Boualem Sansal doesn't get to pick up his Prix du roman arabe
So they awarded Algerian The German Mujahid (UK Title: An Unfinished Business)-author Boualem Sansal the 'Prix du roman arabe' -- a French 'best Arab novel'-prize -- this year for his Rue...
View ArticleThe Hairdresser of Harare review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Tendai Huchu's The Hairdresser of Harare. Published by Zimbabwean Weaver Press (see their publicity page), this title is...
View ArticleThe Magic of Turquoise review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Mai Khaled's The Magic of Turquoise.
View ArticleCracking the Egyptian Code review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Andrew Robinson on The Revolutionary Life of Jean-François Champollion, in Cracking the Egyptian Code. A nice companion...
View ArticleTranslation efforts abroad
Taiwan Today reports that Taiwan literature translation center launched. Even as there seems to be great interest in translations-from-the-Chinese, the statistics suggest that Taiwan...
View ArticleEuropese Literatuurprijs 2012
They've announced that Julian Barnes wint Europese Literatuurprijs 2012 -- a 'best European'-book prize awarded by the Dutch, with €10,000 going to the winning author, and €2,500 to the...
View ArticleTranslating Edogawa Rampo
In On Translating a Superstar Rampo's Japanese YA Crime Series at Publishing Perspectives Dennis Abrams has a Q & A with Dan Luffey, translator of Edogawa Rampo's The Fiend With Twenty...
View ArticleRuth Franklin's Shattuck Prize acceptance speech
Ruth Franklin recently picked up this year's Roger Shattuck Prize for Criticism (which she shared with David Yaffe), and at her website she now shares "a lightly edited version of the talk" she...
View ArticleRoger Allen Q and A
Fascinated by the Arab World has an Interview and Book Recommendations by Professor Roger Allen (who translates from the Arabic).
View ArticleChris Andrews Q and A
At Bombsite Will Heyward has a Q & A with Chris Andrews -- translator of many Roberto Bolaño and César Aira (Varamo, etc.) titles [via].
View ArticleChad Post on publishing
Publishing Perspectives prints Chad Post's keynote (non-)speech ("delivered in absentia" -- visa issues apparently kept him away) to the 29th International Publishers Association Congress, For...
View ArticleYan Lianke profile
In the Global Times Vera Penêda profiles Yan Lianke, in The dream of Yan -- finding: Chinese writer Yan Lianke belongs to that elite literary class, whose pens have led them down a winding path...
View ArticleRichard Flanagan on literary prizes and literary culture
In the Sydney Morning Herald Gould's Book of Fish-author Richard Flanagan is at A loss for words as he considers the role literary prizes have assumed in contemporary literary culture....
View ArticlePopular in ... Malaysia
In Malaysia readers can vote in the Popular-The Star Readers' Choice Awards, where the ten bestselling locally-authored books in Popular and Harris bookstores last year are in the running --...
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Alice Walker nixes הצבע ארגמן
So Alice Walker has squashed efforts by Israeli publisher Yediot to publish her novel The Color Purple; see the Letter from Alice Walker to Publishers at Yediot Books at Palestinian Campaign...
View ArticleEven the Dogs takes IMPAC prize
They've announced that Even the Dogs, by Jon McGregor, has been awarded the International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award; see also the Bloomsbury publicity page, or get your copy at Amazon.com or...
View ArticleSelf-Translation ?
At her love german books weblog Katy Derbyshire wonders: Is Self-Translation the Future ? She doesn't so much mean self self-translation (though that sure worked out for Paul Verhaeghen:...
View ArticlePetros Markaris Q and A on the Greek elections
At Deutsche Welle Klaudia Prevezanos has a Q & A with Deadline in Athens-author Petros Markaris about today's elections, Author says Greeks will hold their nose and vote.
View ArticleGerman translation prize to Cărtărescu-translation
They've announced that Der Körper -- the German translation of the second volume of Mircea Cărtărescu's Orbitor-trilogy -- has been awarded the Internationale Literaturpreis - Haus der Kulturen...
View ArticleMario Vargas Llosa profile
In The Guardian, Stuart Jeffries profiles Mario Vargas Llosa: a life in writing at some length. Vargas Llosa mentions: The Nobel prize is a fairytale for a week and a nightmare for a...
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