Literature in ... Iceland
At the World Literature Today weblog Michelle Johnson has: Investigating the Icelandic Book Flood: A Q & A with Alda Sigmundsdóttir. Way too much that's entirely anecdotal ("My impression...
View ArticleShaaban Robert profile
Shaaban Robert -- widely (including repeatedly in this piece) called the 'Shakespeare of Swahili' -- is profiled in the Saturday Nation by Julius Sigei, in The school dropout who became the...
View ArticleLexicon review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Max Barry's new novel, Lexicon -- the fourth of his books under review at the site, and probably the most accomplished. (He...
View ArticleCarlos Fuentes' FBI file
The United States has a proud tradition of denying famous authors entry to the country, from Graham Greene (signing up for the Communist party for a couple of weeks in his teens was apparently...
View ArticleLiterature in ... (northern) Nigeria
I hesitate to link to stuff like this, but given how little anyone discusses any aspects of the literary situation in northern Nigeria ... well, I do link, with the appropriate warnings, which...
View ArticleSIBF report
The Seoul International Book Fair just came to a close, and in an overview in The Korea Times Baek Byung-yeul argues Seoul's 'international' book fair wasn't quite -- especially as: "Major...
View ArticleSummertime, all the Cats are Bored review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Philippe Georget's Summertime, all the Cats are Bored, now available in English in Europa editions' World Noir series....
View ArticleJavier Tomeo (1932-2013)
Spanish author Javier Tomeo has passed away; see, for example, Muere el escritor Javier Tomeo in El mundo. (Sometimes I wait with these foreign-author-death-announcements in the hopes of...
View ArticleAstragal review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Albertine Sarrazin's Astragal, just re-issued by New Directions (with an introduction by Patti Smith).
View ArticleKhaled Alkhamissi Q & A
At Qantara.de Bettina Kolb has a Q & A with Egyptian Writer (author of Taxi) Khaled Alkhamissi, We Are Living in a Vibrant Social Era in Egypt.
View ArticleReactions to Penguin-Random House merger
As the Penguin-Random House mega-merger becomes reality, 'The Bookseller asked a range of industry insiders what the new management team should do'. Among the comments: Patrick Neale...
View Article'Get Caught Reading'
Via Publishing Perspectives I learn of the Federation of European Publishers' Get Caught Reading campaign -- the second edition of this idea (though since the first was way back in 2005 maybe...
View ArticleNew translation of La plaça del diamant
In the UK Peter Bush's new translation of Mercè Rodoreda's Catalan classic, La plaça del diamant, is now out, as In Diamond Square, as a 'Virago Modern Classic'; see, for example, their...
View Article'Authors & Translators' weblog
I'm enjoying the Authors & Translators weblog -- which, as they explain: This is a blog for authors and translators, i.e. a place where authors talk about translations of their books and...
View Article'Africa Writes' preview
At the New Internationalist blog Magnus Taylor (briefly) considers Where is African literature at today ? in a preview of the Royal African Society's annual festival of African writing, Africa...
View ArticleOnline acceptance
In the Global Times Liao Danlin reports that Fresh blossoms in main stream, as the China Writers Association (CWA) has: "released a list of new members for 2013, which includes 16 popular...
View ArticlePoetic criticism
The Times of India reports on an interesting story from India, where there's a Poem row: Chief secretary cautions ADGP Sandhya, as: Chief secretary E K BharatBhushan has told additional...
View ArticleJuly/August World Literature Today
The July/August issue of World Literature Today is now (partially) available online -- wth the entire review section, World Literature in Review, with the usual interesting cross-section of...
View ArticleDaemon review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Daniel Suarez's cyberthriller, Daemon. He originally essentially self-published this, before it was picked up by a 'real'...
View ArticlePromoting Korean literature abroad
In The Korea Herald Kim Seong-kon tries to explain The gulf between K-pop and Korean literature (abroad), and what LTI Korea has accomplished and tries to accomplish abroad. The opinion...
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