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The Monk They Tried to Kill, and the Tourists Who Walk Past Him
Cross the Ponte Santa Fosca on any given afternoon and you’ll fight your way through a crowd as big as any in Venice, and walk past a bronze figure in the campo beyond no one seems to notice. A shame. Fra Paolo Sarpi, whose statue this is, was one of the more intriguing people this…
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No, you don’t need to write every day (unless you want)
I once heard a fellow author say out loud at a book event that a daily bout of writing is essential for anyone who wants to be an author, as if it were jogging or some other muscular exercise. If it works for you, fine. It doesn’t work for me. Not only do I not…
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On Writing, with Jim Fusilli
I had the chance to talk about writing with my old friend Jim Fusilli, celebrated author and onetime rock music critic of the Wall Street Journal, for his podcast Writers at Work. You can listen to our musings below. It’s well worth browsing Jim’s backlist of previous interviews too. There are some fascinating figures in…
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Carpaccio’s Dog — download link fix
Sorry about this morning — the download link for Carpaccio’s Dog didn’t do what I said it would. If you’re already subscribed, here it is directly, no faffing about: PDF: https://davidhewson.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Carpaccios_Dog.pdfEPUB + PDF (ZIP): https://davidhewson.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Carpaccios_Dog_ebook.zip And if you’re new here and haven’t grabbed it yet — subscribing gets it sent straight to you, along with…