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Kerry Hudson FRSL
@ThatKerryHudson
Books: NEWBORN, LOWBORN, THIRST, TONY HOGAN Scripts: BBC, Radio 4, ARTE Bylines: New York Times, Guardian, Grazia Fortnightly Travel Column: The Herald
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    Kerry Hudson FRSL
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    Aug 8, 2024
    Like everyone else I know, it is time to leave the bin fire that is Twitter. I'm here less and less anyway and it has been very good for my outlook. I'll still share book/writing news here when it comes up but mostly I'll be on insta and threads with the username ThatKerryHudson
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    Kerry Hudson FRSL
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    Jan 4, 2023
    Wrote this for @theipaper. Swear to god, the patronising assumption that poor folk haven't spent their whole life learning how to live cheaply & somehow need *educating* on this will be my personal death...you can't cut back where there's nothing to cut.
    Feeding Britain: Poor people don't need money-saving tips, they're already experts
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    Kerry Hudson FRSL
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    Aug 21, 2022
    Have started saying aloud every nice thing I think about people: 'Those are ace socks' 'This library is so well organised' 'Congratulations, that's a beautiful baby you've made' Each day it brings me joy. Maybe 1 in 10 think I'm a weirdo but 9 in 10 walk away smiling ❤️
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    Kerry Hudson FRSL
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    Jan 5, 2023
    As of today I am officially a @UofGlasgow Lecturer in Creative Writing - a proper dream come true! Later this month my new weekly column will launch with an excellent newspaper I greatly respect. I want to go back & tell that wee girl on a council estate magical stuff can happen.
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    Kerry Hudson FRSL
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    Nov 7, 2022
    Glasgow has welcomed us so wholeheartedly. Imagine, 3 months after having to leave Prague, we've dream jobs x 2, the perfect neighbourhood and, crucially, the most excellent medical treatment. So happy we moved home and we'll pay it all forward ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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    Kerry Hudson FRSL
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    Oct 21, 2022
    💥And...2nd bit of news...I'm honoured to say that next year I'll start as a Creative Writing Lecturer on the @UofGlasgow! To work at one of the best universities in the country with some of our best and brightest colleagues @UoGWriting & students is a proper dream come true💥
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    Kerry Hudson FRSL
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    Aug 20, 2022
    For a piece...what's the most comforting thing a doctor/social worker/benefits person has said to you? Not as part of their job, just as part of their humanity. This week two docs made me cry just by acknowledging I have, in fact, been very ill...such a small but important thing.
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    Kerry Hudson FRSL
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    Apr 8, 2023
    Back home. Peter's dad passed away peacefully in a room with a view of Zurich lake. He was a gentle, quiet, kind man. An artist always with a book in his hand. He once made Peter an actual igloo with his bare hands. He made Peter the father he is ❤️
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    Kerry Hudson FRSL
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    Jun 2, 2022
    I was going to just take this week off but my God, I am being tested. Today I was asked to give a talk at a famous public school. It included the line, 'whilst we have no budget for speaker fees, we are more than happy to reimburse train fare and treat you to a dinner.' 1/4
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    Kerry Hudson FRSL
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    Jul 27, 2022
    Yesterday kind Scottish folk offered us: a wireless router, loan of a kayak & school uniform for bubs❤️. We've never felt as welcomed or supported as we have with this move home to Glasgow. It's a lovely thing to experience.
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    Kerry Hudson FRSL
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    Nov 17, 2023
    When I was a very wild, troubled teen I found Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha in Great Yarmouth library & it changed my mind about who gets to write books & what stories are valuable. So this...this is one of the best moments of my whole career... absolutely overwhelmed...
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    Kerry Hudson FRSL
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    Jun 3, 2022
    Ok...this week Julie Bindel rt the article below to her 80,000k + followers & calling me 'straight interloper' - she then says she read my book Lowborn. So: 1. She knows I have had same sex partnerships bc I wrote about it 2. She knows I've experienced rape & sexual assault.
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    Kerry Hudson FRSL
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    Aug 12, 2022
    Extremely pretty houses around here...
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    Kerry Hudson FRSL
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    Mar 27, 2022
    I'd also add today that if you have a 'complicated' childhood there's a perception that comes from others & often even yourself that mothering will be so much harder...but for me, it has been a joyful, glorious, healing gift to create a loving, stable, gentle family of my own ❤️