Q & A: David Hare
In The Observer Tim Lewis has a Q & A with David Hare: 'Working in theatre, you're less at the whim of stupid people'. Among the Hare's observations: Playwrighting ? You wouldn't...
View ArticleThousand Cranes review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Nobel laureate Kawabata Yasunari's Thousand Cranes. I was surprised to learn that this was one of only two of Kawabata's...
View ArticleChetan Bhagat Q & A
In the Times of India Shivangani Sandeep Dhawan has a Q & A with Chetan Bhagat, Critics might pull me down, but my books sell. It's hard not to admire his chutzpah, as he offers the...
View ArticleSunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award longlist
They've announced the longlist for STEFGPBSSA -- the Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award --, a £30,000 short story prize. The shortlist will be announced 24 February, the...
View ArticleLa.Lit
They've launched a new literary magazine in Nepal, La.Lit, and it certainly looks promising. As they explain: We aim to bring contemporary achievements in world literature to Nepal and,...
View Articlecandygirl review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of M.M.Tawfik's candygirl, now out in English (in a translation by the author) from American University in Cairo Press.
View ArticleLiterary festival fuss
Last year Salman Rushdie was invited to the Jaipur Literature Festival, but that didn't work out too well; this year the festival didn't seem to have invited anyone likely to get anywhere near...
View ArticleILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography open for submissions
Not only is the ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography admirable for being a prize for ... bibliography (who doesn't love bibliography ?), they laudably make the list of the submitted books...
View ArticleForged review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Jonathon Keats on Why Fakes are the Great Art of Our Age, in Forged.
View ArticleThe creeping homogenization of international fiction ?
Publishing Perspectives has an editorial by Burton Pike in which he considers Cultural Homogeneity and the Future of Literary Translation -- arguing that: A creeping homogenization is...
View ArticleQ & A: Natasha Wimmer
I missed this when it came out last week, but in Sampsonia Way Joshua Barnes presents Translating Bolaño: An Interview with Natasha Wimmer. The most recent Wimmer Bolaño translation is...
View ArticleQ & A: John O'Brien
At Booktrust Pete Mitchell has an Interview with John O'Brien -- publisher of Dalkey Archive Press.
View ArticleLiterature in ... Hong Kong
In the Global Times Lu Qianwen reports that Hong Kong is Small in area, large in literature. Like Taiwanese literature, its distinctive from mainland Chinese writing -- and apparently,...
View ArticleThe Goldsmiths Prize
They've announced a new British literary prize, The Goldsmiths Prize -- meant to recognize: "Fiction at its most novel" (yeah, there's a great start ...): The annual prize of £10,000 will go to...
View ArticleDeep River review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Endo Shusaku's Deep River.
View ArticleIndian lit festivals: profitless pomp
At Quartz Veena Venugopal reports that India's boom of literary festivals is all pomp, no profits, as: The Jaipur Literature Festival, which starts today, has more than a fair share of...
View ArticleStoryvid.io
In Haaretz Maya Sela reports that Israeli author Etgar Keret wants to change how you relate to literature, as: Keret and Alfon's new cultural initiative is meant to change the way we relate to...
View ArticleMan Booker International Prize finalists
They've announced the ten finalists for the Man Booker International Prize -- the biennial pseudo-Nobel rival (slightly limited in that only authors whose work is "generally available in...
View ArticleWhat the Emperor Cannot Do review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Tales and Legends of the Orient by Vlas Doroshevich, What the Emperor Cannot Do. This 1902 collection is apparently now...
View Article"The Russian Library"
At Publishing Perspectives Daniel Kalder reports on Overlook Press' Peter Mayer's ambitious plan for a 125-title strong "The Russian Library", in Canonizing Russian Literature for the World ......
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