LookIngo forward to reading a little extract from my friend Fionnuala’s novel at the launch on Thursday. It is indeed darkly funny.

Fionnuala Kavanagh@fionnuala-k.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I would like to invite you to my book launch on May 7th, 18.30, at Metis Books Berlin! It's for my novel about a Berlin Integrationskurs, and the different kinds of loneliness you can experience when you move to a new city. It's also darkly funny social commentary. Hope to see you there! :)

I would like to invite you to my book launch on May 7th, 18.30, at Metis Books Berlin! It's for my novel about a Berlin Integrationskurs, and the different kinds of loneliness you can experience when you move to a new city. It's also darkly funny social commentary. Hope to see you there! :)

The novel has landed! RELEASE OFFER: e-book € 2.99 or €10.69 for the paperback I Keep My Shadow Light is a darkly funny social commentary novel about feeling lost and learning how to belong in Berlin. It is funny in parts, spiky in others. ikeepmyshadowlight.substack.com/p/the-novel-...

The Novel Has Landed! 🤠

Order I Keep My Shadow Light for a special new release price of 2.99!

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Last year we went to Berlin, and it was so great we're going again. Join us! March 27th ❤️

Happy to announce that my essay #opentowork was published last week. You can read it here: stadtsprachen.de/en/text/open...

#opentowork - stadtsprachen

“There are many jobs in Berlin. The supermarkets are always looking for people, for example, Netto, or Lidl.” Frau Trilbou gestured towards the large window of her sixth-floor office, with its queenly...

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Having a wonderful evening @desperatelit.bsky.social hearing from our fantastic readers @fionnuala-k.bsky.social @elvisbego.bsky.social @mitch-h-r.bsky.social @cariwriting.bsky.social

My essay Rage Rooms was published in the Martello Journal, and so I made this little video to celebrate. Rage Rooms is the most overtly feminist essay from my collection CTRL ALT RIGHT DELETE, and maybe my favourite. Listen in full on Substack! ikeepmyshadowlight.substack.com/p/rage-rooms

Rage Rooms

I am getting f*cking radicalised

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If you're in Berlin you won't want to miss the fantastically titled GIRL, SHOW ME THAT BODY (OF WORK) on 27 April @lettretage.de featuring 2 friends of ours @fionnuala-k.bsky.social and Shlomit Lasky who both read at our March event. www.eventbrite.de/e/girl-show-...

GIRL, SHOW ME THAT BODY (OF WORK): FLINTA* LITERATURE NIGHT #1

An evening of 4 readings on feminist lit and sexual politics by migrant writers in Berlin, spanning film, art, and FLINTA* activism.

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Next up @fionnuala-k.bsky.social is reading and we love her words! ❤️

☀️ Good morning ☀️ Today, we are delighted to introduce our 3rd reader for Berlin. Fionnuala Kavanagh is a social issues writer from the UK, based in Berlin. She has written a novel about a cultural integration course and an interview series about intimacy.

My essay, Redundancy is a Feeling, was published yesterday. Millenials, Slack and dating app users may relate. I suggest listening to Black Eyed Peas I Gotta Feeling as you read. ikeepmyshadowlight.substack.com/p/redundancy...