Mario Vargas Llosa, giant of Latin American literature, dies aged 89 Nobel laureate, a star of the international boom in Latin American literature, also once ran for president in Peru

R.I.P Mario Vargas Llosa. #writer

Authors call for UK government to hold Meta accountable for copyright infringement ‘I am a crime writer, I understand theft,’ said Val McDermid – joining Richard Osman, Kazuo Ishiguro and Kate Mosse in their appeal to Lisa Nandy to act on their behalf

Damn right! Copyright theft is theft and it should be treated as such! #writer

Amazon UK to stop selling Bloomsbury's books Amazon UK has said that it will cease selling Bloomsbury’s print and e-books from midnight on 23rd January.

"It is also a high risk strategy for Amazon, which will disenfranchise a number of Bloomsbury’s bestselling and high profile writers including Sarah J Maas, Gillian Anderson, and JK Rowling." #writing #publishing

Refuse, resist! ;-)

It's the worst job! All those wonderful things you can't include!

Welcome.

Vom!

A 21-year-old man outside a green door.

Me aged 21 in London outside the kitchen where I was chef!

Great essay to be found here.

That's me!

Shuntaro Tanikawa, giant of Japanese poetry, dies aged 92 The poet also wrote the lyrics for the Astro Boy theme song and translated Peanuts into Japanese

Sad news. Shuntaro Tanikawa, giant of Japanese poetry, dies aged 92. R.I.P.

Just crossed 50k words on my WIP! Can I get a hell yeah? #amwriting #novel

A street art mural of Dante's face painted on a kiosk shutter in Florence, Italy.

Missing #Florence today after an amazing two months! ❤️

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A lot of people, apparently.

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