#RIVETINGREADS – AN INVITATION TO ALL WRITERS EVERYWHERE! from Rosie Goldsmith, Director European Literature Network Dear Authors, Apologies for the intrusion but I’m hoping this idea might intrigue you. Please ignore if it doesn’t. It won’t take much time – honestly. Over the past few yea
Wednesday 6 July, 8pm The Poetry Library, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, Free but booking required at specialedition@poetrylibrary.org.uk Hear from Betsy Warland (Oscar of Between – A Memoir of Identity and Ideas); Andra Simons (The Joshua Tales); Saradha Soobrayen (editor, writing co
‘Oh, my god! This is awful!’ On Friday morning Peirene and I starred in shock and disbelief at the referendum results. I felt the Nymph next to me gasping for air, then tears began to roll down her cheeks. I searched for her hand and held it tight. ‘I’m going back to bed,’ she eventually [
This spring the Margellos World Republic of Letters, an imprint of Yale University Press, took what has been seen as an unusual step. Following its 2015 publication of The Dirty Dust, Alan Titley’s romp of a translation of Máirtin Ó Cadhain’s seminal 1945 Irish-language work, Cré na Cille, M
Harvill Secker Young Translators’ Prize is open for entry. The prize recognises the achievements of young translators at the start of their careers, and for 2016 our language is Norwegian. Entrants will translate the short story ‘Svømme under vann’ by Merethe Lindstrøm. Renowned translator D
Saturday 25 June, 4-5pm Felixtowe Book Festival, Orwell Hotel – Elizabeth Suite,Hamilton Road, Felixtowe Tickets: £8/£6, Book online It’s time for the Swedes to step aside as Polish crime takes centre stage. Top-selling Polish novelist Katarzyna Bonda is the queen of the genre. Now sheâ€
