Karachi Literature Festival
The Karachi Literature Festival is just a two-day affair this weekend, but they pack a lot in, and it looks pretty promising -- see also Imran Yusuf's The unofficial guide to the Karachi...
View ArticleEdmundo Paz-Soldán profile
I missed this last month, but at Cornell's Chronicle Online Daniel Aloi reports that Bolivian author Edmundo Paz-Soldán creates place for Latin American voices. Among the interesting...
View ArticleEditorial involvement
How big a role do editors play in 'shaping' books for publication ? Author Ben Okri insists not as much as some -- well, his one-time editor -- claim, as he takes issue with Robin Robertson's...
View ArticleCairo International Book Fair awards
They apparently handed out a whole lot of literary awards at the Cairo International Book Fair, and at ahramonline.com they report that General Egyptian Book Organisation wins majority of Cairo...
View ArticleJudgment Day review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Lebanese author Rasha al Ameer's Judgment Day. (Aside: as I've noted repeatedly, the complete review has an incredible...
View ArticleUK Romantic Novelists' Association prizes shortlists
The British Romantic Novelists' Association has announced the finalists for their various prizes, in categories such as 'Epic Romantic Novel'. Sorry, none of the titles are under review...
View ArticleJapanese literary prizes FAQ
In The Japan Times Natsuko Fukue offers a FAQ of sorts about Japanese literary prizes, in Literary awards run spectrum.
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Kama Sutra review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of A.N.D.Haksar's recent translation of Vatsyayana's Kama Sutra: A Guide to the Art of Pleasure -- now also available in the US, as...
View ArticleMichael Hoffman on Joseph Roth
Joseph Roth: A Life in Letters, a 500-page collection of his correspondence, "edited and translated and footnoted -- yes, above all, it seems, footnoted" by Michael Hoffman is now out, and in...
View ArticleAutoportrait review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Edouard Levé's Autoportrait, forthcoming from Dalkey Archive Press. I liked this a whole lot better than his Suicide.
View Article2012 Nobel Prize longlist numbers
At his weblog, the Swedish Academy's Nobel point man, Peter Englund, reports Långa listan klar: nominations were due for the 2012 Nobel Prize on 31 January, and he now shares the numbers....
View ArticleWhy Capitalism ? review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Allan H. Meltzer's Why Capitalism ?
View Article100 greatest children's books ?
Parent & Child suggests the 100 Greatest Books for Kids.
View ArticleSami Rohr Prize For Jewish Literature
They've announced that the Sami Rohr Prize For Jewish Literature -- worth an impressive $100,000, and awarded to a work of non-fiction this year (they alternate between fiction and non) -- goes...
View ArticleIron Sky
Among the movies attracting attention at the Berlinale, the international film festival in Berlin, is Iron Sky -- whose premise certainly is ... intriguing. But what caught my eye was that it's...
View ArticlePremio Iberoamericano Planeta-Casa de América Narrativa
They've announced that this year's Premio Iberoamericano Planeta-Casa de América de Narrativa goes to La tejedora de sombras by Jorge Volpi -- selected from 454 entries from 23 countries....
View ArticleTranslation from the ... Chinese
In the China Daily Zhang Yuchen reports that in China the Book market tries to turn a new page, as: Statistics from the GAPP show that China signed just one copyright export agreement for every...
View ArticleAlways Coca-Cola review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Alexandra Chreiteh's Always Coca-Cola.
View ArticleCritical denunciation
Reviews of non-fiction titles occasionally get attacked and denounced (for being too subjective, for example), but it's much more rare that there is a big fuss about a review of a novel...
View ArticleTeju Cole Q and A
In The Hindu Pragya Tiwari has a Q & A with Open City-author Teju Cole, A particular eye, a particular sensibility.
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