Dr Gio Iozzi: Goldsmith’s lecturer, Brick Lane Short Story, Bath Short Story & Desperate Fiction, 2025. Tree campaigner @justplanenews
London, England
Joined January 2012
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So pleased to be Highly Commended in the @BathStoryAward 2025 with my endometriosis-inspired story Bad Little Gardens! Thanks so much to @agent_luck & @livbignold Judges' Report 2025 bathshortstoryaward.org/2025… @judehwriter @WritingRoomOrg @BristolPrize @shortstorylover
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NEW: Haringey council has been sending panicked emails and calls to several of the stakeholders it hadn't consulted, apologising for the oversight and asking for feedback on the deal. Labour has pushed back the deal-signing from today to tomorrow.
My next Memoir class is a bit different, first 6 weeks exploring the form & 6 weeks focusing on student writers' own work. It'll be nourishing & inspiring.
Starts Sept 16 (12 weeks!) A few places, sign up here...writingroom.org.uk/coursesan… @DevaneEmily @WritingRoomOrg @writeday
Excited to have my climate-crisis story 'Tipping' in this fab new book of shorts, 22 Fictions (2025) from @DesperateLit @BrickLaneBooks & Cheerio Publishing. Forward by @WednesdayErskin & @badaud_e
'If 22 Fictions is an argument for the short form, it is winning.'@WritingRoomOrg
Trees - like AC for outdoors.
“Perhaps because we’ve become so adept at cooling inside spaces with air conditioning, we’ve forgotten the importance of cooling outside spaces, too. There is no technology that cools the outdoors as effectively as a tree.” theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
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“Perhaps because we’ve become so adept at cooling inside spaces with air conditioning, we’ve forgotten the importance of cooling outside spaces, too. There is no technology that cools the outdoors as effectively as a tree.” theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
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Anyone looking for small publications to submit their short stories?
I've built up a massive list right here!
Feel free to browse:
Click the 3 dots under my profile banner and select 'view lists'.
I have over 150 litmags listed! 📚📚🖌
#WritingCommunity #shortstories
WE DID IT!!!!! YOU DID IT!!
@HaringeyCyclist @Ruairidh_paton @TheGreenParty @HaringeyGreens
@haringeycouncil
@perayahmet
@greenparty_ie
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EIGHT days until the deadline for our 2025 Award on 31st March. Have a story ready to resub? That didn’t make the @BristolPrize longlist perhaps? Tweak & give it another go. 2200 word limit. £1200 top prize. Bathshortstoryaward.org
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4 months ago, ICC issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu & Gallant for crimes against humanity & war crimes.
2 weeks ago, Israel stops all food & goods entering Gaza.
Today, Israel breaks ceasefire bombing Gaza killing 350 people.
The Most Documented Genocide in History continues
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Keir Starmer’s Camden Council will try on Monday to ban all activity by residents on ‘international issues’ in an attempt to stop deputations, petitions, protests about Palestine. It is doing this because it doesn’t want those of us who fund the Council to be able to object to its tens of millions of £ invested in companies that enable apartheid, occupation & genocide. The Council is as undemocratic & authoritarian as our MP, their Supreme Leader, Keir Starmer. We will not be deterred & we will never forget & never forgive Camden Council & Keir Starmer’s complicity
This should be your leading headline @guardian @guardiannews
theguardian.com/world/live/2…
and where are the other headlines?
@nytimes @thetimes @TheSun @DailyMirror @thestandard
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Hundreds of trees have been felled for a road widening scheme in north Plymouth.
Despite that, an application is in, in the same area to fell 27 mature trees, covered by a TPO to build a new showroom for a car dealership!
This is not essential and the harm cannot be justified.
My next course @WritingRoomOrg is all about the natural world. Trees, birds, clouds, walks, rivers, come to explore your interactions with nature in all its glory.
More details here writingroom.org.uk/coursesan… (Pic by Ian Judson)
🧵Just tried to pop into my library & it's closed. Again. @haringeylibrary service is in chaos.But guess what? Library boss Brian Mihayo wins award for'transforming' our libraries!
Did he miss the memo that libraries have to actually be open to class as 'vibrant community hubs?'
🙄🙁🤔haringey.gov.uk/news/2024050…
@MichaelRosenYes @Clive_Carter @ekarkell @alexworre11 #rebelborough
How does this sit with being awarded London Borough of Culture 2027? Not good optics for young and upcoming writers? @perayahmet @HaringeyLibDems
My books are due back @stroudgreenlibrary but it's closed again due to staff shortages. One of the many dismal decline-in-service issues, ahead of closing our library 2 days a week. Is this really the borough of culture?
@perayahmet @MichaelRosenYes
@haringeylibrary @alexworre11
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Stroud Green library is a warm space for homeless, disadvantaged & those with mental health issues.
@haringeycouncil seem to not know this & will close it 49% of the week.
@perayahmet @MichaelRosenYes
@mikehakata @alexworre11 @haringeylibrary Scandalous.