Louise Rogers Lalaurie
@louiserl.bsky.social
Writer (Matisse, art, travel, interiors...), translator (French fiction, art, travel, comité Colbert), landlady (Seine-side retreat in France). British, Welsh, European, Irish, French (in that order) https://louiserogers.blog
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w... A jolly nice thumbs up here at 7'38", to all literary translators, from @richardosman1.bsky.social And an excellent overview of what we do :) Lovely, too, to hear him rattle off the names of some of his, and trounce AI while he's at it. Proper perked me up!
When Award Shows Go Wrong
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Entertainment · 19/02/2026 · 28m
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February 19, 2026 at 2:30 PM
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w... A jolly nice thumbs up here at 7'38", to all literary translators, from @richardosman1.bsky.social And an excellent overview of what we do :) Lovely, too, to hear him rattle off the names of some of his, and trounce AI while he's at it. Proper perked me up!
airmail.news/sh/DXhdzq An enjoyable piece about Knausgaard, but whose author genuinely seems to think he writes in English? Please credit the translator, Martin Aitken. 🙏🏻 @airmail.news
The Cult of Karl Ove Knausgaard
He can bring grown men to tears with a single sentence.
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January 12, 2026 at 7:48 AM
airmail.news/sh/DXhdzq An enjoyable piece about Knausgaard, but whose author genuinely seems to think he writes in English? Please credit the translator, Martin Aitken. 🙏🏻 @airmail.news
Also, note that Maduro is in a detention centre *in New York* (NYC?) and not, as might have been imagined, in a closely guarded attic maid's room at Mar a Lago. Is this calculated to try and put a thorn in Mamdani's side?
So Trump stamped his feet & shook his tiny fists & hollered long & loud that he wanted the Nobel Peace Prize but they gave it to an opponent of Maduro in Venezuela & then Trump arrests Maduro & says *he'll* be in charge, not her. Seems likely that's at least as important to him as petrodollars etc?
January 4, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Also, note that Maduro is in a detention centre *in New York* (NYC?) and not, as might have been imagined, in a closely guarded attic maid's room at Mar a Lago. Is this calculated to try and put a thorn in Mamdani's side?
So Trump stamped his feet & shook his tiny fists & hollered long & loud that he wanted the Nobel Peace Prize but they gave it to an opponent of Maduro in Venezuela & then Trump arrests Maduro & says *he'll* be in charge, not her. Seems likely that's at least as important to him as petrodollars etc?
January 4, 2026 at 8:47 AM
So Trump stamped his feet & shook his tiny fists & hollered long & loud that he wanted the Nobel Peace Prize but they gave it to an opponent of Maduro in Venezuela & then Trump arrests Maduro & says *he'll* be in charge, not her. Seems likely that's at least as important to him as petrodollars etc?
And very delighted to be there! Subscribers can read the full piece, but as with practically all Wittkop's writing, don't say we didn't warn you ...
"Slightly deaf, she leans in and out, and pivots to her fellow interviewees with ferocious energy, enthusiasm and, at times, disdain"
Delighted to have @louiserl.bsky.social on Gabrielle Wittkop in the new issue of @thetls.bsky.social
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Delighted to have @louiserl.bsky.social on Gabrielle Wittkop in the new issue of @thetls.bsky.social
www.the-tls.com/literature/l...
Necrophilia, poisoning and murder: a transgressive French novelist
We are on the set of Bouillon de Culture, a late-night cultural chat show hosted on French TV by the public intellectual Bernard Pivot, genial and
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November 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
And very delighted to be there! Subscribers can read the full piece, but as with practically all Wittkop's writing, don't say we didn't warn you ...
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
July 4, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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
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 🤣
A collection of stories about Indian Muslim women’s daily struggles with bothersome husbands, mothers and religious leaders, on Tuesday won this year’s International Booker Prize, the major award for fiction translated into English.
In a First, a Story Collection Wins the International Booker Prize
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May 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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 🤣
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...
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...
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May 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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...
Did I just hear Amol Rajan literally tell Gary Lineker "This is the BBC, you can't criticise government policy..."? Yes, I did 😯
April 22, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Did I just hear Amol Rajan literally tell Gary Lineker "This is the BBC, you can't criticise government policy..."? Yes, I did 😯
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?).
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.
Apparently they’ve got enough now. Thanks.
April 4, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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?).
Reposted by Louise Rogers Lalaurie
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.
