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
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The World According to Matisse (The World According To) | Louise Rogers LalaurieHappy Publication to THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MATISSE! My selection and translations of choice morsels from the artist's letters, interviews and broadcasts, paired with his paintings, drawings and prin...www.linkedin.compodcasts.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 WrongPodcast Episode · The Rest Is Entertainment · 19/02/2026 · 28mpodcasts.apple.comAlso, 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?
Louise Rogers LalaurieSo 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 ...
Russell Williams"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 www.the-tls.com/literature/l...
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 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 🤣
The New York TimesA 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.
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 - 16/05/2024Le 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...www.ouest-france.fr