'International Fiction in the Age of Globalization'
If you're in the western Massachusetts area Sunday afternoon you can come hear me lecture on 'International Fiction in the Age of Globalization' at the Lenox library; see also this mention.
View ArticleQ & A: Zygmunt Miłoszewski
At Words without Borders Richard Jackson has An Interview with Zygmunt Miłoszewski. Only his Entanglement is under review at the complete review at this time, but I have a copy of the...
View ArticleQ & A: Alejandro Zambra
At The Literarian Matt Nelson has a Q & A with Alejandro Zambra -- mainly about his recent Ways of Coming Home.
View ArticleLiterature in ... Turkey
At PEN Atlas Ayfer Tunç offers an interesting overview -- without the name-dropping ! -- of literature and the literary scene in Turkey, in Literature rises in the East. Among the sad...
View ArticleThe ten most influential travel books ?
In Smithsonian Tony Perrottet offers The Top Ten Most Influential Travel Books -- which, as the finer print admits, is in fact: "a brazenly opinionated short-list of travel classics" A...
View ArticleArnon Grunberg on Dubravka Ugrešić
The Millions prints a version of "a speech at the 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair" that Tirza-author Arnon Grunberg gave, Poshlost Highway: In Praise of Dubravka Ugresic. There is, of course, a...
View ArticlePandemonium review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Warren Fahy's new novel, Pandemonium.
View ArticleLecture reminder
Just a reminder that you can come hear me lecture on 'International Fiction in the Age of Globalization' at the Lenox library in Massachusetts tomorrow, 24 March, at 16:00; see also this mention.
View ArticleMikhail Shishkin essay
In The Independent Maidenhair-author Mikhail Shishkin 'reflects on the ties between literature, freedom and the state he left behind', in Mikhail Shishkin: A revolution for Russia's words.
View ArticleChinua Achebe (1930-2013)
Sad to hear that the great Chinua Achebe has passed away -- a towering figure in contemporary literature not only because of his writing but also in shaping the wonderful African Writers Series...
View ArticleBestselling e-books
In Publishers Weekly Daisy Maryles reports on The Bestselling E-books of 2012 -- and, yes, those are: 'Jaw-dropping numbers in digital sales'.
View ArticleMichael Frayn profile
In the Independent on Sunday John Walsh profiles Michael Frayn: Farce and the uncertainty principle. Several Frayn titles are under review at the complete review -- including fiction...
View ArticleThe Ingenious Gentleman and Poet Federico García Lorca Ascends to Hell review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Carlos Rojas' The Ingenious Gentleman and Poet Federico García Lorca Ascends to Hell. A 1980 novel, it's finally out in...
View ArticleChinese online writing
At The Economist's Prospero weblog C.S-M. [surely Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore; I really don't know what this nonsense in-between-anonymity-and-full-name-identification is meant to serve ...]...
View ArticleAnother Time, Another Life review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Leif GW Persson's Another Time, Another Life -- one of the better thrillers I've read in a long time.
View ArticleJames H. Ottaway Jr. Award for the Promotion of International Literature
Words without Borders have announced: "the creation of the James H. Ottaway, Jr. Award for the Promotion of International Literature". Any added incentive to promote international...
View ArticleMiles Franklin longlist
They've announced the longlist for the 2013 Miles Franklin Literary Award, a leading Australian novel prize. They selected the final ten from 73 submissions; half of those were written...
View ArticleCullman Center fellows
As the press release has it: The New York Public Library's Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers Announces 2013-2014 Fellows. There are fifteen fellows -- selected...
View ArticleThe past 100 reviews - statistical overview
There are now over 3100 titles under review at the complete review, and so it's time to take another look at the statistics for the last 100 (well, reviews 3001 through 3100). It only took 144...
View Article1 book, 4,690 authors
A German online project, Der letzte Satz ('the last sentence') invited authors to collaborate on a novel -- limiting each contributor to a single sentence. 4,690 played along, creating what is...
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