Louise Rogers Lalaurie

Haha, 4 months later - what did I say??

Well, the reviewer is v kind & tolerant to stick w a genre he detests 🙏🏻 I'm reminded of a review a while ago of a historical crime novel I translated, by a blogger/self-confessed hater of crime & historical fiction 🤣 Really wonder sometimes why publishers think blogosphere freebies are worth it...!

So sad to hear this yesterday. Laurent was my neighbour across the water, I enjoy the view of the beautiful modernist house he restored every day. RIP

I seemed to remember seeing Mafalda in French, and checked, and she is indeed big in France! So glad @terribleman.com is bringing her into English ☺️

So glad I caught not only the author & translator but also International Booker judge Anton Hur & Prizes director Gaby Wood at @hayfestival.bsky.social on Saturday! Loved Banu Mushtaq's unexpectedly hilarious anecdote of how her clearly not bothersome husband thwarted a fatwa attack at their home 🤣

Plus qu’une simple démonstration de style, la sape africaine clame « un droit d’exister » - Edition du soir Ouest-France - 16/05/2024 Le mouvement des sapeurs africains propose une autre interprétation de l’élégance, tout en couleurs et en accessoires. Mais plus qu’une mode parallèle, c’est une démarche...

Did #MetGala guests take "Tailoring Black Style" too literally? The theme celebrates a Congolese (& Congolese Parisian) tradition, "La Sape", and Les Sappeurs are all about COLOUR! Clearly, though, black's the fall-back colour when cultural appropriation looms... www.ouest-france.fr/leditionduso...

...and without irony, too.

Did I just hear Amol Rajan literally tell Gary Lineker "This is the BBC, you can't criticise government policy..."? Yes, I did 😯

So now mine will be " by the fairly frequently shortlisted..." 🤣

Ooh, "by the award-winning..."!! 👏👏

The @societyofauthors.bsky.social just shared some pictures etc. About 70-100 people? Maybe a few more?

It's fairly unbelievable, isn't it? I mean nothing shouts acknowledged guilt & fear than refusing even to open the door...! Did they even misunderstand and think something was being served on them??

Can the letter now be sent by post? (NB @societyofauthors.bsky.social, don't ask for a signature/proof of delivery, they won't sign for it). Note to Meta: it's just a letter, it won't bite, you're not being served court papers or anything... (Or did you think you were?).

Society of Authors and Writers Guild protest outside Meta headquarters in London.

The irony, that Meta wouldn’t open its doors to take a 500 word letter of complaint from writers, when they’d already taken millions of words from us.

Apparently they’ve got enough now. Thanks.

META could afford to do otherwise but *chose* to steal all our work. They must be made to compensate for the theft, and only use copyrighted work with express written permission going forward.

The Society of Authors image of diverse writers calling on Meta to do the Write Thing.

Meta, directed by Mark Zuckerberg, stole the work of millions of authors - including me - to train its AI. Truly outrageous theft. #MetaBookThieves #MakeItFair #SOADayOfAction

Graphic for the Society of Authors' day of action against Meta. Stop Thief! Meta must #DoTheRightThing

If the UK government agrees to a wholesale undoing of copyright, to excuse Meta's massive theft of books, art, movies etc as 'data', then the creative industries and all of us working in them are finished. All viewers and readers will get in future is unoriginal, derivative slop. #MetaBookThieves

Society of Authors poster: Stop thief! Meta must #DoTheWriteThing

Meta can afford it. They just prefer to steal.

On my way to protest at Meta’s London office. Why? Pirate site LibGen ripped 7.5 million books. Meta used this stolen content to train AI systems to write books
#campaigning #makeITfair #DotheWriteThing @alcs.co.uk @writersguildgb.bsky.social @authorsguild.bsky.social @societyofauthors.bsky.social

...but I think the FN/RN can still field a candidate in 2027, if they can find one (Bardella), and today's ruling will probably boost support, so... #France #LePen

Scented daffs from Gwen at #shirehallmonmouth market & my aunt's banana loaf recipe: she told me she'd lost it, I remembered she gave me a copy decades ago, found that, photographed it, sent it from France to her lovely neighbour on Facebook 😊

It won't last...

They're playing nice?!

Well that explains a lot :(

Excellent news :)

You should also watch Seeger singing THIS LAND... at Obama's first inauguration, w Springsteen and a Diverse, Inclusive gospel chorus 🥹

Australian newspaper "The Sun-Herald" opinion piece calls it out. American msm, take notes.

youtube.com/watch?v=wnvC... Saw A COMPLETE UNKNOWN & sobbed as a young Pete Seeger sang this 👇. America isn't the Trump White House & may never be greater than this (old Pete Seeger w Springsteen & a Diverse, Inclusive gospel chorus at Obama's inauguration) 👇. Hoping this can be equalled again soon.

It's sort of what's going to happen this afternoon in London, oh and Zelenskyy's meeting the King at his private home...