From Kim McKenzie Galvez: On Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei

11 May 2011

Sculptor Anish Kapoor has condemned China's "barbaric" detention of artist Ai Weiwei and has called on galleries to close for a day in protest. Ai - an outspoken critic of China's human rights record - has not been heard from since he was arrested in Beijing at the start of April. Kapoor has dedicated his monumental Leviathan art installation in Paris, unveiled on Tuesday, to Ai. Artists must speak with "a communal voice", he told BBC Radio 4's Today.

From Mark Tredinnick, Montreal Prize winner: Feeling Great

To win it feels, still, completely improbable. It's a huge delight and a big break and an honour I'll try to keep living up to in my writing.

Translation: Lu Xun's Voice, I

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From Erika Ritter: "You're not Uncle Bunny! Uncle Bunny is good and kind!"

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Where Good Books Come From, by Linda Leith. Part III: The importance of writer-publisher relations

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From Kim McKenzie Galvez: On Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei

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