Truda Spruyt FRSA
@TrudaSpruyt
Cultural connector and communicator; Founder Collective Wisdom @collective_wis; @theatrestrust trustee; co-founder @boroughbookbash;
From a “handbook for dictators” to our tribal minds, novelist Noah Eaton, author of the gripping Orwell Prize-shortlisted The Harrow, shares a mind-bending reading list on what makes us tick. 📖 Read it via @bookshop_org_UK. 🔽
Congratulations to James - also a brilliant administrator of the @TheOrwellPrize for Political Fiction and Political Writing. Great to raise a glass to you last night!
Congratulations to our Rising Star James Tookey, co-publisher at Peirene Press ✨ #TheBooksellerRisingStars
Thanks to @philipdsjones for alerting me to this gem. One month left to watch. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
Thank you @BanuMushtaq for these cherished words of appreciation from a writer I so respect
The winner of the 2025 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction is Donal Ryan, for Heart, Be at Peace. "For its clarity. For its perfectly pitched voices. For its humanity and kindness." - Jim Crace, Chair of Judges Congratulations, Donal! 🎉 @PenguinUKBooks @doubledaybooks
Paro Forever : Maya Jaggi’s thoughtful introduction to the 2025 edition
‘Broken Threads’ is up for @TheOrwellPrize for Political Writing - & I loved this ask from @bookshop_org_UK. From WW2 to South Asia, fiction and non fiction, here’s my reading list - pls share and let’s add to it? ⬇️ uk.bookshop.org/lists/broken-t…
#ParoinUK @ASuitableAgency @hoperoadpublish @JLFLitfest
What brings together indoor and outdoor sculptures by Jeff Koons and Manolo Valdes, emerging and established Polish artists, and a selection of West African artists? #ArtWorld via @worldofFAD fadmagazine.com/2025/05/28/art…
Award-winning author and Festival Co-director @NamitaGokhale_’s electrifying debut novel Paro disrupted dominant narratives of womanhood in the 80s. Acclaimed writer, translator, and screenwriter @anusinghc’s work spans from the TV series Aarya (1/4)
Many congratulations 🎊 to my wonderful @JaipurLitFest co-director @NamitaGokhale_ on the forthcoming UK paperback of her path-breaking cult classical Paro!
Today's top story: The Orwell Prizes 2025 finalists have been announced - 'These books show us how we got here, but there are also human stories of courage, sometimes tragic, from the past and present' bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article-d… (£)
“These books show us how we got here." – Kim Darroch, Chair of Judges Announcing the eight finalists for the 2025 Orwell Prize for Political Writing. Discover them now: orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-pri… #OrwellPrize2025 #PoliticalWriting #Nonfiction
“Troubled times lure out the very best from fiction. Only one can win. All should be read.” – Jim Crace, Chair of Judges Introducing the finalists for the 2025 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction. Discover the list: orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-pri… #OrwellPrize2025 #PoliticalFiction
Knowing N C (and B D) I absolutely love this!
A poem for my daughter—just in time for her and her brother’s third birthday—from the June issue of the @newrepublic.
Han Kang versus the Korean establishment- great piece by @FiammettaRocco prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/69393/…
The ALSO summer festival (@alsofestival) is returning this year, with a theme of Love and Horror bookbrunch.co.uk/page/free-arti… (Free to view)