The Diary of a Chambermaid review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Octave Mirbeau's The Diary of a Chambermaid -- another in my preparation for Dalkey Archive Press' forthcoming 21 Days of a...
View ArticleRomance-writing in India
Snigdha Poonam's look at how: 'India's male and female romance writers follow opposing codes', Terms Of Endearment, is now freely accessible at The Caravan -- maybe not many authors familiar to...
View ArticleChinese fiction in ... Japan
Okay, I'm a bit late with this .. but then most of you probably already knew and had celebrated that Yan Lianke receives Twitter Literary Prize. No ? Still ... an intriguing headline,...
View ArticleApril issue of Words without Borders
The April issue of Words without Borders is now up -- 'Changing Landscapes and Identities: An Introduction to Tamil Writing', along with some 'New Armenian Writing by Women'.
View ArticleAnisfield-Wolf Book Awards
They've announced the winners of the 80th (!) Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards -- "the only national juried prize for literature that confronts racism and examines diversity". None of the five...
View ArticleBurmese literary festival
The Irrawaddy Literary Festival was 28 to 30 March, and in The Guardian Margaret Simons reports on Water shortages, factions and free speech at Burma's Irrawaddy literary festival. Among...
View ArticleLydia Davis 'By the Book'
While I fundamentally like the idea behind The New York Times Book Review's weekly By the Book-feature I often find myself disappointed/baffled by it, completely unfamiliar with/uninterested in...
View ArticleCommonwealth Short Story Prize shortlist
While I'm disappointed that the Commonwealth book prizes are no more, the replacement Commonwealth Short Story Prize at least seems to be getting a lot of people involved, which is probably...
View ArticleCrossword Book Award shortlists
The Crossword Book Award is a leading Indian literary prize with several categories -- fiction, non, children's, and translation -- and they've now announced their shortlists....
View ArticleConfessions of an Italian review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Ippolito Nievo's nineteenth-century classic, Confessions of an Italian, a Penguin Classics edition now also available in the US...
View ArticleThe economics of translation
At PEN America they helpfully transcribe a recent Three Percent podcast with Chad Post, Tom Roberge, and Alex Zucker discussing: 'Translators, Rates, Money, and Unions'; you can also listen to...
View ArticleSixteen years of the Complete Review
Yes, the first reviews went up at the complete review sixteen years ago today. 3500 and some odd reviews later ... well, here we are. Hope you enjoy being here: I still do. (But: sixteen...
View ArticleThe Hindu Prize 2015
 The Hindu puts out the call for The Hindu Prize 2015 -- you (meaning, sigh, publishers) have until 31 May to submit titles. Alas, written-in-English only -- "Works in Indian...
View ArticleBest Translated Book Award longlist excitement
The longlist for the Best Translated Book Award (for which I am a judge) will be revealed in all its 25-title-strong glory on 7 April, but all last week Chad Post has been providing clues as to...
View ArticleBlack Diamond review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Zakes Mda's novel, Black Diamond, which recently came out in a nice-looking international edition from Seagull Books.
View ArticleJames Wood profile
In The Observer Peter Conrad profiles literary critic (and one-time novelist) James Wood. The occasion is apparently the publication of Wood's The Nearest Thing to Life, out from...
View ArticleBeast in View review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Margaret Millar's Edgar-winning 1955 novel, Beast in View. Syndicate Books acquired the Millar estate last year and plan...
View ArticlePublishing in ... Burma
In The Myanmar Times Zon Pann Pwin reports on the Burmese publishing (well, printing) industry, in Hot off the press. Things have improved since the 1950s -- when there were: "about 10...
View Article2014 VIDA Count
The 2014 VIDA Counts are now up, measuring the sex-divides at various publications re. contributors, authorship of reviewed books, and bylines. Always interesting to see -- and usually...
View ArticleAnticipating the Best Translated Book Award longlist
The 25-title strong longlist for the fiction category of the Best Translated Book Award will be announced at Three Percent at 12:00 EST today (with the poetry longlist announced at 10:00 EST)....
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