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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Lauraspinney (talk | contribs) at 05:15, 22 October 2018 (→‎Help me!: new section). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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Help me!

lauraspinney is about to edit an article that was written on her (me) by an unknown third party, and that is out-of-date and inaccurate.

Lauraspinney (talk) 19:56, 21 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Good evening, Laura. What can I help you with? Sam Sailor 20:07, 21 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, to explain a little further, you should not edit the article yourself. That may be part of the reason your earlier edits were reverted. You are welcome to post corrections here, or better, on the talk page of the article about you Talk:Laura Spinney and another editor will check things out and make the corrections for you. This is in accordance with our conflict of interest policy. — jmcgnh(talk) (contribs) 20:14, 21 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Help me!

Thanks for your comments, Sam et al. I am learning. The following is what I would like to substitute for the current text on the page concerning me. Thanks.

 Working Sam Sailor 21:09, 21 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]


Laura Spinney is a British science journalist, novelist and non-fiction writer whose 2017 book Pale Rider (2017), is a non-fiction account of the 1918 influenza pandemic.

Career

Spinney has written on science for Nature, National Geographic, The Economist, New Scientist and The Guardian. She is the author of two novels, The Doctor (Methuen, 2001) and The Quick (Fourth Estate, 2007), and a collection of oral history from a central European city entitled Rue Centrale (Editions L'Age d'Homme, 2013). In 2017 she published Pale Rider, an account of the 1918 flu pandemic,[1][2][3] published by Jonathan Cape who acquired the global rights in an auction in 2015.[4] Spinney's most recent book-length work is an English translation of Swiss writer Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz's best loved novel Derborence (Skomlin, 2018)[5] In the spring of 2019 she will spend two months as a journalist-in-residence at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, Germany.[6] She lives in Paris, France.[7]

Selected works
Books
  • Derborence: Where the devils came down. Skomlin, 2018. ISBN 9781789265811
  • Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World. Jonathan Cape, 2017. ISBN 9781910702376
  • Rue Centrale. Editions L’Age d’Homme, 2013. ISBN 9782825143216
  • The Quick. Fourth Estate, London, 2007. ISBN 9780007240500
  • The Doctor. Methuen, London, 2001. ISBN 0413754707
Articles
  • Did human sacrifice help people form complex societies. The Atlantic, 2018.
  • Unearthed: why we've got monuments like Stonehenge all wrong. New Scientist, 2018.
  • Who names diseases? Aeon, 2017.
  • The shared past that wasn't: how Facebook, fake news and friends are warping your memory. Nature, 2017.
  • H.M. The Economist, 2008.
References

References

  1. ^ Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World by Laura Spinney. Gerard DeGroot, The Times, 20 May 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017. (subscription required)
  2. ^ Pale Rider review – painful lessons of the flu pandemic. Miranda Seymour, The Guardian, 4 June 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  3. ^ The deadliest disease in history. The Economist, 25 May 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  4. ^ Cape wins auction for Spanish Flu study. Sarah Shaffi, The Bookseller, 17 June 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  5. ^ Derborence: Where the devils came down.
  6. ^ Laura Spinney. Max Planck Institute for the History of Science - Journalists-in-Residence. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  7. ^ About|Laura Spinney. Retrieved 21 October 2018.


Lauraspinney (talk) 21:00, 21 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed categories from this user talk page, and I have removed some heading formatting here. Question: What about these two:
  • Biotechnology in Crops: Issues for the Developing World. Oxfam, 1998.
  • Sign On: Genetic Testing for Deafness. Channel Four Television Company, 1999. (With Paula Snyder)
Books? Articles? Sam Sailor 21:16, 21 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Doh, Sam! A TV program the last one? Sam Sailor 21:17, 21 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Help me!

They are just really old, and not illustrative of the work I have done for years (the Oxfam report was a one-off and the first and last time I've worked for an NGO, and I've been almost exclusively a print journalist ie no TV, since I started earning a living).

Lauraspinney (talk) 21:24, 21 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

OK, no problem with me. I have updated the article a bit, and I will make a nice Works section with citation templates. I made a few changes to the lead (2x2017 and 2x non-fiction), and suggest we keep your birth year, as it is widely published. The suggested update to the body sounds neutral, and I will update and wikilink. Sam Sailor 21:32, 21 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Sam. What about the Max Planck residency?

Lauraspinney (talk) 21:40, 21 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It is in. Since you are fluent in French and an expert, why not translate fr:Derborence (roman) to Derborence (novel)? I will work on the article about you for the next half hour or so. No need to open a new {{help me}} this evening, I will keep an eye on your page. Sam Sailor 21:46, 21 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, forgot: had to prune "his most beloved" ... :) Sam Sailor 21:48, 21 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]


Good idea. I will take care of Derborence (roman) when I have a moment.

Lauraspinney (talk) 21:51, 21 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Sam Sailor 21:53, 21 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Do we have a URL to a review of Derborence – Where the devils came down? Sam Sailor 22:07, 21 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it was reviewed here over the weekend: https://www.rts.ch/play/radio/la-matinale-du-samedi/audio/la-matinale-du-samedi?id=9897645 starting at 1:26:00 (on Swiss radio, in French bizarrely! The reviewer is Jacques Poget) Lauraspinney (talk) 22:10, 21 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wonderful. Will look into that later, we have a special citation template for that, but I seldom use it and will have to read up on it. I am turning to the works list now, how is the lead and body looking? Sam Sailor 22:14, 21 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Books

Which layout do you like best?

This:

Or this:

Sam Sailor 22:28, 21 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Help me!

The second

Lauraspinney (talk) 05:15, 22 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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