Set during World War II, Dejan Tiago-Stankovic’s delightful, sprawling novel, Estoril, gives us a slice of history played out on Portugal’s “neutral” soil. Built in 1930 on the Lisbon Rivera, the Palácio Estoril Hotel is still in existence today. During the war it was inhabited by wealthy r
The Stephen Spender Trust has announced the appointment of Charlotte Ryland as the new Director of the Trust, beginning March 26th 2018. Following a doctorate at UCL on the poet Paul Celan, Charlotte moved to Oxford to become Lecturer in German at The Queen’s College. She is the editor of R
The Man Booker International Prize has revealed the ‘Man Booker Dozen’ of 13 novels in contention for the 2018 prize, which celebrates the finest works of translated fiction from around the world. The prize is awarded every year for a single book, which is translated into English and published i
Novels in English translation by Boris Akunin (Russia), Daša Drndić (Croatia) and Burhan Sönmez (Turkey) up for €20,000 prize – winner announced 10 April 2018. Three novels have been announced as the finalists of the first EBRD Literature Prize, a €20,000 award launched in 2017 by the
5 – 14 April 2018, various locations More info here. The first ever European Poetry Festival will present ten events in three British cities, in under two weeks, from April 5th to April 14th 2018. Over 50 poets from 23 countries will take part, many visiting, many residents of the UK. It wil
Peirene is alone in the office. And disaster has struck. The Nymph is pacing up and down, trying to breathe deeply. She knew it! It was an accident waiting to happen. And she didn’t prevent it. Turned a blind eye, hoping against her better judgment that this event would never occur. She was stupid
