More 'books of the year' lists
The Guardian now offers their extensive list of Books of the year 2011 as selected by their contributors. Meanwhile, the Financial Times has FT writers and guests pick their non-fiction...
View ArticleRobert Irwin profile
In Al-Ahram Weekly David Tresilian profiles Robert Irwin: anti anti-orientalist. Among other things: "There is no doubt -- the statistics are there -- that more Arabic titles are being...
View Article'Rich List of Chinese Writers'
China Newsweek has published its popular annual 作家富豪榜 -- 'Rich List of Chinese Writers' --, determining which writers made the most money from Chinese book-sales in the past year. China...
View ArticleForeign Policy's 'top 100 Global Thinkers'
Foreign Policy has released its 'unique portrait of 2011's global marketplace of ideas and the thinkers who make them', the The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers (single but very long page)....
View ArticleTranslation in ... Asia
In The Pioneeer, in yet another piece titled Found in translation (arghhh) 'Eram Agha talks to a number of well-known writers and comes out convinced that things are finally improving for...
View ArticleTemporary Perfections review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Gianrico Carofiglio's Temporary Perfections.
View ArticleKrishnakanta's Will review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Bankim-Chandra Chatterjee's nineteenth-century novel, Krishnakanta's Will. Amazingly, this (mainly) Bangla-writing author...
View ArticleUnethical books in ... Pakistan
In the Daily Times Ali Hassan worries that Sale of unethical books on the rise in twin cities, as: During visits of different places in twin cities Daily Times learnt that the students are more...
View ArticleCain review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Nobel laureate José Saramago's last novel, Cain.
View ArticleA Little Girl under a Mosquito Net review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Monique Lange's A Little Girl under a Mosquito Net. Lange was, of course, Juan Goytisolo's wife; I recently reviewed his...
View ArticleManila International Literary Festival report
In The Philippine Star Butch Dalisay reports on A mid-November treat -- which would be the recent (16 to 18 November) Manila International Literary Festival.
View ArticleYu Hua Q and A
In the Star-Ledger Dylan Foley has a (brief) Q & A with Yu Hua about his China in Ten Words. I'd like to take a look at this at some point; get your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.
View ArticleCanadian top 100 list
Another 'best books of the year' list, this time from the (Canadian) Globe and Mail, which offers: The Globe 100: The very best of 2011.
View ArticleConversation with Mark Polizzotti
At the AUP Comparative Literature & English weblog they report on a recent Conversation with Mark Polizzotti, translator of Bouvard et Pecuchet [via] I'm a big fan of that Dalkey...
View ArticleBestsellers in ... Latin America
It's always fun to see and compare what sells well in other countries, and at Publishing Perspectives Andres Hax surveys 'the Bestsellers in Argentina and Chile', in What's Hot in South America ?
View ArticleПисьмовник takes Большой книги
They've announced the winner of the Russian 'Большой книги' prize -- the 'Big Book' prize, a name that strikes me alternately as the most brilliant of book prize names, and as the most inane --...
View ArticleChrista Wolf (1929-2011)
Leading (East) German author Christa Wolf has passed away; see, for example, obituaries in The Guardian (by Kate Webb) or The Telegraph, as well as A writer who spanned Germany's East-West...
View ArticleChris Andrews Q and A
At The New Yorker's weblog, The Book Bench, Willing Davidson has a Q & A with César Aira-translator Chris Andrews. Almost all the available-in-English Aira titles (a tiny fraction of...
View ArticleMan Booker International Prize 2013 judges
They've announced the judging panel for the 2013 Man Booker International Prize -- "awarded for an achievement in fiction on the world stage. It is presented every two years to a living author...
View ArticleMore best books lists
The Financial Times now has 'writers and guests pick their favourite fiction of 2011', in Tales for under the tree, while The Scotsman annoyingly spreads its 'Recommendations from writers' out...
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