The past few weeks have seen amazing goings on in Belarus. In the wake a clearly rigged election, people took to the streets – and when demonstrators and bystanders alike were detained, beaten and tortured, it prompted a fresh wave of protests, bringing hundreds of thousands of people onto the str
Today, on Wednesday 26 August, The Discomfort of Evening, written by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld and translated from Dutch by Michele Hutchison, was announced as the winner of The 2020 International Booker Prize. The £50,000 prize will be split between Marieke Lucas Rijneveld and Michele Hutchison
TRANSLATION From the street through the window I see my mum standing at the sink in a burning house. I've been burning for a good while myself. Not much is left of her, just her profile really. Thirty years will pass and my daughter will watch me through a street window burning in a burning [&hellip
The 11th edition of the Le Livre Sur Les Quais festival in Morges in Switzerland will take place in early September. The festival will last from 4-6 September and among its guests are novelists Karine Silla and Elisa Shua Dusapin, as well as Joseph Incardona, Pascal Janovjak and Antoinette Rychner.
As Edinburgh International Book Festival people can’t put on their usual 900+ event Festival in their lovely tented village in Charlotte Square Gardens, they’ve curated a special online edition. From 15-31 August, enjoy events for adults and children for free. Through the magic of techno
Trafika Europe Radio will see five new audio episodes of their literary livestream this Sunday, 9 August 2020 from noon EDT (5pm in London), with two full encores during the week! To listen live and to explore their podcast archives. The complete schedule with show descriptions: Dalkey Archive Pre
