The burden of hard choices for creatives in late capitalism, and how we can lighten the load

Shame, blame and difficult publishing decisions

As usual, I’m not writing what I intended to write about today! This is because I was part of a really fascinating conversation yesterday about Australian author Richard Flanagan’s refusal to immediately accept the Baillie Gifford prize for non-fiction, delaying it while calling on Baillie Gifford to act more effectively and decisively on climate change…