a monkey with an iPhone | Monica Ali theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

My friends, it's that time of year again, where we get to revisit the best tweet of ALL TIME! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Guarantee this piece makes everyone who reads it hungry.

If you’re giving books for Christmas presents, why not order via The Kirkdale Bookshop who have been broken into and have suffered. Alternatively, use their page at the SPLENDID uk.bookshop.org/shop/KirkdaleB… where a cut of your charge goes to them. Support local bookshops!

Hi Sainsbury's, please process a refund for the items missing from my order (see DMs). It's your responsibility, not mine, to do this admin.

'If you think only lonely middle-aged women ‘fall for’ romance scams, you might be the perfect victim.' Language matters. We don't 'fall for' a burglary as Becky Holmes reminded me yesterday. Brava Becky Holmes hates spinach. Big thanks Katy Guest The Guardian.🙏🏼 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

My take on trigger warnings (which comes with its own warning!)): theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

There's some really good advice in here, for first-time and more established authors.

FINALLY Cookie has found something pink to wear for the launch of @elliekeel’s #TheFour HQ Stories. (He’s going to be gutted when I tell him kittens are not invited.)

Announcing the second year of the Martha Mills Young Writers’ Prize! Inspired by the curiosity and imagination of Martha Mills, the prize seeks to give young people a chance to explore new themes in their writing and to get their work published lrb.me/hu3

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Well, there’s always a job for him selling hair product when all of this is over.

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Lovely piece by Catherine #MudMaulMascara Spencer about how tough it can be retiring from high-level sport: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Woo hoo, what great news this is! I can't wait to see what Joelle and Merky Books do together!

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I will be joining my colleagues at the Guardian and Observer who are on strike for 48 hours over the sale of the Observer. I will be back at work on Friday. For more information please follow @GoNUJ93 and NUJ or visit nuj.org.uk/savetheobserver

I will be joining my colleagues at the Guardian and Observer who are on strike for 48 hours over the sale of the Observer. It ends at 23.59 GMT on Friday 13 December. For more information please follow @GONUJ93 and NUJ or visit nuj.org.uk/savetheobserver