Finalists for Iranian Book of the Year - foreign category
IBNA reports that Nominees of Book of the Year Award announced -- not the domestic stuff, but in the 'other languages'-category, among others. Among the finalists: Humboldt's Gift by...
View ArticleÉtonnants Voyageurs
The literary festival Étonnants Voyageurs runs today through the 4th in Haiti. See also the preview in Haiti Libre.
View ArticleBelarusian candidates for the Nobel Prize in Literature
National literary organizations and the like are among those who suggest authors to the Swedish Academy's Nobel selection committee, and occasionally these names are revealed -- or loudly...
View ArticleQ and A: Vikram Seth
The Telegraph (Calcutta) has a Q & A with Vikram Seth. Among his responses: Do you ever get tired of answering questions on A Suitable Boy ? Ha ha ha ha ha ! Well, it's been 20 years...
View ArticleAmazon.com enters the Indian market
The only surprise is that it took this long, but Amazon.com now also has an Indian presence -- Junglee.com -- which they describe as: an online shopping service by Amazon which enables...
View ArticleQ and A: Susan Bernofsky
At the Daily American PEN weblog, Betsy Ribble has Journey of the Sentence: A Conversation with Susan Bernofsky. Susan Bernofsky's most recent translation is Berlin Stories by Robert...
View ArticleLe prix Soroptimist
Here's an interesting idea for a literary prize: Le prix Soroptimist de la Romancière Francophone -- restricted to women authors who write in French but aren't French nationals; see this year's...
View ArticleFebruary issues
Among February issues of online periodicals now available is the February issue of Open Letters Monthly, and the new issue of Words without Borders -- 'International Graphic Novels: Volume VI'.
View ArticleThe Fat Years review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Chan Koonchung's The Fat Years. One can see why this was a much-discussed recent Chinese novel -- but unfortunately it...
View ArticleFermina Márquez review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Valery Larbaud's 1911 novel, Fermina Márquez.
View ArticleIn conversation with ... Monika Fagerholm
On Tuesday, 7 February, at 18:30 I'll be in conversation with Swedish-writing Finnish author Monika Fagerholm at Scandinavia House in New York.
View ArticleWisława Szymborska (1923-2012)
The 1996 Nobel laureate, Polish poet Wisława Szymborska, has passed away; see, for example, Raymond H. Anderson's obituary in The New York Times. For some of her poetry, click on the...
View ArticleUK library lending
The UK gives eligible authors some money for their books being borrowed from the library -- the Public Lending Right (PLR) system -- and so each year they tally the most borrowed titles, etc....
View ArticleCIBF reports
Al-Ahram Weekly has two reports on the Cairo International Book Fair: - Youssef Rakha reports on Slumdog bookfair - Nevine El-Aref finds: 'The odds were stacked against the 43rd...
View ArticleGeoff Dyer and Anna Baddeley on critical reviewing
At The Guardian's Comment is free Emine Saner has Geoff Dyer and Anna Baddeley discuss Should we celebrate scathing book reviews ? Baddeley is behind the Hatchet Job of the Year prize --...
View ArticleBulgarian Literature exhibit
At Radio Bulgaria Maria Peeva reports on Bulgarian Literature -- Meetings and Dialogues with the World, as: The National Gallery for Foreign Art in Sofia is hosting an exhibition under the...
View ArticleCoach House Books profile
In The Varsity Brigit Katz offers: 'A history of book design through the eyes of Coach House Books', in the art of the book -- noting that: "Coach House has been at the forefront of...
View ArticleTom Stoppard Q and A
GMA has a Reuters Q & A with Tom Stoppard, beneficiary of the subconscious by Henry Foy. Among his responses: I am exorbitantly unobservant, and hence disinterested in theater as a...
View ArticleFagerholm talk
A reminder that tomorrow (Tuesday) at 18:30 I'll be in conversation with Swedish-writing Finnish author Monika Fagerholm at Scandinavia House in New York.
View ArticleUrdu fiction in translation
In The Express Tribune Mavra Bari argues: 'Before making sweeping statements such as "there aren't enough Urdu to English translations of Pakistani literary works", one should try understanding...
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