Apparently they’ve got enough now. Thanks.
April 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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.
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.
Like pretty much every other writer, fiction or non-fiction, living or dead, Meta stole my books. “... court documents show that staff at Meta discussed licensing books and research papers lawfully but instead chose to use stolen work because it was faster and cheaper.” @societyofauthors.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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.
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Meta, directed by Mark Zuckerberg, stole the work of millions of authors - including me - to train its AI. Truly outrageous theft. #MetaBookThieves #MakeItFair #SOADayOfAction
April 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Meta, directed by Mark Zuckerberg, stole the work of millions of authors - including me - to train its AI. Truly outrageous theft. #MetaBookThieves #MakeItFair #SOADayOfAction
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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
April 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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
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Meta can afford it. They just prefer to steal.
April 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Meta can afford it. They just prefer to steal.
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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
#campaigning #makeITfair #DotheWriteThing @alcs.co.uk @writersguildgb.bsky.social @authorsguild.bsky.social @societyofauthors.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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
#campaigning #makeITfair #DotheWriteThing @alcs.co.uk @writersguildgb.bsky.social @authorsguild.bsky.social @societyofauthors.bsky.social
You should also watch Seeger singing THIS LAND... at Obama's first inauguration, w Springsteen and a Diverse, Inclusive gospel chorus 🥹
If you saw A Complete Unknown and were intrigued by Ed Norton's character, Pete Seeger, you should watch THE POWER OF SONG, available in full on YouTube:
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Pete Seeger: The Power of Song 2007, FULL VERSION! The voice of Pete must be heard!
YouTube video by Rr R- Folk Music Channel, focusing on Pete Seeger
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March 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
You should also watch Seeger singing THIS LAND... at Obama's first inauguration, w Springsteen and a Diverse, Inclusive gospel chorus 🥹
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Australian newspaper "The Sun-Herald" opinion piece calls it out. American msm, take notes.
March 2, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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.
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March 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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.
Well Trump & esp. J.D. showed their hands in ways we can all see this afternoon. The clearly calculated good cop/bad cop trolling of Zelenskyy can still backfire... They're never going to sign anything that counters Putin's interests, as we now all know, if we didn't before (which we actually did).
February 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Well Trump & esp. J.D. showed their hands in ways we can all see this afternoon. The clearly calculated good cop/bad cop trolling of Zelenskyy can still backfire... They're never going to sign anything that counters Putin's interests, as we now all know, if we didn't before (which we actually did).
...and two from the terrific @andotherstories.bsky.social ! Hurrah! 👏👏👏 thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
The International Booker Prize 2025 | The Booker Prizes
The longlist of 12 or 13 books will be announced on Tuesday, 25 February 2025 at 2pm (GMT).
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February 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
...and two from the terrific @andotherstories.bsky.social ! Hurrah! 👏👏👏 thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
So French leads the field for the 2025 International Booker!
❤️🇫🇷📚 Three titles longlisted, including Vincent Delecroix's painful, timely SMALL BOAT, from @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social, tr. Helen Stevenson. Great to see such a fresh list of largely new names, too :) Congratulations to all 👏👏👏
❤️🇫🇷📚 Three titles longlisted, including Vincent Delecroix's painful, timely SMALL BOAT, from @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social, tr. Helen Stevenson. Great to see such a fresh list of largely new names, too :) Congratulations to all 👏👏👏
February 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
So French leads the field for the 2025 International Booker!
❤️🇫🇷📚 Three titles longlisted, including Vincent Delecroix's painful, timely SMALL BOAT, from @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social, tr. Helen Stevenson. Great to see such a fresh list of largely new names, too :) Congratulations to all 👏👏👏
❤️🇫🇷📚 Three titles longlisted, including Vincent Delecroix's painful, timely SMALL BOAT, from @hoperoadpublish.bsky.social, tr. Helen Stevenson. Great to see such a fresh list of largely new names, too :) Congratulations to all 👏👏👏
youtube.com/watch?v=pIQh... This is really quite extraordinary: a notably diverse, inclusive US Army chorus belting out a call to revolution, to an assembly of State governors, in the White House. Palpably electric atmosphere. Watching and waiting...
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February 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
youtube.com/watch?v=pIQh... This is really quite extraordinary: a notably diverse, inclusive US Army chorus belting out a call to revolution, to an assembly of State governors, in the White House. Palpably electric atmosphere. Watching and waiting...
