Ben Faccini
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Ben Faccini
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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...
November 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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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...
April 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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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...
April 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Gustave Courbet (1819-1877), La plage de Trouville
March 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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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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December 18, 2024 at 9:48 AM
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"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom."

- Isaac Asimov
December 9, 2024 at 3:21 PM
The Cycle of History
December 10, 2024 at 11:01 AM