THREE Orenda books in the top three in #Scandi fiction! WOW! Look! Ragnar Jonasson #AgnesRavatn Rosie Hedger

Is it fair to compare Castro to Pinochet? We asked Peter Hitchens and Tariq Ali...

David Miller Delighted to be organising Latecomers: Anita Brookner Then and Now an interdisciplinary symposium on AB bit.ly/2dWZcuT

A muscovy duck with a troubled past and nothing left to lose.

It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between. - C.S. Lewis

Our publisher Meike is appearing on Radio 3's The Verb tomorrow night - very exciting. You can hear it here if... fb.me/2HOyYkTa6

WHY - o WHY?- is VS Pritchett so under read?

Theresa May’s weak spot is her paranoia. (Me for tomorrow's Financial Times) ft.com/content/f68b67…

Syrian forces push Aleppo rebels to brink as defences near ‘total collapse’ - will likely fall tonight: washingtonpost.com/world/middle_e…

£10,000 for a U.K. rights professional thebookseller.com/insight/long-v… If you're eligible the clock ticks and deadline approaches @RCWLitAgency

Wonderful acknowledgement of the hard working Rights gang. Wish I was eligible! thebookseller.com/insight/long-v…

Has Trump uttered what happened in Aleppo today?

No kisses, no hugs and no face-to-face conversations. The devastating condition keeping a husband and wife apart. 📻 bbc.in/2hr295D

Sitting listening to Songs of Praise with Thora Hird as we are all worn out as we played 18 holes of pitch & putt.

Shirley Hazzard has died at eighty-five. Read our 2005 interview Art of Fiction interview with her: theparisreview.org/interviews/550…

The transit of Shirley Hazzard, a great Australian writer in New York (and a dear friend) smh.com.au/entertainment/… via The Sydney Morning Herald #ozlit

Of of the best. RIP Shirley Hazzard theguardian.com/books/2016/dec…

A beautiful, loving, thoughtful obituary for Georgia Blain by Jane Gleeson-White. Captures her very vividly. smh.com.au/comment/obitua…