Unmapped Storylands with Elif Shafak

Unmapped Storylands with Elif Shafak

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Unmapped Storylands with Elif Shafak
Unmapped Storylands with Elif Shafak
'Keep Calm and Keep Writing"

'Keep Calm and Keep Writing"

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Unmapped Storylands with Elif Shafak
Unmapped Storylands with Elif Shafak
'Keep Calm and Keep Writing"
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I moved to the UK about 14 years ago. In the beginning, I used to commute often between Istanbul and London. But as time passed, moon by moon, book by book, London became my home, the one place where I found the freedom to write, and Istanbul, as beloved as it is, evolved into a wisp of a dream, an aching in my heart.

Today, I do consider myself a Londo…

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