Dickens v. Bulwer-Lytton ?
In the Daily Mail Mark Howarth reports Charles Dickens ... or the world's worst writer ? Blind reading test found 48% couldn't tell difference between literature great and ridiculed novelist,...
View ArticleThe Sultan Of Byzantium review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Selçuk Altun's The Sultan of Byzantium.
View ArticleBangkok International Book Fair
The Bangkok International Book Fair runs 29 March through 8 April; see, for example, the preview in the Bangkok Post.
View ArticleTranslation in the US v. UK
At Publishing Perspectives Daniel Kalder reports on Two Industries, One Job Market: Book Translation in the US vs. UK, an interesting comparison of how the 'industries' work (and pay ...) in...
View ArticleAmazon buys Goodreads
As everyone is (and will be) reporting, internet juggernaut Amazon.com has announced that it has: reached an agreement to acquire Goodreads, a leading site for readers and book recommendations...
View ArticleBlack Box review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Amos Oz's 1987 epistolary novel, Black Box -- recently re-issued in the US.
View ArticleSam Garrett Q & A
At the Los Angeles Review of Books Claire Cameron interviews translator-from-the-Dutch Sam Garrett, in The Fluent Medium of Translation. Nice to see -- but a bit disappointing to see so...
View ArticleTom Stoppard on the Dark Side of the Moon
Tom Stoppard already took on Rock 'n' Roll (complete with Syd Barrett character), and now apparently, as the BBC and others report, Pink Floyd album inspires Sir Tom Stoppard radio play, as...
View ArticleGerman critics' best for April
The SWR Bestenliste, where 31 German literary critics vote for the best new releases in German monthly is out for April -- and Hilary Mantel has conquered this market, too, topping the list....
View ArticlePhilip K. Dick Award
They've apparently announced the winner of the Philip K. Dick Award (though not, sigh, at the official site, last I checked ...). As, for example, SF Signal reports, Lost Everything by...
View Article'Novels' in India
In his review in the Financial Times of Mohsin Hamid's new novel, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, Amit Chaudhuri suggests: If a novelist in India is asked, "Are you writing a new novel...
View ArticleFujisan review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Taguchi Randy's collection of stories, Fujisan -- yet another AmazonCrossing title.
View ArticlePaul Muldoon profile
In The Guardian Nicholas Wroe profiles Paul Muldoon: a life in poetry. Meanwhile, there's also a Muldoon Q & A in the Financial Times, where he reports: We're just about to move into...
View ArticleBecker Prize
The Association for Asian Studies has a relatively new prize, the A.L.Becker Southeast Asian Literature in Translation Prize, which honors: "an outstanding English translation of a work of...
View ArticleHi, This is Conchita review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Santiago Roncagliolo's Hi, This is Conchita And Other Stories. This is one of the first volumes coming out from the Center...
View ArticleApril issues
April issues of online periodicals now available include Words without Borders' Writing from Iraq, as well as the new issue of Open Letters Monthly.
View ArticleShort stories in ... India
In the Times of India they report that Short stories reprise in age of Internet. Among the observations: The master of Indian short stories, Ruskin Bond, still remains the most sought...
View ArticleTranslations in ... Lithuania
In The Korea Herald Claire Lee reports that a Korean novel shines in Lithuania, as: Korean author Ha Il-ji's 2009 novel The Republic of Uzupis [우주피스 공화국] has been selected as one of the 12 best...
View ArticleGarlic, Mint, and Sweet Basil review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Essays on Marseilles, Mediterranean Cuisine, and Noir Fiction by Jean-Claude Izzo, Garlic, Mint, and Sweet Basil (which comes...
View ArticleErotic writing in ... India
In the Hindustan Times they report on Shades of Indian contemporary erotica: A growing genre -- though one might have imagined that in the land of the Kama Sutra there's always been some...
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