European Literature Network

Poetry Travels with Anna Blasiak and Lisa Kalloo: REPORT FROM ANOTHER CITY by Marcin Niewirowicz, translated by the author

Nov 24, 2021 • No comments

I wish the view changed and the grass was greener for if there is a fence there is always some…

#RivetingReviews: Rosie Eyre reviews CARPATHIA: FOOD FROM THE HEART OF ROMANIA by Irina Georgescu

Nov 19, 2021 • 1 comment

As we were preparing for our Romanian reviews special this month, I had originally planned to review the forthcoming English…

#RivetingReviews: West Camel reviews THE TOWN WITH ACACIA TREES by Mihail Sebastian

Nov 19, 2021 • No comments

The town of the title of Mihail Sebastian’s 1935 novel is a vague, uncertain place. Referred to in the text…

#RivetingReviews: Alice Banks reviews WITH AN UNOPENED UMBRELLA IN THE POURING RAIN by Ludovic Bruckstein

Nov 19, 2021 • No comments

Ludovic Bruckstein was a Jewish-Romanian author and playwright who wrote in both Yiddish and Romanian. He grew up in northern…

#RivetingReviews: Lizzy Siddal reviews RESILIENCE by Bogdan Hrib

Nov 19, 2021 • No comments

Neither one thing nor the other, yet Stelian Munteanu is known to all: the police force, the secret service, even…

#RivetingReviews: Paul Burke reviews MR K RELEASED by Matéi Visniec

Nov 19, 2021 • No comments

Imagine the moment when the Ceaușescu regime fell and suddenly people were in charge of their own lives for the…

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The European Literature Network was created with the mission of championing great writing from Europe in the UK – and doing it together. Open to writers, translators, publishers, agents, festival directors, arts managers and journalists, ELNet is a free, collaborative hub for sharing news, events, videos, blogs, poetry, prose, translations and reviews. Founded in 2010 by former BBC journalist Rosie (‘The Riveter’) Goldsmith, ELNet spreads the word about European literature and translation via its website, Riveter magazines, Riveting Interview series, #RivetingReviews, workshops, events and festivals, operating thanks to a dedicated core team and an extensive network of volunteers and supporters. ELNet is both an online and physical gathering place for sharing content and discussion, to encourage the promotion, professionalism and popularity of European literature in the UK.

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