Translation copyright
Via I'm pointed to Lin King's Instagram (*sigh*) post, her lengthy Statement on the copyright infringement of the English translation of Taiwan Travelogue. King translated Yáng...
View ArticlePrix Renaudot shortlists
I forgot to mention this, but the prix Renaudot -- the second-biggest French book prize, after the Goncourt -- also announced its 'deuxième sélection' earlier this week, in its two categories,...
View ArticleMore book reviews !
Worth pointing to: at his Political Currents by Ross Barkan Barkan makes the case that The Little Magazines Should Review More Books. No disagreement here.
View ArticleUS fall book preview
At The Millions they've posted The Millions' Great Fall 2026 Book Preview, "some 130 books out this fall" that they're excited about. The usual caveats, but it's a big list, so it covers...
View ArticleThe Nobel Prize in Literature goes to ...
The Nobel Prize in Literature will be announced later today; I will update this post at that time, and then probably also later in the day, with more information about the winner. You...
View ArticleFull English translation of 토지 coming !
I only mentioned a handful of works of literature that had not, or had barely been translated into English in my The Complete Review Guide to Contemporary World Fiction (since the focus there...
View ArticleKirkus Prizes
They've announced the winners of this year's Kirkus Prizes, "given annually by Kirkus Reviews to works of exceptional merit in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers'...
View ArticleNagroda Literacka Nike
They've announced the winner of this year's Nike Prize, the biggest Polish book award, and it is Null, by Szczepan Twardoch; see also Agnieszka Warnke's report at culture.pl, Szczepan Twardoch...
View ArticleJelinek archive
The City of Vienna has announced the acquisition of Nobel laureate and Greed-author Elfriede Jelinek's literary estate, with the 'Teilvorlass' (partial pre-death estate) now going to the...
View Article(US) National Book Awards finalists
The American National Book Foundation has announced the finalists for its National Book Awards -- five books in each of the five categories (Fiction, Non, Poetry, Translated Literature, and...
View Article(US) National Translation Awards
The American Literary Translators Association has also announced its shortlists, for its National Translation Awards, in the two categories of Prose and Poetry. I haven't seen any of...
View ArticlePrix Goncourt - deuxième sélection
The Académie Goncourt has announced (warning ! dreaded pdf format !) its 'deuxième sélection' -- its shorter longlist or longer shortlist, as this is a four-round prize with one more round to...
View ArticleFT Business Book of the Year Award shortlist
They've announced the shortlist for this year's Financial Times and Standard Chartered Business Book of the Year Award. As they note: "Three of the six finalists tackle the risks and...
View ArticleNobel Prize countdown
Yes, it's that time of year: the Nobel Prize in Literature will be announced tomorrow; you can watch the announcement live at the official Nobel site or on YouTube. I haven't been able...
View ArticleDeutscher Buchpreis
They've announced the winner of this year's German Book Prize -- the imitation-Booker that is the biggest German novel prize -- and it is Die Lücken, by Shida Bazyar. Bazyar is...
View ArticleWilliam Vollmann profile
At The Sacramento Bee Graham Womack and Lia Russell have a lengthy (if somewhat local) profile of the author, in Famed writer William Vollmann is dying. Sacramento's still a big part of his...
View ArticleShortlist: Giller Prize
They've announced the shortlist for this year's Giller Prize, apparently: "Canada's leading and most influential literary prize for fiction", with a prize of C$100,000 for the winner....
View ArticleShortlist: T.S.Eliot Prize
They've announced the not-so-short shortlist for this year's T.S.Eliot Prize -- "the most valuable and prestigious in the UK for a new collection of poetry", with the winner getting...
View ArticleGrand prix de littérature américaine finalists
They've announced the three finalists for the Grand prix de littérature américaine, a French prize for the ... best American novel (translated into French ... -- and, yeah, ostensibly: "choisi...
View ArticleJeffrey Archer (1940-2026)
Jeffrey Archer, who technically qualified as an author and did enjoy considerable sales-success with his books, has passed away; see, for example, the BBC report.
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