One aspect of the extraordinary Relotius affair.

Wow. (All seem to be by men.)

A sad story.

Strong piece.

The Trinity College Dublin cleaner who just won a literary prize from her employer.

Aww. Lovely story. (Hat-tip to @urchinette)

“Now, the onus is on Henman to come out firing at Ivanisevic, the wild card who has torn through this event on a wave of emotion...” Vintage Clive James.

The problem of domestic distraction.

Alas, too true.

Great stuff!

Lovely writing.

An old link, but it's Alice Munro's birthday today.

Explicitly a refugee.

@MariaFarrell on metaphors, knowledge and communication.

by Greg Benford.

Richard Adams' granddaughter reminisces.

And thinking about the past.

Zero words.

@clarkeaward winner Emily St John Mandel on titles.

On his centenary.

As you would expect.

Wow.

@UrsulaV goes outside.

Tom Cox on rural England. Beautiful. (h/t @white_hart)

Kano market literature.

Ursula Le Guin explains, passionately.

I wish I could get back in that time machine to 1984 and tell 24-year-old Neil about this. “Neil!” I would say. “In 2015 you will have 16 times as many Twitter followers as Simon Le Bon!” And he would say “Those words all make sense individually but not as a sentence.”

Sirley Jackson on writing (third of three @newyorker essays).

How to get inspired, by my colleague @jansedd.

My colleague @ras1ka advises.