Welcome to September’s #RivetingReviews. The exceptional heat of the summer, which in Europe is extending into the autumn, doesn’t seem to have burned away our reviewers’ cri
This September is the tenth anniversary of World Kid Lit Month: the month to discover international and translated children’s and YA books. Our latest picks span the full age ran
Translation in Performance In his recent book, Himmelsstriche, Bernhard Malkmus takes us to the icy winds, shifting lights and infinite colours of the Northumbrian coast. Sometimes
Leylâ Erbil (1931–2013) was one of Türkiye’s major contemporary writers. In addition to her six published novels, she wrote poetry and short stories as well as critical essay
The world becomes small, your breath sharpens and the stillness of the moment sits close around your ears. An inhale, a sharp crack, an exhale. From rooftops and windows, in Perfec
Nobel Prize-winning Olga Tokarczuk’s Primeval and Other Times, newly reissued by Fitzcarraldo, takes place in eastern Poland in the fictional village of Primeval and chronicles t
It would not be wholly outlandish for the youthful Italian author Claudia Petrucci to lay claim to developing a fresh sub-genre of modern novel-writing. Calling her latest work The
Lekë Cukali, the narrator of Sarajevo Saga,is an author who arrives in the eponymous city to spend a month there as a writer in residence. We learn later that he has had several r
Since his 2005 debut, Cordiali saluti (‘Yours Sincerely’), Andrea Bajani has won some of Italy’s most acclaimed literary prizes. Although his work spans various genres, compl
In 2025, readers of Elle magazine voted Valérie Perrin one of their top ten favourite French authors of all time (as well as being a fashion and lifestyle magazine, Elle has book
