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Fascinating article and well worth your time. Sensitivity readers, it seems to me, are being set up to fail. They cannot possibly predict what thousands of dramatically different readers will find offensive or painful. The idea is doomed. Trust me. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jun/18/the-book-that-tore-publishing-apart-harm-has-been-done-and-now-everyones-afraid

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#Bloomsday and 100 years since the publication of #JamesJoyce #Ulysees. A moment in literary history to savour. @JamesJoyceCentr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/10/the-guardian-view-on-james-joyces-ulysses-a-100-year-old-masterpiece

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An evening of music and poetry for @FreefromTorture Weds 22 June 7pm at St Marys Church, Church Way Iffley. Music from around the world, @mark_haddon, & poetry with Pat Winslow. Tickets £8 at door or via Eventbrite

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