What an amazing opportunity!

People occasionally ask why our books aren’t available on Amazon. Here’s how it works for presses our size, in the UK, for a book retailing at £10. [1/2]

This is such a shock. Working with Hilary while I was at 4th Estate Books was an utterly delight and a privilege - she was charming, funny, and inspiring. She leaves us such wonderful works to devour and enjoy.

love this Hilary Mantel explanation of what history actually is

Fantastic news, and another feather in the cap for Fitzcarraldo Editions

My 38th JCO novel and OH MY one of her best. Disturbing, compelling and crackling with energy. Wow.

Oh, nothing, just Sylvia Plath reading The Applicant, my all-time favorite poem in the English language, on her 90th birthday.

Such great news - and a great relief! - from Poet in the City - a great strategy for great work in place for the next three years.

Vivienne Westwood. Mother of Punk. Non conformist. Original icon. RIP

This poem by Frieda Hughes about her mother, Sylvia Plath, kills me every time.

Brussels 📸 Daria Miasoedova

Portrait of singer, musician and actress Tina Turner (1969) by J. Robinson #WomensArt RIP

Elevator To The Gallows (1958) score was composed and performed by Miles Davis in a one session recording while he watched a screening of the film. He took notes while watching the rough cut and then invited 4 fellow musicians without preparation to record it in one go. Genius.

The people, the dogs and cats, the deer, the thousands of bird nests in the wetlands, the houses, the farms…. The graveyards. The art. The structures of life and memory. All flooded in the latest atrocity of Russia's war.

The feud between Susan Sontag and Camille Paglia captured on camera here in 1993 (on public TV) is so painfully entertaining it's impossible to look away.

This is crazy, les bouquinistes sont Paris!

Fantastic news!

Sad sad news, such an incredible and inspiring legacy of work.

Un medley de Jean-Michel Jarre donne le coup d'envoi du concert électro de cette cérémonie de clôture ! Le Stade de France est désormais un dancefloor géant 🔥 Le direct : bit.ly/clotureparalym… #paris2024 francetvsport

Time to leave Twitter / X and read Proust