Audiobooks are big these days. But what if you're not in audio, either because your book didn't sell or you're self-published? Are you out of the loop? Well, not necessarily thanks to AI which is popping up everywhere right now. Yes, you can use AI to turn your work into an audiobook. But is that a good idea? Is it really worth it?

Here's a question every writer gets from time to time: if I borrow your book from the library, aren't I depriving you of income? Maybe not. In fact you may well be helping us in what's rarely a well-paid profession. Libraries buy their ebook licences in the first place. In over thirty countries, including the UK, Canada and Australia, though sadly not the US, authors are paid every time a book is borrowed, through a scheme called Public Lending Right.

The Ateneo Veneto is Venice Noir’s spiritual home, a little-known spot that opened its doors to us when we were just a tiny band of book lovers with big ideas. Let me introduce you to this wondrous place. It began, in the mid-1400s, as a merger of two lay confraternities, the Scuola di San Girolamo and the Scuola di Santa Maria della Consolazione.

ALT: Lazy Cat Stairs

Ancient public clocks in Venice used different rules as clocks nowadays. Public clocks governed finance, politics and scientific knowledge.

Forestry England is introducing charges for parking at King's Wood near Ashford from October.