African writing
Looking ahead to the upcoming African Literature Association 2014 Conference (9 to 13 April), Dan Ojwang and Michael Titlestad have an interesting piece in the Mail & Guardian, African...
View ArticleTranslation in ... India
The second of K.Satchidanandan's articles on 'the culture of translation in India' is now also available in The Hindu; see: Do you understand me ? An attempt to retrieve history
View ArticleThe Hindu prize
The Hindu prize for fiction has issued its annual call for entries -- though note: "Only works of literary merit will be considered". Of more concern to me, the disappointing news that,...
View ArticleTulenkantaja-palkinto !
Here's an interesting idea for a peripheral literature/literary language: a prize for the local book published in the past year which: "is estimated to have the 'best export potential'". That's...
View ArticleThe last 100 reviews
There are now more than 3300 reviews at the complete review, so it's time for a statistical look at the last 100 (well, reviews 3201 through 3300): - the 100 reviews were posted in 187...
View ArticleShipwrecks review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Yoshimura Akira's Shipwrecks.
View ArticleBook trailers ... in Thailand
In the Bangkok Post they report on: 'How bloggers and netizens are being tapped by traditional publishers dedicated to the noble goal of passing on the reading bug -- while making a few baht in...
View ArticleTuer le père review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Amélie Nothomb's Tuer le père. (Her book-a-year output gets translated as a matter of course into most European languages, but...
View ArticleWriting from ... Burma
In the Myanmar Times Douglas Long reports on Universal themes: Bringing Asian literature to Western readers. Since this involves 'literary' agents I have my doubts about how this will...
View ArticleWriting in ... Tamil
In The Hindu 'Lakshmi Krupa speaks to publishers in the city to understand what works and what doesn't when it comes to Tamil books', in Tamil in the time of Kindle. (I'm rather...
View ArticleShortlist: Orange Prize for Fiction
The Orange Prize for Fiction -- which currently styles itself the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction -- has announced its shortlist. See also chair of judges Helen Fraser's obligatory...
View ArticleShortlist: Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
They've announced the shortlist for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize -- and three of the six titles are under review at the complete review (I believe the other three are not yet...
View ArticleAltschulova metoda
I'm already won over by an article that reveals that the chief rabbi (of both Prague and the Czech Republic), Karol Sidon, admits: I couldn't read anything but what is considered lowbrow sci fi...
View ArticleAfrica39 selected
They've been looking for the Africa39, 'a Hay Festival and Rainbow Book Club Project': which aims to select and celebrate 39 of the best African south of the Sahara writers under the age of 40...
View ArticleShortlist: NSW Premier's Literary Awards
They've announced the shortlists for the (Australian) NSW Premier's Literary Awards. Among the categories: there's a: 'Community Relations Commission Award for a Multicultural NSW'....
View ArticleShortlist: IMPAC award
They've announced the ten-title-strong shortlist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award -- selected from 152 titles nominated by libraries from around the world. Several...
View ArticleKilling the Second Dog review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Marek Hłasko's Killing the Second Dog, a re-issue from New Vessel Press (they're following up later this year with All Backs were...
View ArticleIndonesia prepares for Frankfurt
Indonesia will be the 2015 Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair, and in the Jakarta Post Niken Prathivi considers Frankfurt Book Fair 2015: How serious is Indonesia in promoting its...
View ArticlePrize: Gyldendalprisen
The Gyldendalprisen, a Norwegian award for significant writing in any genre, has been awarded to Øyvind Rimbereid; see, for example, the report, Poet wins prestigious literature prize....
View ArticlePrizes: Magnesia Litera
The Czech Magnesia Litera awards have been handed out, and as Jan Richter reports at Radio Praha, Guide to wartime Prague wins top literary award, as the non-fiction category winner, the...
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