Who would have thought that a 92 year old painter, who works every day & rarely gives interviews, would become one of our most popular #ThisCulturalLife BBC Radio 4 guests? I’ve had so many lovely messages about Frank Auerbach. He’s quite amazing. Listen: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Join us at our International Design Conclave this Saturday, we’d love to see you there! 🗓️ Saturday 28 September 2024 🕰️ 10–9pm GMT 📍 St Bride Foundation/Online 💰 £35–80 🎟️ tinyurl.com/DesignConclave…

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TWO DAYS TO GO! Join us online or in-person on Saturday 28 September from 10–6pm for our International Design Conclave. Online booking closes at 4pm on Friday but some tickets will also be available on the door. Find out more: tinyurl.com/DesignConclave…

REMINDER! Ticket sales for the #SBFDesignConclave are only on sale until 4pm today – but some tickets will be available to purchase on the door. The Zoom link for online attendees will be emailed this evening. See you there!

A MOST VALUABLE PRIZE Splashing through a soaked west London on a moped, a middle-aged man is carrying in his satchel a most valuable prize: a new book. I am in a wheelchair in my kitchen, being fed coffee through a straw by a pugnacious African woman. I am shouting at my

Congratulations to @ScribePedersen who takes over from @HanLavery as Edinburgh’s new Makar (city laureate). Michael and Hannah are pictured at the investiture event in the City Chambers with Angus Robertson Scotland’s Culture Secretary, and Robert Aldridge LordProvostEdinburgh

In-person tickets for tonight’s talk on book cover design have sold out, online tickets are still available to buy until 4pm. Find out more: sbf.org.uk/whats-on/view/…

Bound proofs just in for HAN KANG’s haunting and visionary new novel ‘We Do Not Part’ — translated by e. yaewon & Paige Aniyah Morris Publishing next February

South Korean author Han Kang wins the 2024 Nobel prize in literature theguardian.com/books/2024/oct…

Congratulations to the amazing Han Kang on winning the Nobel prize in literature & also to Deborah Smith whose translations brought her a wider readership, not just in English, but in languages using relay translations, and whose Tilted Axis champions Asian literature

Enjoying bids to rebrand Robert Generic - a private-schooled Trump supporter who unlawfully approved a Tory donor's £1bn luxury housing development, named his daughter "Thatcher" and ordered a children's asylum centre to paint over its Disney mural - as the fun-sounding "Bobby J"

The best decision about a brilliant collection, poet and dear friend Marjorie Lotfi

Reprint of the day!

Happy publication day to HANIF KUREISHI and his remarkable memoir of a life shattered and remade. ‘It will change the way you connect with life — and love’ ELIF SHAFAK

CALLING ALL AUTHORS.I don't know who's left out there to read this but I'm a CAMHS mental health support worker. The children's ward I support in Sussex is among the most underfunded in the country & I'd love to boost their library. If any of you could donate a copy of your book-

Fantastic design resource: The Book Cover Review bookcoverreview.co.uk

Frank Auerbach (whose death was announced this morning) will be remembered as one of the major draughtsman of his age. He was the master of the hard-won image; he drew his sitters over and over again, erasing the image after each session so that only an outline remained and

Frank Auerbach. What a life, such incredible dedication to art. Please do listen to our #ThisCulturalLife interview from January this year, it’s extraordinary.