Kit de Waal

@kitdewaal.com

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Optimist, writer, swearer. common person. Co-founder Big Book Weekend with @MollyFlatt. Proud Primadonna. Professor, University of Leicester. FRSL. Photo by Paul Chambers. No DMs please. To email use contact@kitdewaal.com

Link to a substack post called 'Own it' On not being afraid to say what you really, really, want.'
Photograph of Eamon Andrews, presenter with a big red book with This is Your Life written in gold on the front.
Photo of de Waal in pink shirt in newspaper with the caption that the debut novel didn’t need much research
Boats in a harbour, misty, grey
Poster for the film Black Bag showing main and secondary stars with fingerprint as background
Photo of R & B star D’Angelo looking mighty fine
Photo of Birmingham Literature Festival audience, young people, middle aged people and older people sitting in seats listening to an event.
A picture of the book The Best of Everything with a note that it's 99 p on Kindle today only
Photo of sign saying free books and friendly chat
Picture of diverse cast of writers meeting together at a literary event
Drawing of a man with big round eyes surrounded by blackness
There is a time for departure even when there is no certain place to go - Tennessee Williams
Unless I try, I’m never really going to be at ease with myself
Bare stairs in lovely old building, white stair case and picture on the wall at a writers retreat in Ireland
Don’t grow up it’s a trap
Interior of brick wall studio with strong poster image of man painted against a blue background, lots of plants in foreground, 2 glass and metal doors partially open
What cannot be said will be wept - Sappho
Photo of Sarah Connor character from the film Terminator
Picture of Rafa Badal & Riger Federer crying
A Venn diagram showing three circles overlapping, one says I bet you think this graph is about and the other two say Don’t Dont and the middle says You
The View from The Women's Prize with a photo of the five judges at the final judging dinner. And tag line 'I've judged many competitors over years but none with the profile and heft of The Women's Prize...'
There is a time for departure even when there’s no certain place to go.
One minute you’re young and fun, the next you’re turning down the stereo in your car so you can see better.
If you nerve deny you, go above your nerve. Emily Dickinson
Never cut what you can untie - Robert Frost
Cartoon of fat bellied python
Sticky note on wood that says ‘Just make it exist first. You can make it good later.’
Pair of knitted soft slippers in a cream yarn, patterns at the front and sides. Quite artisan and intricate
Nicknames for Lazy Co-Workers: Cordless - only works for 2 hours, ET, always wants to go home, Kitkat - always taking a break. Muffler - always exhausted, Seaweed - just floats around all day. Sensor Light - only works if someone walks past. Wheelbarrow - only works when pushed.
Word of the Day: Exhaustipated - meaning too tired to give a shit.
Quote from Oscar Wilde ‘Sme men improve the world only by leaving it.’
Basic desk and chair
Photo of a large woman joyously flinging herself into the sea. She's covered in mud and looks fabulously happy.
Picture of a 4 year old mixed race girl in a pink dress
Text in gold against a lilac background that says. I don't mean to show off but I finished my 14 day diet in 3 hours and 10 minutes.
Modernist cartoon of a boxer with the words 'Soft Inside' above and below
Tall black man wearing a dark suit with a white flower in the buttonhole and white gloves.