This just in:

Amanda Craig, novelist, quoted, approvingly, in the Guardian.

At risk of being vaguely practical – yes, I know, it’s the Guardian – one does have to wonder how long this theoretical strike would have to last in order to have any discernible effect. I mean, novelists generally work quite slowly, with books typically years apart.

Not the most viable line of work, then. Perhaps some choices need rethinking.

And a million no-name support bands shouted, “Yes! Yes! Yes!”

Update:

Spotted by Chester in the comments – Fintan O’Toole, literary editor of the Irish Times, calls for a “national arts strike” to extort further cash from the taxpayer. “The public has to be reminded that it really does care,” says he. And until more wallets land on the bonfire of publicly funded art, the nation’s creative titans should “close the arts centres” and “hold no poetry readings.”