“True in the way only great fiction can be. Every word matters. Read it” CLARE OSHETSKY

“The sentences are tender and illuminating, they carefully guided me along a complex family story, like stones skimming on water . . . I'm so thankful this book exists” SZILVIA MOLNAR

2/3

An absolutely stunning, formally original novel which teaches us everything about love and tolerance, told from the ooint of view of stones in a landscape. In a beautifully sensitive translation by Ben Faccini

1/3

Landmines, explosive ordnance & remnants of war directly threaten millions of people caught up in armed conflicts—from Afghanistan to Sudan to Ukraine to Gaza.

Country by country, community by community, let’s rid the world of these weapons—once and for all.

#MineAwarenessDay

“Civilians in Gaza in extreme peril while the world watches on.”

Read full statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee.

unicef.org/press-releases…

“I want to go back to my school, I miss my teachers and my friends,” says 11-year-old Maha, in Rafah, Gaza.

The children of Gaza have a right to be safe, to be in school, to be supported. They need a humanitarian ceasefire. Now.

The situation for children in Gaza grows bleaker every day.

The world cannot abandon them.

Some rare positive news––deforestation rates in the Amazon have slowed dramatically over the past: down by 55.8% in 2023 vs 2022.
Biggest decreases in Colombia & Brazil (67% and 59%). Lula starting to make good on his promises.
Research by MAAP
maaproject.org/2023/amazon-de…

“UNICEF has described the Gaza Strip as the most dangerous place in the world to be a child. We have said this is a war on children. But these truths do not seem to be getting through.”

Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban following his visit to Gaza. Read full statement:

Fascinating. For translators in particular. Bilingualism Is Reworking This Language’s Rainbow - Scientific American apple.news/AAQMo9_j2TPmIE…

It was a huge pleasure to interview Marie NDiaye about her brilliant new novel VENGEANCE IS MINE (trans. Jordan Stump), her characters’ secret lives, & the madness of raising children - with all thanks to Ben Faccini for translating MacLehose Press telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-…

Own an original story by your favourite author - the First Story six-word story auction is now open! firststory.org.uk

Research shows people who speak another language are more utilitarian and flexible, less risk-averse and egotistical, and better able to cope with traumatic memories ... How thinking in a foreign language improves decision-making theguardian.com/science/2023/s…

Thank you, New Italian Books, for publishing my article: newitalianbooks.it/the-sorrows-an…

.MacLehose Press has acquired And the Stones Cry Out, the English translation of Clara Dupont-Monod’s award-winning S’Adapter by Ben Faccini. thebookseller.com/rights/macleho…

Clara's breathtaking, tender novel publishes in Ben Faccini's brilliant translation in April 2024, and we can't wait for it to reach English-language readers.

Gorgeous cover design by Jonathan Pelham

Translation “permits us to savour the transformation of the foreign into the familiar and for a brief time to live outside our own skins, our own preconceptions and misconceptions.” Edith Grossman, acclaimed translator, dies at 87 theguardian.com/books/2023/sep…

“It is the job of poetry to clean up our word-clogged reality by creating silences around things.”

― Stephen Mallarme

Asked whether the fresco settles the argument for pineapple on pizza, he responded with a resolute: “No.”
Pompeii fresco find possibly depicts 2,000-year-old form of pizza theguardian.com/world/2023/jun…

#BookIllustrationOfTheDay is by John Burningham for “Mr Gunmpy’s Outing” (1970). I always loved these fabulous chickens, all the scratchy ink line, and delicate detail, the radiating sun. So much texture and quirky character - a revelation & a picture book revolution!

To have the great Shevchenko in the original language read by a Ukrainian actress, Dária Plahtiy, on stage at National Theatre was a huge moment for all of us and so glad you felt it in the audience too.