Ben Faccini
@benfaccini.bsky.social
Writing, translating, teaching, editing, reading.
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Join novelist Mattia Filice in conversation with translator Ben Faccini to discuss his debut, Driver, a radical portrait of labour and life on the rails, mixing prose and free verse.
🗓️20 Nov at the French Institute + Book signing
🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend...
🗓️20 Nov at the French Institute + Book signing
🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend...
November 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Join novelist Mattia Filice in conversation with translator Ben Faccini to discuss his debut, Driver, a radical portrait of labour and life on the rails, mixing prose and free verse.
🗓️20 Nov at the French Institute + Book signing
🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend...
🗓️20 Nov at the French Institute + Book signing
🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend...
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“A remarkable free-verse novel about the rhythms of work.” - @chrispower.bsky.social on Driver(@nyrb-imprints.bsky.social)
Join author Mattia Filice with
@benfaccini.bsky.social on 20 Nov @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social
🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend...
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Join author Mattia Filice with
@benfaccini.bsky.social on 20 Nov @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social
🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend...
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Paperback of the week: Driver by Mattia Filice
A French train driver’s 20-year career across the tracks is distilled into a remarkable free-verse novel about the rhythms of work
observer.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
“A remarkable free-verse novel about the rhythms of work.” - @chrispower.bsky.social on Driver(@nyrb-imprints.bsky.social)
Join author Mattia Filice with
@benfaccini.bsky.social on 20 Nov @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social
🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend...
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Join author Mattia Filice with
@benfaccini.bsky.social on 20 Nov @frenchinstituteuk.bsky.social
🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend...
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
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📖 #BeyondWordsFest presents Anne Berest: Gabriële
Discover the radical life of Gabriële Buffet — muse to Duchamp & Picabia — in a talk with author Anne Berest (The Postcard).
🗓️10 May at the French Institute with Europa Editions
🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend...
Discover the radical life of Gabriële Buffet — muse to Duchamp & Picabia — in a talk with author Anne Berest (The Postcard).
🗓️10 May at the French Institute with Europa Editions
🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend...
April 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
📖 #BeyondWordsFest presents Anne Berest: Gabriële
Discover the radical life of Gabriële Buffet — muse to Duchamp & Picabia — in a talk with author Anne Berest (The Postcard).
🗓️10 May at the French Institute with Europa Editions
🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend...
Discover the radical life of Gabriële Buffet — muse to Duchamp & Picabia — in a talk with author Anne Berest (The Postcard).
🗓️10 May at the French Institute with Europa Editions
🎟️ www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend...
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#BookoftheWeek returns with #Gabriële by Anne & Claire Berest (Europa Editions, trans. by Tina Kover).
Dive into the tempestuous love triangle between Gabriële Buffet, Francis Picabia & Marcel Duchamp.
Meet the author at #BeyondWordsFest on 10 May
www.europaeditions.com/book/9798889...
Dive into the tempestuous love triangle between Gabriële Buffet, Francis Picabia & Marcel Duchamp.
Meet the author at #BeyondWordsFest on 10 May
www.europaeditions.com/book/9798889...
April 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
#BookoftheWeek returns with #Gabriële by Anne & Claire Berest (Europa Editions, trans. by Tina Kover).
Dive into the tempestuous love triangle between Gabriële Buffet, Francis Picabia & Marcel Duchamp.
Meet the author at #BeyondWordsFest on 10 May
www.europaeditions.com/book/9798889...
Dive into the tempestuous love triangle between Gabriële Buffet, Francis Picabia & Marcel Duchamp.
Meet the author at #BeyondWordsFest on 10 May
www.europaeditions.com/book/9798889...
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Gustave Courbet (1819-1877), La plage de Trouville
March 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Gustave Courbet (1819-1877), La plage de Trouville
Please come along... I'll be talking to Clara Dupont-Monod about my translation of her book S'Adapter @quercusbooks.bsky.social
www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend...
www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend...
In Conversation with Clara Dupont-Monod - Institut Français · Royaume-Uni
Meet Clara Dupont-Monod in conversation with translator Ben Facini. She will present And the Stones Cry Out (S’adapter), which was shortlisted for the Prix Goncourt in 2021 and was awarded the Prix Go...
www.institut-francais.org.uk
March 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Please come along... I'll be talking to Clara Dupont-Monod about my translation of her book S'Adapter @quercusbooks.bsky.social
www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend...
www.institut-francais.org.uk/events-agend...
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Please take to the time to write these letters; and repost this thread. Thanks, Ed.
Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators.
More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):
1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇
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More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):
1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇
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December 18, 2024 at 9:48 AM
Please take to the time to write these letters; and repost this thread. Thanks, Ed.
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"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom."
- Isaac Asimov
- Isaac Asimov
December 9, 2024 at 3:21 PM
"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom."
- Isaac Asimov
- Isaac Asimov
The Cycle of History
December 10, 2024 at 11:01 AM
The Cycle of History