Set in an Icelandic fishing village, Guđmundur Andri Thorsson’s charming novella, And the Wind Sees All, deftly translated by Bjørg Arnadottir and Andrew Cauthery, contains a dazzling array of voices. The hopes, secrets and betrayals of various characters are revealed as they watch newcomer Kata
The leaves are turning, evenings are darkling, the clocks yearn to go back and cool air is forecast from the north. And our Riveting Reviews this month have a chilly, or at least a distinctly northern feel. With her review Lucy Popescu takes us into the far north, admiring And the Wind Sees All, GuÄ
A conference entitled Women, Language(s) and Translation in the Italian Tradition will take place on 7-8 November, in the Riley Auditorium, Gillespie Centre, Clare College, Cambridge. This two-day conference intends to explore women’s roles in the circulation of ideas and the dissemination of k
The Festival of Italian Literature in London, October 27-28 Last year, a small literary festival conceived in London by a group of Italians sold out a week before the event. FILL gathered 1,500 people, and brought prominent Italian, British, and international authors together in a treasured Victoria
Wednesday, 24 October, 7pm, Caravansérail, 5 Cheshire Street, London E2 6ED. Free, but book here. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to meet Teresa Solana, Barcelona’s bestselling crime writer, who will be in conversation with Rosie Goldsmith, founder of the European Literature Network, ab
Thursday 1 November • Waterstones, Liverpool • 6.30 p.m. Chair: Roh-Suan Tung, publisher, Balestier Press (contemporary Asian). Balestier Press publishes award-winning literature in a globalising world, literature in translation, young-adult fiction, and picture books. Yan Ge is the chairperson
